If you play enough Zillion Games, you’ll quickly spot their signature move: they absolutely love putting a collector symbol right on the middle reel during bonus rounds.
You’ll see this in games like 3 Dragon’s Pots and 3 Crown Coins Deluxe (where it’s called the Royal), as well as Train of Fortune and Electro Strike (where it’s the BOOST symbol). The goal is always the same – coins with cash values land on the outer reels, and the middle collector sweeps them all up to pay you the total. But Zillion likes to keep things fresh by tweaking the rules. In Electro Strike, you can stack multiple Boosts on the middle reel to collect the same coins multiple times. In Train of Fortune, it’s all about timing – a Boost symbol only collects the coins that land after it appears.
How you trigger these bonuses actually matters, too. In 3 Dragon’s Pots and 3 Crown Coins Deluxe, the color of the symbols that trigger the bonus dictates your modifiers. Depending on the color, you might get an “Expand” (adding a fourth row), a “Twin” (giving you double collectors), or a “Multi” (dropping cells that double every time they’re hit, up to 32x).
When you look at Zillion’s catalog next to other studios, a few big trends jump out. First, they are huge fans of Hold and Win mechanics. You’ll find it in about two-thirds of their games, compared to just one-in-five across all the studios we track. They also use Booster mechanics (which are pretty rare elsewhere) and use Roaming Wilds – the kind that walk across the reels – about nine times more often than other studios.
If you’re a fan of “Book of” slots, Zillion has plenty. Recent releases like Book of Magic, Book of the Cleo, and Book of the Egyptian Buffalo all share the exact same RTP (return to player) and top win potential, so you’re really just choosing which theme you like best. Their “Strike” series, on the other hand, is a bit of a wildcard. It started with Sun Strike, a quirky hybrid of slot and smash play (with a 98% RTP), but the newest title, Electro Strike, has completely pivoted into a standard Boost slot.
If you’re a stats nerd, you should know that Zillion’s math models are on the modest side. Their middle game tops out at 1,675x your stake (across the studios we track, the middle is 5,000x), and their median RTP sits at 95.35% (against 96.07% across the studios we track).
Also, don’t expect their sequels to follow a logical path! Buffalo’s Sun started as a low-volatility slot with a 93.91% RTP and a 1,088x max win. Part 2 suddenly jumped to high volatility, a 96.1% RTP, and a 5,268x max win. Then, Part 3 dropped back down to 95.2% and a 1,000x max win.
The takeaway? With Zillion Games, it’s always better to check the specific stats of the game you’re playing rather than relying on the name of the series.
