Annihilator Slot Overview
Annihilator is a heavy metal-themed slot from Play'n GO, built around the Canadian thrash metal band of the same name. It runs on a 5-reel, 4-row grid with just 10 paylines and high volatility. You are basically invited into the Fun Palace, a creepy old mansion from one of the band's most famous tracks, with Jeff Waters himself showing up as the wild symbol.
Bets start at 0.10 and go up to 100, so it suits most budgets. RTP sits at 96.2%, which is slightly above average, and max win is 5,000x. If you have been playing other Play'n GO metal slots like Sabaton or Testament, this one is a bit simpler in presentation but still has a proper old-school charm to it.
Symbols and Paytable
Lower paying symbols are your standard 10, J, Q, K and A royals. Five of a kind with these pays between 2x and 5x your bet. Not thrilling, but they keep things ticking over. Higher up, you have got a haunted mirror, a red guitar and a stone statue, paying 20x to 30x for a full line of five.
Jeff Waters is the wild and can substitute for everything bar the scatter and bonus. A haunted doll acts as the bonus symbol triggering the Fun Palace feature, and the Devil is your scatter for free spins. Honestly, the paytable is nothing earth-shattering. Most of your big hits will come from features rather than base game lines.
Symbol Payouts
Bonus Features
Four features keep things moving here. First is the In Command feature, which triggers randomly. All wilds on screen expand to fill their reels. No win? The expanded wilds stick around and you get a respin with a guaranteed wild landing. This repeats until you get a win, so it always pays out something. Proper decent mechanic that spices up the base game nicely.
Land 3 bonus dolls and you unlock the Fun Palace, a Pick 'Em minigame where you choose dolls to reveal prizes. Find a scatter in there and you trigger the main event: SET THE WORLD ON FIRE Free Spins. You can also trigger those spins directly with 3 scatters.
Free spins start with 8 rounds. An expanded wild is always present and moves left or right each spin, dropping a Trail of Fire on random positions. When a wild lands on a fire position, the entire trail lights up as wilds. That moment can produce some properly big payouts. Extra scatters add 2 more spins, up to 50 bonus spins total.
Bonus Buy Options
Random base game trigger that expands all wilds to cover full reels, then respins with guaranteed wild landings until a win is made.
Pick 'Em minigame triggered by 3 Bonus Doll symbols. Choose dolls to reveal prizes; finding a Scatter triggers free spins.
SET THE WORLD ON FIRE Free Spins
Awards 8 initial spins with an ever-present expanding wild that moves between reels, leaving a Trail of Fire. Landing a wild on the trail turns all fire positions into wilds. Scatters add +2 spins up to 50 extra.
Volatility, RTP and Max Win
With high volatility and a 96.2% RTP, Annihilator can go through long dry stretches before the features kick in. Max win is capped at 5,000x, which is respectable but not massive by today's standards. Some newer slots in the same metal series offer much higher ceilings. For a relaxed session, I would not mind this cap, but if you are chasing huge numbers this might feel a bit limited.
