Rainbrew

We love seeing features and ideas in slots that stand out from what's typically available. The Just for the Win title Rainbrew is able to do that in a very serious way with their Sidewinder feature.

Aside from that gameplay aspect of this title, the graphics are pretty strong as well with an Irish luck motif. While this type of concept has been done several times before, it still looks great, so we don't mind one bit since the primary focus of this title is on the gameplay and features.

Format and Layout

The format of a slot is often an afterthought, but for this game, it's one of the most important things about the experience as a whole. The main part of the slot has five reels, three rows and 243 ways to win. However, the number of ways to win can be increased with a horizontal reel on the top of the reels and another horizontal reel at the bottom of the game grid.

There are different conditions where wild symbols can appear in the horizontal reels to add ways to get paid. Aside from that, players have a pretty wide range of bet sizes that run from $0.10 to $100 per play. We're going to describe the payouts based on multiples of how much you're playing for, so the wins will scale up or down depending on the size of your wager.

Wild Symbols and the Sidewinder

Two wild symbols can appear on the regular game board, and a third can appear on the horizontal reels as a part of the Sidewinder concept. The blue "top wild" points upward and only shows up on the second reel. The green "bottom wild" points downward and only makes an appearance on the fourth reel. The regular wild symbol, which has a rainbow type of background, can show up on the top or bottom horizontal rows.

Whenever a top or bottom wild appears, the top or bottom horizontal reel will spin, respectively. This gives chances for more regular wild symbols to show up, which obviously means more opportunities to get paid. It's a cool way of handling wild symbols, and innovative ideas like this are the sort of thing that we love to see.

Free Spins Symbols

The Rainbrew logo symbol is actually the free spins symbol in this game, but it does a bit more than that. They show up on the first, second, fourth and fifth reels only. If you get them on the second and fourth reels only, then you'll activate both of the horizontal reels to have them spin to drop wilds on you that give better chances of winning.

However, you can also trigger six free spins with three of this symbol, and you can also have four free spin symbols get you 10 free turns. During this feature, both horizontal reels are always active, and it's pretty easy to see how that can turn into some major wins.

If a wild appears in the top and bottom horizontal reels at the same time on the same vertical column of symbols, then they will also transform that entire reel to wilds. On top of that, free spins symbols appear in the horizontal reels during this bonus round, and each one that you collect adds an extra free turn to your total.

Other Payouts and Prizes

The male leprechaun pays out 8x for five of a kind, and you can make it 7x for five of the lady leprechaun. The tapped keg gets players 6x, and it drops slightly to 5x for five of the magical mug full of ale. The pipe symbol gives players 4x for a five-of-a-kind combination also.

Five other decorative symbols can be found on the reels. They have different shapes and colors, but they are all have golden outlines on wooden backgrounds. Each of these will get you 2x payouts for five.

In Summary

The easiest way to find the Rainbrew title by Just for the Win is to check out casinos that use the Microgaming Quickfire platform. Just for the Win's games can be found there, and that includes this one.

As we've mentioned above, the graphics are more than adequate, but it's the gameplay that really shines in this title. We love the Sidewinder concept, and we really like how much excitement it adds to the game with the chances of dropping in extra wilds at any time.