Play Party Night for Free

Parties can assume many forms and Cozy Games’ interpretation of one is the wholesome sort you might find in Friends or any other 90s sitcom for that matter. Sure, there’s alcohol, but otherwise theirs seems to be the sort of party your parents would approve of. Spin the reels and you’ll see a series of fun but innocuous symbols drop into view: a party popper, a couple dancing, a party hat, a tub of dip and a cocktail stick skewering some nibbles.

If you’re expecting this party to have a banging soundtrack, you’re in for a disappointment. The sound effects in Party Night aren’t bad, but they’re unexceptional, put it that way. If you’re going to play this slot, you’d do well to mute the audio and turn up your own party tunes.

They key to mastering any game is getting to grips with its pay table, the built-in playing guide that details the symbols to covet and the ones to avoid. In the case of Party Night, the lowest value symbols, worth a mere 100 for 5 in a row, are the party popper, cocktail stick snack and tortilla dip. Next up is the 6-pack of home-brew, worth 150 for 5 symbols, followed by the punch bowl and the pizza; 5 of each commands 300. Five party poppers or shot glasses are worth 500, leaving the couple dancing as the top value symbol. Land 5 of these in a line and you’ll receive 1,000.

As with any video slot, the secret to winning large amounts of cash is to use the scatter and wild symbols to your advantage. The reality, of course, is that you’re not controlling anything: you’re just pushing buttons and an algorithm is deciding whether or not to award you more money than you’ve put in. Still, there’s no harm in at least learning what the symbols do, because forewarned is forearmed... or something like that.

Wild will substitute for any of the symbols except for scatter, as wild does, and is worth a tidy sum in its own right: 5 wild symbols in line will fetch a hefty 10,000. Nice. The symbol, incidentally, is played by a multiracial pair of bros who look extremely happy to be partying hard.

The scatter symbols appear as a champagne bottle and glass surrounded by bubbles. Party Night doesn’t have a bonus feature but what it does have is free spins and lots of them courtesy of scatter. Two scatters are worth 5 free spins. Three are worth 10 spins, 4 are worth 15 spins and 5 will fetch 20 free spins.

Party Night isn’t the wildest or most inventive slot you’ll ever play, but it’s pretty darn good fun nonetheless. Sure, the theme’s as cheesy as the dips, but what do you expect? This is video slots, where every trope and canard is mined for maximum effect. You’ll experience better and more memorable parties, but you’ll never have a night that possesses the potential to be as rewarding as Cozy Games’ Party Night and that’s a promise.