Wild Streak

Wild Streak Slot Review

A crimson sunburst glows behind a gold frame laced with vine filigree, twisted rope dividing the reels, the columns reflected below as if the play area sat on a polished floor. All that gilding dresses up one of the plainest symbol sets in the business. The interesting thing about Wild Streak is that its richest symbol doesn’t sit on a payline at all: five scattered stars pay five times what the top line combination manages, so the game quietly rewards the one thing a fruit machine is built to ignore.

Underneath the ornament it’s a 5×3 grid with 10 fixed paylines, running at an RTP of 84%, well below the modern norm. Fans of the studio’s fruitier work will know the territory from Multistar Fruits and Joker Ra, with Fresh Crush covering similar ground. Whether the features underneath the gilt justify that return is what the rest of this covers.

The Main Game

Wins are combinations of a kind: matching symbols need to sit on paylines and on adjacent reels, counting from the left. The star scatter is the exception, paying at any position. Scatter wins and line wins are added together, and where multiple combinations land on a line, only the highest pays.

The paytable is classic Endorphina fruit, topped by a flaming 7. Every value below is a multiple of the total bet:

• 7 (flame): 1x for two, 5x for three, 30x for four, 50x for five
• Bell: 4x, 20x, 40x for three, four and five
• Horseshoe: 3x, 15x, 30x
• Watermelon: 2x, 10x, 20x
• Grapes and Lemon: 0.5x, 4x, 15x
• Orange, Plum and Cherry: 0.5x, 2.5x, 10x
• Scatter (star): 2x for three, 20x for four, 250x for five, at any position

One paytable detail is worth pausing on. Five stars pay 250x the bet, five times what the flaming 7 manages on a line, which makes the scatter the richest symbol in the game.

That’s unusual for a slot this traditional. It gives the base game a second thing to root for beyond line wins, and the scatter lands at any position, so every star on the screen counts.

The wild substitutes for everything except the scatter and appears stacked on reels two, three and four, in the main game and the free games alike. Depending on where the reel stops you might get a full stack, a partial one, or nothing at all. Land three or more stars anywhere and the free games open.

Stacked wilds on all three middle reels at once are the base game’s best-case screen. With 10 fixed lines and left-to-right pays, a full house of wilds turns every line it touches into the top connecting symbol.

The base game can’t lean on that screen alone, which is what the scatter and the bonus round are for.

Free Games with Extra Wild Symbols

Three or more scatters award 8 free games, and this is where Wild Streak stops being a plain fruit machine. At the start of the feature a random symbol is chosen and given wild capacity: the ability to substitute for everything except the scatter.

During the round, any symbol except the scatter can earn that same capacity. Each symbol has an accumulator around its icon, and the accumulators hold different numbers of cells. When a symbol with a special indicator lands on the reels, it refills one cell of its accumulator, even if it isn’t part of a winning combination.

Fill an accumulator and two things happen. The corresponding symbol gains wild capacity, active from the next spin, and you’re awarded one additional free game at the same bet and lines. Once triggered, the accumulator switches off, so each symbol can only convert once.

The round can also be won again while it’s running. Between the retrigger, the extra spins from conversions and the expanding roster of wild symbols, a productive run stretches itself out.

Early spins play like the base game; later ones can have several symbol types acting as wilds at once, on top of the stacked wilds already sitting on the middle reels.

The Risk Game

After any win you can gamble it. Four cards are dealt face down and you pick one; beat the dealer’s card and your win doubles, with the option to go again for up to 10 attempts in total. Lose any round and you lose the lot. Matching the dealer’s value is a draw, so your winnings stand and you can take another attempt.

The Joker beats every other card, and the dealer can never be dealt one, so drawing it is a guaranteed win. Cards can reappear from round to round and the probabilities aren’t equally distributed.

What makes the gamble interesting is the dealer’s upcard. Your return for the round depends entirely on what the dealer is showing:

• Dealer shows 2: round returns 162%
• Dealer shows 3: 121%
• Dealer shows 4: 113%
• Dealer shows 5: 101%
• Dealer shows 6, 7 or 8: 100%
• Dealer shows 9: 92%
• Dealer shows 10: 78%
• Dealer shows J: 69%
• Dealer shows Q: 66%
• Dealer shows K: 64%
• Dealer shows A: 42%

The average across all rounds is 84%. In practice the gamble is only worth taking when the dealer shows something low, and pressing TAKE WIN is the correct move more often than not. It’s a rare piece of genuine strategy in a feature most slots treat as a pure coin flip.

Bonus Pop

The BONUS POP button lets you buy the free games at any time. The cost depends directly on the total bet, and the purchase activates a package of 8 Free Games with Extra Wild Symbols. It works exactly as a chance trigger would: the buy starts with one main game spin that lands the three scatters and opens the round.

From there, everything plays out identically: accumulators fill, symbols convert to wilds, and each conversion adds a free game. The one difference is what happens afterwards. Winnings from bought games can’t be gambled in the Risk Game, and the buy option may not be stocked at every casino carrying the title.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 6.3/10

Wild Streak spends its base game dressed to the nines and paying like a bystander, then hands the evening over to the free games. The reason to sit through the slow part is the accumulator round: every converted symbol adds a spin and another wild, so a good run builds on itself in a way the opening spins never hint at. The gamble is the other pleasure here, because reading the dealer’s upcard and deciding is real strategy rather than a coin flip.

The weakness is simpler and harder to ignore: an 84% return, with no published ceiling on what a single run can pay. The gilt is lovely; the arithmetic isn’t.

It suits players who like classic fruit symbols, a bonus that earns its wins one conversion at a time, and a gamble worth thinking about. Anyone who measures a slot by its ceiling or its return will find both thin here. For everyone else, the streak in the bonus is the part worth the wait.

Wild Streak FAQs

• What is the RTP of Wild Streak?

  Wild Streak runs at an RTP of 84%, which is well below the typical range for modern online slots.
• How many paylines does Wild Streak have?

  The game has 10 fixed paylines, so all 10 are in play on every spin.
• What is the grid size of Wild Streak?

  Wild Streak uses a 5×3 grid: five reels and three rows.
• How do the Free Games with Extra Wild Symbols work?

  Landing three or more scatter stars opens the round with 8 free games. Symbols appearing with a special indicator fill their accumulator; a full accumulator gives that symbol wild capacity from the next spin and awards one extra free game. Any symbol except the scatter can be converted, and the round can be won again while running.
• Can you buy the bonus on Wild Streak?

  Yes. The BONUS POP button buys a package of 8 Free Games with Extra Wild Symbols at any time, with the cost tied directly to your total bet. Winnings from bought games can’t be gambled in the Risk Game, and not every casino stocks the buy option.
• What does the Joker do in the Risk Game?

  The Joker outranks everything, and the dealer is never dealt it, so revealing one is an automatic double. A pick that ties the dealer’s card is a draw, and you can keep gambling for up to 10 attempts in total.
• When is Wild Streak released?

  Wild Streak’s release date is 15 November 2022.
• Who makes Wild Streak?

  Wild Streak is made by Endorphina.