Visually, we are reminded of Snowbornes’ hit release,Cat Clans, and the solid 20,000x potential is also the same. Yggdrasil’s Pushy Cats is even more quirky though, and the game show setting is more flashy and superficial than the medieval Highlands setting. We’ve seen better graphics from this developer for sure, but the color scheme and the symbols suit the cartoonish and humorous style just fine.
The base game comes with a Sticky Wilds Respins feature, and this is one way to enter the all-important Bonus Game. You can gamble to level up your bonus before it starts, and this awards more modifier bouncer positions and less vortexes. The triggering wilds move around per spin, and the global multiplier increases per win or via modifiers the wilds land on. You get other modifiers as well, and the vortexes remove wilds and will eventually end the feature.
The premium symbols pay between 10 and 25 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, and every wild you land triggers theSticky Wild Respins feature. The triggering wild, or wilds, becomes frozen in place, while the remaining positions respin. This process repeats if you land a new wild on the respin, and the feature ends when you don’t land any new wilds.
The sticky wild respins round also ends if you manage to rack up3 sticky wilds, as this triggers the Bonus Game. You’ll get bonuslevel 1-3 randomly assignedwhen the feature triggers from the base game, butyou can gamble to get a higher level. In addition, you can trigger the feature by collecting 10 bonus symbols during base game play, and a higher level means more modifying bouncer symbols and fewer vortex symbols.
The global multiplier increases by +1 per win during the feature, and the triggering wilds are carried over to become moving wilds. The reels are now surrounded by a frame of bouncer symbols, and these come with modifiers or vortexes. Wilds that move to a vortex position are removed, while wilds that move to a regular bouncer position trigger the 1 of the following modifiers:
Whenever a wild lands on a bouncer position, it moves back to its original position as the bouncer symbol turns into a vortex. The indefinite free spins feature ends when vortexes have removed all present moving wild symbols.
Each paw bonus symbol you collect in the base game reduces the Bonus Buy cost by 10 %, and the buy feature comes with 2 options. Pay100x your stakefora level 1 to 3 bonus game, or pay990x your stakefor the maxed outbonus game level 4. The bonus buy is not available in the UK.The Golden Bet option increases your bet size by 50 %, and it doubles your bonus game chances.
You get to see the Sticky Wild Respins feature in the base game part of our 7:29-minute highlights video, before we purchase the bonus game at 1:15 into the video. We got level 1 at first, but gambled our way up to level 3. You can see for yourself how we fared by hitting the play button below.
Yggdrasil is not afraid of doing things in unique ways, and Pushy Cats is a quirky, cartoonish game show slot that plays out like nothing we’ve ever seen before. At first we didn’t like the way the sticky wild respins feature is announced with great fanfare each time, but that was before we realized that it can lead to the bonus game. With 500x as the base game single spin max win, you need the bonus game to close in on the surprisingly solid20,000x potential.
It will be very tempting to gamble for a higher level if you only get level 1, like we did, as you will want as few vortexes and as many modifying bouncer positions as you can get. Losing your moving wilds to vortexes is neither fun nor lucrative, and many times the wilds will move in frustrating ways (like the self-willed felines they are). We could go either way on Pushy Cats, and far from everyone will like it, but it’s a good option if you want to try something out of the ordinary.
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Cat Clans- is a cartoon-style medieval Snowborn release set in the Scottish Highlands, and the base game comes with multiplying multiplier wilds. The Clan Battle feature can award prizes up to 10,000x your stake, and the Cat-a-pult bonus round comes with increasing multiplier sticky wilds for payouts up to 20,000x your stake.
Feline Fury- is a cutesy semi-realistic cat slot from Play’n Go, and you’ll benefit from cat symbol wild transformations. This can give you up to 5 wild reels with x3 multipliers, and you get more symbol collect and transformations in the bonus round. The max win potential is 5,000x your stake.
Pawprints of Purrsia- is a feline-themed installment from Kalamba Games, and it comes with 5×3 reels and 40 paylines. The Bonus Wheel of Dreams dishes out jackpots up to 25x your stake, or 3 different versions of the bonus round. The features are all about multiplier wilds, and you can win up to 2,883x your stake.
Pushy Cats, by Yggdrasil, is a playful and quirky game that brings to mind the popular release Cat Clans by Snowbornes. The game has a flashy game-show theme and offers a potential 20,000x win. Although the graphics might not be the best we’ve seen from the developer, they fit within the game’s humorous style. <br><br>The base game includes a Sticky Wilds Respins feature, which can lead to the Bonus Game. You have the option of gambling to increase your bonus level, which results in more modifier positions and fewer vortexes. The triggering wilds move around on each spin and the global multiplier increases per win or via the modifiers the wilds land on. <br><br>Wilds also trigger other modifiers and vortexes that remove wilds and eventually end the feature. Premium symbols pay between 10x and 25x your stake for five of a kind wins. If you land a new wild on a respin, the process repeats until no new wilds are landed. <br><br>The game also includes a bonus game that can be triggered by collecting 10 bonus symbols during base gameplay. A higher bonus level means more modifying bouncer symbols and fewer vortex symbols. The global multiplier increases by +1 per win during this feature, and the wilds from the triggering spin become moving wilds. <br><br>The game also features a bonus buy option and a Golden Bet option that increases your bet size by 50% and doubles your bonus game chances. Despite its unconventional format, Pushy Cats is a fun and engaging game with a 20,000x max win potential. <br><br>Other similar games include Cat Clans by Snowbornes, which is set in the Scottish Highlands and offers a max win of 20,000x your stake; Feline Fury by Play’n Go, which offers up to 5 wild reels with x3 multipliers and a max win of 5,000x your stake; and Pawprints of Purrsia by Kalamba Games, which offers a max win of 2,883x your stake.