Grape Escape Introduction
Grape Escape, a prison escape-themed online pokie from Habanero, is available to play on browsers. An assortment of fruit has been imprisoned in a castle fortress and must now bravely escape. This theme should be strangely familiar to many movie fans. This game has five reels and up to 25 paylines for you to select.
There are a wide range of regular and bonus prizes just waiting to be won by lucky players, which are awarded for finding two-, three-, four- and five-of-a-kind symbol matches on active paylines. In addition to eight normal symbols that can award prizes, there are three different types of special symbol. These can be used to unlock features such as free spins and multipliers or to award scatter wins, resulting in even more chances of winning.
Normal prizes
The most valuable normal symbol on the prize table is the picture of the castle prison that serves as this game's location. Finding five of these on an active payline will award a substantial jackpot of 1,000 coins. Just below this is the angry-looking strawberry jailer, which is worth a maximum of 750 coins. At the other end of the spectrum are the handcuff and keyring symbols.
These will only award a top prize of 100 coins each for five symbol matches, although even these smaller prize amounts can soon add up.
Grape prizes
Fittingly for a pokie called Grape Escape, the titular grape is one of the most valuable symbols in the game. Finding five of these on an active payline will award the highest jackpot in the game - a massive 10,000 coins. There is also an extra-special golden grape symbol, although this only appears on reel three during the normal game mode.
Both glorious grape symbols are substitutes, which means they can be used to replace any of the other symbols in the game, except for the scatter, as part of a winning combination. Additionally, any win that uses a golden grape as a substitute is tripled as a result!
Scatter
The second of the special symbols is the scatter, represented in this game by a picture of a Grape Escape logo. These award prizes for instances of two to five symbols appearing anywhere on the reels regardless of the chosen paylines, up to a maximum of 500 coins for finding five. Best of all, these wins are multiplied by the total bet, making scatter wins possibly the most valuable of all depending on the chosen bet size.
Not only do scatter wins award prizes but also they can be used to unlock a bonus free spins round. Finding three or more scatters in any configuration will trigger the Grape Escape feature, wherein three grapes will attempt to escape the castle prison. The number of free spins that the game awards is determined by how far the grapes manage to get, with each grape worth up to 10 spins.
During free spins all the regular grape symbols become golden grapes, meaning that there are far more chances to triple your winnings than before. These special spins are played using the selected paylines and total bet of the spin that triggered the feature in the first place.