Stack Em Slot review
Hacksaw Gaming has a reputation for delivering quirky online slot games, and Stack Em is a great example of this.
The title is a follow-up to the Stick Em slot which was a big hit for the company. The series is one of the closest things to a brand that the company has developed, with the cheeky character, Canny the Can, acting as its mascot and giving the whole thing a really fun atmosphere. Let’s take a more detailed look at the title in the Stack Em review.
Stack Em Theme and Design
If you’re looking at the Stack Em slot game and thinking that it looks an awful lot like a scratch card or an instant-win title, then you would be correct. Hacksaw Gaming originally worked on scratchcards, and Stack Em is a sequel to one of its first and most successful slots, Stick Em, which clearly drew inspiration from their previous line of work. On the left-hand side of the reels, you will see a little black mouse, and on the right, you will see the game’s mascot, Canny the Can.
Canny is a happy little fella with a black bowler hat and a big grin on his face. He has been brought to life with an old-school animation style, and this old-school vibe is topped off with a piano swing soundtrack. Your patience with this will depend on personal preference and some of you may find yourself reaching for the mute button quite quickly.
How to Play Stack Em
The gameplay for Stack Em is as light and breezy as Canny the Can and his big grin. The slot is set on five reels, each containing six symbols. The game uses a cluster-pay mechanic, with winnings paying out for clusters of five or more symbols. You will spot a lock beneath each of the reels. We will explore these in more detail in the Bonus Features section.
The stake is adjusted using the arrows next to the spin button. In the demo version, the minimum bet was €0.20 and the maximum was €100, but this can vary at different casinos. The RTP of the slot is 96.2%, which is above the industry average of 96%. The maximum win on offer is 10,000x the player's stake. These are the kinds of numbers that we have grown accustomed to seeing from Hacksaw Gaming, which always offers strong mathematical models.
Stack Em Bonus Features
As we mentioned, there are locks beneath the reels in Stack Em. Whenever players land a win, the other symbols on the grid disappear and the winning cluster falls to the bottom. When this happens, the number of winning symbols on each reel is displayed as a multiplier where the lock was. The maximum number is up to x6 per reel. This process will continue until there are no winning clusters formed, and the multipliers will reset. With all five reels displaying multipliers, this means wins can be as high as x30.
Keep your eyes peeled for the mouse symbol. This is the game’s Scatter and landing three of them will trigger the Free Spins round. Players are given five spins, with five hearts above the reels representing them.
During the spins, all symbols disappear between spins, with winning clusters not falling to the bottom. Instead, they are collected above the reels as a multiplier that will be applied to any winnings that are secured with an X symbol. In addition, there is also the ? symbol. This can reveal either additional lives, add up to 50 to the multiplier, or multiply the multiplier by up to x5.
Stack Em Slot Verdict
The Stack Em slot delivers everything we have come to expect from a Hacksaw Gaming product. It has a memorable and enjoyable theme, innovative gameplay, and some strong winning potential. The quirky design of the slot gives it a nice charm and there is a good maths model with some big wins lying underneath Canny the Can’s giant grin. This is a slot that we are happy to recommend taking out for a spin.