TikiPop (Yggdrasil Gaming) – Review & Demo Play

TikiPop Slot

TikiPop is a PopWins video slot from AvatarUX that I rate as one of the cleaner looking entries in the series. The Polynesian island setup comes with bright colours and crisp tiki totems, and the both-ways pays model keeps the base game ticking. The core loop is popping wins to add rows, which in turn ramps the win ways. My only gripe is the pacing, as popped positions refill one by one after a short pause, which can make long sessions feel a tad stop-start.

TikiPop - Game specifications

On the numbers side, TikiPop runs a commonly quoted 96.1% RTP with high volatility, so I expect swingy play and stretches of quiet before bigger hits. The grid is five reels with variable rows that expand during wins, starting from compact heights and climbing to a full 5x5 in the base game, then up to seven rows high in free spins. Ways to win start around 486 thanks to both-ways pays and can rise to roughly 6,250 in a fully expanded base grid.

The published max win sits at 32,000x stake, which is serious for a five-reel PopWins slot. Reported stakes run from 0.20 to 50 per spin depending on build, though operators can vary this. Free spins arrive via scatters, but outside the UK there is a bonus buy at 100x total bet that starts you on 7 spins with the option to gamble for more. From here, I play it straight and wait for natural triggers.

Symbols and Paytable in TikiPop

Symbol wise, TikiPop uses high value tiki totems and other picture icons as the premium set, backed up by low value gems or tiles that fill most positions. A wild substitutes for regular symbols and leaves scatters alone, while scatters trigger the feature rather than paying big themselves. The paytable scales in a familiar way, with the very top icon paying up to x6 for five, then stepping through bands like x5, x4 and x2.5 on five of a kind for the other premiums.

Lower pays sit on modest returns such as x1 for five and fractions for four or three of a kind, so most base hits come from weight of ways during pops rather than single line values. I always check the in-game help for exact figures at my stake and region, as published tables can vary. In practice, the value flows from building chains that expand the reels and from multipliers rather than chasing standalone symbol prices.

TikiPop Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Scatter
	5	x10
	4	x5
	3	x2
	5	x6
	4	x3
	3	x1
	5	x5
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.8
	5	x4
	4	x2
	3	x0.7
	5	x2.5
	4	x1.2
	3	x0.5
	5	x2.5
	4	x1.2
	3	x0.5
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2

TikiPop slot Features

The PopWins mechanic drives everything in TikiPop. Any winning symbol pops, and each vacated spot splits into two new positions, which adds rows on the affected reels and raises the active win ways. In the base game, each reel can gain up to two extra rows and, if all five reels reach five rows on the same sequence, every win on that spin gets doubled by a 2x multiplier. That simple carrot makes base chains feel meaningful rather than just filler.

Free spins land via three, four or five scatters for 7, 11 or 15 spins, and before they start you can take a straight 50/50 gamble to upgrade to the next tier. Win the gamble and you move up; lose it and you are kicked back to the base game empty handed. The round begins on a random reel layout, with the smallest reported starting point being 4-3-3-3-4 and the largest a full 5x5, and PopWins are more aggressive here.

During free spins the progressive multiplier increases by +1 for every PopWin with no stated cap and reels can climb to seven rows. Fully expanding a reel during the feature can add 2 to 4 extra spins, and if you manage to reach a full seven-row grid across all reels, that size stays locked for the remainder. At that stage each PopWin adds +2 to the multiplier instead, and the game then offers the headline 33,614 win ways.

The 200 Spins TikiPop slot Experience

I ran a 200-spin session on TikiPop and treated it as a proper shakedown. The base felt stop-start, with a fair amount of small hits but little spark until the scatters turned up. I took the gamble after triggering the feature and stepped up to 15 spins, which is where the slot showed its teeth. The multiplier grew nicely towards the end, more reels reached higher rows, and a late cluster of wins pushed the result into a solid return for the stake.

Review Summary for TikiPop

If you already like the PopWins series, TikiPop is easy to sit down with. The tropical look is cleaner than the earliest releases, symbols are easy to pick out, and both-ways pays paired with expanding reels keeps the maths model engaging. For me the game comes alive once the multiplier in free spins gathers pace on a large grid, as that’s when the 32,000x potential starts to feel within reach rather than just a number on the sheet.

Downsides are familiar. The core loop does not move the series forward much, and the pace between wins can drag as popped spots refill. On the plus side, you have PopWins rows expansion with a 2x in the base game on a full grid, an unlimited progressive multiplier in free spins and up to 33,614 win ways. Factor in high volatility and the 32,000x cap, and you get a slot that rewards patience when the right chains fall into place.