Fruit Shop Megaways Free Play in Demo Mode by NetEnt

Fruit Shop Megaways review

Theme and Storyline

Fruit Shop Megaways has a summery fruit machine theme.

Players will find themselves out on a sunny day, enjoying the blue sky and greenery. At a bustling fruit stand, they’ll eye up tasty treats from plums to watermelons to lemons.

This game will appeal to players who enjoy fruit machine slots and those in the mood for an uplifting atmosphere.

Graphics, Sounds and Animations

The low-key soundtrack is filled with cheerful notes that set the tone for a day in the sun. Occasional bird song helps establish the outdoorsy setting.

The animation quality is simple but colourful and appealing. The produce symbols are illustrated in a cartoon style featuring classic fruit machine items like cherries and lemons.

The reels are crafted to look like a fruit stand with an orange striped awning. Sturdy wooden walls stand on either side of the reels, contributing to a small town farmers’ market vibe.

Beyond the reels, players will see minimalistic graphics of park greenery, reinforcing the summer day setting.

Overall, the music and animations are simple, but the vibrant colours are welcoming and optimistic.

Gameplay

Fruit Shop Megaways uses the Megaways system, meaning that the number of symbols in each reel varies for each spin.

Wins are awarded for landing matching symbols in adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel and going right.

Wilds, Bonuses and Free Spins

The Wild symbol substitutes for all regular symbols. The Wild symbols can land on reels 2, 3, 4, and 5 in the base game as well as the Free Spins feature.

The Free Spins feature is activated by landing a win with any of the medium-value symbols.

While in the Free Spins feature, players can be awarded additional free spins when they are awarded a win for medium or low-paying symbols. The number of free spins they win varies depending on the type of symbol and the length of the winning combination.

Players begin the Free Spins feature with a x1 multiplier. They are awarded an increase of +1 to this multiplier for every win during the feature with a maximum multiplier of x10.

Bet Sizes, RTP and Variance

The return to player of this game is 93.01%, very much 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.

With high volatility, Fruit Shop Megaways would normally be a good fit for our recommended strategies. However, due to its low RTP, this slot falls short of strategy-friendly status.

Conclusion

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

Despite a cheery classic theme and high volatility, Fruit Shop Megaway’s RTP of 93.01% is simply too low to merit a recommendation.

Players would do well to take their fruit machine cravings to a game that can offer a better RTP.