Pearl o' Plinko – Mermaid Cove

Quickspin's take on the ball-drop genre lands in Pearl O Plinko Mermaid Cove, a Plinko-style game dressed in coral reefs, tentacled sea creatures and a mermaid's-eye view of the drop zone rather than the bare, numbers-only boards the format is often built around. Players choose how many balls to release each round, from one up to a hundred, at a cost of 0.10 up to 175 per ball, with total staking on a single round capped at 700.

Each ball falls from the top of the screen and settles its fate through a handful of distinct zones. Award Pockets end a ball's run and pay out immediately, ranging from 0.2x to 5x in the base game, 0.5x to 25x inside the Kraken Peninsula bonus, and 0.2x to 15x inside Mermaid Cove. Award Gates pay a value too, but a ball passing through one keeps falling rather than stopping. Bonus Pockets don't pay directly; instead each one adds a ball to the next bonus round, which only begins once every ball currently in play has finished dropping. Portal Gates move a ball across the board to a linked exit point, and landing in a Re-launcher sends three fresh balls back down from the top.

The two bonus rounds run in sequence, Kraken Peninsula first, then Mermaid Cove, with each stage offering wider prize ranges than the last as balls collected in Bonus Pockets carry a player further along. An Extra Bet option is available for 1.5x the base stake, which adds further Bonus Pockets to the board and raises the odds of reaching one of the bonus rounds naturally. A Buy Feature also exists for players who would rather skip ahead: paying 4x the stake sends all chosen balls straight into Kraken Peninsula, while 7x buys direct entry to Mermaid Cove.

Quickspin quotes a 98.1% RTP for Pearl O Plinko Mermaid Cove, a notably high figure for a game released in 2025, and volatility and maximum win are not published for this title.