Quickspin Software Review

A Bit of History

Quickspin is the brainchild of three pioneers: Daniel Lindberg, Mars Westerlund, and Joachim Timmermans. With years of experience working for big companies like NetEnt and Unibet, the trio decided to strike out and make their own company – the studio we now know as Quickspin. The goal was simple: to make high-quality pokies with top-notch visuals and innovative features.

After its founding in 2012, the studio moved quickly to expand its reach. It secured licenses with established regulators, ensuring its games were widely available and fair to players. It was a fantastic move on Quickspin’s end, quickly earning them a loyal following.

In 2016, the studio was acquired by Playtech. Quickspin was given a hands-off approach as part of the deal, allowing it to continue releasing new games under its label. At the same time, the acquisition gave the studio an injection of cash and talent.

Over the years, the team has snatched up multiple awards. It won Game of the Year for Big Bad Wolf at the 2013 EGR B2B awards. It also took home the Rising Star award at the 2014 EGR B2B awards. However, its most successful year was 2019, when it took two awards: Best Slot Provider and Innovation in Slot Provision.

Frequent Themes and Bonus Features

Quickspin has always designed pokie machines with gorgeous graphics and unique features, but the volatility has varied over the years. It’s been a much more accessible collection initially, with higher volatility becoming more dominant in recent releases. You do get a little bit of everything, though. If you want a higher risk for a bigger prize, go for a pokie with high volatility, like Big Bad Wolf Megaways or Wild Cauldron. You can try Spinions Game Day or older titles like Tales of Dr. Dolittle or Hidden Valley for something tamer.

The RTP of Quickspin pokies is usually above 96%, particularly in older pokies. Recently, they introduced an RTP range in some of their slots, meaning you have to shop around and ensure you find a version above 96%. The graphics are gorgeous, and that’s another thing that makes a lot of difference. It shows that Quickspin puts a lot of effort into each game.

We enjoyed a lot of their pokies because their stories or themes were interesting. They are often based on stories that nobody else had used up to that point. For example, they have slots inspired by fairytales and legends, like Big Bad Wolf, Goldilocks, Rapunzel, Sinbad, Beowulf, and The Three Musketeers.

Feature-wise, Quickspin’s pokies are often built around multiplier Wilds and free spins, but they also offer respins, sticky symbols, expanding reels, and various other ways to further improve wins. Generally, these features make their pokie machines much more fun to play.

There are multiple things about Quickspin that makes them stand out. Some mechanics they use are described below.

Chaos Clusters: New trademarked mechanics from Quickspin, Chaos Clusters will deliver wins through 5 or more matching symbols that are connected, even if it’s partial. You can keep getting new wins, thanks to the Tumbling Reels. You can test it out in Azticons Chaos Clusters, for example.

Expanding Ways: Implemented in Wild Cauldron, this is a feature that allows the game area to expand, going from 6×4 reels to 6×8 reels, increasing the number of ways to win accordingly. The expansion occurs after consecutive wins where triggering symbols become locked through cascades and resets at the end of the round.

Our Thoughts on Quickspin

With founders coming from NetEnt, it’s not a surprise that one of the main strengths of this developer stems from graphics and special features. These aspects are always good in their pokie machines, and for the most part, that is enough to keep things interesting over more extended periods.

If you compare Quickspin to the average developer, you will agree that they’re superior in nearly every respect. The quirky themes used in some of their games, the excellent designs, and the unique spins they put on various modern features, and even the high volatility gameplay of recent pokies, are all things we like about them.

Overall, Quickspin has more room to grow, and many more NZ pokie sites will likely carry their games in the future if they continue doing such great work.