Bounty Showdown (Fantasma Games) – Review & Demo Play

Bounty Showdown Slot Overview

Bounty Showdown is Fantasma’s first effort in the popular wild west genre, set in a suspiciously quiet town with a tense soundtrack and dusty visuals. It runs on 5 reels, 3 rows and 10 paylines with stakes from 0.10 to 100. The maths leans medium/high volatility, 96.16% RTP in normal mode, rising to 97.12% via Bonus Buy, plus a 21.31% hit frequency and 4761x max win. The base game can feel like a dead spin grind, though the second chance Double Bonus Respin throws a bone now and then.

Bounty Showdown Slot Information

The design leans full western, with a town backdrop and cowboys riding in as you spin. Built for mobiles, notepads and desktops, it keeps things clean and straightforward. You create a winning combination by landing 3 or more of the same symbol type on adjacent reels starting from the far left across the 10 lines. Pacing in the base is simple by intent, so you are mostly waiting for wild/scatters to line up or hand you the extra shot at the main feature.

The lowest paying symbols are J, Q, K and A, paying 5x to 10x your bet for 5 of a kind. Premiums are the knife-carrying girl, the dynamite-holding man, the smoking girl and Joe Boneson’s skeleton, with 5 of a kind paying between 30x and 100x. The golden coin with a skull serves as both wild and scatter, substituting for regulars while also paying 100x for 5 in view. Symbol values feel punchy for a 10-line game and help steady the dry spells.

Bounty Showdown Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Wild
	5	x100
	4	x25
	3	x10
	5	x100
	4	x25
	3	x10
	5	x50
	4	x15
	3	x5
	5	x40
	4	x10
	3	x4
	5	x30
	4	x8
	3	x3
	5	x10
	4	x5
	3	x2
	5	x7.5
	4	x4
	3	x1.5
	5	x5
	4	x2.5
	3	x1
	5	x5
	4	x2.5
	3	x1

Bounty Showdown Slot Features

The skull wild can land anywhere and stands in for all regular pay symbols. It also acts as the scatter, and 2 in view trigger the Double Bonus Respin. The reels holding the triggering wild/scatters are frozen, while the remaining 3 reels spin again to try and produce at least one more skull. Hit that third scatter and you move into the Showdown Free Spins, with an instant scatter payout of 10x, 25x or 100x for 3, 4 or 5 wild/scatters respectively.

Showdown Free Spins begin with 10, 15 or 20 spins, and you first take 3 spins on the Gatling Wheel. The wheel holds 16 positions with values from 1 to 100; the values you land are added together, cannot repeat, and form the bonus multiplier. During free spins, any wild/scatter that lands pays a direct prize equal to your total stake times that accumulated value, in addition to line wins. Landing more than one skull at once multiplies that direct prize by the number of skulls.

Showdown Free Spins in Bounty Showdown

Momentum is everything here. Each time you land 3, 4 or 5 wild/scatters during the feature you get 3, 4 or 5 extra free spins. You also receive 1 extra Gatling Wheel spin, which adds a fresh number to your existing total multiplier, keeping the bonus building. The round’s rhythm swings between modest single-skull hits and bursts where several skulls arrive together, with the pre-set multiplier doing the heavy lifting. When the wheel starts strong, the bonus can snowball fast.

Bonus Buy in Bounty Showdown

If you want to get straight to the action, the Bonus Buy costs 80x your stake and guarantees at least 3 wild/scatters on the next spin. That purchase nudges the RTP up from 96.16% to 97.12%. It’s a tempting route given the featureless base, though the Gatling Wheel still decides a lot up front. In my play, buying in felt worthwhile when I was chasing a session turnaround, but it can just as easily hand you a low multiplier and a brief round.

The 200 Spins Bounty Showdown slot Experience

In a 200-spin sample, the Double Bonus Respin bailed me out after a patch of dead spins, dropping the third scatter and opening the bonus. The Gatling Wheel totalled 15x from its 3 shots, and the early free spins sprinkled single skulls for tidy add-on wins. A mid-round retrigger added 1 extra wheel spin and a few more goes, but the final take sat in the mid-range. Sessions with a small wheel number sputter; bigger numbers get the pulse up quickly.

Review Summary for Bounty Showdown

Fantasma keeps this one stripped back. The base game offers not all that much action, making the 2-scatters respin chance a welcome break or a bridge into the bonus. The main event hinges on the Showdown Free Spins and its scatter prize mechanic, which lands frequent small hits and the odd burst when several skulls show at once. With a hit frequency around one in five spins, sessions feel steady enough, yet the real swings live inside that wheel-led round.

Stopping the Gatling Wheel with a click feels interactive, yet the number is random and much of the outcome is set by whatever total you’re handed. A small multiplier will most likely lead to measly returns, while a higher figure gets the adrenaline flowing and keeps you hunting retriggers. The multiplier can climb hard thanks to the extra wheel spins, and when it does the scatter payouts add up quickly alongside regular line wins.

If you want a simple wild west grind with a punchy bonus, Bounty Showdown does the job. Highlights include the 2-scatters respin, scatter multiplier prizes, and the ability for the multiplier to scale high, with overall potential quoted at up to 4761x the bet. On the flip side, the base can drag and the wheel can cap a round before it starts. I treat it as a bonus-chaser, either via patience or the 80x route.