Scandinavia is the land of fairytales – and with the success of the Chibeasties online slot game, Yggdrasil software has created something that even Hans Christian Andersen would be proud of. Set in a magical forest, the game plays out over five reels and 20 paylines, as the Chibeast inhabitants spin across the reels from 0.20 to 40.00 per go. Since launching in 2015, the video slot has proved such a hit that the company created a sequel, released in 2017.
In Norse mythology, the Yggdrasil is a giant mythical tree – and the software developer has been inspired by its own name in the creation of Chibeasties video slot. Set in the forest of the Chibeasties, the reels are packed with eight symbols across five reels and 20 paylines, with winning combinations formed from left to right.
The game's cast features an array of bug-like Chibeasties (who seem a friendly bunch), magical fruit and fauna, free spin bug icons and crystal tree wilds. Backed by slow and magical cinematic audio, the Chibeasties fruit machine looks great and creates a relaxed vibe that has made the game popular in online casinos all over the market.
The game can be played with all budgets, with spins from 0.20 to 40.00. And with the machine capable of paying out a maximum jackpot of 80,000.00 to high rollers, there's serious scope to win big. As revealed by Yggdrasil on its website, Chibeasties is an upper range volatility video slot with a powerful free spin feature:
"This medium to high volatility game focuses on the extraordinary free spin mode, which is activated by one randomly chosen expanding symbol, with the wild feature also capable of expanding into a stunning visual!"
As a result, the slot offers fast, gripping gameplay and sessions that can deliver hot and cold runs. The base game wins are often modest, but the goal is to fish for the free spin bonus mode with expanding wilds and potentially big rewards.
Chibeasties online slot is a simple game with one powerful feature: the free spins bonus. The special slot feature is triggered when three or more free spin symbols are matched on the reels. The mode rewards players with progressively more free spins, when more bonus icons line up on the reels:
The bonus screen features a forest clearing where a base game icon is sucked into a mystical vortex and transformed into an expanding wild symbol. The magic-infused symbol travels with the player through the bonus, expanding across the whole reels whenever it lands on a spin.
The basic payout is doubled across a second line, but it's also possible for the wild to become the expanding wild, sending payouts even higher. As an extra bonus, the expanding icon can reach across multiple reels, leading to big win jackpot multipliers.