Solar Snap Slot
You’ve heard of 25 paylines, and 243 ways to win, but what about 8,557 ways to win? That’s what you can expect from Solar Snap, the non-progressive interstellar video slot from Cayetano Gaming.
This fast-paced, 15-reel slot game has been designed using the principle that each reel position is an independent reel in its own right. Any three connecting symbols, whether connected from left to right or up and down, will trigger a win, with all remaining reels re-spinning to create the chance of further wins.
With so many ways to win, you might be surprised to hear that Solar Snap also includes bonus features such as free spins scatters. The bonus round also favours the same madcap rules as the base game. Gamers can bet from between 0.10 and 200 per spin, for a chance to land up to 100,000 from a single stake. Spacey!
A Galactic Game
So, 8,557 ways to win – looks like a typo, right? But because any three connecting symbols grants a pay out, and because every single reel spins in its own right, the ways to win are greater than ever before. Just be aware that symbols connected diagonally don’t count as ‘connecting’. The return-to-player average, meanwhile, is 94.6%.
Despite the super advanced gameplay, the title looks and feels very much like a regular video slot. The reel grid is in the usual 5x3 format, and the control panel is situated along the bottom of the screen. There are buttons for Stake Down, Stake Up and View Pays, as well as controls for AutoPlay and Spin. And, well, that’s about it. Oh, before we forget: you can mute the audio by clicking on the speaker icon in the upper right corner. When you’re in AutoPlay, you can opt out at any time by clicking the ‘Stop AutoPlay’ button. AutoPlay will also end if you’re awarded the bonus rounds, if free spins are triggered or if your bank balance is insufficient to cover the next bet.
Enter the Space Base
The base game is all about finding matching combinations of symbols – it’s just that instead of a maximum of five combinations, you can find up to ten!
Symbols include a female astronaut, a glimmering planet, an alien, a Space Drink and a male astronaut. There’s also an image of a rocket shooting into the cosmos. Playing cards are part of the line-up, too, though they appear in front of various planets, augmenting the space exploration theme.
The best paying symbol is the female astronaut, who pays 500x for ten, 300x for eight, 150x for seven, 100x for six, 50x for five, 30x for four and 25x for three. Next best is the male astronaut, who has a top value of 300x, then it’s the alien (200x) followed by the can of Space Drink (150x). The playing card symbols, as you’d expect, are the lowest value icons on the board.
Solar Free Spins
To win a round of ten free spins, all you need to do is land a minimum of three rocket symbols. As usual, all wins are held and reels keep spinning to improve your chances of a win. What’s more, the feature can be re-triggered.
Sadly, the Solar Snap game does not feature a wild. With that being said, there are so many ways to win that one hardly notices. Indeed, including a wild might well be stacking the deck in the player’s favour – and any casino game worth its salt isn’t interested in doing that!
We’re Snap Happy
Solar Snap is a good little slot machine. Cayetano are on to a winner with the 8,557 ways to win format, which means gamers don’t have to wager on every individual payline. Rather, all gamers are given the maximum chance of winning each and every time, regardless to how much they stake at the outset.
The pay-out rate of 94.6%, meanwhile, is pretty generous when you take into account the number of possibilities one has to leave the game with their pockets jangling. Whether you’re playing with high or low stakes, Solar Snap is certainly worthy of your attention.
Meta description: Solar Snap is an advanced video slot that offers gamers 8,557 ways to win. The 5-reel slot game can be played with between 0.10 and 200 per spin.
