Mystery Mice

Pragmatic Play turns rodents into the cast of Mystery Mice, casting a magnifying-glass-wielding detective mouse beside the reels while a police officer, a shifty suspect and stacks of evidence work through a lighthearted whodunnit rather than anything grim. Touches like modern-day computer equipment in the free spins backdrop place the setting in the present rather than a period piece, and the cartoon styling keeps the tone playful throughout.

Mystery Mice runs on a 6x6 grid with cluster pays instead of paylines: five or more matching symbols connected vertically or horizontally anywhere on the board form a win. Winning clusters clear from the grid and new symbols tumble down to fill the gaps, and the tumble sequence keeps repeating for as long as a fresh cluster keeps forming, so a single spin can chain through several payouts before it settles.

Eight symbols make up the paytable, topped by the detective and the suspect he's tracking, with the policeman, the hat and the pipe forming the middle tier and the card values Q, K and A filling out the low end. A five-symbol cluster pays 0.2x to 1x the stake, while connecting 15 or more of the same symbol reaches 20x to 150x.

Power Wild poster symbols substitute for any paying icon and each carries a clearance level between 1 and 10. Every win that includes a Power Wild knocks its number down by one; as long as a level remains, the wild survives a tumble by dropping to the bottom of its reel instead of clearing, and only explodes once its level hits 1 and it's part of a win. Landing three or more scatters awards 8 free spins, with each scatter involved in the trigger also paying 1x the stake outright. Wilds carry over between spins during the round, and Power Up symbols that appear add 1, 2 or 3 to the clearance level of every visible wild, keeping them alive longer. Two or more scatters landing mid-bonus extend the round with additional spins.

Mystery Mice ships at up to 96.49% RTP, with two lower RTP configurations also available, and is rated high volatility with a hit frequency of roughly 1 in 3.12 spins. The maximum win reaches 5,000x the stake, and bets run from 0.20 to 240. A Buy Free Spins option is available for 100x the total bet, which locks in the game's highest RTP setting of 96.5%. Between the chaining tumbles and the wilds that build toward their own explosion, the pace leans toward frequent smaller hits punctuated by the occasional cluster that keeps rolling.