Circus Slots

Happy clowns or creepy carnivals

Circus slot games usually go in one of two directions. The first is bright and cheerful, with friendly clowns and jokers as the main characters. Pragmatic Play has a few of these, like 6 Jokers and Wild Wild Joker. PG Soft's Circus Delight is another good example, offering a 100,000x max win on a basic five-by-three grid. The second direction is dark and creepy. Games like Freak Out by Gamebeat (which has a 50,000x top prize) and Zombie Circus by Relax Gaming swap out the happy balloons for a much scarier atmosphere.

Just another joker game?

It can be hard to tell the difference between circus slots and joker slots because they often share the same clown characters. Many games in this category are just standard joker slots with a circus tent painted in the background. If you take away the striped canvas, there is not much left to make them unique. A few games do actually commit to the theme. Reel Illusions Dream Drop by Relax Gaming focuses on a stage magician and builds an illusionist act into the gameplay, rather than just copying old ideas. It shows what can happen when a studio puts real effort into the setting.