Crabbin' for Cash: Extra Big Splash

September 2023 brought Crabbin' For Cash Extra Big Splash from Blueprint Gaming, a crustacean-themed reworking of mechanics the studio had already proven in its Fishin' Frenzy line. Rather than the arcade-fishing look of those games, this one settles underwater among coral, drifting fish and a Caribbean-toned soundtrack, with a boat bobbing above the reels.

The reel set runs five wide and three deep, paying across 10 fixed lines for bets between 0.10 and 100. Volatility is rated high, the published return to player is 94.5%, and the top prize on offer reaches €/$250,000.

Low-value wins come from the standard ten-to-ace deck, worth 5 to 10 times the bet for a full line of five. Sitting above them is a set of crustacean-hunting gear — traps, anchors, life rings and a hat — each paying 20 to 200 times the stake across the same five-symbol spread. A regular Fisherman and a Golden Fisherman variant serve as the wild, matching the anchor's pay table and substituting anywhere on the grid, but only once free spins have begun.

Three scatters trigger 10 free spins, four bring 15, and five bring 20. Ahead of the round, the Pick a Crustacean screen offers a run of clickable crustaceans that keep revealing upgrades until five are active or the sequence lands on the signal to begin. The possible upgrades include extra free games added outright, a boosted chance of Golden Fishermen turning up, additional Fishermen placed onto the reels, forward movement on a fisherman collection trail, a cash value stamped onto a symbol for later collection, and a respin of everything except cash and Fisherman symbols that keeps going while the total keeps rising.

During the free spins themselves, every Fisherman gathers up crustacean cash values as it lands and edges the collection trail forward. A Golden Fisherman additionally opens a choice of three crab pots carrying a 2x-to-10x multiplier that applies to the value gathered that spin. Every fourth Fisherman collected — at four, eight and twelve — hands over five more free spins and bumps the lowest-value crustacean up to the next tier.

A bonus buy is priced at two levels: 100 times the stake for a guaranteed three-scatter trigger into free spins, or 200 times the stake for a Pick a Crustacean screen that opens already holding all five upgrade picks.