Plinko

TrueLab Games built its Plinko release around the pegboard drop mechanic familiar from game shows, rendered here in a neon-lit, digital style with animated bounces and reactive sound as each ball works its way down the board. Released in March 2026, it falls into the fast, round-based category of casino games rather than the reel-and-payline format.

Each round starts with a ball, or several, dropped from the top of a vertical, peg-filled board; the path it takes as it bounces down is unpredictable, and wherever it lands at the bottom determines the payout via a multiplier assigned to that slot. Players can adjust both the risk level — low, medium or high — and the size of the grid before dropping, which changes how often a ball lands in a high-value slot rather than a low one. Manual drops and autoplay are both supported.

Two features layer onto the core drop mechanic. Hot Gate adds two random bonus gates carrying their own multipliers in among the pegs, giving the ball extra scoring paths on its way down, while Free Ball adds two extra slots at the bottom of the board that can award between one and five additional ball drops when hit. Both are available to trigger through a direct purchase rather than relying on a natural drop alone.

Bets on Plinko run from 0.20 up to 40, and the game is built for an RTP ceiling of up to 99% depending on the risk and grid settings chosen, paired with high volatility and a maximum win of 5,000 times the stake. The combination of adjustable risk and purchasable feature access means a session can be tuned toward frequent, smaller returns or toward fewer, much larger ones, without switching games to do it.