Screenshot of Animal Farming, Courtesy of Weiss Casino
Brits are renowned for being a nation of animal lovers, so it comes as no surprise that animal slots like ‘Country Farming’ by Pragmatic Play are right up there in terms of theme popularity. From cute cats and dogs, to howling wolves, and roaring lions, animal slot games are always in demand and the launch of new animal themed slot machines is always keenly anticipated.
It’s no coincidence that the biggest progressive jackpot slot on the planet, Microgaming’s Mega Moolah, is an animal slots game. It’s an African safari-themed slot with cartoon-style renditions of antelope, elephants, giraffes, lions, monkeys, water buffalo, and zebras. It’s fun to play and it presents players with the opportunity to win life-changing sums of money, like the £19.4 million won by a lucky Brit in 2021.
In this blog, we take a brief look at some of the most popular animal slot machine games of all time. If you haven’t tried them yet, we hope that having read this blog, your next action will be to go to your favourite online casino and give them a whirl.
Fluffy Favourites by Eyecon
At first glance, ‘Fluffy Favourites’ is one of those animal slots that looks as though it’s been created with children in mind, something you might think sounds dangerous given the casino industry’s stance on preventing underage gambling. That was, however, never Eyecon’s intention. They wanted the slot to appeal to female online slot machine enthusiasts and to bring out the inner child in all of us.
‘Fluffy Favourites’ is a high volatility slot with an RTP of 95.39%. It means that you might have to wait a little bit for wins, but when they land, they are more likely to be worth waiting for. Animal slots often focus on just one animal, but not ‘Fluffy Favourites.’ Its cast includes clownfish, dragons, ducks, elephants, giraffes, hippos, lions, monkeys, pandas, rhinos, and turtles – a regular menagerie, and all suitably fluffed up to look as cute as possible.
Book of Cats Megaways by BGaming
Screenshot of Book of Cats Megaways courtesy of Weiss Casino
BGaming’s ‘Book of Cats Megaways’ celebrates the Egyptian goddess Bastet. She is the daughter of Ra, the king of the Egyptian gods and the goddess of cats, fertility, music, ointments, pregnancy, warfare, and protection. As the goddess of cats in particular, she is usually depicted with a cat’s head.
‘Book of Cats Megaways’ is a 6-reel, 2 to 7 rows (dynamic) slot. Its symbols include cats, Queen Cleopatra, ankhs, and playing card symbols 10, J, Q, K, and A. Being a Megaways slot, it has 117,649 ways to win. The features of this cats slot machine include free spins triggered by the combined wild/scatter, which is a bejewelled tome. As the the free spins round gets underway, random multipliers of x2, x3, x5, or x10 can appear. There’s also an expanding reel feature, which gets triggered randomly.
Book of Cats Megaways is a high volatility and its RTP is 97.07%. The highest payout is 10,000x your wager, and with a bet range of 0.1 to 25, that means a top payout of 250,000.
Puppy Love by Betsoft
Continuing our journey into animal slots, our next port of call is dog slot machines. They include titles like:
- 5 Doggy Dollars by 4ThePlayer
- Dog Pound Dollars by Rival Gaming
- Snoop Dogg Dollars by BGaming
- The Dog House by Pragmatic Play
- Doggy Riches Megaways by Red Tiger
The slot we’ve chosen to highlight is ‘Puppy Love’ by BetSoft. It’s been around since 2015, and it’s one of the dog slot machines with the highest RTPs at 97.23%. This 5×3 slot has a medium volatility rating, which means that you won’t have to wait too long to land one of its 20 paylines and receive modest payouts.
If you’re looking for cute, with its cartoon renditions of various doe-eyed puppies, this slot fits the bill perfectly. The game’s features include a Wild (the dog collar) and a Scatter, which triggers the free spins round. If you land 3 stacked Wilds, the whole reel becomes a wild. ‘Puppy Love’ has an on-reel respin feature that has sticky wilds, a puppy shop-based pick‘ em game, and a free spins bonus, too. You trigger the puppy shop bonus by landing two of the yellow puppies-for-sale signs, and the dog bowl and bone icons can reward you with ten free spins if you land three or more. The bet range is £0.02 to £100, and the max win is 1062x your stake.
Rocco Gallo by Play’n GO
Rocco Gallo by Play’n GO is undoubtedly one of the most fun animal slots we’ve come across. This is no ordinary, run-of-the-mill chicken slot machine. It’s very different. The setting is a small Italian village, and the soundtrack is the quintessential Italian folk song ‘Tarantella Napoletana,’ which creates a perfect atmosphere.
The normal gameplay in this 5×3 slot is pretty routine, but the fun starts with the instant prize bonus round, which is triggered by the golden egg scatters. Whether you can collect the prize money all depends on whether Vinnie the fox steals your prize money or whether Rooster Rocco turns up to save the day. The graphics during the free spins round are excellent, with the golden eggs exploding to reveal chicks and prize money.
Not only is ‘Rocco Gallo’ one of the most fun animal slot games to play, it’s also one of the most rewarding, as you can win up to 1,000x your stake. But with a medium to high volatility rating and a below-average RTP of 94.29% you’ll need to have a little patience. We think it’s well worth it, however.
Lion Gems by Playson
Screenshot of Lion Gems by Playson courtesy of Weiss Casino
Lions are not only the kings of the jungle, they are also the kings of the progressive slot machine world, at least as far as fans of the aforementioned Mega Moolah are concerned. But there are lots of other good, non-progressive lion slot machine titles too, like:
- 5 Lions Reborn by Pragmatic Play
- Beast Mode by Relax Gaming
- Golden Pride by BGaming
- Lion Saga Odyssey by Play’n GO
- Realm of Lions by SYNOT Play
All of the above are well worth a try, but we also recommend a lion slot machine from software provider Playson, called ‘Lion Gems Hold and Win.’ It’s a 5×4 reel slot with 30 paylines. The low pay symbols are J, Q, K, and A, and the higher paying symbols in rising value are the flamingo, boar, zebra, leopard, and rhino. The wild is the lion, and the scatter is a tree.
Land 3 Scatters and you trigger the Lion Gems: Hold and Win Free Spins feature. Animal slots with Hold and Win features are not new, but they do bring even more excitement to the party. You get 8 free spins to begin with. During these spins, Double Lion Wilds appear, and these will double all wins they are part of. Retriggers are another great feature, and you’ll receive 8 extra free spins for every set of 3+ tree scatters you land.
The Hold and Win feature is triggered by landing 6 or more diamond bonus symbols. There are also Jackpot Diamond symbols, which can activate one of 3 fixed jackpots- Mini, Minor, and Major, which are worth 20x, 50x, and 150x your initial stake. There’s also a Mystery Diamond symbol which, if landed, triggers Random Jackpot symbols. Fill the screen with these beauties, and it’s worth 3000x your wager. It’s an animal slot machine that is well worth playing.
Curse of the Werewolf Megaways by Pragmatic Play
Screenshot of Curse of the Werewolf Megaways by Pragmatic Play courtesy of Weiss Casino
There is something about wolves that seems to capture the imagination of online gamblers all over the world. Animal slots without wolves just wouldn’t be complete. The eerie howling, the pack hunting and the moonlit nights all come together to make this particular slot genre one of the most popular. Some of the best wolf-themed slot titles include:
- Howling Wolves Megaways by Booming Games
- Wolf Gold by Pragmatic Play
- Wolf Land Hold and Win by Playson
- Wolf Night Hold and Win by 3 Oaks
- Wolf Power Hold and Win by Playson
The other thing we associate with wolves and the moon is the werewolf, which is why we’ve picked a wolf slot machine entitled ‘Curse of the Werewolf Megaways,’ by Pragmatic Play, to highlight this sub-genre of wolf-themed slots.
The spooky howls of this werewolf slot are the perfect backdrop for this 6×4 high-volatility game, which has an RTP of 95.5%. It’s operated by one of the earlier Megaways engines, so it only has 46,656 ways to win, but who’s counting? Watch out for the golden werewolves, which can trigger some big wins on account of the game’s 40,000x multiplier.
The nice thing about this werewolf slot from Pragmatic Play is that with its cartoonish characters, it doesn’t take itself too seriously. But what it does do is to deliver a fun-packed game with a chance of winning some serious money.
Screenshot of Buffalo King by Pragmatic Play courtesy of Weiss Casino
The first buffalo slot machine to appear online was ‘White Buffalo’ by Microgaming (now Apricot), which was launched in 2012. This type of buffalo is regarded by Native American Indians as sacred, symbolising that we need to take better care of the planet and that great change is about to happen. The last recoded white buffalo to be born was on June 4, 2024, in Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park.
‘White Buffalo certainly fulfilled the ‘great change’ association as it turned out to be the first of what has subsequently become one of the most popular online slot themes ever.
5 of the most popular buffalo animal slots in 2025 include:
- Buffalo Blitz by Playtech
- Buffalo King Megaways by Pragmatic Play
- Buffalo Mania Megaways by Red Tiger
- Majestic Wild Buffalo by Spinomenal
- Stampede – Call of the Pride by Eyecon
The one that we’ve chosen to highlight is not shown in the list above. It’s ‘Buffalo King’ (NOT Megaways) by Pragmatic Play. It’s a 6-reel, 3-row, high volatility slot with 4,096 ways to win, and has an RTP of 94.85%. Although the RTP is below the 96% slot average, you can win up to 93,750x your stake.
Although it’s primarily a buffalo slot machine, ‘Buffalo King’ features lots of animal symbols, including buffalo, cougars, eagles, moose, and wolves. The soundtrack is pretty epic-sounding too. You can also benefit from up to 100 free spins if you land 6 golden buffalo.
Animal Slots with a Rhino Theme
Some animal slots take their cue from cute creatures, such as kittens, whereas others take their cues from dangerous, fearsome animals, like rhinos. They are the 4th heaviest animal on Earth after the Blue Whale (1st), the Shark Whale (2nd), and the African Elephant *3rd). Despite their huge size and weight (up to 2,300 Kg), rhinos can run surprisingly fast – up to 30 mph and have been known to chase down safari vehicles and ram them with their horns. It is their horns that have played a significant role in the decline of rhino numbers, as they are prized in the field of traditional Asian medicine.
The Top 5 rhino-themed animal slots include:
- Majestic White Rhino by Spinomenal
- Rhino Blitz by Playtech
- Rhino Hold and Win by Booming Games
- Rhino Mania by Platipus
- Rhino Rumble by Wizard Games
Screenshot of Great Rhino Megaways by Pragmatic Play courtesy of Weiss Casino
The team at GamBonus has reviewed many animal slots over the years, but high on the list of favourite rhino-themed slots is ‘Great Rhino Megaways’ by Pragmatic Play. This 6×5 slot is powered by the latest Megaways engine, which provides the game with a stunning 200,704 ways to win. Pragmatic Play gets in on the Megaways action, upgrading the popular Great Rhino slot.
The game is a revamp of the non-Megaways original, and the upgrade is brilliant. The spins in basic gameplay are never the same twice, which ensures that this rhino-themed animal slot machine delivers a wild ride, time after time.
In addition to the six vertical reels, ‘Great Rhino Megaways’ features a horizontal 7th reel that spins from left to right. The cascading reel feature adds another excavating element to the game, presenting you with chances of landing even more winning paylines. The top prize is worth up to 20,000x your wager. This slot has an above-average RTP of 96.48%, but it increases even higher to 96.58% when the ante bet feature is activated.
Pig-Themed Animal Slots
Thanks to piggy banks, pig-themed animal slots have become a popular niche in the UK, and that popularity has spread worldwide with the expansion of the global online casino network. But how did piggy banks originate? What’s the link between pigs and money?
The link is somewhat obscure, and we have to go back to the Middle Ages for an explanation. Before proper banks became a thing, people kept their savings in their homes. They would put their coins into dishes and jars made from an orange-coloured clay called ‘pygg’ clay. It led to them being called pygg jars.
Over time, special pygg jars for storing coins were created, and these were enclosed jars with slots into which you could insert the coins you wanted to save. When in a rush to retrieve the money, people used to smash the jars, and this is thought to be the origin of the saying ‘breaking the bank’.
The first Pygg jars weren’t the cute piggy-shaped objects we are familiar with today. They were made in the image of wild boars. So, there we have our brief history of how today’s piggy banks, which children use to save money, evolved.
As we’ve just mentioned, the saying ‘break the bank’, we thought we should point out that there is a slot called Break Da Bank from software providers Apricot (formerly Microgaming). However, it has nothing to do with piggy banks or animal sots, so we’ll quickly move on.
Screenshot of Book of Piggy Bank by Spinomenal, courtesy of Weiss Casino
We’ve chosen the Book of Piggy Bank by Spinomenal as an example of one of the best pig-themed slots around today. It’s a 6×3 high volatility slot with an RTP of 96.14%. The design of the slot is neat with an expensive look about it, with its purse showering money about and its diamond gemstones. The symbols include 10, J, Q, K, and A, a pile of bank notes and a locked safe.
The scatter is a golden book with a piggy-bank face. With a bet range of €0.1 to €100 per spin and a max multiplier of 10,000x your stake, there is big money to be won.
Our Conclusion on Animal Slots
Animal slot games are here to stay. They are fun to play, and there are some great themes with plenty of stunning graphics to enjoy. You’ll find many of them listed on the GamBonus website, so be sure to bookmark us and return regularly for the latest animal slot updates.
