Big Bass Splash

Big Bass Splash is a Reel Kingdom slot published by Pragmatic Play in June 2022, the entry that turned the Big Bass series from a game with one great bonus into a game about customizing that bonus. The format returns to 5×3 with 10 paylines, the stated theoretical RTP is the series-standard 96.71% with a medium volatility rating, and the win cap rises to 5,000x the bet.

Fish money values get a serious upgrade: alongside the usual 2x to 50x, the table now includes 100x, 200x, 500x, 1,666x, 2,500x, and 5,000x the total bet. The base game also teases more actively than in Big Bass Bonanza: whenever 2 scatters land without a third, a respin can nudge scatters down a row or a hook can pull a reel up to reveal the missing one. Stakes run from 0.10 to 250 per spin, unchanged from the original’s range.

Free Spins with Random Modifiers

Landing 3, 4, or 5 scatters awards 10, 15, or 20 free spins as usual for the series, but before the round starts the game randomly draws 0 to 5 modifiers for it: More Fish, More Fishermen, more dynamite, hook, and bazooka spin features, Start From Level 2, or +2 Spins added to the start and to every retrigger. The round itself keeps the series loop: wilds collect all visible fish values, and every 4th wild retriggers with 10 extra spins while pushing the collection multiplier through 2x, 3x, and 10x levels. Dynamite blasts add fish, hooks drag in fishermen, and bazookas reshuffle the board between spins. The bonus can also be bought for 100x the bet at the same 96.71% RTP, with 3, 4, or 5 scatters hitting randomly.

Dynamite, Hooks and Bazookas

The three named spin features are worth separating, because the modifiers reference them directly. Dynamite explodes between spins and throws extra fish money symbols onto the board, giving idle spins something to collect later. The hook drags a reel upward to plant a fisherman when fish are waiting but no wild has arrived. The bazooka fires when wilds sit on a fishless screen, reshuffling every symbol except the fishermen to manufacture a fresh catch. Rounds that draw the “more features” modifier lean on all three heavily, and they are the main reason a modified bonus feels so much busier than a plain one.

Big Bass Splash Review

Splash is where the series found its second gear. The core collect-and-retrigger math is untouched, but the pre-round modifier draw makes every bonus feel like a different configuration of the same machine, and the expanded fish table finally gives the fisherman something enormous to scoop. The trade-off is variance between bonuses: a modifier-less round plays like the plain original, while a stacked one can be spectacular. With the higher 5,000x cap and the first Bonus Buy in the mainline series, it marked the point where Big Bass stopped being a casual one-trick game and became a platform, which is exactly why it remains one of the most played entries.