Drop'em Slot by Hacksaw Gaming
by Hacksaw GamingReleased Jul 27, 2023
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Third in Hacksaw's original 'Em series. Drop symbols clear everything below them, and the progressive choice pool in bonus narrows until only Wilds remain.

Specifications
| Game Type | Slots |
|---|---|
| RTP | 96.21% |
| Volatility | High |
| Max Win | 10,000x |
| Grid | 5x6 |
| Paylines | 7,776 Ways to Win |
| Min Bet | $0.1 |
| Max Bet | $100 |

About Drop'em Slot
Third entry in the 'Em franchise, after Stack'em and the original Stick'em that launched Hacksaw back in 2019. Canny the Can and Mona the Mouse show up again, this time surrounded by toucans and chameleons against bright tropical greens and warm wood textures. The Drop symbol is the new verb. When one lands, it falls through its reel and wipes every symbol underneath on the way down. Everything above slides to the bottom, and the gaps fill with a single randomly chosen symbol type - same symbol in every empty spot. Three Drops on different reels and you could see half the grid replaced with one paying symbol or Wild. Wilds here pay 20x for five of a kind, double the usual Hacksaw rate.
Three bonus tiers all start at 10 free spins, but each one changes what the Drop mechanic pulls from. Drop Spins (3 scatters) uses the full symbol pool, and Upgrade reveals during the round strip 1 to 10 paying symbols from that pool, leaving better odds with each removal. High Drop Spins (4 scatters) skips low-pays entirely and starts where a lucky Drop Spins round might end up after several upgrades. Wild Drop Spins needs all 5 scatters and fills every Drop exclusively with Wilds - no pool, no upgrades, just Wild columns on a 7,776-way grid paying 20x each. Five buy modes are available: BonusHunt for 5x trigger odds, Big Drop guaranteeing 3+ Drop symbols per spin, Mega Drop forcing all 5 Drops every spin, plus direct entry to Drop Spins at 100x and High Drop Spins at 200x. Mega Drop is the interesting modifier - five simultaneous Drops can repopulate 20+ positions in a single spin.
The paytable leans low. Five low-pay symbols barely scratch 0.5x for five of a kind, and the top regular symbol only hits 5x. Without a Drop landing, base game spins feel thin. But the progressive pool narrowing during the bonus is what separates this from a standard free spin round - each Upgrade shrinks the possible fill options, and by the end of a good Drop Spins run, the mechanic is basically choosing between two or three symbols for every gap it fills.
Reviewed by Arina, Slots Editor at Spinoxy Media Ltd.