Shark Wash (Relax Gaming) – Review & Demo Play

How to Play Shark Wash Slot

I fired up Shark Wash on mobile and desktop without fuss. The layout uses 5 reels, 4 rows, and 1,024 ways to win. Bets range from 0.10 to 200, set via a clear meter with plus and minus buttons. Wins pay left to right on consecutive reels. Autoplay and Quickspin are available if I want faster rounds, and the sidebar opens the info page and settings. It’s a straightforward interface, so I can focus on the Countdown Wild mechanic and the steady base game cascades.

Symbols and Payouts in Shark Wash

Shark Wash uses a tidy mix of low and high pays. Clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades are the lower-paying set, paying 0.6x, 0.8x, and 1.2x the stake for 3, 4, or 5 of a kind. Premiums are the blue shark cleaner, green shark cleaner, Joe the manager, and the flashy shark. Landing five of a kind pays 2.5x, 3.5x, 7x, and 15x the bet. I always check the paytable first, as the displayed values scale with the current wager.

The purple W wild substitutes for all regular icons and is a feature symbol in its own right, while the bonus Scatter triggers free spins. Symbols form wins on 3 or more consecutive reels from the leftmost reel. With 1,024 payways, small strings appear often in my sessions, and the cascades clear paying tiles so new ones can drop. That flow sets up the Countdown Wild feature and the wild meter, which is where this slot’s rhythm really kicks in.

Shark Wash Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x15
	4	x6
	3	x3
	5	x7
	4	x3.5
	3	x2
	5	x3.5
	4	x2
	3	x1.4
	5	x2.5
	4	x1.5
	3	x1
	5	x1.2
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.6
	5	x1.2
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.6
	5	x1.2
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.6
	5	x1.2
	4	x0.8
	3	x0.6
	Scatter
	Wild

Shark Wash Bonus Features

Countdown Wild Feature in Shark Wash is the core. When a wild is part of a win, it turns sticky with a counter, typically starting between 1 and 5. Each time that wild helps a win, the number drops by one, tied to the cascade sequence. When the counter reaches 0, the starting value is added to the Wild Meter. Hitting a threshold activates a win multiplier that applies to any subsequent wins in that same round. I’ve had tidy chains when meters line up.

Free Spins in Shark Wash come from 3, 4, or 5 bonus symbols, awarding 7, 10, or 15 spins. During the feature, any landed Scatter adds +1 spin. The Countdown Wild Multiplier is persistent for the whole round, which is the key draw for me. I’ve seen the meter carry over nicely, so early sticky wilds can shape the rest of the bonus. The grid keeps cascading, and multipliers apply to all wins once active, creating a steady build when hits fall right.

Bonus Buy in Shark Wash is available at 80x the bet and plays at 96.5% RTP. It guarantees entry to free spins, which suits me when I’m hunting that persistent multiplier without waiting for Scatters. The base game still has bite thanks to cascades and stickies, but buying straight into the feature gives a cleaner view of the maths. I tend to vary stakes from 0.10 to mid levels to feel how the meter steps behave at different bet sizes.

RTP & Volatility in Shark Wash

RTP & Volatility in Shark Wash sit at 96.06% in standard play and 96.5% when buying the feature, with high volatility on the default model. The max win caps at 5,000x the bet, and stakes run from 0.10 to 200. In practice, I get regular base chains from cascades, but the notable swings ride on Countdown Wilds draining to the meter and the multiplier activating. That balance suits sessions where I’m chasing a bonus with a realistic ceiling.