Football Fever Free Play in Demo Mode by Genii

Football Fever review

Theme and Style

Football Fever is a soccer-themed slot game from Genii.

The game attempts to recreate the thrill of an international football match, combining the stadium setting and cheering crowds with classic soccer-themed imagery. The classic black and white ball, referee whistles, and yellow cards are integrated into the visuals, soundtrack, and gameplay respectively.

This slot will appeal to soccer fans and anyone who has longed for a season ticket to see their favorite team play on their home field.

Graphics, Sounds and Animations

The graphics of Football Fever are fairly basic. The symbols on the reels have the look of rotoscoped art and the animations for a win simply rotate elements of the image and flash words up.

The soundtrack is a short somewhat bothersome clip of stadium music backed by a much less bothersome roar of football fans cheering a match. The sound effects are what you would expect from a slot like this, they are pretty generic with a handful of football-themed noises (like the referee’s whistle) thrown in.

All in all, it's nothing fancy, but the front end of this slot does its job reasonably well.

Gameplay

Football Fever has three rows and five reels, which combined with the any-way wins system means there are 243 ways to win.

Wins are formed by matching symbols anywhere on consecutive reels starting from the left.

The publisher Genii does not appear to have made certain key statistics available for this slot. Among the missing details is the maximum win for the player. Not providing this information is a red flag that players would be well advised to view cautiously.

Wilds, Bonuses and Free Spins

The Wild symbol in this game comes with a classic black-and-white soccer ball image. This Wild substitutes for every other symbol, except for the Scatter (with a yellow card image on it), and the Free Spin symbol (with the referee’s whistle on it).

The Free Spin symbol pays out as a scatter for two or more symbols anywhere on the reels. If the player lands three or more Free Spin symbols, then the Free Spin bonus is triggered as follows:

• 3 symbols = 5 free spins;
• 4 symbols = 10 free spins; and
• 5 symbols = 15 free spins.

During the Free Spins Bonus, all wins are tripled, and both the Free Spin Bonus and Bonus Penalty round can be triggered or retriggered during the Free Spin Bonus game.

Three or more Scatter symbols trigger the Bonus Penalty Round. This is a free spin bonus. However, it does not include the triple score multiplier.

Bet Sizes, RTP and Variance

The return to player of Football Fever is 92.3%. This is among the worst RTPs we have come across. We use a yardstick for an average of roughly 96%. This slot comes in way below this average. This alone would be enough for us to suggest you avoid this slot.

The range of bets on the site we tested ran from a minimum bet per spin of $/£/€0.25 up to a maximum of $/£/€31.25 per spin.

Genii has not provided details of this slot’s volatility. The size of the payouts would suggest relatively high volatility, but without confirmation, we cannot recommend this slot.

Conclusion

This slot is probably one you can skip. The design and theme are pretty mediocre, the soundtrack functional at best and annoying at worst, and the RTP is miserably low (92.3%).

When you add in the limited information about the volatility and maximum wins, it becomes clear that this soccer-themed slot is one to avoid.