Bompers Free Play in Demo Mode by ELK Studios

Bompers review

Theme and Storyline

Bompers has a sci-fi fruit machine theme.

Players will arrive in a futuristic world filled with neon lights and plenty of exotic fruits in capsules. They’ll need to stay ahead of the curve in this space-age universe if they want a taste of the cherries, oranges, and melons.

This slot is a good fit for players who enjoy fruit machine themes, but have a hankering for a modern twist.

Graphics, Sounds and Animations

Bompers welcomes players with a digitally-infused dance mix. This lively tune is accented by vocalizations and plenty of club-worthy sound effects.

In the spaceship-style setting, dark purples and blues are contrasted with electric neon hues. Players will see each potential position on the reels subtly glow with regular pulses of light. This creates a galactic nightclub aesthetic with a hint of 80s flair.

On the reels, all the classic fruit machine fruits are waiting, animated in a retro video game style. The lemons and oranges are also joined by shamrocks and lucky horseshoes.

Overall, the animation and soundtrack give a sci-fi party twist to a classic fruit machine theme.

Gameplay

The Bompers slot has a base structure of 6x4, with the reels expanding to up to 6x8 during special features.

Wins are awarded for landing matching symbols in adjacent reels. This is calculated from the leftmost reel to the rightmost.

The Cascade feature means that symbols that are part of winning combinations vanish. This allows new symbols to fall in from above to take their place.

Due to the staggered nature of the positions, symbols that remain on the reels during Cascades may roll slightly into fresh locations.

Players can opt into the X-citer mode, which allows them to increase their bet size in order to prompt an increase in special symbols/features.

Wilds, Bonuses and Free Spins

The Wild symbol substitutes for all symbols except the Mystery Bomb, Shooting Star, and Bonus symbols.

When triggered, the Mystery Bomb transforms itself and all symbols connected to it into a randomly selected symbol. If more than one Mystery Bomb overlaps, the overlapping symbols are changed into Wilds.

The Shooting Star symbol moves upwards on the reels and when it reaches the top, it manifests a selection of as many as 7 symbols. At least 3 of these symbols will be Wild symbols.

The Free Spins feature is triggered when players land at least 3 Bonus symbols. The feature begins with 7 free spins.

Bet Sizes, RTP and Variance

The return to player of this game is 95.8%, slightly below our yardstick for average of roughly 96%.

The range of bets on the site we tested ran from a minimum bet per spin of $/£/€0.20 up to a maximum of $/£/€100 per spin.

The volatility of Bompers is high, making it consistent with our preferred slot machine strategies. Our slot strategies target the highest possible volatility.

Conclusion

We do not recommend this low RTP, high volatility fruit machine-themed slot.

Though its sci-fi fruit machine aesthetic is a bit fun, Bompers doesn’t quite bring enough to the table to excuse its subpar RTP.

The high volatility may turn the heads of mathematically inclined players, but these would do just as well pursuing a slot that offers a more favorable RTP.

The bonus features and unique gameplay give Bompers some appeal that may be enough to intrigue some players.