Cappadocia Slot Review

The Cappadocia Slot Game

Pragmatic Play has created several historical city-themed slots. But this time, at least, it’s not an adventure to the South American jungle, African Savannah, or Egypt. Instead, players go to an ancient city based in south-central Turkey.

The backdrop is Cappadocia under the hot sun and partly cloudy blue skies extending into the distance—however, the most fascinating visual is the hot-air balloons flying over the unearthly scene. Meanwhile, the bonus game changes the scene to Twilight with beautiful pastel skies and illuminated houses.

As if the picturesque background isn’t enough, the developer added an upbeat melody to boost your oomph when playing. Preferably, explore the slot’s demo play at no cost here and admire the scenery for yourself!

Symbols and Payouts

A 7x7 matrix rests in the middle of the screen, displaying Turkish-inspired symbols and several hot-air balloons. As you’ve probably already gathered, wins are evaluated using a cluster pays system.

Only seven regular symbols complete the paytable; you need 5+ of each to complete individual clusters. Take a moment and view the paytable for a more extensive outlook of the payout rules and win values.

Typical of cluster slots, wins are calculated based on the selected bet!

Since Cappadocia has a few symbols only, I’ll list them below alongside their least and highest win values:

• Blue Balloon - 0.2x and 20x the stake.

• Green Balloon - 0.25x to 40x the bet.

• Red Balloon - 0.3x to 60x the stake.

• Purple Balloon - 0.35x to 80x the bet.

• Coffee Ibrik - 0.5x to 90x the stake.

• Jug - 0.6x to 100x the bet.

• Ring - 0.75x to 150x the stake.

In addition to the regulars, this game also has a Golden Balloon Wild and Fairy Chimneys scatter. Although both are non-paying, they can trigger features, as shown below.

Cappadocia Slot Bonus Features

Apart from the tumble feature, brace for a special wild, free spins, a bonus buy, and an ante bet.

Tumble Feature

A tumble feature triggers after every win and after the winning combinations have been paid. All the paying symbols except the scatter disappear from the reels. The remaining symbols drop to the screen’s bottom, while new symbols from above replace the empty positions. This feature continues until no more winning combinations appear due to them.

Golden Balloon Wild Feature

The Golden Wild counts for all the regular symbols in Cappadocia. It only appears randomly within any paying cluster that doesn’t contain it after the wins have exploded. Further, they remain on-screen until the end of all tumbles from the current spin.

Whenever the wild appears, it starts with an x1 multiplier, increasing by one when applied in a winning cluster. After the explosion, the multiplier shifts one position randomly to the left, up, down, or right within the winning combination. The multiplier, which can reach 2500x, multiplies the win of all winning clusters with that wild.

Two or more wilds in the same winning combo will merge after the payout, while their multipliers will multiply. Meanwhile, if 2+ wilds participate in multiple winning clusters, they merge according to a priority. It’s first given to combinations with the most wilds, then by the combination with the highest paying symbol.

Free Spins

When you hit 3 to 7 scatters in Cappadocia, they’ll trigger 10, 12, 14, 16, or 18 free spins, respectively. Any Golden Balloon WIlds in the triggering spin will spill into the bonus and retain their potions. Further, the Golden Balloon Wilds stay on-screen until the feature ends. Strike 3+ scatters during the bonus to retrigger additional spins as initially awarded.   

Ante Bet & Bonus Buy

Choosing the 25x bet multiplier instead of 20x activates the ante bet, which naturally boosts your chances of winning the free spins round. However, this feature deactivates the bonus buy option.       

On the other hand, the buy feature lets you instantly trigger the free spins from the base game for 100x the current total bet. Consequently, 3+ scatters randomly hit on the triggering spin.

How to Win at Cappadocia Slot

The cluster-paying engine powers this online slot, which uses a huge 7-reel, 7-row playing interface.

As is the nature of cluster slots, you must aim for blocks of 5+ identical symbols connected vertically or horizontally. Afterwards, wins are evaluated according to the paytable before tumbles start. Cappadocia could award up to 10,000x the total bet!

Meanwhile, the €0.20 to €300 bets should cater to a wide range of budgets, mostly high-rollers.

To spin the reels once, pick an ideal bet, and then press the Spacebar or click on the crowned circle. However, use the Autoplay function to spin them automatically for several rounds! Of course, after selecting a bet.

Cappadocia Slot RTP & Volatility

Among the exciting components of this game is its default RTP of 96.06%. But it changes to 96% and 96.01% when using the ante bet and buy features, respectively. Finally, the game is highly volatile.

The Final Thoughts

Are you an adventurous soul tired of travelling to the same old Rome, Egyptian, and Aztec civilisations? Then, worry no more—Pragmatic Play has a fresh excursion set somewhere different—a semi-arid region in central Turkey!

Well, that’s the only fresh experience in Cappadocia, as the rest of the gameplay is a direct clone of Fire Portals, released in March of this year. So, the features in this cluster slot include tumbles for multiple winning chances, a special wild symbol, and free spins. And if you’re a bit impatient for the bonus to trigger naturally, you can use either the ante bet or buy option.

Admittedly, I was so excited for once to experience this ‘new’ gameplay, but now, I’m unsure how to comprehend its reskinned nature. Well, to be fair, it’s not yet overused and may evoke excitement when playing it. After all, it won’t fail to impress any player with Turkey’s unearthly lands on their bucket list!