Hen Heist: Hold & Win

Hen Heist: Hold & Win is a farm-and-alien video slot by iSoftBet launched in February 2024. The theme is a combination of farm animals (mainly hens) and aliens who come to steal eggs from the farm. The theme might not be revolutionary, but it’s a very fun one – especially for fans of iSoftBet (PlayDigital) who like medium variance games.

Hen Heist is a medium volatility slot with 96% RTP and 2,000x payouts. Hold & Win is the main game feature, but the slot is furnished with Wild Multipliers, Stacked Wilds, and many other game surprises. If you want to learn more about the hen-themed slot, scroll down.

Farms, cute animals, and wide green pastures are not that frequent in online slots, but we’ve had a couple of legendary farm slots over the years that are still fresh in our memory. Hen Heist: Hold & Win is probably aiming to become one of those games.

From what we’ve seen, iSoftBet’s farm game is centered around hens and aliens. That’s right, it’s a story of aliens trying to break into the coop and steal the eggs from the hens. Will they be successful, or will you help the hens save their eggs? It’s up to you. You have a 5-reel grid with 3 rows and 243 ways to win in total at your disposal. The game’s RTP rate is 96%, while the volatility never dips below medium-level. Moreover, the hit frequency in Hen Heist is 32.30%.

If you decide to play the game, you will have to invest between $0.20 and $20 per spin. Upon loading the game, you will first notice wooden game screen filled with game icons. The icons are split into two categories: low-value, with card suits, and high-value with armed farm animals prepared to defend the farm from the animals. The cute animals include pigs, sheep, cows, and even cats and dogs. The hens are the leaders of the resistance, so they also appear on the grid of course. Chicks are vital because they lay golden eggs needed for special game features.

If you want to play the game for real money, you can do so at every online casino with PlayDigital/ iSoftBet games. Moreover, there’s also a chance to play the game for free, but we recommend registering at an online casino first so you can get all the benefits from Hen Heist.

The fun thing about Hen Heist is that it’s a medium-volatility game with a solid RTP which means wins are easy and frequent. They might not be that big as in other games, but that’s not important. Plus, the game’s also a Bonus Buy game, which means there’s no waiting for good features to unlock – you can purchase them straight away.

The lowest bet in the game is $0.20 per spin. On the other hand, if you decide to go in with the highest bet, you will have to dish out $20 per spin.

We are not sure about the game’s max win potential, but we think it’s around 2,000x the stake. You can also enter the Hold & Win feature by paying for it via Bonus Buy. It’s worth noting that RTP with Bonus Buy is 96.45%.  The Bonus Buy option costs 80x.

Special game features in Hen Heist include a variety of Wilds – there’s Wild Multipliers, but there’s also a Stack of Wilds, alongside Hold & Win with Win Multipliers. There’s also the Golden Bet and Bonus Buy.

The Wilds are the barn icons that can be either Wild, Wild 2x, 3x, or 5x. These are Multipliers that pay the designated sum if they land and participate in a win. The Stacked Wild is the reel-long Wild which are activated by Wild Abductions. The alien spaceship appears above the reel and transforms it into a Wild reel. This modifier can happen only on Reel 2, 3, and 4. The same place restrictions apply to regular barn Wilds.

Now, the chicken is the main game icon as they pay a hefty sum, but they also lay golden eggs. The eggs unlock the main game feature – the Hold & Winfinity. Hens must lay 5 eggs for you to get into the feature.

Once you get there, the Hold & Winfinity feature begins rolling. The grid in the feature is different than the base game one – there’s 3 reels with 5 rows each. It’s a giant coop where only eggs can land. Now, as with every Hold & Win game, the point is in the eggs that land on the grid to form a line. Every row has a Multiplier, and whenever 3 eggs land in a row, they are collected out the coop and the Multiplier is paid out. But here’s the great thing, the Multiplier increases by 1x every time eggs are collected, meaning if you land eggs there again, you will win an even bigger prize. This goes on indefinitely, as this is a Hold & Winfinity feature. The only way to end the feature is to land eggs in the middle reel vertically – a vertical line of 5 eggs is the swiftest end to the bonus round in Hen Heist.

The Golden Bet costs 1.5x of your current stake but it increases your chances of winning modifiers and the Hold & Winfinity.