Fire 88 — RTP, volatility and max win

Dragons, gold coins, rubies and fireworks in red, orange and yellow fill the compact three-reel grid of Fire 88, a classic Chinese-themed slot by Pragmatic Play. Alongside a substituting wild, respins and a separate bonus game add variety to the base game.

The theme is kept deliberately simple: Chinese dragons, coins, rubies and fireworks on a dark background, coloured red, orange and yellow and styled like the old three-reel classics. The 3×3 grid, three reels of three symbols each, pays across 7 paylines. Spins are priced from €0.07 up to €70, which suits small budgets as well as much bigger ones. Pragmatic Play released Fire 88 on March 2, 2018, and the figures were last checked against the source on August 23, 2021.

The max win of Fire 88 is in the lower quarter of the selection; titles with more payout headroom are in the Max win list.

The 3×3 grid carries 7 paylines. A line pays when it carries a matching set of symbols. With only three reels, the number of possible combinations stays small and every hit is easy to read at a glance. The amount is set by the symbol and by where your bet sits in the €0.07 to €70 band.

Fire 88 keeps its special features few and easy to follow. Substitution symbols help complete rows of dragons or coins. Respins spin the reels again without a new stake, giving the small grid a second shot at a line. A separate bonus game also breaks away from the three spinning reels. The focus stays firmly on classic three-reel play.

Since Fire 88 pairs respins with a separate bonus game, the other inferno slots with respins offer a direct comparison.

RTP 95.47%, lower than 68% of the 400 Inferno slots. Background: how RTP works on a slot. Volatility Medium, like 103 of the 399 Inferno slots. Background: what slot volatility means. Max win 902× (€63,140 at the highest stake). Background: what max win means on a slot.

Fire 88 returns 95.47%. The 902× maximum is modest, which fits the compact three-reel grid. Volatility is medium, and with a max win of 902× the respins and the bonus game stay modest in size.

Because Fire 88 comes with an RTP range, the RTP comparison of inferno slots shows where its published figure sits in the field.

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