Primal Times Slot Review

The Primal Times Slot Game

When I first fired up Primal Times I was dropped straight into an Ice Age landscape, with mammoths, sabre-toothed beasts and frozen reels sitting centre screen. The slot runs on 6 reels and between 4 and 7 rows, giving up to 117,649 ways to win, starting at 4,096. The twist is the three frozen rows at the top, which can thaw during play as meteors hit, changing the grid during a spin and its cascades.

Primal Times is a high volatility Relax Gaming slot with bets from 0.20 up to 100 per spin. The default RTP sits at 96.11%, rising to 96.50% on some Feature Buy options, and the max win is capped at 10,000x your bet. On the feature side you get Cascades, Wild Symbols, the Multiplier Flow, Free Spins and several Feature Buy choices, so there is plenty going on once you understand how the frozen rows behave.

Symbols and Payouts - Primal Times

I always head straight for the paytable, and in Primal Times you get a clear split between low and high-paying symbols. The lower-paying icons are blue clubs, green diamonds, pink hearts and red spades, each paying 0.3x your stake for six of a kind. Wins land when you hit three or more matching symbols on adjacent reels from the leftmost side, which then triggers the Cascade as the winning symbols drop out.

The higher-paying symbols are a blue Amarillo, green Tapir, purple Sloth, orange Tiger and the red Mammoth, paying from 0.5x up to 3x your bet for six of a kind. The Mammoth even pays 0.2x for just two symbols, so it feels like the star of the show. The Wild Symbol is a blue tile with a golden W, paying 3x for six and substituting for everything except the erupting volcano Scatter, which triggers Free Spins.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	6	x3
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.4
	2	x0.2
	6	x1
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	6	x0.5
	5	x0.3
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.5
	5	x0.3
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.5
	5	x0.3
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.3
	5	x0.2
	4	x0.1
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.3
	5	x0.2
	4	x0.1
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.3
	5	x0.2
	4	x0.1
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.3
	5	x0.2
	4	x0.1
	3	x0.1
	Wild
	6	x3
	Scatter

Primal Times Slot Bonus Features

The Cascade feature in Primal Times kicks in whenever you land a win, clearing the winning symbols and dropping new ones from above. At the start of each spin the upper three rows are frozen and out of play. Meteor symbols appear as fiery overlays attached to regular symbols, and each one that lands unfrosts a single position on that reel. Cascades keep running as long as new winning combinations appear on the expanded grid.

Once all three frozen positions on a reel have thawed during a spin or a run of cascades, that reel turns into a Wild Reel filled with a stacked Wild Symbol. Every reel hides a frozen Wild in the top row, so opening that position is the key. Under the grid sits the Multiplier Flow, a conveyor that shifts left after each spin and carries multiplier values from 1x to 10x along with special Bonus Symbols.

When a Wild Reel lines up with a multiplier on the Multiplier Flow, that value applies to all wins that use that reel, and if several Wild Reels hit multipliers together their values multiply each other. Landing three Scatters on reels 1, 3 and 5, or activating the Bonus Symbol under a Wild Reel, awards 5 Free Spins, while doing both at once gives 10. Scatters in the bonus add one extra spin, and thawed positions then stay active. If you want to jump straight into the action there are Feature Buy options: 70x for a single Bonus Spin with two guaranteed Wild Reels, 100x for 5 Free Spins, or 150x for a Bonus Spin with three Wild Reels, running at around 96.49% to 96.50% RTP.

How to Win at Primal Times Slot

When I play Primal Times I treat the base game as a hunt for meteors and Wild Reels rather than simple ways wins. You are betting between 0.20 and 100 per spin, and wins land on adjacent reels from the left, but the bigger hits tend to come once the frozen rows start thawing. The real paydays show up when Wild Reels connect with strong symbols and decent Multiplier Flow values, especially during Free Spins where thawed spots stay open.

Primal Times Slot RTP & Volatility

On the numbers side, Primal Times runs with a 96.11% RTP in the standard game and Relax lists the volatility as high, though some comparison sites phrase it as above average. The Feature Buy options nudge the RTP up slightly to around 96.49% to 96.50%. You are playing with 4,096 ways by default, climbing towards 117,649 ways when enough frozen positions thaw, and the regular win cap sits at 10,000x your stake.

There is also a Primal Times Dream Drop version using the same 6-reel, 4,096 to 117,649 ways setup and 10,000x cap, but with a 94.01% RTP because part of the return feeds the progressive jackpots. In practice the game feels very swingy, with stretches of small cascades broken up by sudden meteor runs that open Wild Reels and pull in chunky wins. It suits players happy to ride out the swings for those big Multiplier Flow hits.

The Final Thoughts on Primal Times

After a solid run on Primal Times I came away impressed by how the frozen rows, meteors and Multiplier Flow link together. The Ice Age setting has that animated film feel, helped by bright colours and clean animations, while the soundtrack keeps things fairly subtle. At first the moving multipliers and thawing reels can feel confusing, but once it clicks the Wild Reels and flowing multipliers become the main attraction, with Free Spins ramping up the action further.

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