Big Bass Halloween Slot Review

Big Bass Halloween Slot Overview

Big Bass Halloween is Reel Kingdom and Pragmatic Play taking Big Bass Bonanza and throwing a spooky coat of paint over it. I am looking at a 5x3 slot with 10 fixed paylines, zombie-styled card royals and a fisherman who has gone full slasher. RTP configs sit around 96 percent at best, dropping to roughly 94 percent in weaker settings, with medium-high volatility driving swingy session behaviour.

Launched in October 2023, Big Bass Halloween keeps the familiar money-collection framework rather than trying anything radical. The base game is very stripped back, which suits players who only care about chasing the free spins feature. As a long-time fishing slot fan I see this as a seasonal reskin that leans on its bonus round, not something meant to redefine the Big Bass formula.

Theme and Symbols in Big Bass Halloween

Big Bass Halloween swaps sunny lagoons for murky grey water and a sky that looks ready to crack open. The fisherman stands on the loading screen waving a meat hook rather than a friendly rod, which sets the tone. On the reels you see stitched card ranks from ten to ace, a box of tackle, a vicious crow, a hook and a lifebuoy wrapped in eerie lighting and blood spatters.

Low symbols in Big Bass Halloween are the stitched 10, J, Q, K and A, all paying 10 times stake for five of a kind. Premium symbols start with the fish, then the tackle box, crow, hook and lifebuoy, which pay from 20x up to 200x for a full line. The lifebuoy is the only picture symbol that already pays from two of a kind, starting at 0.5x.

Fish symbols in Big Bass Halloween double as money symbols, landing with instant values from 2x up to 2,000x stake that you collect during free spins. The bloody fish acts as scatter, while the crazed fisherman becomes the wild and collect symbol once the bonus starts. Wilds never appear in the base game, which keeps things very straightforward until you finally trigger the feature and see them in action.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x200
	4	x20
	3	x5
	2	x0.5
	5	x100
	4	x15
	3	x3
	5	x50
	4	x10
	3	x2
	5	x50
	4	x10
	3	x2
	Collect
	5	x20
	4	x5
	3	x1
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	Scatter
	Wild

How to Play Big Bass Halloween

Playing Big Bass Halloween is simple, even if you have never touched the series before. I set my stake from 10p a spin upwards, lock in the 10 fixed paylines and spin, aiming for three or more matching symbols from the leftmost reel on. You can toggle the Ante Bet, which adds fifty percent to your stake and throws in extra scatters, giving a better shot at landing the free spins.

Free Spins and Bonus Features in Big Bass Halloween

In Big Bass Halloween the whole game tilts around the free spins feature. Three, four or five scatters drop you into 10, 15 or 20 free spins. During the bonus the fisherman steps in as wild and collect symbol, scooping up every money fish in view, each worth between 2x and 2,000x stake. If a spin ends with only one wild on screen, extra fish can splash in at random for collection.

Every wild that lands in Big Bass Halloween free spins also fills a meter. Every fourth wild retriggers another batch of 10 spins and upgrades the money symbol multiplier to x2, then x3, then finally x10. After the third retrigger you stop climbing, and prizes are capped at 2,100x stake. Outside the UK you can buy the bonus for 100x stake, skipping the grind of hitting three scatters naturally.

RTP, Volatility and Max Win in Big Bass Halloween

Stat wise, Big Bass Halloween sticks close to the original. You most often see RTP around 96 percent, with some casinos running 96.04 or 96.06 percent and others dipping to 95.09 or even 94.09 percent. Volatility feels high, backed up by a 14.29 percent hit rate and roughly one bonus in 113 spins. Official max win is 2,100x stake, with quoted odds of around one in 711,744 spins.

Big Bass Halloween Slot Verdict

Going in, I was rolling my eyes at another Big Bass reskin, but Big Bass Halloween won me over more than I expected. The dark art style, stitched royals and unhinged fisherman give the usual fishing routine a fun horror slant. Under the surface it plays exactly like Big Bass Bonanza, so if you know that game you will settle into the rhythm within a few spins.

From a grinder's point of view, Big Bass Halloween is all about timing your bankroll around the bonus. The base game can feel slow without any modifiers, and the 2,100x cap looks modest beside newer fishing slots. On the flip side, the money symbol values reaching 2,000x and the x10 multiplier mean the free spins can still throw up memorable hits, especially if you connect several fish at once.

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