Pigeons from Space

Pigeons from Space Slot Review

High above Earth’s orbit, a flock of interstellar pigeons circles a pink honeycomb of hexagons, tracing flight paths marked out like a radar dial against a purple neon void. Strip away the space wallpaper, though, and this is one of the most binary slots you’ll spin: until a pigeon lands, the game barely pays at all, and once one does, everything that matters happens in the features. The base grid, a 3-4-5-4-3 hexagonal cluster, is really just a launch pad.

Playtech‘s take on the alien-invasion theme swaps lasers for birds. Landmarks from Earth’s great cities sit on the reels alongside card royals, and everything the pigeons do matters. Every spin runs across the full 36 lines.

The whole slot hangs on one question: how many pigeons land? One gives you a respin. Two starts the free games. It’s a simple hook, and the sections below take it apart piece by piece.

Base Game & Features

The paytable is a world tour. Five landmarks top it, the card royals prop up the bottom, and a Crop Circle carries its own rule. All pays are multiples of your stake:

• Sphinx – 1.5x for five, 0.8x for four, 0.3x for three
• Statue of Liberty – 1x for five, 0.8x for four, 0.3x for three
• Big Ben – 1x for five, 0.5x for four, 0.2x for three
• Eiffel Tower – 0.8x for five, 0.5x for four, 0.2x for three
• Sydney Opera House – 0.8x for five, 0.4x for four, 0.2x for three
• Ace – 0.5x for five, 0.3x for four, 0.1x for three
• King – 0.5x for five, 0.3x for four, 0.1x for three
• Queen – 0.5x for five, 0.3x for four, 0.1x for three
• Jack – 0.5x for five, 0.3x for four, 0.1x for three
• Crop Circle – pays 1x your stake for a single symbol

The four royals all pay identically, which tells you where the money is meant to come from: landmark combinations and whatever the pigeons can stack up during the features. Five Sphinxes at 1.5x is the best the main grid offers on its own. Note the shape of the ladder, too: the Sphinx and the Statue of Liberty pull clear of the other three landmarks from four-of-a-kind onwards.

The Crop Circle stands apart from everything else. It’s the only symbol that pays for a single instance rather than a combination, and it never lands on the grid on its own. It only ever arrives as a drop from the Purple Pigeon, which means it can’t appear in the main game at all.

Two pigeons do all the work in this game. The Blue Pigeon drops Wild symbols, and the Purple Pigeon drops a Crop Circle. The Wild substitutes for every symbol except the Crop Circle and the two pigeons themselves, so it can’t build its own combinations from nothing.

Both dropped symbol types only appear in the features, never in a standard main-game spin. That’s worth understanding early: the base game’s job is to land pigeons, and everything else follows from that.

The triggers are the tidiest part of the design, and they’re worth listing in full:

• 0 Pigeons in a main game spin – no feature, standard pays only
• 1 Pigeon in a main game spin – Respin Feature
• 2 Pigeons in a main game spin – Free Games Feature, 6 free games
• BUY BONUS button – Free Games Feature for a purchase price, from the base game

Because the line count is fixed at 36, there’s no bet-line strategy to think about: your stake covers every possible route across the honeycomb on every spin. The only decisions you make are stake size and whether to use the buy button.

Respin Feature

Land exactly one Pigeon in a main game spin and the Respin Feature triggers. What happens next depends on which bird arrived. A Blue Pigeon drops Wilds that stay on-screen for the whole feature; a Purple Pigeon drops a Crop Circle that holds its place and pays its cash value once, at the end.

The feature keeps going while pigeons keep landing. Every respin that brings in another Pigeon awards a further respin, with the held symbols carrying over. When a respin finishes without a Pigeon, the feature ends and everything is paid out.

That chain rule is what makes the respin worth watching. A single bird can turn into several respins, each one adding Wilds or Crop Circles to the honeycomb while everything already there stays put. The round only stops when the pigeons stop arriving.

Pigeons from Space Free Games & Bonus Buy

Free Games Feature

Land two Pigeons in a main game spin and the Free Games Feature begins with 6 free games. The round plays out like an extended respin: Blue Pigeons drop Wilds, Purple Pigeons drop Crop Circles, and every dropped symbol stays on-screen until the feature finishes.

Crop Circle cash prizes are paid once, at the end of the round, and the free games run at the same bet as the triggering spin. There’s no retrigger. Six games is the ceiling, so a good round depends on how many symbols the pigeons can stack up before those spins run dry.

Each free game carries its own chance to add to the pile, because the pigeons keep dropping their cargo throughout the round. A run of Blue Pigeon visits can plaster Wilds across the grid, and each Purple Pigeon adds another cash value to be settled at the close. Since the Wilds substitute for every paying symbol, a well-seeded grid can turn landmark combinations on multiple spins at once.

Bonus Buy

If waiting for two pigeons to share a spin isn’t your style, there’s a BUY BONUS button. The purchase is a three-step affair:

1. Press the BUY BONUS button in the base game
2. Select your BUY BONUS bet level
3. Confirm the purchase, and the Free Games Feature starts immediately

The purchased round plays by exactly the same rules as a triggered one: 6 free games, sticky Wilds and Crop Circles, no retrigger. The only difference is how you got there.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7/10

This is a slot you play for the pigeons and nothing else. Most spins are quiet landmark work on a honeycomb floating over Earth, and the appeal is that one bird turning everything upside down: the respin chains, the sticky Wilds, the round growing in front of you while the neon backdrop hums along.

The respin chain is the best thing here, because a single pigeon can snowball while every symbol it dropped stays put. The weakness is the ceiling: six free games with no retrigger, so the feature ends just as the grid fills, and the pays are modest everywhere else.

It’s for players who enjoy a build and don’t need a stated jackpot to chase. If you want a number to aim at, this orbit isn’t yours; for everyone else, the flock is good company for an evening.

Pigeons from Space FAQs

• How many paylines does Pigeons from Space have?

  Pigeons from Space is played across 36 lines, and all games run at the maximum of 36 lines. You can’t adjust the number of active lines.
• What is the grid size of Pigeons from Space?

  It’s a hexagonal cluster grid with five columns arranged in a 3-4-5-4-3 hex pattern, set against a space backdrop above Earth’s orbit.
• How do you trigger free games in Pigeons from Space?

  Two Pigeons landing in a main game spin trigger the Free Games Feature, which awards 6 free games played at the same bet as the triggering spin.
• What does one Pigeon do in Pigeons from Space?

  A single Pigeon landing in a main game spin triggers the Respin Feature. Blue Pigeons drop sticky Wilds, Purple Pigeons drop a sticky Crop Circle, and each respin that lands another Pigeon awards a further respin.
• Can free games retrigger in Pigeons from Space?

  No. Free Games cannot be triggered again during Free Games, so the round is capped at the 6 free games you start with.
• Can you buy the bonus on Pigeons from Space?

  Yes. Press the BUY BONUS button, select your buy bet level and confirm the purchase, and the Free Games Feature starts immediately.
• What does the Wild symbol do in Pigeons from Space?

  The Wild substitutes for all symbols except the Crop Circle, the Blue Pigeon and the Purple Pigeon. It only appears when dropped by a Blue Pigeon, and only in the Free Games and Respin features.
• What does the Purple Pigeon do in Pigeons from Space?

  The Purple Pigeon drops a Crop Circle symbol during the Free Games and Respin features. The Crop Circle stays on-screen, pays 1x your stake, and is settled once at the end of the feature.
• What does the Crop Circle symbol pay in Pigeons from Space?

  The Crop Circle pays 1x your stake for a single symbol. It only appears when dropped by a Purple Pigeon during the Free Games or Respin features, and its cash value is settled once at the end of the round.
• Who makes Pigeons from Space?

  Pigeons from Space is made by Playtech.