The Chicken Run slot machine is a farm-themed online game developed by one of the prominent iGaming software providers in the industry today. Released to the public recently, this 5-reel, 4-row video slot boasts an impressive lineup of features and rewards that are sure to delight fans of classic slot machines.
Theme and Design
At its core, Chicken Run revolves around a comical farm setting where clucking hens are on the run for their freedom. The game’s vibrant color scheme is dominated by shades of green, blue, yellow, and red, which transport Chicken Run players to an idyllic countryside scene. A sunny sky filled with fluffy white clouds complements the whimsical atmosphere.
In line with its theme, Chicken Run features a cast of adorable chicken characters that serve as both symbols on the reels and bonus feature activators. Players will also encounter farm equipment such as wheelbarrows, pitchforks, eggs, chickens wearing tutus (yes, you read it right!), scarecrows, barn doors, farmer’s hats, carrots, broccoli florets, tractors, windmills, sunflowers, roosters, geese, cows, horses, pigs, and other farm animals.
The game’s background animation sets the scene with a cartoonish depiction of hens escaping from their coop. An animated chicken takes center stage on both sides of the reels as they run to freedom across the screen during normal gameplay.
Symbols
As you might expect in this theme-rich slot machine, various symbols offer payouts that range from low-paying standard letter or number symbols (10A to 9K) with bright color accents and stylized fonts, through medium paying special icons like farmer’s hats and animals, all the way up to high-payout characters including Benny the Bantam Rooster.
Payouts
The paytable for Chicken Run , accessed via the game settings or 'Info’ tab on most platforms, rewards players with relatively standard payout multipliers: 5x to 5000x your bet per line. As expected in modern online slots, more generous prizes are doled out through feature-laden winning combinations and special games.
The symbols pay from leftmost reel going rightwards (paylines numbered from #1 up) using a pattern similar but not exactly identical to many other 5-reel slot machines: Single-symbol wins occur as often as possible at lower denominations before paying line or scatters unlock more extensive rewards on mid-to-high-value rounds.
Wilds and Free Spins
A golden Chicken Wild icon that functions similarly in many game engines (more info below) fills gaps with single, stacked, vertical combos – although its wild replacement abilities are restricted to certain regular-paying chicken characters. Additionally,
- A Scatter is designated as the Rooster icon which displays up to 3x bonus points per occurrence depending on your bet.
- These scattered roosters also grant special benefits if landed three in a row (2x, 4x or even more).
The Clucking Riches Bonus can be unlocked by landing three Scatter symbols anywhere across the reels with some free spins awaiting – as you will discover.
Bonus Features
A unique aspect of this slot machine lies within its game mode system that takes place once activated via multiple scatters. During every stage there’s at least one chance at Free Spins based on a mini-game that consists mainly in "rescuing" more clucking hens – earning rewards accordingly (see Free Spin section below).
Throughout stages, each completed objective unlocks further features while those previously achieved remain available for additional bonuses such as a free spin, extra wilds, an additional reel expansion up to 9 total active reels, all expanding the possibilities within this particular slot machine experience.
The Chicken’s Great Escape
- Players are presented with three hens: Blue Hen; Orange Hen (each containing distinct colors of clucking eggshells), and Yellow Chick. Each one awards rewards or offers a chance to save an additional hen based on your roll at that point in the game.
