Zombie Hoard

The dead have risen once again…

... only this time…

… they aren’t after the human brains, but the prospect of big winnings!

Zombie Hoard slot exploits the theme about the undead that is ever-present all around us.

However, this five-reel slot isn’t slow, half-dead or uneventful as its leading zombie characters.

On the contrary, this game is quite exciting and interesting with its wild features and extra spins.

Developers from Microgaming really tried to add some comic elements to the normally gruesome theme.

The result is a fun and edgy game with potentially high awards and massive wins.

Betting options

Each active line has a betting range that varies between $0.01 and $5. It is necessary that stake multiplies by 9 in order to cover all lines. That means that you can get a total bet in the range between $0.09 and $45. Since it is quite affordable game, Zombie Hoard is easily accessible to anyone. That makes it a perfect slot to practice on if you’re training for some slot tournament.

It seems that this game is aiming towards the more casual gamblers with smaller budgets. However, the max win of 107,500 may pique the interest of bigger players as well.

The game has medium variance and RTP of 95.29%. Which isn’t that great considering the industry RTP standards.

Zombie Hoard Features

The symbols on the reels are in the cartoon-style and they include:

• A, K, Q, J
• 10 royals
• 4 different zombies
• The Zombie Hoard logo (wild)

In Zombie Hoard all revolves around the Bonus Spins feature.

While the slot is quite basic, the wilds in this feature can pay out nicely. Up to 2,388 times your stake on every free spin, to be exact!

There are two ways to activate the Bonus Spins feature:

• Collectlow-value symbols with attached tokens – the Brains are representing tokens. Each token brings you one extra spin. When you collect 30 or more tokens, the Bonus spins feature triggers.
• By landing 3, 4 or 5 scatter symbols - This action also activates the extra spins. With all the spins collected through tokens, you can play the bonus. In total, there are up to 34 free spins.

Extra Bonus Spins feature

During extra spins, you can benefit greatly from the extra features that it triggers. Super stacked wilds are in the focus of this feature, but this time on all reels. 2x multiplier that applies to all wins is also one of the additional features.

Theme of the Zombie Hoard Slot

The idea of the dead corpses coming back to life to devour the brains of the living is pretty horrifying.

However, this slot won’t send chills down your spine. The design isn’t meant to be scary or realistic, but cartoonish and humorous. Which makes this slot pretty cute, and shed some light onto the usually really dark subject.

While it is in the cartoon-style, graphics in the Zombie Hoard is quite good. Not excellent, but certainly better than average. 

Although the developers added a bit of comedy to it, the layout is following the story completely. 

There are human brains, four main zombie characters, some logos, and the usual Royals.

Our take

Truthfully, this isn’t one of the most ambitious Microgaming projects. Their previous games were more polished and edgy.

While it isn’t a classic slot, Zombie Horde is a pretty basic one, that probably won’t be of much interest to high rollers.

However, this is the funny looking, cartoonish slot that is certainly a good pick for players that prefer low-risk games. Also, this is a great game to polish your playing strategy.

With so many complex online slots, the simplicity of Zombie Hoard actually comes as a breath of fresh air.

Since the visual presentation is very appealing, it can be refreshing to play a 9-liner once in a while.

All in all, quite funny-looking, but a bit basic game for such an esteemed developer duo.