Chicken Road is a 5-reel online video slot game developed by Pragmatic Play, a well-established software provider in the iGaming industry. The game transports players to a scenic route surrounded by rolling hills and lush greenery, where chickens roam free. As its name suggests, this slot revolves around poultry, offering an entertaining experience for both seasoned gamblers and Chicken Road casual players.
Theme
The theme of Chicken Road is centered on rural life and farm animals. Players are immersed in a tranquil atmosphere as they spin the reels, set against the backdrop of a countryside road lined with trees, hills, and fields where chickens roam free. The visuals are colorful and vibrant, reflecting the game’s light-hearted tone.
Design
The slot has 243 paylines across five reels, offering numerous opportunities for winning combinations to emerge. Symbols range from low-paying fruits such as lemons, oranges, plums, grapes, watermelons, bananas, cherries, strawberries, blueberries, and pineapples, while the high-paying symbols are farm animals including ducks, turkeys, a goose, and, of course, chickens.
Symbols
The game’s standard symbol is represented by four types of cards, from Jack to Ace. These low-paying symbols can be found in various colors and have their respective payout values assigned to them. The medium-to-high paying symbols are farm animals such as ducks, geese, turkeys, and the main character – a chicken.
Payouts
The slot game offers players 243 possible winning combinations on each spin. Wins for standard paytable can range from x1-x5 multiplier with specific symbol combinations. In the base game and bonus round, maximum win is capped at x2,500 times the stake betted. However, these numbers are subject to change based on operator-specific configurations.
Wilds
In Chicken Road slot game, players will discover two types of Wild symbols: Regular Chickens as regular Wild substitutes for standard symbols when three or more appear in a row left-to-right only but do not substitute Scatter – the farmer; and Special Bonus Wild. The bonus wild also serves as any other symbol to complete winning combinations.
Scatters
The game features Farmer Scatters that will reward players with free spins when three of them show up on the reels from any position, both horizontally (left-to-right only).
Bonus Features & Free Spins
A 2nd chance bonus can be awarded randomly after losing a single bet, during which one Random symbol is chosen for guaranteed win. On top of this feature, it has two other main features – Free Spin Round and Jackpot Bonus.
Free spin round in the game rewards you up to twenty five free spins with multiplier that increases by +1 on each of them every consecutive winning turn with up 125 multiplier at max, so even lowest bets can easily multiply a player’s original bet value more than tenfold during these bonus rounds. A "Buy Feature" option lets users immediately buy entry into Free Spins.
Jackpot Bonus is awarded when five Chickens appear in the main game where all of them have x10 payouts or on 1st re-spin from base with one Chicken – multiplier starts at x20 instead.