Roby Dick Slot Review
A whale drifts through the murk below the reels while a ship’s rigging hangs in the grey sky above the waterline, and Roby Dick keeps its real depth below that line too: everything above the surface looks plain, and everything that matters happens under it. That’s the argument of this BulletProof Games release, a 5×3, 10-payline slot that spends its entire budget on one escalating free spins round rather than a scatter of half-measures.
The studio made its name on DoubleMax, and this one doesn’t use it. Roby Dick runs at 94.0% RTP on high volatility, hits on 19.6% of spins, and takes stakes from €0.20 to €100. It’s a simpler machine than Banana Twist or Vault Raiders DoubleMax, and the better for it.
Base Game & Features
Ten fixed winlines run across the 5×3 grid, all of them in play on every spin. Wins pay left to right, and only the highest combination on a line counts. There’s no wild in the base game. The BONUS symbol does nothing here except count towards the trigger, and it can land anywhere in view rather than on a line.
With a hit rate of 19.6%, a little under one spin in five connects, which is the shape you’d expect from a high volatility game where the feature does the earning. The reels themselves don’t cascade, tumble or expand in the base game; every change to the grid happens inside the bonus. What the base game does offer is a pair of random modifiers, and both exist to bridge the gap between the reels and the feature.
Symbols and Pays
The paytable values below are multiples of the base stake.
- Roby Dick: 200x for five, 20x for four, 5x for three, 0.5x for two
- Robot Bird: five pays 100x, four 15x, three 3x
- Harpoon Gun / Robot Bird icon: 50x for five, 10x for four, 2x for three
- Fish: three of a kind pays 1x, rising to 20x for five
- Royals (A, K, Q, J, 10): 10x for five, 2.5x for four, 0.2x for three
Roby Dick himself is the only symbol that pays for two of a kind. The Fish symbol does double duty: it has its own line pays here, and inside the bonus it carries cash values for the fisherman to collect. Everything else on the reel is either a line-pay symbol or a BONUS symbol waiting to matter.
Reel It In!
This one can trigger on any spin where at least two BONUS symbols have already landed in view. It fishes in an extra BONUS symbol, guaranteeing entry to the Free Spins bonus. Two wasn’t enough; now it is. It’s a small piece of theatre with a real effect on the trigger, and it’s the only thing in the base game that changes an outcome you’ve already half-seen.
It’s a Big One!
Randomly triggered on any base game spin, this guarantees either a win of at least 15x the base stake or the Free Spins bonus feature. Either outcome is a good one, which makes it the modifier worth hoping for. Note the floor: a guaranteed 15x is itself a solid base game result on a slot of this profile.
Roby Dick Free Spins & Bonus Buys
Landing between three and five BONUS symbols anywhere in view starts the Free Spins bonus. The number you land decides everything: how many hearts you hold and how tall the reels grow.
- 3 BONUS symbols: three hearts, reels at three rows
- 4 BONUS symbols: four hearts, the grid growing to four rows
- 5 BONUS symbols: five hearts and the full 5×5 grid
Inside the bonus, BONUS symbols become wilds, substituting for everything except themselves. Each one that lands reveals one of three outcomes at random:
- EXTEND: grows the reel height by one row, up to a maximum of five
- MULTIPLIER: raises the Fish Multiplier by one, up to x10
- FISHERMAN: collects every Fish symbol in view, paying their values multiplied by the current Fish Multiplier; if no Fish have landed, nothing is paid
The round works as a slow build. Each extra row adds winning positions and more room for Fish to land; each multiplier bump makes the eventual catch worth more. A Fish symbol that lands isn’t paid immediately. It sits in view, waiting for a FISHERMAN reveal to collect it, and only then does the Fish Multiplier apply.
Once EXTEND or MULTIPLIER is maxed out, it drops out of the pool of possible outcomes, so late-round reveals tilt towards the fisherman. The Fish Multiplier starts at x1 and applies only to Fish symbol values once they’re caught.
The pressure comes from the Killer Whale. One landing in view on the last reel costs you a heart, and the bonus ends when all hearts are gone. There’s no retrigger from inside the feature, so the hearts you start with are the run you get. A three-heart entry with the grid still at three rows is a much shorter trip than a full five-by-five start, which is why the symbol count on the trigger matters so much.
Golden Bet
Activating the Golden Bet raises your stake by 25% and dramatically increases the chance of triggering the Free Spins bonus. It’s the cheapest way to see the feature more often, and the only one that keeps the reels in play while it works. Unlike the buys, it changes the odds rather than the outcome, and the reels stay live for base game wins, the two modifiers and everything else while it’s on.
Bonus Buys
Two purchase options skip the queue entirely, both guaranteeing entry to the Free Spins bonus with between three and five BONUS symbols awarded on the reels. The symbol count follows the same rule as an organic trigger: three means three hearts and three rows, up to five of each.
- Buy A Bonus: 120x the base stake, guaranteeing the Free Spins bonus
- Super Buy A Bonus: 400x, which also stuffs the middle reel with extra Goldfish symbols and adds extra prizes for them
That Goldfish loading is the whole argument for the Super version: more of the top-paying fish on the middle reel means more for the fisherman to collect when he shows up. If you’re buying, it’s the one that changes the maths rather than just the schedule.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
Most of a session on Roby Dick is treading water. The base game pays modestly, nudges you towards the feature now and then, and the real reason to be here is that single bonus round where the grid grows, the multiplier climbs and the whale takes a heart every time it surfaces on the last reel. It’s a patient game, and the patience is the point.
The heart system is the best thing in it, because it makes one trigger worth more than the trigger itself suggests: a lucky round can run long enough to build something real out of a modest entry. The letdown is the ceiling you can’t see. No maximum win is published anywhere, and with no retrigger inside the feature, a bad round is over fast and offers nothing back.
If you want one deep, tense round rather than a dozen small ones, this is your water. Anyone chasing headline potential or constant action will find the surface here quiet. The whale below it, though, is worth the dive for the right player.
Roby Dick FAQs
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What is the RTP of Roby Dick?
The RTP is 94.0%. -
Is Roby Dick high volatility?
Yes, Roby Dick is a high volatility slot, so wins tend to be larger but less frequent. -
What is the hit frequency of Roby Dick?
The hit frequency is 19.6%, meaning roughly one in five spins produces a winning combination. -
How many paylines does Roby Dick have?
Roby Dick has 10 paylines, all of which are active on every spin. -
What is the grid size of Roby Dick?
The base game uses a 5×3 grid. In the Free Spins bonus the reels grow to 5×4 or 5×5 depending on how many BONUS symbols triggered the feature. -
What is the minimum and maximum bet on Roby Dick?
Stakes run from €0.20 to €100 per spin, and the Golden Bet option raises your stake by a further 25%. -
How do you trigger free spins in Roby Dick?
Land three, four or five BONUS symbols anywhere in view. Three awards three hearts and a three-row reel set, four awards four hearts and four rows, and five awards five hearts and the full 5×5 grid. -
Can you buy the bonus on Roby Dick?
Yes. Buy A Bonus costs 120x your base stake and guarantees the Free Spins bonus, while the Super Buy A Bonus costs 400x and also loads the middle reel with extra Goldfish symbols and added prizes. -
Can you retrigger the free spins in Roby Dick?
No. There’s no retrigger from inside the Free Spins bonus, so the round runs until every heart has been lost to Killer Whale symbols landing on the last reel.
