The developer Ainsworth’s feline February 2022 video slot Pussy Cat thematizes cat toys, pet, and paws. It has: two substitutes; fourteen symbols; nine bet sizes; stacked cats; stacked gold fish; free consolation re-spins with locked paw prints; and free games, with four jackpots and six self-multiplying win multipliers.

Base games: twelve symbols (paw, toy rat, cat, yarn, cat bell, cat tunnel, 10, A, K, Q, J, and 9) require three to five rightward combinations, paying from X0.20 to X50. Free games: eleven symbols (rat, cat, yarn, cat bell, cat tunnel, 10, A, K, Q, J, and 9) also require three to five combinations in the 25 fixed winning ways whose payouts range from X0.08 to X3.52.

Pussy Cat Game Characteristics

The Pussy Cat’s 5X3 grid is embedded on a blue-lit metallic indoor cat tunnel—with suspended cyan jingle bells on either side—whose backgrounding cityscape is silhouetted against an orange sky. The partitioned and blue-framed grid has blush pink reels.

The Pussy Cat’s coin values: $0.04, $0.08, $0.16, $0.24, $0.32, $0.48, $0.80, $1.20, and $1.60. Total bets (X25 factor): $1.00 (minimum), $2.00, $4.00, $6.00, $8.00, $12.00, $20.00, $30.00, and $40.00 (maximum).

Pussy Cat has three special and eleven ordinary symbols. Special: a re-spins/free games-activating purple-and-golden feline paw print (scatter; in the corner reels); a wins-multiplying substituting “wild” gold fish (inner reels); and a wins-multiplying and free games’ substituting “wild” silver fish (inner reels).

Ordinaries: white toy rat; pink bowtie-wearing slim black cat; two red yarns; green-and-golden cat bell; periwinkle cat tunnel; and paw-printed red 10, purple A, orange K, yellow Q, blue J, and green 9.

Here are the Pussy Cat’s base payouts.
$1.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $0.20, $0.40, and $2.00; K/Q pay $0.20, $0.80, and $3.00; A pay $0.20, $1.20, and $3.00; cat tunnels/cat bells/yarns pay $0.20, $1.60, and $4.00; cats pay $0.20, $2.00, and $6.00; rats pay $0.20, $2.40, and $8.00; and paws pay $2.00, $20.00, and $50.00.

$2.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $0.40, $0.80, and $4.00; K/Q pay $0.40, $1.60, and $6.00; A pay $0.40, $2.40, and $6.00; cat tunnels/cat bells/yarns pay $0.40, $3.20, and $8.00; cats pay $0.40, $4.00, and $12.00; rats pay $0.40, $4.80, and $16.00; and paws pay $4.00, $40.00, and $100.00.

$4.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $0.80, $1.60, and $8.00; K/Q pay $0.80, $3.20, and $12.00; A pay $0.80, $4.80, and $12.00; cat tunnels/cat bells/yarns pay $0.80, $6.40, and $16.00; cats pay $0.80, $8.00, and $24.00; rats pay $0.80, $9.60, and $32.00; and paws pay $8.00, $80.00, and $200.00.

$6.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $1.20, $2.40, and $12.00; K/Q pay $1.20, $4.80, and $18.00; A pay $1.20, $7.20, and $18.00; cat tunnels/cat bells/yarns pay $1.20, $9.60, and $24.00; cats pay $1.20, $12.00, and $36.00; rats pay $1.20, $14.40, and $48.00; and paws pay $12.00, $120.00, and $300.00.

$8.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $1.60, $3.20, and $16.00; K/Q pay $1.60, $6.40, and $24.00; A pay $1.60, $9.60, and $24.00; cat tunnels/cat bells/yarns pay $1.60, $12.80, and $32.00; cats pay $1.60, $16.00, and $48.00; rats pay $1.60, $19.20, and $64.00; and paws pay $16.00, $160.00, and $400.00.

$12.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $2.40, $4.80, and $24.00; K/Q pay $2.40, $9.60, and $36.00; A pay $2.40, $14.40, and $36.00; cat tunnels/cat bells/yarns pay $2.40, $19.20, and $48.00; cats pay $2.40, $24.00, and $72.00; rats pay $2.40, $28.80, and $96.00; and paws pay $24.00, $240.00, and $600.00.

$20.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $4.00, $8.00, and $40.00; K/Q pay $4.00, $16.00, and $60.00; A pay $4.00, $24.00, and $60.00; cat tunnels/cat bells/yarns pay $4.00, $32.00, and $80.00; cats pay $4.00, $40.00, and $120.00; rats pay $4.00, $48.00, and $160.00; and paws pay $40.00, $400.00, and $1000.00.

$30.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $6.00, $12.00, and $60.00; K/Q pay $6.00, $24.00, and $90.00; A pay $6.00, $36.00, and $90.00; cat tunnels/cat bells/yarns pay $6.00, $48.00, and $120.00; cats pay $6.00, $60.00, and $180.00; rats pay $6.00, $72.00, and $240.00; and paws pay $60.00, $600.00, and $1500.00.

$40.00 bet: 9/10/J pay $8.00, $16.00, and $80.00; K/Q pay $8.00, $32.00, and $120.00; A pay $8.00, $48.00, and $120.00; cat tunnels/cat bells/yarns pay $8.00, $64.00, and $160.00; cats pay $8.00, $80.00, and $240.00; rats pay $8.00, $96.00, and $320.00; and paws pay $80.00, $800.00, and $2000.00.

In the free games: 9/10/J/Q pay X0.08, X0.12, and X0.72; A/K pay X0.08, X0.20, and X0.72; cat tunnels/yarns pay X0.08, X0.32, and X1.52; cats pay X0.08, X0.32, and X2.72; and toy rats pay X0.08, X0.32, and X3.52.

On landing, two paw prints-containing reels are locked in the ensuing one free re-spin. 3+ paw prints prompt eight free games, wherein (contrary to another re-spin) re-landing two paw prints offers +3 free games.

In the blue-reeled free spins, all drawn gold and silver fish are marked between “X1” and “X6” self-multiplying win multipliers. A free game’s reel stacked with (dis)similar fish unlocks, at random, one of the amounts along the top: a $200.00 mini bonus, or $800.00 minor bonus, or $2000.00 major bonus, or $30000.00 grand bonus.

The Pussy Cat software: HTML5 technology; supports desktops and mobile devices; and 10/25/50/75/100 auto games, with no loss limits and $50000/$68000/$102000/$136000/$204000/$340000/$510000/$680000 single win limits.

Sound effects: bubbling, retro, jingling, screeching, swishing, ringing, sighing, and meowling. Animated 3D graphics: dolly zooming and glitter effects, glowing fish, spinning toy rat, gushing coins and jingle bells, flipping paw prints, and clawing.

Luck in Pussy Cat

A game of luck, the Pussy Cat’s RTP rate is 94.16%. House edge: 5.84%.