Overview

Crossy Road is a 5-reel, 3-row online video slot game developed by Yggdrasil Gaming and published by Scientific Games Corporation. The game is based on the popular mobile app of the same name, which was released in 2014 by Hipster Whale Pty Ltd. Crossy Road has become one of the most recognizable casino slots, attracting millions of players worldwide with its distinctive design, engaging gameplay, and lucrative bonus features.

Theme

Crossy Road’s theme is a modern twist on classic arcade games, particularly Frogger (1981) and Pac-Man Crossy Road game (1980). The game revolves around anthropomorphic animals, including cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, and turtles, attempting to cross busy roads. Players are transported into vibrant cities with neon lights, crowded streets, and speeding cars.

Design

The Crossy Road slot’s visuals have become synonymous with its identity, featuring colorful characters on a grid-style game board. Each reel contains three symbols in each row, which spin when the reels stop, filling up new cells for the next rotation. Symbols include:

• Base-game animals (cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, and turtles)
• Cityscape items (traffic lights, pedestrian signs, buildings)
• Collectible items (stickers, rewards)

Symbols

Each base-game symbol pays out according to its icon’s rarity level. The symbols are ranked as follows from highest payout:

1. Wilds: represented by the rabbit character
2. High-paying animal symbols: birds and turtles
3. Medium-paying cityscape items: traffic lights, pedestrian signs, buildings

Payouts

Winning combinations depend on symbol matching across consecutive reels (left to right), except for wilds which can act as substitutes in any position. The RTP is 96% with a house edge of around 4%.

Payout Structure:

• High-paying animal symbols : birds and turtles
  • Turtles pay 50 times the bet per combination when five appear on the grid (3,000 coins)
  • Birds pay 30 times the bet per combination when five appear on the grid (2,400 coins)
• Medium-paying cityscape items:
  • Traffic lights pay up to 10 times the stake for four consecutive symbols
  • Pedestrian signs pay up to 8 times the stake for three or more consecutive symbols

Winning Combination Structure:

A player earns payouts by matching base-game animals in a horizontal direction across three adjacent reels, except for wilds which act as multipliers. Wilds may appear only on reel two and can fill positions of any other symbol (animals) to help form winning combinations.

Wilds

Rabbit characters serve as the game’s wild symbols and act as substitutes to complete or create new combinations in each spin.

• A single rabbit appears randomly across reel 2 at every 5th spin
• Rabbit position substitution creates a possible total payout combination

Substitution Principle:

Substituting rabbits allows winning patterns that incorporate two animal species. The number of winning lines generated by this game mechanic varies.

Scatters

A red "bonus" icon plays the role of scatter symbol and activates free spins. The bonus icon awards one random spin for every three to five consecutive occurrences, with a limit on 10 triggered rewards at any single occurrence

Scatter Symbol Logic:

Three or more consecutive scatter symbols trigger 7-14 additional paid spins.

Bonus Features

Free Spins are played out in the same way as main game plays, but may only award extra credits to those collecting bonus points with the rabbit’s multiplier effect. Players gain +1 extra free spin for every appearance of 2+ consecutive animal or scatter icons on active reels and can be awarded up to a maximum limit.

Free Spins

Crossy Road slot comes equipped with two different types: Initial Free Spin set (starting spins), triggered when three bonus scatters are seen together across the same reel; the other type of spin – Bonus Accumulator Spin, which starts from 20th+spin.

• Starting free game is activated by hitting multiple scatter symbols in one row.

Number of Extra Spins:

Bonus Scatters also contribute to a high level accumulator that may lead up until an extended limit per player.