Puff Puff Puffer Free Play in Demo Mode

Puff Puff Puffer review

Theme, Graphics, Sounds and Animations

If you're into underwater games, this title by Atomic Slot Labs might be your new favorite.

The graphics are a lot more colorful - less gloomy - than most other sea-themed slots, and no scary fishermen are on a hunt for these cute little fishies. The characters wouldn't be out of place in an animated movie like Finding Nemo. The symbols include an adorable baby turtle and a purple seahorse, plus a tiny shark who seems to be trying quite hard to look scary.

The backdrop is a colorful coral reef scene, all of the symbols animate on the grid whenever you land a win, and the soundtrack is a funky drumbeat that fits well with the quirky design of the game.

Gameplay

Wins pay out when matching symbols land on adjacent reels from left to right, but unlike with many other slot games, there are no fixed paylines. Instead, there are 243 different potential ways to win. The shark, fish, turtle, and starfish are the high-paying symbols to look out for.

Wilds, Bonuses and Free Spins

The Wild symbol is an octopus, and it can substitute for all regular symbols (not special symbols) to help you create more winning combinations. The Wild only appears on reels two, three, and four.

If you get at least three of the pearl symbols anywhere on the reels, you'll open up the Fish Free Games feature, with eight Free Spins. During free spins, any treasure chest symbols will add a Frame overlay to the position where they land. Every Frame that lands in the same position will increase the Multiplier.

There are three different pearl symbols: the purple pearl lands on reel two, the green one on reel three, and the orange one on reel four. The pearls "feed" the colored puffer fish on the side of the screen, to trigger three potential effects - called Sploosh, Splash, and Splish. The Sploosh feature awards up to 17 additional Free Spins, Splash gives you frame overlays, and Splish increases the size of the game grid.

Bet Sizes, RTP and Variance

Puff Puff Puffer comes with a Return to Player (RTP) percentage that's slightly below average, at 95.98%. We usually prefer to see games with an RTP of over 96%, but the difference here isn't too significant. The game has medium volatility, so wins are relatively evenly spread out, but they don't tend to be particularly big. In general, we prefer games with higher volatility.

You can play for amounts between $/€/£0.25 and $/€/£250 per go, just use the option at the bottom of your screen to set your stake. The maximum win is 1,660x, which is not as generous as most other slots.

Conclusion

Both the RTP and the maximum win amount are a little too low for our liking, but Puff Puff Puffer does have a few redeeming qualities. We noticed a few similarities to the Huff N' Puff slot game (for example, the Frames), and the pearl symbols that can trigger different bonus rounds are quite unique. The theme is cute and quirky, but the graphics aren't spectacular at all.