Piggy Riches 3: Hog Heaven Slot Review
Two stone pigs flank a red-carpeted staircase that climbs towards a glowing doorway, and the reels sit inside a gold scrolled arch beneath a red fringed curtain. Piggy Riches 3: Hog Heaven, the latest from NetEnt, is a slot that hides almost everything it has to offer behind one door, and pays you very little for standing in the hallway waiting. The staircase isn’t decoration; it’s an honest description of how the game distributes its money.
It’s a 5×3 game with 20 fixed bet lines, a 96.06% RTP, stakes from 0.2 to 40 per spin and a 10,300x ceiling. The original Piggy Riches was a patient, narrow thing in 2026; this sequel spreads out, and it keeps company with Starburst and Dead or Alive 2 in the NetEnt stable.
Symbols and Pays
Twenty fixed lines pay left to right, without gaps, and only the highest combination on each line counts. Wins on different lines add together. Symbol values scale with your bet, so the paytable shifts as the stake moves. Wins land on roughly 23% of spins, which keeps the base game ticking over.
The paytable is thin at the top, though. The values below are multiples of the total bet:
- Diamond: 1.5x / 8x / 30x for three, four, five
- Gold Bar: 1x / 3.5x / 15x
- Champagne: 0.5x / 3x / 6.25x
- Hog Jewel Bag: 0.5x / 2.5x / 5x
- A, K: 0.4x / 0.75x / 2.5x
- Q: 0.25x / 0.5x / 2x
- J: 0.2x / 0.5x / 1.5x
The wild, in the form of Mr. Piggy and Mrs. Piggy, substitutes for everything except the Golden Pig Scatter and matches the top symbol’s payout, which makes it the joint-richest on the board. On any win line it stands in for the best combination available.
Where a line starts with wilds, the game compares the wild-only combination against the symbol combination and pays whichever is higher. Equal values pay as a normal winning combination.
Walking Wild Re-Spins
Mr. Piggy or Mrs. Piggy landing in the main game sets off Walking Wild Re-Spins. On each re-spin he walks one position to the right and she walks one to the left. The re-spins continue until every wild has strolled off the reels.
Re-spins run at the bet that triggered them, and the total from the round is added to any win that started it. Each wild carries a x1 multiplier that grows by one every time it forms part of a winning combination.
When two wilds with x2 or better share the same win line, their multipliers add together rather than multiplying, so a x3 and a x4 wild on one line pay at x7.
If the two hogs meet on the same row, they collide and merge into a colossal wild: 3×3 for a mid-reel meeting, 3×2 at the top or bottom of the reels. Its multiplier is the sum of the two that formed it, and it drifts left or right at random until it exits.
That collision is the feature’s whole payoff, and it’s why the Colliding Wilds buy option exists at all.
Free Spins
A Golden Pig Scatter anywhere on the reels awards 10 Free Spins, and the board grows to a 5×5 grid. Once inside, the reels carry only Coins, Jackpot symbols, Pearls, Level Ups, Mystery Wheels, +3 and x1 symbols. There are no ordinary line wins at all in this round; everything runs through the collector.
A 2×2 colossal collector starts in the bottom-left corner and absorbs anything that lands within its borders. When a Pearl lands outside, the collector moves to fetch it, taking in every symbol its borders cross on the way. No Pearl, no movement.
Where several symbols land inside the border at once, they’re taken in a fixed order: Pearl first, then the multiplier, Coins, Jackpots, the Mystery Wheel and finally Level Ups.
Pearls are the round’s engine, and they work on a ladder:
- Pearl values: 1.25x, 2.5x, 5x, 10x or 25x the bet
- 5 Pearls collected: collector grows to 3×3, plus 2 free spins
- 9 Pearls: grows to 4×4, plus 3 free spins
- 12 Pearls: grows to 5×5, plus 4 free spins
When a Level Up symbol is collected, the collection bar fills to the next gem and the collector expands a step. Once the meter is full, no more Pearl or Level Up symbols are collected into it.
+3 symbols add three free spins, and x1 symbols raise a multiplier counter that maxes out at x10. Coins are worth 2.5x to 50x the bet, and both Coins and Pearls are multiplied by the running multiplier before the collector takes them.
Jackpot symbols land at 1000x, 2000x or 5000x the bet, and they’re collected like anything else the colossal swallows. The Mystery Wheel spins up a multiplier, extra spins, a Level Up or Coins when collected, though the wheel itself is presentation and doesn’t display real odds.
Elevate Feature
The Elevate Feature sells direct access to the game’s rounds, one option per game round. Each carries its own RTP, and none of them drift far from the base figure:
- Golden Pig, 5x bet (96.02%): better odds of a Scatter landing to trigger Free Spins
- Walking Wild Re-Spins, 10x bet (96.05%): starts the re-spins immediately
- Colliding Wilds, 30x bet (96.09%): re-spins with a guaranteed Mr. and Mrs. Piggy collision on the same row
- Free Spins, 100x bet (96.07%): straight into the round, no main game wins first
- Free Spins & Collide, 500x bet (96.07%): Free Spins with a x5 multiplier, then guaranteed-collision Walking Wilds afterwards
The cheapest option only nudges the odds, and the middle three buy the rounds outright. The 500x tier chains both features together with the multiplier already running.
The returns barely move between tiers, so nothing here punishes you for buying. What each tier costs is the substance; what it returns is nearly constant.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.7/10
Most of a session here is spent on the staircase: the base game pays in coins, the wilds stroll about pleasantly enough, and nothing much changes until a Golden Pig appears. That’s the one reason to choose it, and it’s a good one. Free Spins is a round that visibly builds, with a collector that grows to cover the board and a multiplier running underneath it.
The weakness is everything outside that door. The paytable tops out at 30x for five Diamonds, and the walking wilds can deliver a long sequence of re-spins that add up to very little. For a game this decorated, the corridor between bonuses is plain.
This is one for players who don’t mind a long, quiet climb towards a round that pays for the patience, and less so for anyone who wants the base game to carry its own weight. The hogs still live well; you just have to be invited upstairs to see it.
Piggy Riches 3: Hog Heaven FAQs
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What is the RTP of Piggy Riches 3: Hog Heaven?
The RTP is 96.06%. Each Elevate option carries its own figure too, running from 96.02% up to 96.09%, so nothing you buy drifts far from the base return. -
What is the hit frequency of Piggy Riches 3: Hog Heaven?
Wins land on roughly 23% of spins, so about one spin in four returns something. Most of those will be small, and the bigger results live inside the features. -
How do the Walking Wilds work in Piggy Riches 3: Hog Heaven?
When a Mr. Piggy or Mrs. Piggy wild lands in the main game, re-spins begin and the wilds walk across the reels one position at a time in opposite directions until they leave. Each wild carries a multiplier that grows whenever it helps form a win, and if the two hogs meet they merge into a larger colossal wild whose multiplier is the combined total. -
What do Pearl symbols do in Piggy Riches 3: Hog Heaven?
Pearls carry values of 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10 or 25 times the bet and fill a collect meter during Free Spins. Five pearls grow the colossal collector to 3×3 and add two spins, nine takes it to 4×4 with three more, and twelve makes it 5×5 with four. Pearls are also worth their cash value when collected. -
Can you buy the bonus on Piggy Riches 3: Hog Heaven?
Yes. The Elevate Feature offers five priced options, from 5x the bet for a boosted Scatter chance up to 500x for Free Spins with a x5 multiplier and a guaranteed wild collision afterwards. -
What is the maximum win on Piggy Riches 3: Hog Heaven?
The maximum win is 10,300x the bet. -
When is Piggy Riches 3: Hog Heaven released?
Piggy Riches 3: Hog Heaven’s release date is 26 August 2025. -
Who makes Piggy Riches 3: Hog Heaven?
NetEnt.
