The Catfather II Slot Review
The most interesting thing about The Catfather II is that its wilds are worth ten times more than its best cat. Five wilds pay 166.6667x the total bet while five top cats pay 16.6667x, and that single gap tells you how the whole game is built: the cats are set dressing, the stacked wild reels are the game.
Pragmatic Play built it on a 5×3 grid with 30 paylines, a 96.07% RTP, low volatility and a 5,300x ceiling, with stakes from 0.30 to 240 per spin. One modifier, one bonus round, nothing else. It’s a narrower design than sister titles like The Dog House or Great Rhino, and it works because both of its two ideas pull in the same direction: stacked wilds, everywhere.
Base Game & Features
Wins pay on 30 fixed lines across the 5×3 grid, and every symbol pays from left to right and right to left, on adjacent reels starting from either edge. The both-ways structure effectively doubles the ways a line can connect: a run of three cats on reels one, two and three pays, and so does the same run mirrored on reels three, four and five. The Bonus symbol is the exception, paying in any position.
Only the highest win is paid per line. When several lines win at once, all of them add together, which matters more than usual in a game where whole reels can go wild on both sides of the grid at the same time.
The paytable is cat-first, with a bespectacled mouse among the family and card royals filling the bottom. Values below are multiples of the total bet for three, four and five of a kind:
- Orange hat cat: 0.8333x, 1.6667x, 16.6667x
- Grey sunglasses cat: 0.6667x, 1.3333x, 8.3333x
- Siamese cap cat: 0.5x, 1x, 5x
- Siamese pink cap cat: 0.3333x, 0.8333x, 3.3333x
- Mouse with glasses: 0.3333x, 0.8333x, 2.5x
- A: 0.1667x, 0.6667x, 1.6667x
- K: 0.1667x, 0.5x, 1.5x
- Q: 0.1333x, 0.5x, 1.3333x
- J: 0.1x, 0.5x, 1.1667x
- Wild: 1.6667x, 8.3333x, 166.6667x
The wild sits at the top of that list, well clear of the best cat, and substitutes for every symbol except the Bonus. It’s the only symbol that pays more for five than the top cat pays for five of anything else, which tells you where the game’s real money lives.
The gap between symbol tiers is worth a glance. Five wilds pay 166.6667x the total bet, while five of the top cat pays 16.6667x, and the royals trail off from there to 1.1667x at the bottom. In a low volatility game that’s a familiar shape: most wins are small, the stacked wilds decide which ones aren’t, and the paytable drops away steeply behind the wild line.
Random Stacked Wilds
At random, before any spin completes, designated reels fill entirely with wilds. It can happen on any single reel or any combination of reels, and there’s no way to chase it: no collection meter, no teaser, no partial build. A reel simply goes solid wild and the spin resolves from there.
When several reels stack at once, the both-ways pay structure does the rest. A fully wild reel two and reel four pays left to right and right to left on the same spin, and each direction claims its own line wins. A stacked wild also substitutes into every line that touches that reel, so a single solid reel can complete cat runs on one side and royal runs on the other simultaneously.
The Bonus symbol still triggers its round even when a stacked wild covers it, so nothing is lost to the stack. That one rule is what keeps the modifier from working against the feature: stacks can swallow the briefcases visually without ever eating the trigger.
The Catfather II Free Spins
Three or more Bonus symbols anywhere on the reels trigger the Free Spins Feature and award ten free spins. The briefcase symbols pay on the way in: x1 the total bet for three, x5 for four and x15 for five, added to any payline win. Every trigger level awards the same ten spins, so the extra value in a four or five symbol hit is the entry payment, not the spin count.
Inside the round, normal reels stay in play and the base game rules apply unchanged. Same grid, same 30 lines, same both-ways pays. The difference is the guarantee: every free spin triggers the Random Stacked Wilds feature on at least one reel, and on some spins more than one.
Ten guaranteed wild reels is a different proposition from ten hopeful spins. Even a single solid reel connects lines from both edges on every spin, and the spins where two or more stack are the ones the round exists for. Where the base game’s stacks are a pleasant surprise, here they’re the terms of engagement.
Retriggers are unlimited. Landing three or more Bonus symbols again during the round adds five more spins on top of whatever remains, and each retrigger pays its own entry award of x1, x5 or x15 the total bet depending on how many briefcases arrived. The round can keep growing for as long as they keep arriving.
All free spins wins are added to the payline win, and the 5,300x maximum win is the ceiling on all of it.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
Playing The Catfather II is a steady, unhurried affair with one good surprise in it. You sit in the velvet backroom, the small wins tick along both ways, and then a reel goes solid wild and a boring spin pays properly. That surprise is the reason to pick it up.
Its strength is the free spins guarantee. Ten spins that each promise at least one wild reel, with unlimited retriggers on top, is a bonus round that never arrives empty-handed, and the entry payment of up to x15 the bet softens the wait.
Its weakness is everything around that. The paytable behind the wild is thin, the base game between bonuses is repetitive, and low volatility keeps the 5,300x ceiling somewhere over the horizon.
This one suits a relaxed player who values a bonus round that always delivers over variety on the reels. Anyone after layered mechanics or a genuine shot at the big ceiling will find the backroom a little too quiet.
The Catfather II FAQs
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What is the RTP of The Catfather II?
The RTP is 96.07%. -
Is The Catfather II high volatility?
No. It’s a low volatility slot, so wins tend to come steadily in smaller amounts rather than in rare large hits. -
How do you trigger free spins in The Catfather II?
Land three or more Bonus symbols anywhere on the reels. Three, four and five Bonus symbols all award ten free spins, and they pay x1, x5 and x15 the total bet respectively on the way in. -
Can free spins retrigger in The Catfather II?
Yes, without limit. Bonus symbols landing again during the round add five spins each time, and the round can keep growing as long as they keep arriving. -
What does the Random Stacked Wilds feature do?
It occurs randomly before the completion of any spin, on any reel or combination of reels, and fully covers the designated reels with wilds. During free spins it’s guaranteed to hit on at least one reel every spin. -
How many paylines does The Catfather II have?
There are 30 fixed paylines on a 5×3 grid, and all symbols pay from left to right and right to left. -
What is the maximum win on The Catfather II?
The maximum win is 5,300x your bet. -
What are the minimum and maximum bets on The Catfather II?
Stakes run from 0.30 to 240.00 per spin.
