Ghost Father: Slot Overview

Don't get too freaked out, folks; today we're entering a cobwebbed house where 'Restless spirits linger amidst faded family portraits', 'ghosts whisper of lost fortunes', and a chap by the name of Igor Vasilievich 'hunts them down, unlocking riches from the afterlife.' If this sounds a little scary, take comfort in the fact that Ghost Father has been designed by Peter & Sons, which means even if the studio picked the most diabolically evil theme imaginable, its uniquely user-friendly graphical style would probably make everything turn out looking rather cute.

Ghost Father certainly is, and it's an absolute textbook example of the sort of artwork that pours forth from the Armenian provider's production line. Cartoonish, full of adorably odd characters, a lot of bouncy animation, that sort of thing. As alluded to, Ghost Father has a spooky, though not really spooky, vibe, a sort of creepy but in a fun way type atmosphere. A candle-drenched old mansion is the game's setting, and hopefully, waves of ghosts are going to try and haunt the place because they're the money symbols, ready for collection by our man Igor.

Covered in wax is Ghost Father's 5-reel grid matrix, equipped with 3 rows of symbols and 20 paylines for wins to line up along. The hunt begins by selecting a stake of 10 c to $/€50 per game round, plus, players can opt to use the Golden Bet or buy free spins if they would like. Classed as a highly volatile slot, the default RTP for the game is 96.3%, but lower return models are available as well.

Of the 8 regular paying symbols hitting Ghost Father's reels, 4 are J-A low-pay royals, and 4 are spooky but nice character symbols. A payline consisting of 5 matching royals is worth 10 to 15 times the bet, or hitting 5 matching high pays awards 30 to 100 times the bet. Cash symbols are also able to pay as line wins, up to 20x the bet for 5 of them, while awarding their prize values when a wild hits at the same time. Wilds only appear in free spins, though, unless the Golden Bet has been utilised.

Ghost Father: Slot Features

Ghost Father is, at its heart, a money symbol collection game with boosters. Wilds collect cash symbols in the free spins round or in the base game when the Golden Bet is switched on.

Free Spins

Hitting 3, 4, or 5 scatters in the base game gives you 7, 9, or 12 free spins, respectively. In free spins, wilds may randomly appear, replacing any symbols except scatters or cash symbols. When a wild hits, it collects the values from any cash symbols in view, awarding a win. Cash symbols can pay 1x to 1,000x times the bet. Cash symbols may also land with a booster overlay symbol, which is always collected by the relevant meter when they appear:

• Free Spins - collecting 3 spades gives 3 extra free spins.
• Multiplier - collecting 3 hearts increases the multiplier on wilds.
• Ghost Rain - collecting 3 diamonds awards 3 to 7 extra cash symbols on the reels without boosters.

Wild multipliers multiply the wins from paylines that go through them and wins from cash symbols. When there are 6+ wilds on the reels, and no wilds and no payline wins, the Amplifier feature may add 3-7 cash symbols with or without a booster.

Golden Bet

Players can increase their stake by 50% by activating the Golden Bet to provide the chance of getting wilds in the main game, thereby making it possible to trigger a wild collection of cash symbols.

Free Spins Buy

Players may buy entrance to the free spins round for 120x the bet, where 7 to 12 free spins will randomly be awarded.

Ghost Father: Slot Verdict

Ghost Father got off on an amusing foot almost the moment it loaded by displaying a vial of unicorn blood at the home screen accompanied by spooky music as if from a horror/mystery film all dripping candles, which was then followed by an itty bitty blue ghostly cash symbol dude who totally lightened the mood before clicking into the game for real. From there, Ghost Father was classic Peter & Sons - cute, quirky, and bursting at the seams with eccentric personality. This is a bonus in a slot that uses such a commonplace mechanic as its main feature, that is, the cash symbol collection antics as seen many a time in these kinds of games.

Like the presentation, Peter & Sons has put some thought into Ghost Father's gameplay as well and managed to add touches of individualisation there too. Some of the big-name slots in this category, Fishin' Frenzy, for instance, don't have wilds in their base game either, so it's not as if Ghost Father is being tight in this regard. Therefore, having the option of paying extra to have wilds in Ghost Father's main game is a good idea. The overlay symbol collection is handy, too, and a solid booster collection run might make all the difference between a satisfying round and a lousy one. With wins of up to 10,000x the bet at stake, hopefully Igor gets all the help he can in scooping up multiplier-boosted ghost cash symbols.

Now there's a sentence you don't say every day, and Ghost Father is a cash collector slot you don't see every day either. It was vaguely similar-ish in some ways to Blueprint Gaming's slot Tivoli but individual enough to provide a refreshing blast of creative air through the, at times, cobweb-clogged cash collect set of slots.