Hot Tuna

About Hot Tuna

Hot Tuna is Reel Kingdom's fishing slot with an East Asian setting, published by Pragmatic Play. Where the Big Bass games put you under the water, this one stays above it: an open sea, jagged islands on the horizon, and a fisherman in gold and red robes casting from a boat.

Structurally it belongs to the same family, with money symbols carrying cash values that only pay when collected during Free Spins. What it adds is the Tuna Meter, a seven-level counter that stores money symbols landing without a wild to collect them, and the Hot Tuna symbol, which applies a flat 10x multiplier to whatever gets collected on that spin. Maximum win is 2,500x stake.

How to Play Hot Tuna

Wins pay left to right from reel one across ten fixed paylines, with three or more matching symbols needed on adjacent reels. All lines are active on every spin. Stakes at Midnite start from £0.05 per spin.

Money symbols land as fish carrying values from 2x up to 2,500x stake, but they pay nothing during normal play. Landing three or more scatters opens the Free Spins round. There the fisherman appears as a wild, substituting for regular symbols and collecting the value of every money symbol on the reels, while also awarding an extra spin each time he lands. Money symbols landing with no wild to collect them are stored in the Tuna Meter instead.

Hot Tuna Features

• Fixed Paylines: All 10 paylines are active on every spin and pay left to right from reel one.
• Money Symbols: Fish carrying cash values from 2x up to 2,500x stake. They pay only when collected during Free Spins.
• Free Spins: Triggered by 3, 4 or 5 scatters, awarding 10, 15 or 20 free spins.
• Fisherman Wild: Appears during Free Spins only. It substitutes for regular symbols, collects the value of every money symbol on the reels, and awards one extra free spin each time it lands.
• Tuna Meter: A seven-level counter beside the grid. Money symbols landing without a wild to collect them are stored here, with six symbols needed to advance each level.
• Meter Retrigger: Completing all seven levels awards ten additional free spins.
• Hot Tuna Symbol: Appears during Free Spins after the first retrigger, applying a flat 10x multiplier to the total collected on that spin.
• Additive Multipliers: Where several Hot Tuna symbols form part of the same collection, their multipliers are added together.

Hot Tuna RTP, Volatility and Key Info

Before you spin, the figures worth knowing on Hot Tuna:

• RTP: 94.53%
• Volatility: High
• Reels: 5 reels, 3 rows
• Paylines: 10
• Max win: 2,500x stake
• Minimum stake at Midnite: £0.05
• Mobile: Available on iOS and Android
• Provider: Pragmatic Play (developed by Reel Kingdom)

Hot Tuna Theme and Symbols

The 5x3 grid sits above open water with mountainous islands in the distance and a high sun overhead. Reel Kingdom paired the fishing setup with East Asian styling, and the soundtrack uses traditional-sounding instrumentation at a steady tempo rather than the arcade jingles the Big Bass games rely on. The fisherman appears beside the grid during bonus play in gold and red.

Card ranks from 10 to Ace fill the low-value positions, paying 10x stake for five of a kind. Above them sit a fish, a seahorse, a fishing box, sushi and an octopus bait, paying between 20x and 200x. Money symbols are drawn as fish carrying printed values, and the Hot Tuna symbol appears only in the later stages of a bonus round, which is what makes a long free spins run worth considerably more than a short one.

Games Like Hot Tuna

• Big Bass Bonanza Megaways: The Reel Kingdom fishing series entry on the Megaways engine.
• Club Tropicana: Another Reel Kingdom collection game with a progressive trail.
• Fishin' Frenzy: The Blueprint Gaming title that set the template for the genre.
• Sticky Stacked Fire 7s: An Inspired Gaming slot with sticky wilds in the bonus round.
• The Dog House: A Pragmatic Play game with a single high-impact free spins feature.

Hot Tuna FAQs

What is the RTP of Hot Tuna?

At Midnite the RTP is 94.53%.

Who developed Hot Tuna?

The game was developed by Reel Kingdom and published by Pragmatic Play. Reel Kingdom is also the studio behind the Big Bass series.

How do you win on Hot Tuna?

Land three or more matching symbols on adjacent reels from left to right along one of the ten fixed paylines.

What is the maximum win on Hot Tuna?

The maximum win is 2,500x stake.

How do the money symbols work?

They land as fish carrying values from 2x up to 2,500x stake, but pay nothing during normal play. The fisherman wild collects them during the Free Spins round.

What is the Tuna Meter?

A seven-level counter beside the grid. Money symbols landing without a wild to collect them are stored there, with six needed to advance each level. Completing all seven awards ten more free spins.

What does the Hot Tuna symbol do?

It appears during Free Spins after the first retrigger and applies a flat 10x multiplier to the total collected on that spin. Several in the same collection have their multipliers added together.

Can I play Hot Tuna on mobile?

Yes. The game runs on iOS and Android via the Midnite app or mobile browser.