Pragmatic Play’s Wild Depths takes you beneath the surface in tropical waters, with colorful, cartoony fish and shells populating the 5×4 grid. Fans of Pixar’s classic animated blockbuster Finding Nemo (2003) should feel right at home, but don’t be too distracted by the rather charming and idyllic exterior. The game has more teeth than a goldfish, to put it that way, but you’ll benefit from a bonus round that is triggered on average every 120 spins.
This high feature hit rate probably makes it harder to get solid payouts, but the potential is a decent 5,000x anyway, which you may be used to from this developer by now. Upward floating x2 bubble roaming wilds liven up the base game and trigger free respins with an increasing win multiplier in the bonus round. Wild Depths hardly goes overboard in terms of innovation, but it’s a mood-lifting and simple release that can be fun every now and then.
Wild Depths Slot Features
Medium to high level symbols pay out 2.5 to 20 times your bet for 5 of a kind wins, and Bubble Wilds land on reels 2 through 5 to complete winning combinations by intervening for all regular payout symbols. The Bubble Wilds always land with a x2 multiplier attached, and if more than one Wild is part of the same winning combination, the respective multipliers multiply together when the payout is increased.
Any bubble multiplier wild you land on a spin in the base game will also trigger the roaming wild feature . The wild or wilds move up one position per subsequent paid spin until it finally leaves the top of the grid. Remember that you cannot change your bet without losing the current roaming wilds.
The shell with a pearl is the scatter symbol, and you need 3, 4 or 5 anywhere in sight to trigger the bonus round with a scatter win upfront of 2, 15 or 100x your bet respectively. You also get 6, 9 or 12 free spins , and wilds now trigger a similar roaming wild feature. The difference is that you get free additional respins per Roaming Wild move, and each respin increases the win multiplier by +1.
The increasing win multiplier increases each respin win even if no Wilds are involved, but it resets when all roaming x2 Wilds have left the top of the grid. You win +5 extra free spins when 3 scatters appear in the same free spin, and there is no cap on the number of extra free spins you can get this way.
The 200 Spins Wild Depths Slot Experience
You’ll see a bigger multiplier wild win in the base game just before we jump into the bonus round at 1:30 and see the 4:24 minute highlights video. The roaming wilds respins feature helped us quite a bit after a while, even during the free spins, and we got some decent payouts. See for yourself by clicking the play button below.
Summary
The Pixar charm is strong in this cute underwater release from Pragmatic Play, but Wild Depths has more teeth than the tropical horn-blowing fish on the right. We’re not exactly in shark territory, but you can expect plenty of dead spins in the base game due to the high volatility. However, a delightful episode like this would probably be better suited for casual players, but it is what it is.
The wandering x2 multiplier wilds can earn you decent boost payouts here and there, not least when they multiply their powers, but don’t expect massive base game returns too often. The same goes for the bonus round, which comes with an unusually high 1 in 120 hit rate. However, the increasing multiplier you get via the roaming wild spins feature can certainly do some damage, and on a very good day up to 5,000 times your bet is possible.
Pros
x2 multiplier wilds that float up per spin.
FS with increasing multiplier per wild move respin
Bonus round is triggered on average once in 120 spins
Win up to 5,000 times your bet
Cons
Nothing really new to see here
Wild Depths Slot FAQs
What is the return to player of Wild Depths?
The RTP of 96.48% is slightly above the industry average.
How volatile is Wild Depths?
This is a very volatile release from Pragmatic Play, scoring 5 out of 5 on their own volatility scale.
What is the biggest possible profit?
You can win up to 5,000 times your share of Wild Depths, which is this developer’s decent standard potential.
How does the Roaming Wilds feature work?
Bubble Wilds land with a x2 multiplier attached, and they gradually move up per paid spin in the base game.
Is there a free spins mode in Wild Depths?
Yes, you can get up to 12 free spins to start with (combined with a 100x scatter win upfront), and any x2 wilds that land will now trigger a free respin feature where the win multiplier is increased by +1 per respin. However, it will reset between respins.
Can I play Wild Depths slot for free?
Yes, you can check out the Wild Depths free demo game at the very top of this page (UK players must check their age first).
