ELK Studios

Buggin

Slots Video Slots Nature Fruit Bugs and Insects Cartoon

Cartoon garden slot driven by the aftermath of wins

0.9% of the games we track list Guaranteed Wild In Free Spins; Buggin is one of them.

SlotRanker Score

/ 99

05099

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How this score is built

RTP

94%

return to player

Volatility

High volatility

variance

Max win

10,000×

top multiplier

Min bet

$0.20

per spin

Reels

Cluster Pays lines

Player rating

5.0 ★

16 votes

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16 ratings

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Five weighted signals shape the composite. Four context signals refine ties. See how we rate for the full methodology.

Payouts & RTP6/10

RTP 94% → 6.0/10

Volatility9/10

high → 9.0/10

Win Potential8/10

x10000.00 (10000×) → 8.0/10

Features10/10

17 features → 10.0/10

Game Mechanics6.7/10

f=17 r=7 p=n/a → 6.7/10

Context signals (tie-breakers)

Layout9/10

7x7 → 9.0/10

Bet Flexibility6/10

0.2–100 (×500) → 6.0/10

Provider Reputation7.1/10

provider avg 7.1 → 7.1/10

Popularity5/10

synthetic proxy → 5.0/10

Popularity blends real player search demand (~30 markets) with a catalogue-derived proxy; games without measurable search demand use the proxy alone. Not live play telemetry.

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SlotRanker Score: 72 — Buggin by ELK Studios

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Slot Summary

Winning clusters leave useful wilds behind in Buggin, so a payout can also prepare the board for what follows. ELK Studios places that interaction in a cartoon botanical garden, where insect characters accompany a game of wild creation and merging. The garden's small inhabitants frame a system whose important changes happen between successive wins.

How It Plays

Cluster wins fill a meter that stores Feature Wilds. Those stored symbols are released when the board stops producing wins, giving the game another opportunity to change the grid.

A Feature Wild performs its particular action when involved in a winning cluster, then becomes an ordinary wild. The timing matters because the special action and later substitution are separate jobs.

Features & Win Potential

The Removing wild clears every instance of the lowest-paying symbol type. The Upgrading wild changes that type into the next higher-paying symbol, altering the board in a different way.

The Random wild replaces existing symbols with additional wilds, while Make Big enlarges a paying symbol. These modifiers change usable positions and symbol sizes instead of simply increasing an existing payout.

High volatility Free Spins Scatter Symbol Wild Symbol Cluster Pays Wild Multipliers 5 Reels Sticky Wilds Walking Wilds Bonus Buy Symbol Swap Additional Free Spins RTP range Guaranteed Wild in Free Spins Random Wilds / Additional Wilds Mega Symbol (3x3)Remove Symbols

Bonus & Free Spins

Three bonus symbols award 7 free drops. A trigger containing 2 regular bonus symbols and a super bonus symbol starts the super version, which adds Feature Wild refills to the sticky-wild round.

Spec sheet

Buggin at a glance.

Identity

Slot nameBuggin

StudioELK Studios

Released2/22/2024

Math

SlotRanker Score72

RTP94%

VolatilityHigh volatility

Max win10,000×

Bet range$0.20 – $100.00

Player rating5.0 / 5 · 16 votes

Format

Reels5

PaylinesCluster Pays

Layout5x3

Expected average based on this slot's 94% RTP — individual sessions vary with volatility.

Bet per spin

Spins per hour400

Session length (hours)

Cost per hour$4.80

Cost per session$4.80

Estimate only, for entertainment purposes — treat gambling as entertainment, not a way to make money, and set a budget you can afford to lose.

How long could a bankroll last on Buggin? We simulate thousands of sessions from this game's published RTP and volatility — the long-run math, not a prediction of your next spin.

Bankroll ($)Bet per spin ($)Speed

Volatility tier: High

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How this works

Each simulated spin either misses or returns a win drawn from a log-normal distribution, with the hit rate and spread set by the slot's volatility tier (High). The model is calibrated so the average return equals this slot's published RTP (94.00%), with wins capped at its top multiplier (10,000×).

This is a simplified, parametric model of the game's math — not its real paytable. It exists to make the house edge visible over many sessions, so the numbers above are averages across thousands of runs, never a forecast of one.

This is math, not a prediction. Real sessions vary wildly, and no strategy changes a game's built-in house edge. Play for fun, set limits, and never bet more than you can afford to lose.

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Compare Buggin with other games

	Buggin Score 72This game	Garden Gladiators Score 82	9 Wiggly Worms Score 74	Wild Honey Score 64	Bumble Bee Score 44
Identity
Studio	ELK Studios	StakeLogic	Wishbone Games	Spinoro	KA Gaming
Released	2/22/2024	3/19/2025	5/25/2023	5/2/2022	2/17/2020
Math
RTP	94%	96.01%	96.24%	94.5%	94%
Volatility	High volatility	High volatility	High volatility	High volatility	High volatility
Max win	10,000×	10,000×	2,000×	18,757×	11.1×
Format
Reels	5	5	5	5	3
Layout	5x3	5x3	5x3	5x3	3x3
Paylines	Cluster Pays	4096	20	20	9
Min bet	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.45
Max bet	100	20	120	40	1800
Features
Progressive	—	—	—	—	—
Wild symbol	✓	—	✓	✓	—
Free spins	✓	✓	✓	✓	—
Scatter symbol	✓	✓	✓	✓	—
Multiplier	—	✓	✓	—	—
Bonus game	—	✓	—	✓	—
Respins	—	—	—	—	—

Every number is shown as a delta against Buggin.

Comparing against

Buggin

ELK Studios

RTP

94%

Max win

10,000×

Score

+ Multiplier+ Bonus Game− Wild

− Wild− Free Spins− Scatter

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