There's a circus coming to town, and you better be prepared! With a big-top circus theme and a creepy twist, Wicked Circus is a 5-reel slot machine by Yggdrasil Gaming.

 

By using some top-notch graphic design, the game's creators achieve this unique aesthetic with terrifying aplomb, so you might want to have a pillow handy if you're easily frightened. There are many exciting extra gameplay elements in this 10 payline game, including a special "Jokerizer" mode with mystery wins, despite the creepy clowns.

 

 

 

While circuses provide fun and entertainment during the day, they also offer creepy, after-dark spooks and scares at night. This is exactly the kind of vibe that this Yggdrasil Gaming slot machine offers, with a dimly lit, dank stage filled with circus props including cannons and trapeze ropes.

 

The symbols on the reels, however, take on a decidedly classic aesthetic, including cherries, lemons, and grapes from the fruit machine genre, as well as golden bells and lucky 7s. While they are far from being plain old retro game icons, these images are rendered in an incredibly realistic manner, and are even designed to emulate the big-top theme. In the knife-throwing performance, the star symbols appear as a target board while the 7 icon is detailed with some glitzy lights!

 

 

 

Five lines run in both directions across the five reels of Wicked Circus, meaning spinners can align matching symbols both from left to right and from right to left. Each of these 10 lines has the following wager options: 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.05, 0.07, 0.10, 0.20, 0.30, 0.50, 0.70, and 1.00. Although this is a rather limited range of wagers, casual players are not restricted from playing.

 

In normal gameplay, winning combinations consist of three or more matched icons. Each time that happens, a prize will be awarded depending on the size of the line bet, which icon is aligned, and how many symbols are involved. For example, if you line up five cherries, you can expect a payout return of 60x the value of your wager, while lemons and grapes reward you with 80x multipliers. There are 100x payouts for five golden bells, 200x payouts for five sevens, and 300x payouts for five star icons.

 

 

 

Perhaps this slot machine isn't the best option for you if you're afraid of clowns. The creepy clown joker isn't all bad, because he is actually the most valuable symbol in the game. When this scatter appears on the reels, it will reward mystery wins of varying sizes, regardless of whether it appears on a payline.

 

In other words, if you see three jokers on the reels, you will win between 500 and 1,000 credits, four jokers will award you between 800 and 3,000 credits, and five jokers will award you a whopping 2,000 to 6,000 credits.

 

 

 

Its "Jokerizer" gameplay feature, found in many Yggdrasil games, can award bettors with bigger wins. After every winning combination appears on the reels, this special element is activated, giving players the opportunity to either take the winning payout or play the feature, which may offer even greater rewards. During Jokerizer mode, every spin of the reels will cost players 20 credits from their previous winning spin, but they will benefit from the fact that there are only two joker symbols on the reels.

 

Furthermore, players can lock any jokers that appear with a 60-credit hold spin. In this way, the reels without any joker icons will spin again in the hope that more wild jokers will appear for larger mystery wins.

 

 

 

With its haunted circus theme and Jokerizer gameplay feature, Wicked Circus by Yggdrasil Gaming is certainly something different to spin. In spite of its relatively limited wagering options, the game does offer some decent prizes, including mystery wins up to 6,000 credits - a good enough reason to overcome a clown phobia!