Punk Penguin Slot (Print Studios)

The Punk Penguin slot has 5 reels, 5 rows and 15 fixed paylines: winning combinations form when 3 or more matching symbols appear from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel, and across any of the 15 paylines. The only exception is the highest-value symbol, as 2 or more are required.

With a minimum bet of 10p a spin, the maximum spin is £5 or £2 if under 25, in the UK. Use the arrows or click/press the Bet amount to change it. Non-UK players have Autoplay and Turbo Mode too.

The Punk Penguin RTP rate is 96.31% which above the average return rate. You may also find 94.28% and 92.21% RTP versions. If you take a £20 balance and a 10p bet per spin, below is the number of expected spins before running out of money:

• 96.31%: 5,393 spins
• 94.28%: 3,480 spins
• 92.21%: 2,555 spins

Very high volatility (10/10), Punk Penguin will dish out wins every 1 in 4.46 spins on average as the hit frequency rate is 22.4%. Triggering the free spins bonus will occur every 1 in 183 spins. Punk Penguin offers 20,000 x bet max wins with the probability at 1 in 6,337,136 spins.

With an animal/punk theme, the Punk Penguin slot throws you straight into a concert’s mosh pit, set in the middle of a tropical island. Odd, I know. The grid is encased by a penguin-inspired rock structure: below it, you’ll see the adorning penguin fans enjoying the punk rock music. That said, the soundtrack is a little more generic rock than punk rock. Visually though, the game is different and unique.

On the reels, the low-value symbols include cans called Root Rampage, Sonic Boom, Arctic Pop, Pit Juice and Riot Fuel. The higher-value symbols are represented by 5 penguins: pianist Anarchy Anette, bassist Ziggy Popcycle, guitarist Squid Icious, drummer Travis Beaker and lead singer Johnny Rotten-Egg. The Johnny Rotten-Egg symbol is the best paying, awarding 20 x your total bet for 5 in combination.

Other symbols include a Slide Wild, Surf Wild, Most Pit and Scatter. More on these below.

Punk Penguin Mobile

Punk Penguin, as well as all Print Studios titles, are produced using HTML5 technology. Adapting to mobile, tablet and desktop devices, you’ll play in Portrait Mode if accessed on an iOS or Android smartphone. Whilst most of us play on the go these days, I always recommend playing on a laptop or PC for the full visual experience.

Punk Penguin benefits from SuperSpinner multipliers, 2 random base game features and free spins with a choice of 3 features that all interact with the SuperSpinners mechanic.

SuperSpinners

As with other Print games such as Royal Potato and Holy Hand Grenade, you’ll see SuperSpinners located between the reels. If a winning combination passes through a SuperSpinner with a number on it (i.e. the SuperSpinner is to the left of the rightmost symbol in the winning combination), the SuperSpinner number will multiply the line win. Several SuperSpinners applying to the same line win will multiply the win in succession.

Random Base Game features

In the base game, 2 bonus features can trigger randomly:

• Stage Dive Wild feature: a penguin slides downwards from the stage onto the top row, randomly covering between 2-5 squares making covered positions wild. Any SuperSpinners in the path or adjacent to the penguin’s slide will be collected, with the value(s) of all collected SuperSpinners to the wild as a win multiplier.
• Mosh Pit feature: a Mosh Pit symbol 2x2, 3x3, 4x4 or 5x5 in size appears on the reels. It will substitute for up to 5 randomly chosen symbols.

Free Spins Bonus 

The Free Spins Bonus feature is triggered by landing 3, 4 or 5 Scatters, awarding 8, 10 or 12 free spins, respectively.  Then a Feature Choice screen appears, allowing you to choose between enhanced versions of the Stage Dive Wild feature or Mosh Pit feature.

You also have the option of the Power Slide feature. A guitarist penguin travels across the reels, collecting any SuperSpinners in his path. All collected SuperSpinners are randomly distributed, and applied to wins.

Feature Bet

Players outside the UK can opt for the Feature Bet. With 2 options, below are the details:

Punk Penguin Slot

Rating: 4.2/5

Punk Penguin is an unusually-themed slot which combines random base game features with SuperSpinner multipliers and free spins with an extra feature for up to 20,000 x bet max wins.

Chris Taylor

The Punk Penguin slot is thematically unusual: you don’t often see penguins rebelling to punk music on a tropical island. I’m all for it though.

In terms of the gameplay, the central concept is the SuperSpinners mechanic. Print Studios has incorporated 2 random base game features that compliment the SuperSpinners mechanic. The Stage Dive Wild feature gives a wild up to 5 symbols high. The Mosh Pit feature adds a Mosh Pit symbol up to 5x5 in size that substitutes up to 5 random symbols.

In the Free Spins Bonus feature, you choose between 3 features, with Print introcuding the Power Slide feature. The Power Slide feature would be my choice as the guitarist penguin slides across the reels, collecting SuperSpinners in his path. Collected SuperSpinners are then randomly distributed meaning that they could lead to some pretty big wins if they land in the right places.

With 20,000 x bet max wins, I had to play Punk Penguin a number of times before I grasped how some of the features worked. I found it very high volatility with wins in the free spins under 20 x my total bet in most cases. That said, you need to the SuperSpinner multipliers to combine to land the bigger payouts.

That said, I still prefer other SuperSpinner slots, such as Darkness, Royal Potato 2 and Dreadworks. If it’s punk rock you’re after, Punk Rocker by Nolimit City is a must.

The Punk Penguin slot review was written by Chris Taylor from our OLBG Expert team who has written over 10,000 slot game reviews in an iGaming career spanning over 2 decades.

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