Mermaid Reef Review - Introduction
Explore the mystical underwater world as our friendly mermaids line up to help you catch more than a fish.
Tread carefully on that ocean bed. Shy creatures and marine life are waiting to send your winnings stratospheric...if you can find them.
This game is free to play in demo mode and we recommend this to familiarise yourself before you decide to play for real at an online casino.
Theme, Graphics & Soundtrack
The ocean floor on display in the background is your fairly standard Disney or classic animation style, which is no bad thing. It shows a peaceful sea bed with coral, seaweed and anemones bubbling away serenely.
However, the colour palette lifts the game back into the present with beautiful glowing hues used for the icons that we might wistfully imagine are true to the ocean bed’s actual colour wheel. The mermaid’s tail, in particular, is so beautiful you’ll start believing she might be real. Even the jellyfish looks enticing in this game.
The chilled, ambient soundtrack may evoke memories of hazy after-after parties you were used to in your younger days. Especially if those days were in the 90s. It’s not just chilled, it’s New Age fare of the type that would be present on a Spotify playlist with the word ‘sleep’ in the title. Very nice, but you don’t actually want to fall asleep. If you find yourself face down on your keyboard, it’s time to switch to something a bit more energizing.
Mermaid Reef RTP and Variance
The RTP of Mermaid Reef is 95.9%-96.06%, and it has medium to high volatility.
How to Play Mermaid Reef
- On the right side of the screen, there is a red panel where you can view game information using the i icon.
- To play in autoplay mode, use the arrows/play icon to set the number of spins.
- To adjust your total bet amount, use the stacked coins icon to adjust your amount between 10 and 10,000.
- To start play, exit the menu and use the large Spin button on the right side of the screen.
- Along the bottom of the screen you can view your balance amount, win amount and total bet amount.
Bet Sizes & Paytable Wins
Mermaid Reef has a minimum bet of 10 and a maximum bet of 10,000.
Dolphin
5x = 1,000
4x = 200
3x = 50
Angel fish
5x = 500
4x = 125
3x = 40
Starfish
5x = 400
4x = 100
3x = 30
Jellyfish
5x = 300
4x = 75
3x = 20
Ace
5x = 200
4x = 50
3x = 15
King
5x = 200
4x = 50
3x = 15
Queen
5x = 100
4x = 25
3x = 10
Jack
5x = 100
4x = 25
3x = 10
10
5x = 50
4x = 10
3x = 5
9
5x = 50
4x = 10
3x = 5
Mermaid Reef Bonus Features
Wild Mermaid
Surely all mermaids are wild by their very nature...anyway, this ombre-headed fishtail can substitute for all symbols apart from the Pearl and Clam. And she keeps her air of mystery - she’s only coming out for reels 2, 3 and 4.
Scattered Pearl
Your key to Free Spins in this game are the Scattered Pearls, who will award free spins for a combination of 3, 4 or 5 of their kind. You will receive 10, 15 or 20 free spins, respectively. Once you’re in the midst of a Free Spins round all wins are multiplied by two, and you can retrigger them if you make another winning combination.
Scattered Clam
Take a deep dive and scour the surface of the sea bed for Scattered Clams, which award you the Pearl Bonus. You will be presented with 15 closed clams and asked to pick one.
White Pearls pay 1x - 20x your total bet
Black Pearls pay 2x - 25x your total bet
Gold Pearls pay 50x - 1,000x your total bet
If all of the White and Gold Pearls have been opened during this round, you will be awarded all of the remaining Black Pearls. This is a shy clam, who only makes an outing on reels 2, 3 and 4.
Buy a Pearl Bonus
But...why wait for the shy Scattered Clam to bring your Pearl Bonus ambitions to life? You can buy a Pearl Bonus for 550x bet per line. This spin will always contain at least three clam symbols.
Gamble or Nothing
If you catch a win, you can choose to gamble for more or lose it all. Once you hit GAMBLE you will be asked to select a colour or suit. If you correctly pick a colour, your win is doubled. If you correctly pick a suit, your win is quadrupled. You can gamble on your win up to five times, or until the displayed wager limit is reached. The maximum wager for a colour gamble is 6,475x bet per line, and 3,235x bet per line for suit gambles.
Our Verdict
Mermaid Reef is the first to offer a Bonus Buy option and a gamble feature within the same game. As such, it makes for an interesting swim through this reef, and potentially a rewarding one despite the max theoretical win being lower than many other titles.
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