Chicken Run is a 5-reel online video slot machine game developed by Microgaming, a renowned provider of casino games software. The theme revolves around farm animals and their attempts to escape from a farm, giving players an entertaining experience while spinning reels.

Game Design

The first thing that catches the eye about Chicken Run Game is its vibrant graphics. Set against a lush Chicken Run game green background of rolling hills and farmland, the game features colorful animated symbols representing various farm creatures. The game has 4 rows, which is slightly higher than most modern slot games. With each symbol occupying space in either one or two horizontal positions on adjacent reels (the so-called Cluster Pays format), this results from some very interesting gameplay mechanics. Players get to engage with four high paying characters like Benny the Fox and Ginger the chicken together with three lower paying animals, that is Cow, Sheep, Pig and a farmhand.

Symbols

As mentioned earlier, Chicken Run features symbols representing various farm creatures as well as farm items used for their escape mission such as Farmgate Keys.

• High-paying symbols include:
  • Benny the Fox
  • Ginger the chicken
  • Cow
  • Sheep
• Low-paying animal symbols are represented by Pig and Horse.
• The game also includes low-value playing card numbers from 9 to Ace.

Payouts

Chicken Run is a Cluster Pays type of slot, where winning combinations consist of adjacent symbols occupying two or more spaces on an active payline. Wins can be achieved horizontally in left-to-right, right-to-left directions with at least four of the same symbol present together.

The highest payout value in Chicken Run is $10 000 which corresponds to five scatter "Farmgate keys" landing simultaneously across all reels during normal game mode.

• The Farm Gate Key icon serves as a Wild.

  • There are two scatters on display – it’s ‘Ginger’ and the aforementioned "Farm gate key".

    Payout Structure

Players can view winnings based on combination of symbols, from low to high value. The payouts are structured by combinations of 2-4 (minimum) adjacent Cluster Pays.

The highest win is achievable through five key symbols landing across reels.

• With a theoretical Return-To-Player rate (RTP) of 96%, Chicken Run has one of the best RTPs available among modern video slots.

Wild Symbols and Scatters

The Farmgate Key acts as wild replacing any symbol except for scatters in order to assist with making wins.

• The game features a total of two scatter symbols:
  • Ginger (scatter)
  • "Farm gate key" (wild/scatter).

In Chicken Run, if 4 or more adjacent Cluster Pays appear horizontally from left-to-right across the reels players earn Scatter payouts.