Fruit Snap Slot Review

Released in October 2019, this game can be played at online casinos such as PlayOjo, Guts or Mr Green.

Theme and general information

Fruit Snap may have classic-looking symbols on the reels, giving us plenty of fruit, it is by no means just a fruit slot. It’s not the most sophisticated or graphically appealing slot among the Red Tiger line-up, but it can hold its own with crisp graphics, bright colours and a sort of disco soundtrack.

The background is a purple pattern in the base game, which turns red in the free spins.

We’re looking at a grid of 8×8 symbols, where we find cherries, strawberries, lemons, oranges and melons among the low-paying fruit symbols, and 7s, diamonds, bells, stars and dice among the high-paying symbols. The setup is not ideal for the small screen as the symbols may look cramped there, but we’re more looking out for the cluster wins anyway.

Any cluster of at least 5 matching symbols wins. The 7 is the highest value symbol, paying out 777x our stake for a full screen.

This game can be played from 0.10 per spin to 20.00 per spin.

Symbol removals and upgrades

As is common with most slots that have cluster wins, the symbols that are part of the winning combination are removed from the reels and make room for more symbols falling from above.

Noteworthy here is the line-up of all available symbols in the game above the 8×8 grid. The low-value symbols are on the left side and the high-value symbols are on the right side. The crown, which is also the scatter is in the middle.

All symbols have a small counter attached. Any instances of winning symbols of a particular fruit or other symbol will be added to the counter. Here the cascading wins are helpful. As long as more wins are formed during a cascade, the counter keeps adding any fruit that have been part of a win. Only after a losing spin will the counters reset.

The aim is as follows:

• Fruit Removal – Once the counter for a low-value fruit is full that fruit is removed from the reels, making more room for the remaining symbols and therefore making it slightly easier to form more clusters.
• Double Win Upgrade – The high-value symbols won’t be removed, however. Instead, they become double symbols that now have double the value in any payout. Meaning, the maximum payout for a grid full of 7s goes from 777x our stake to 1,554x our stake.

Free spins that you can retrigger

Three crown scatters that land during a single spin or a cascading win will trigger the free spins. The number of free spins you may get is somewhat random. It could be 6 or it could be 15. Now, all winning combinations will be added to their respective counters, but they do not reset during a losing spin. Instead, they are kept, which makes it much easier to collect enough symbols of one kind to have it removed.

Of course, getting the fruit symbols removed is easier than having the high-value symbols upgraded, but both is possible. The more low-value symbols are removed, the likelier it becomes to collect enough high-value symbols to upgrade them.

Also, it is possible to re-trigger the free spins. Collecting three more scatters will give you additional spins. Again, though, you can’t rely on the number of spins you may get.

Conclusion: A simple but effective and colourful slot from Red Tiger

The theoretical RTP (Return to Player) for Fruit Snap is 95.75%, which is below average and the main downside of this simple but generally quite effective slot. The game is volatile and can be a drain on your budget, if you have to wait for the free spins too long.

During the base game, you will rarely be able to remove more than one of the fruit symbols at once. But with a good number of free spins, you may well end up with three or more fruit symbols removed and even one or two upgrades on the other side. That can help with bigger cluster wins and a decent return when playing this game. For a while, it can be quite fun to play Fruit Snap. But if lady luck is not on your side, you may want to look elsewhere because the payout is not that great to stick around for too long here. Other Red Tiger slots have more to offer.