Pigeons from Space Slot by Playtech

Pigeons from Space is exactly as daft as it sounds, and better for it. Instead of the usual rectangular grid it uses a hexagonal honeycomb, five columns of 3-4-5-4-3 hexagons, with 36 fixed paylines running across adjacent reels. The symbols are cartoon world landmarks, a Sphinx, the Statue of Liberty, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower and the Sydney Opera House, over neon royals, all floating in deep purple space. It's a Playtech slot built with the Rare Stone studio, and the whole thing is played for laughs.

The pigeons are the point. They fly little saucers, and the number that land decides what happens. Land one pigeon and the Respin Feature kicks in: a Blue Pigeon drops wilds that stick in place, a Purple Pigeon drops a crop circle carrying a cash value, and every fresh pigeon that lands during the respins buys you another one. It's a hold-and-respin loop that keeps going as long as the pigeons keep coming.

Two pigeons in a single spin trigger the Free Games instead, six spins where the same rule applies, blue pigeons raining sticky wilds and purple ones planting cash crop circles across the board. Everything stays put until the round ends, and the crop-circle cash is all paid out together at the finish. There's no retrigger, so the six spins are what you get, but a good run of pigeons can pack the grid with wilds by the end. A Buy Bonus jumps you straight into this round if you don't want to wait.

It's a medium-high volatility game with no jackpot, and the max win is a fairly modest 1,000x your bet, landing roughly once in 200,000 spins, so don't come for a life-changing top prize. The default RTP is 95.9%, though this is a Playtech title operators can also run at 94.9% or 93.5%, so check before you play for real. As a demo, the hex grid and the pigeon space features make it a genuinely fun few spins.