Ray Gun Riot by Black Coffee Studios puts aliens, rockets and UFOs around a six-reel, four-row board. Matching symbols pay along 50 fixed paylines, but the landed rayguns get their shots before wins are settled. Those shots can turn ordinary symbols into Wilds or upgrade Wilds already present, making the final arrangement more important than the initial stop.
Quick take: Rayguns reshape the result before payout, while the stronger bonuses let their Wild targets carry forward.
Theme and Gameplay
The cartoon science-fiction setting gives the guns a practical role in the action. On an ordinary spin, watch where their shots land, then read the matching symbols from the leftmost reel. A paying run needs at least three consecutive reels, and only the highest award on each line counts.
A gun is useful for its shots, but it has no symbol payout and blocks any payline running through its position. That creates an interesting tension: it can improve other cells without helping the line it occupies. Scatters and other guns cannot be targets.
Slot Features
Raygun hits turn ordinary symbols into Wilds. A hit on an existing Wild instead raises its multiplier by one step. Wilds substitute for ordinary paying symbols, and when several contribute to a winning line, their multiplier values add together. They do not multiply one another.
Three BONUS Scatters award eight Bonus spins with more frequent rayguns. Wilds clear between those spins, so each result develops afresh. Four Scatters award eight Super Bonus spins, where Wild positions and their values stay in place. A later shot can therefore upgrade something built on an earlier turn.
Five Scatters award ten Epic Bonus spins. This mode retains the Wilds and guarantees at least one raygun on every spin, giving the growing board fresh shots each turn. Three Scatters during a bonus add four more spins.
Feature focus: With Wilds retained, later raygun shots can create useful positions elsewhere or raise the value of a Wild already held.
RTP and Win Potential
Ray Gun Riot lists 96.5% RTP, high volatility and a maximum win of 20,000x the bet. Wild multipliers range from 2x to 100x, but their contribution still requires a paying line. The high-volatility profile suits the feature's uneven build: a promising collection of Wilds is potential, while the matching combinations determine what it actually pays.
My Thoughts On This Slot
The distinction between the three bonuses gives an extra Scatter real significance. Super changes the rhythm by keeping previous work on the board; Epic adds a guaranteed gun to that persistent setup. Those are clear changes to follow, rather than simply longer versions of the same round.
The guns also make the base game less straightforward than its fixed lines suggest. Someone wanting an immediately readable reel stop may find the shooting stage an interruption. For anyone who enjoys watching symbols change before a result settles, that stage is the reason to choose Ray Gun Riot.
Final Take: Ray Gun Riot makes its weapons matter, especially when retained Wilds give each new shot something to build on.