Animafia Slot Review

Animafia Slot Overview

Animafia is a video slot from Peter & Sons in partnership with Yggdrasil Gaming, built around a crew of gangster animals planning a bank heist. The action starts outside the zoo gates, with the reels forming the entrance to the chaos behind the walls. The game runs on a 5x5 setup with 40 paylines, bets from 0.20 to 50, medium to high volatility, and a capped max win of 3200x stake.

What really sold Animafia to me is how a hilarious theme meets what I feel is an underrated build-up mechanic. The slot leans heavily on Power Wilds, scatter safes, a collection meter, and a roaming wild during free spins. On top of that, Golden Bet and three Bonus Buy options let you approach the game differently, whether you want steady grinding or direct access to the bonus action.

Animafia Slot Information

The base game in Animafia takes place just by the zoo, signposted on the right side of the screen, with a bear, hippo, and monkey guarding the gate while a terrified sheep is held hostage. When the bonus triggers, the scene moves to the bank interior. Animafia plays smoothly on desktop and mobile, and wins drop when three or more matching symbols land on one of the paylines starting from the leftmost reel.

Animafia uses 5 reels, 5 rows, and 40 fixed lines, so there is no way to adjust paylines. Stakes range from a minimum bet of 0.2 to a maximum bet of 50 per spin, covering both casual spins and more serious sessions. With a listed hit frequency of about 25.2 percent, I found the slot tends to land some sort of win roughly every fourth spin, though streaks can still swing either way.

Animafia Symbols and Payouts

There are eight regular paying symbols in Animafia. The lower-paying ones are J, Q, K, and A, paying around 1x to 1.5x your bet for a full line of five. The higher-paying symbols are a frog, rhino, ape, and lion, topping out at 3x, 4x, 5x, and 10x the stake for five of a kind. I always check the paytable first, as it lays out every prize step clearly.

Animafia also comes with three types of wilds, which keep things lively. Random Wilds drop 4 to 15 wild symbols on the grid, Expanding Wilds stretch to cover an entire reel, and Monster Wilds arrive in blocks from 1x1 up to 5x5. All wilds substitute for non-special symbols and have their own payouts as well, paying 2x, 3.75x, or 10x your stake when three or more line up on a payline.

The golden vault, or safe, is Animafia’s scatter symbol. It lands only on reels 2, 3, and 4, but it is the key to the free spins bonus. Hitting two scatters nudges the collection meter and makes the next bonus stronger, while landing three scatters in view grants between 6 and 20 free spins, depending on how far that meter has progressed before you trigger the feature.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x10
	4	x3.75
	3	x2
	5	x5
	4	x2.5
	3	x1.25
	5	x4
	4	x2
	3	x0.75
	5	x3
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.75
	3	x0.3
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.75
	3	x0.3
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.25
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.25
	Wild
	5	x10
	4	x3.75
	3	x2
	Scatter

Animafia Slot Bonus Features

The Power Wilds feature in Animafia can fire randomly in the base game, and it is where a lot of the slot’s excitement sits for me. On any spin, you might see 4 to 15 wilds sprayed across the reels, one or more reels turning fully wild, or a Monster Wild block covering a decent chunk of the grid. Those surprise patterns have plenty of potential to swing an otherwise dull spin.

Animafia’s free spins round is where the roaming wild takes over. Three scatters launch 6 to 20 free spins, upgraded by steps on the collection meter from earlier base game spins. A roaming wild starts at 1x1 and grows through 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, and finally 5x5 as you collect more scatters, with each new level adding two extra spins. You can activate Golden Bet for 0.2x more, or use Bonus Buys for 6, 20, or random spins.

How to Win at Animafia Slot

To win on Animafia, you simply need three or more matching symbols landing on one of the 40 fixed paylines, starting from the leftmost reel. I set a comfortable stake between 0.20 and 50, hit Spin, or let Autoplay handle longer stretches. Turbo mode speeds things up when I am grinding the base game, and the in-game menu holds the rules, paytable, and sound settings if you need a refresher.

Animafia Slot RTP & Volatility

On paper, Animafia runs an RTP of 96.1 percent, which puts it slightly above average for many video slots, paired with medium to high volatility and a hit frequency near 25.2 percent. In practice, that meant plenty of smaller line hits, with the Power Wilds and free spins doing the heavy lifting. The official max win is 3200x your bet, so expectations should be balanced despite the quite punchy feature set.

The Final Thoughts on Animafia

After a fair number of sessions, Animafia has grown on me as a quirky animal heist slot with a surprisingly engaging progression element. Working the collection meter towards a stronger bonus gives the base game a sense of purpose, rather than just waiting for three scatters to land. The combination of roaming wild growth and Power Wild bursts means that when the slot wakes up, it can throw some lively screens at you.

Animafia is not flawless, of course. The 3200x cap feels a bit modest for a slot marketed as mid to high volatility, and the climb up the meter can drag when the scatters refuse to show. Even so, the sharp Peter & Sons artwork, the tongue-in-cheek story, and the flexible bonus access through Golden Bet and Bonus Buys make this one I am happy to return to when I want something slightly offbeat.

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