Meet the Meerkats from Push Gaming: Slot Review - compare the cuteness!

Meerkats are adorable small mongoose-like creatures and are all the rage right now thanks to some very clever marketing chaps that put them in a hugely popular series of ads highlighting a price comparison website. Incredibly the ads have been running for quite a few years now and the popularity of these cute critters shows no sign of slowing down just yet. Leading software developer Push Gaming decided to release this game as a homage to these wonderful little animals and set it inside a hobbit-like village where a whole host of meerkats live. Believe it or not but the meerkats that live in this village are quite evolved as they have even developed their own kinds of telephones and televisions!

Meet the Meerkats is 5 reel slot game with 40 paylines and includes Stacked Symbols, Respins, and Free Spins.

Special Features

The first feature to highlight is the Wild symbol which is represented by an image of a little meerkat boy who is of course wearing his blue hat on backwards! This symbol substitutes for all other symbols except the Scatter symbol to help form winning combos and comes stacked on the reels.

The Wild symbol is not the only symbol that comes stacked on the reels as so do the other meerkat symbols such as the father, the mother, and the daughter. The meerkat father symbol is the highest paying symbol in the game as if you land 5 of these symbols on the reels then you’ll be celebrating meerkat style with a wonderful maximum payout worth 300X your total bet!

The Scatter symbol is illustrated by an image of a blue door and if you manage to land 3 of these symbols in any position on the reels then you’ll trigger the Free Spins bonus game. In this feature, you’ll be awarded 5 Free Spins and a member of the meerkat family will be chosen as a special symbol for the duration of Free Spins and will appear more often on the reels. After a meerkat family symbol is chosen, a random multiplier ranging between 2X - 6x is awarded and is paid out whenever you land a win on the reels to further increase your chances of landing a huge cash payout.

The final feature to highlight is the Hold and Respin feature. This triggers when reel 1 is completely filled with either the father, the mother or daughter meerkat symbol. When activated, you’ll receive a free Respin and any matching symbols which land to the meerkat on reel 1 will lock into place as well. This feature continues until no more matching symbols land on the reels.

Theme, Graphics and Sound

The graphics are outstanding as the whole game is superbly designed from top to bottom. The slot is set inside a shire-like village with cute little stone houses and trees everywhere and features a cartoon-like family made up of 4 different meerkats. Symbols are wonderfully detailed and consist of a Father meerkat, Mother meerkat, Daughter meerkat, Son meerkat, a Telephone, a Television, and the traditional A -10 icons. The animations are a real visual treat as symbols zip up and down the reels and pop quite nicely whenever they are part of a winning combination.

The music is mellow with a real easy-listening vibe. It ties in nicely with the cute animal theme of the game.

Win lines, Payouts and Jackpots

The game has 40 paylines, a nice RTP of 96.52%, and a fantastic maximum payout of 300X your initial wager.

Below is a summary taken from the PayOut Table from the game. The amount won for each combination depends on the value of the bet when you spin the reels.

Bet Range: 0.40, 0.80, 1.20, 2.00, 4.00, 6.00, 8.00, 10.00, 16.00, 24.00, 50.00, 100.00

Based on a bet of 0.40:

• Father Meerkat Symbol: 0.04 for 2X, 0.40 for 3X, 1.50 for 4X, 3.00 for 5X
• Mother Meerkat Symbol: 0.02 for 2X, 0.30 for 3X, 1.00 for 4X, 2.50 for 5X
• Daughter Meerkat Symbol: 0.02 for 2X, 0.15 for 3X, 0.75 for 4X, 2.00 for 5X
• Telephone Symbol: 0.05 for 3X, 0.30 for 4X, 1.25 for 5X
• Television Symbol: 0.05 for 3X, 0.30 for 4X, 1.25 for 5X
• A Symbol: 0.05 for 3X, 0.20 for 4X, 1.00 for 5X
• K Symbol: 0.04 for 3X, 0.15 for 4X, 0.75 for 5X
• Q Symbol: 0.04 for 3X, 0.15 for 4X, 0.75 for 5X
• J Symbol: 0.03 for 3X, 0.12 for 4X, 0.50 for 5X
• 10 Symbol: 0.03 for 3X, 0.12 for 4X, 0.50 for 5X

Our Verdict on Meet the Meerkats

Meet the Meerkats is made by Push Gaming and is a highly entertaining game from start to finish. This slot features quite an unusual theme but the cute graphics and excellent presentation of the game make it all the more attractive to play. The game comes with a nice set of bonus features and the Respin feature can be highly rewarding especially when you land a few Respins in a row. I found the Free Spin bonus game a bit harder to trigger but your patience definitely pays off when you consider the fact that you each Free Spin comes with a highly lucrative multiplier attached to it. The only downside to Free Spins is that it’s not possible to retrigger more. I found this game to be of Medium variance so you won’t have to wait too long until you land a decent enough payout on the reels. For slots with a similar cute animal theme, check out Wolf Cub and Not Enough Kittens.

Respin your way to a huge fortune when you play Meet the Meerkats!