Bounty Showdown Slot Review

Bounty Showdown Slot Overview

Bounty Showdown drops me straight into a usually quiet frontier town that has just exploded into chaos. Fantasma Games keeps the setup barebones, but the mood is spot on, with a gritty wild west frontier feel and a tense soundtrack that would not feel out of place in a classic gunfight scene. It is all about that Wanted poster for Joe Boneson and the revenge now tearing through the streets.

For me this slot is very much a showdown between patience and payoff. The base game can turn into a dead spin grind, yet the math model has enough punch to keep me locked in. When the skull symbols start to land and the gatling style mechanics wake up, the whole thing shifts gear and the town feels ready to hand out proper bounties.

Bounty Showdown Slot Information

Bounty Showdown runs on 5 reels, 3 rows and 10 fixed paylines, and I can stake anywhere from 0.10 to 100 per spin. The theoretical RTP sits at 96.16 percent in standard play, climbing to around 97.11 percent when the bonus buy is active. Volatility leans towards the high side, with a hit frequency of about 21.31 percent and a maximum win potential of roughly 4761 times the bet.

Bounty Showdown Symbols and Paytable

On the reels in Bounty Showdown the lower paying symbols are the usual card ranks J, Q, K and A, paying between 5x and 10x the stake for five of a kind. The premium picture symbols show the knife carrying girl, the dynamite holding fellow, the smoking girl and Joe Boneson himself, and landing five premiums can award from 30x right up to 100x the bet in a single line hit.

The golden coin showing a skull is the key symbol in Bounty Showdown, and it pulls double duty as both wild and scatter. It substitutes for regular symbols to help complete wins, but it also has its own paytable values, topping out at 100x for five. With only a handful of picture symbols on the grid, the overall paytable feels punchy and those stacked high value hits can come out of nowhere.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Wild
	5	x100
	4	x25
	3	x10
	5	x100
	4	x25
	3	x10
	5	x50
	4	x15
	3	x5
	5	x40
	4	x10
	3	x4
	5	x30
	4	x8
	3	x3
	5	x10
	4	x5
	3	x2
	5	x7.5
	4	x4
	3	x1.5
	5	x5
	4	x2.5
	3	x1
	5	x5
	4	x2.5
	3	x1

Bounty Showdown Slot Features

The wild symbol in Bounty Showdown is that skull coin, and it appears on all reels. In the base game it often teases, standing in for regular pay symbols while you wait for the real action. Hitting 2 of these wild scatters in view triggers the Double Bonus Respin, where the triggering reels lock while the remaining three spin again. I have had plenty of near misses here, but also clutch third skulls.

Landing 3, 4 or 5 skull coins in Bounty Showdown launches the Showdown Free Spins feature, awarding 10, 15 or 20 spins and an instant scatter payout of 10x, 25x or 100x the stake. Before the round begins a Gatling Wheel loaded with 16 bullets spins three times, each bullet carrying a multiplier between 1x and 100x. The values from those three spins are added together to form your starting scatter multiplier.

During Showdown Free Spins every skull scatter that lands pays out your total multiplier directly on top of any line wins, and multiple scatters on the same spin multiply that value again. Hitting 3, 4 or 5 scatters also grants 3, 4 or 5 extra spins and one extra spin on the Gatling Wheel, stacking more multiplier on top. Non UK players can buy straight into this feature for 80x stake, with the RTP edging higher when they do.

The 200 Spins Bounty Showdown Slot Experience

Running a 200 spins test on Bounty Showdown gave me a clear feel for how swingy this game can be. The base game was packed with dead spins, broken up now and then by the Double Bonus Respin doing its job. My bonus round arrived off a second chance respin, the Gatling Wheel dropping a modest 15x total multiplier, and the free spins still managed to grind out a respectable session win.

Review Summary of Bounty Showdown

For me Bounty Showdown feels like Fantasma choosing a sensible path rather than trying to outgun the heaviest hitters in the genre. The base game is fairly feature light and will not please players who want constant excitement, yet the two scatters respin adds just enough hope. The real drama is locked inside the bonus round, where a strong Gatling Wheel outcome can flip a dry session on its head.

A lot is decided up front by that wheel, since a tiny multiplier tends to lead to modest returns, while a high value can see the scatters fly in for chunky hits. The multiplier can climb as high as around 300x with retriggers, and slot documentation quotes wins up to roughly 4500x to 4761x stake. It is volatile but not insane, provided you treat the bonus as the main target.

Bounty Showdown Slot Final Thoughts

If you enjoy cowboy themed slots with a strong focus on one punch bonus rounds, Bounty Showdown fits nicely into that portfolio. I like the way the narrative of the quiet town and the revenge plot lines up with the mechanics, from the tense build up in the base game through to the frantic action when the skulls finally roll in and the Gatling Wheel starts spinning.

I would recommend Bounty Showdown to players who have the bankroll to handle swings and who enjoy chasing multipliers rather than constant features. The option to buy the bonus where allowed is handy for testing the free spins, but I still prefer grinding for a natural trigger. When the wheel behaves and the scatters keep landing, this dusty little town can pay far better than its simple setup suggests.

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