Game Providers

What are casino game providers?

Game providers / Game developers / Game Suppliers are basically the companies that make slot games. They create the artwork, the features, the payout maths and the technology that makes the slot game. Examples of popular game providers include Netent or Net Entertainment.  This little Swedish company has grown to be one of the biggest names in the industry due to hit successes such as Starburst, Gonzo’s Quest, Jack and the Beanstalk and many many more titles.  Netent is known for high quality, immersive and beautifully designed slot games, it really has set the standard very high for all other game providers to follow.

What are the best game providers?

That is a very difficult question and perhaps it is best to answer this by looking at what are the most popular slot games. The clear top 5 slot games in the industry right now are:

1. Starburst, which is made by Netent. This slot game is beautifully simple but has a highly exciting sticky wilds feature that can see huge combo wins from both left to right and right to left. Second is Rainbow Riches which is a Barcrest game, which is also connected with WMS and Scientific / SG Games.

2. Rainbow Riches by Barcrest has became an incredibly popular game despite having a relatively low RTP % around 95% simply because of the potential for huge wins on the Road to Riches Bonus Rounds that can see players win up to 200x there entire bet. Players will spend and spend to reach this bonus round and this makes it very profitable and popular for online casinos.

3. Fluffy Favourites by Eyecon – This is a bit of a surprising game to be in the top 5, especially when you consider this is an adult gambling slot game, yet it is filled with very childish fluffy toys. One of the main reasons this game is so popular is because of its nostalgic appeal to players childhood when they spend countless pocket money on the seaside amusement arcades with the claw machines trying to grab those Fluffy Favourites. This simple slot game was loved by bingo players for years and years on sites such as Foxy Bingo as this game made an ideal mini game within the online bingo clients and now it has made the successful transition to online casinos and now mobile casinos.

4. Cleopatra by IGT – This is one of the all-time classic games made popular in land based casinos all over the world is popular for two reasons, first it’s ability to offer huge single line payouts up to 10,000 times on a single line if you get 5 cleopatra symbols on a payline. Second the mysterious Egyptian theme helps to create a layer of magic that elevates this game to another level. Players almost expect the gold to flow in this game before they place any bets, it creates an aura of riches that is hard to justify and hard to explain. Cleopatra is undoubtably one of the most popular games in history and despite thousands of newer slot games coming after it, it still consistently keeps its place in the all-time top 5 vegas slots.

5. Immortal Romance by Microgaming. This slot game is amongst a few others with the same mechanisms including Thunderstruck 2. The magic of these games come from the randomly triggered features such as ‘Wild Desire” and  “Wild Storm” which randomly turns up to 4 full reels wild. This creates the potential for epic payouts, for example a player a won over £20,000 with just a 30p spin playing Immortal Romance at MrGreen.com due to this Wild Desire feature.  On top of that, these games over “progressive” bonus rounds that unlock additional features, in reality the later bonus rounds are not much more valuable than the original 10 free spins with a 5x multiplier however they do carry higher perceived value which makes players stick to this game and keep spending to level up.