Released on January 23, 2025, Tinkerbot by ELK Studios takes you into a whimsical scrapyard where creativity meets chaos. With its unique cluster pays system on a flexible grid that can expand from 5×5 to 7×7, this slot offers an innovative twist on traditional gameplay. 

Featuring a medium volatility math model with an RTP of 94%, Tinkerbot invites both cautious players and high rollers to enjoy its quirky charm. The game’s vibrant graphics and industrial soundtrack set the stage for a playful yet mechanically rich adventure in which every spin assembles new winning clusters.

Before you start tinkering in the scrapyard, follow these essential steps:

• Preferred Spin Options: Choose between manual spins for a more hands-on experience or auto-play mode if you prefer a relaxed pace.

• Bet Options: Set your coin value and bet level, whether wagering as little as 20 cents or up to 100 per spin.

• Turbo Mode: Activate Turbo Mode by holding down the Spin button to accelerate the reels and keep the action moving quickly.

In Tinkerbot, your goal is to form winning clusters by connecting five or more matching symbols horizontally or vertically. The game features cluster pays instead of traditional paylines. Here’s a rundown of the key reel symbols, listed from lowest to highest paying:

• Blue, Green, and Purple Box Thingies – Lower paying symbols.
• Blue Gadget, Green Gadget, Purple Gadget, Red Gadget – Higher paying symbols that offer rewards from 0.1x to 1.5x for a 5-symbol cluster, scaling up to 10x to 150x for larger clusters.

Winning clusters are removed from the grid, causing cascading reels that may generate additional wins. A multiplier, if active, is applied to each win, adding extra spark to your payouts.

Tinkerbot offers a variety of bonus features that enhance the gameplay and boost your win potential:

• Winning Clusters & Botboxes: Every time you form a winning cluster, the symbols vanish, creating space for new symbols and generating a botbox symbol. Accumulating three or more botboxes triggers a feature release, where each botbox unleashes a random bonus.

• Multisymbol Feature: Triggers randomly when new symbols drop onto the grid. Upon activation, it creates a cluster of identical pay symbols in one position and explodes adjacent non-winning symbols, potentially forming larger clusters.

• The Button Feature: Landing a Button symbol activates this bonus. The feature either collects all matching symbols to create a Multisymbol or transforms them into another pay symbol, increasing your cluster’s value.

• Multiplier Feature: The feature activates through botbox releases. It adds a random multiplier to your win, then turns into a wild to help form winning clusters.

• Wilds and Hot Wilds: Wild symbols may drop in or be released from a botbox. They substitute for any pay symbols, while Hot Wilds can transform random symbols into wilds.

• Expand Grid Feature: Activated from a botbox. Expands the grid by adding one row and one reel, up to a maximum of 7×7, increasing your opportunities for wins.

• Bot Frenzy: The feature activates when all payout symbols are removed. Awards additional botboxes, potentially leading to a chain reaction of bonus features.

• Bonus Game & Super Bonus Game: The feature triggers after landing 3 or more scatter symbols for 7 free spins, or 4 scatters for 9 free spins. In the bonus rounds, your current grid size, multiplier, and unused botboxes carry over, with extra free spins awarded per scatter.

Features available to purchase via the X-iter option include:

• Bonus Hunt – 3x the bet for increased bonus game chances.
• Feature Fest – 10x the bet to guarantee 3 botboxes.
• Super Drop – 25x the bet for a game round on a full 7×7 grid.
• Bonus Game – 100x the bet for instant entry.
• Super Bonus Game – 500x the bet for the premium bonus round.

I loved the inventive spirit of Tinkerbot. Its cluster pays system, combined with a host of engaging bonus features—from cascading botboxes to the transformative Button and Multisymbol features—kept my gameplay fresh and unpredictable.

The ability to expand the grid and directly purchase bonus rounds via X-iter further enhanced the experience, allowing me to tailor the action to my mood.

Tinkerbot by ELK Studios is a creative, fun-packed slot that brilliantly marries quirky design with innovative mechanics, making each spin a delightful adventure in a world of recycled treasures.