Keep ‘Em Cool

Keep ‘Em Cool Review

These pigs are enjoying the sun on their favorite tropical island, making it feel like a fruit slot. The pig family is wealthy enough for a beach holiday, and there's an interesting Cascading mechanic twist. Symbols are frozen, half-frozen, or unfrozen, determining their destiny per cascade.

Enjoy cartoon-style visuals and the sound of waves. There are 2 modifier symbols that prolong or enhance your winning streak, appearing more frequently in the bonus round. It's a medium volatile game with a 5,000x potential. If you’re looking for a getaway, Keep ‘Em Cool is a good choice.

Keep ‘Em Cool Slot Features

Win by landing 5 to 21+ matching symbols in a cluster anywhere on the 5x5 grid, and 5 of a kind pays between 0.1 and 1 x your stake. Landing 21+ symbol wins pays between 400 to 5,000 x your stake, and there are no wild symbols.

Each pay symbol is either not frozen, half-frozen, or fully frozen, and only unfrozen symbols are removed from the grid if part of a win. All unfrozen symbols are removed whether they partake in the win or not, and the half or fully frozen symbols drop to the lowest possible positions to remain in play for the next cascade. This happens whether or not they are part of a win, but they do change states.

Frozen symbols become half-frozen after a cascade, while half-frozen symbols become unfrozen. The cascading mechanic drops new symbols to fill the gaps, and this repeats for as long as you keep winning. When no more winning clusters are formed, you start over.

If the Cocktail Glass symbol is present, all winning symbols are turned into fully frozen symbols. This can happen to multiple symbol types simultaneously, and each Cocktail Glass comes with a number indicating how many more times it can freeze winning symbols, up to 5 freezes per Cocktail Glass. The symbol is removed after its re-freeze counter drops to zero.

The Blender Symbol randomly chooses one symbol type and removes it from the grid by absorbing it. This triggers the cascading mechanic, and the feature goes on as long as you keep landing symbols of the chosen type. You win a payout equal to the number of symbols the Blender has absorbed in total, starting with a count of 2. You get +1 per added symbol, and the paytable determines how much you win from the total amount.

You need 3 Picnic Basket Scatters to trigger the Sunset Picnic Bonus Round, and each basket opens to reveal a number between 3 and 5. The total amount of free spins you get is equal to the sum total of these numbers, and you can expect more frequent Blender and Cocktail Glass symbols during the bonus round. You win between 2 to 5 extra free spins per Picnic Basket Scatter that appears in the bonus round.

The Bonus Buy menu is available in some jurisdictions. If eligible, you can pay 3x your regular stake for the BonusHunt FeatureSpins feature, making it 5 times more likely to trigger the bonus round on each spin. The Sunset Picnic Bonus Round will set you back 100x the stake.

The 200 Spins Keep ‘Em Cool Slot Experience

You get a taste of the regular base game, before turning on the BonusHunt ante bet feature. After a while, we purchased the Picnic Bonus Round instead. You can see how we fared.

Review Summary

The pigs are enjoying their tropical island holiday. The frozen, half-frozen, and unfrozen system is an original twist on the cascading mechanic. The base game is enjoyable enough, and you get 2 modifiers.

The Cocktail Glass keeps re-freezing winning symbols to prolong your cascading winning streaks, while the Blender absorbs a random symbol type for larger payouts. How much you win depends on which symbol type is chosen, and you get more of the same in a more lucrative way in the bonus round. You can still win up to a decent 5,000x your stake. Keep ‘Em Cool will keep you entertained, and it’s a fun game to play.