Monkeys Go Bananas MultiMax Slot Review

The Monkeys Go Bananas MultiMax Slot Game

Monkeys Go Bananas MultiMax is a video slot from Yggdrasil with 5 reels, 3 rows, and 243 ways to win. The action plays out on a tropical pirate island, where a gang of monkey captains sits above the reels, each guarding their own lane multiplier. I really like how the animations and reactions change when you land wins, while the soundtrack shifts from war drums when idle to a swashbuckling tune once the reels start spinning.

Symbols & Payouts in Monkeys Go Bananas MultiMax

The paytable in Monkeys Go Bananas MultiMax uses 12 regular symbols. The low-paying ones are 9, 10, J, Q, K, and A, paying up to 0.8x the bet for five of a kind. The premium symbols are a crab, blue lizard, green walrus, purple pirate, yellow pirate, and red pirate rivals, paying between 1.6x and 3.6x the stake for five matching symbols on adjacent reels.

Wilds have their own role here and do not carry direct line wins. Instead, they act as substitutes and feed the column multipliers above the reels whenever they land. Scatters are ape generals that you need on reels 2, 3, and 4 to enter Free Spins. During the bonus game, coloured Bomb Symbols can appear on dead spins, clearing symbols and giving the grid a fresh Avalanche for another shot at connecting wins.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x3.6
	4	x1.8
	3	x0.8
	5	x3.2
	4	x1.6
	3	x0.7
	5	x2.8
	4	x1.4
	3	x0.6
	5	x2.4
	4	x1.2
	3	x0.5
	5	x2
	4	x1
	3	x0.4
	5	x1.6
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.3
	5	x0.8
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	5	x0.8
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.15
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.15
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	Wild

Monkeys Go Bananas MultiMax Bonus Features

The core mechanic in Monkeys Go Bananas MultiMax is the Avalanche feature, which removes winning symbols and lets new ones fall into place. On every winning Avalanche, the game adds a Wild to a random position in the win chain. That Wild substitutes all standard symbols and increases the Reel Multiplier above its reel by 1x, applied to every win that reel helps create during that sequence.

Triggering 3 Scatter Symbols on reels 2, 3, and 4 awards 8 Free Spins. In this bonus, Reel Multipliers become sticky and no longer reset between spins, which is where the 10,000x max win feels reachable. Wins pay both ways during Free Spins, so you can connect combinations from left to right and right to left, although full five-of-a-kind payouts are still calculated from the leftmost reel only.

On non-winning Free Spins, a Bomb Symbol can save the day. Bombs come in three levels, coloured blue, yellow, or red. A level 1 Bomb removes just the symbol it lands on, level 2 clears surrounding positions, and level 3 wipes everything within two symbol steps. Each explosion triggers another Avalanche, so a dead spin can suddenly grow into a long chain of wins backed by stacked Reel Multipliers.

How to Win at Monkeys Go Bananas MultiMax

To win in Monkeys Go Bananas MultiMax you need at least three matching symbols landing on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel, across any of the 243 fixed paylines. The key is stretching your spins long enough to see several Avalanches in a row, since every winning cascade adds another Wild and lifts a Reel Multiplier. Free Spins are where I felt the slot open up, as sticky multipliers and both-ways pays can snowball surprisingly fast.

Monkeys Go Bananas MultiMax Slot RTP & Volatility

Yggdrasil has set Monkeys Go Bananas MultiMax with a below average default RTP of 94.0 percent, with some operators able to offer an even lower 90.5 percent setting. The hit frequency sits around twenty four percent, so you will see regular small wins, but the real swings come from the highly volatile maths. In my sessions, it either went quiet for stretches or threw out chunky cascades when the multipliers lined up.

Final Verdict on Monkeys Go Bananas MultiMax

From a player’s point of view, Monkeys Go Bananas MultiMax is a fun pirate themed slot with great character work and music, but it does carry some trade offs. Having so many low-value symbols on a compact 5x3 grid means plenty of five-of-a-kind hits still barely cover the stake, so the game feels heavily weighted towards bonus mode and big multiplier chains rather than steady line wins.

On the other hand, I really enjoyed the Reel Multipliers and the way Bombs freshen up dead spins in Free Spins. The 10,000x max win gives you something serious to chase, even if the RTP number is not ideal. I would treat Monkeys Go Bananas MultiMax as a high risk, high reward option, best played in longer sessions or in demo first so you get a feel for how wild those Avalanches can get.