Happy Hooves Slot Machine

Happy Hooves is a slot dedicated to lovers of the Wild West and horses. Beautiful white, bay or black stallions appear among the reels of the slot and are the main characteristic icons of the new animal-themed game by Pragmatic Play. As always, the software house offers gameplay with good bonus features, which in this slot can also be activated voluntarily. The layout consists of 5 vertical reels and 4 rows, for a total of 15 symbols on screen to combine in 40 paylines. The RTP is estimated at 96.49%, but with Buy Bonus drops to 96.29%. The volatility is high.

Happy Hooves slot machine: features

Horse lovers will find plenty of them in Happy Hooves, which shows groups of stallions and free horses and, as the title announces, happy to run free through the prairies. The slot's background shows the stable where the horses sleep and that's where you'll need to take care of them if you want them to gallop towards the best prizes offered by the slot. The maximum win is 5,000x the base bet. The other elements on screen are characterized by a wooden design, as well as the frame surrounding the reels. The soundtrack is very calm and relaxing, suitable for listening even during longer gaming sessions.

All winning combinations require a minimum of 3 icons of the same type and follow 40 different paylines. The lowest bet is 1 cent per line, therefore 40 cents per spin, while the highest amount you can bet is 200 euros. On the paytable you can see the characteristic icons, namely the different colored horses:

• Black, which pays up to 3.75x;
• Bay, which pays up to 3x;
• Sorrel, which pays up to 2.75x;
• White, which pays up to 1.87%.

The minor icons are A and K, with maximum payout of 1.75x, plus Q and J with maximum payout of 0.75x.

The real peculiarity of the slot is that horse symbols also combine with minor symbols. The black horse is associated with A, the Bay with K, the Sorrel with Q, and the White with J.

Bonus features of Happy Hooves slot

Wild: there are 4 different Wilds, depicting the horses from the base icons, shown in pairs. Each Wild substitutes for its corresponding single symbol, offering increased payouts.

Scatter: the golden horseshoe is the game's Scatter. It appears on reels 1, 3, and 5 and, when it does, activates the Super Spin Respin feature.

Mystery Symbol: whenever it appears on the reels it activates the Super Spin Respin feature. At the end of the spin all mystery symbols transform into Wilds or Golden Symbols.

Golden symbol: represents a gold star. Every time it appears on the grid mystery symbols acquire a cash value and, spin after spin, are moved one position downward.

Super Spin Respin: the super spin feature starts with 8 Mystery symbols on screen. When opening, they can reveal golden stars or wilds. The former transform into win multipliers. These are associated with progressive multipliers that start from 1x and increase by +1 with each respin. During respins, mystery symbols move one position downward. The feature ends when all mystery symbols have disappeared from the screen.

Pros and cons of Happy Hooves slot

Happy Hooves is a slot that, at first glance, seems one of the least rewarding in the entire Pragmatic Play lineup. The heart of the slot, however, is the Respin feature, which allows associating many win multipliers with base payouts, optimizing wins. Another unique element of the slot is that winning combinations can also be formed by different types of icons: each horse is associated with a minor symbol and wins are calculated based on individual icons, even if they form a single payline. The final surprise comes from the Wilds, also different for each horse icon present on the grid. The gameplay is therefore quite complex, but it takes just a few spins to understand its original dynamics.

Slots similar to Happy Hooves

For those who love animal-themed slots, excellent alternatives to Happy Hooves are:

• Buffalo King Megaways by Pragmatic Play;
• King of the Jungle by GamoMat;
• REX by Novomatic.