Different slot machines pay out differently. And the point here is not a theoretical return. It only shows how much the slot returns over a very long distance. While the variance will determine how often you will get wins on average. We can say that this is the level of risk for the player.
High variance means high risk, low variance means low risk. That is, a player can regularly receive small wins and will not have long losing streaks if the variance is low. With a high variance, the player wins less often, but on average, the winnings are larger.
It is impossible to say which option is better. Each player has their own preferences. For example, NetEnt's most popular slots are Dead or Alive and Starburst. The first one is the highest variance slot and the other is one of the lowest variance slots.
We have already reviewed high variance slots from Play'n GO. Here we discuss low variance. Officially, the developer does not provide information about the magnitude of the dispersion, so you can only focus on unofficial sources. So, the reliability of the data is not 100%.
This Play'n GO slot is one of the few that have been tagged as low variance slots. It is very simple - 3 reels, five lines. There is a bonus game where you can get 1 or 3 spins of the Mystery Wheel. On this wheel are various multipliers from 20 to 6,000. Weird, though, that Mystery Joker 6,000 fell into the low variance category. But if you exclude the bonus game, it really deserves to be on this list. By the way, it was released in 2018.
Chinese theme. Regular slot machine, 10 lines, 10 free spins, which can be reactivated. There are wild symbols, scatters. In general, nothing remarkable. Winnings are small, but you can use the risk game to increase the amount by 2 or 4 times. It doesn't look as fresh as it could, considering it was only released a year ago.
According to the information on SlotCatalog, this is a low variance slot machine. Although this statement may be controversial. It was released six years ago, so outwardly it is not impressive. In terms of features, too, nothing special. There is a bonus round - free spins, during which the scatter turns wild. 20 lines, no risk of the game. It looks like it's an old slot machine. Most likely you can not find it in every Play’n GO casino.
This slot machine is considered to have a variance between low and medium. This is a much more exciting slot than the previous ones, launched in 2015. At one time it was considered an advanced slot. Now it's not so impressive.
Tower Quest features two bonus games with three different modes. On the sides of the drums are cones where blue and red liquids are collected. When they are full, you can activate the corresponding bonus game. Based on how many bottles you have accumulated, you can activate one of three options. The more bottles, the better the conditions.
Red liquid gives 5 free spins, blue only 1. There will also be multipliers, additional wild symbols. Apart from this one, there is another bonus game where you have to fight an evil mage. You can win up to 500x your total bet.
Like the previous slot, the variance is between low and medium. Asian theme. There are free spins, initially there are 8 of them, but you can get up to 20 in one activation. During free spins, an expanding wild symbol appears. You can also activate another bonus game where you need to catch goldfish for prizes. In general, the theme is cute, but still the slot is very standard in terms of features.
