Play Herd Island for Free

The air is filled with the ambient sounds of summer. Birds are tweeting, cows mooing, sheep baaing and an added visual of a blue butterfly is seen gently floating around. There are 6 games that appear on wooden planks on the screen with 3 down the left hand side and 3 down the right side of the play area. Each one has a hidden ‘prize’ and 2 milk churns. Clicking anywhere on the wooden planks will remove the icons to reveal what is underneath. As it is set on a dairy farm, there are plenty of farm items to try and match.

These are cheeses, barns, trees, crops, tools and a tractor among them. As the churn icons are removed the symbols underneath are shown, and a branding iron marks the possible prize. If 2 items match in any of the games, a cow bell will ring and will highlight in red until the game is finished. Any further wins will be added together and a cockerel will crow in recognition of a winning time well spent.

The jackpot prize isn’t very high for Herd Island, but the fee to play is only going to set punters back 1 credit or cash to play the game. The most that can be won is a jackpot of 5,000 with the lowest gains to be made is set at 1. The expected return to player percentage for this game is a low 63.98%. The prizes could be a little better, as with the return percentage. Although, it’s a very nice looking game with the animations, which include the milk churns swaying if not pressed. The game can be tailored to turn the sound off but that is the only thing that can be changed with this instant win game.

The free Alchemist by Pariplay is another instant win game that relies on a simple click and reveals formula to match 3 symbols. It has a great design set in a laboratory with an Alchemist busy working away to create a winning formula. Not only does it have a fantastic set of prizes but the RTP is a little better than Herd Island at 70.00%. There isn’t a fixed price to pay; instead it needs a stake setting before play of between 0.50 and 10.00. A pay table on a dropdown shows a full list of what matches can expect to win and these values adjust according to the bet placed.

Nine flasks are on the chalkboard and players can choose to manually remove each one or select a button to reveal all. The space bar will also activate the reveal all button. When the flask icons evaporate with a ‘poof’, they reveal cute microbes and when 3 of the same kind match, a win is paid out. If there’s no match, the Alchemist has a mini explosion of his own as his face becomes covered with black smoke. The highest prize possible to secure is to the tune of 500,000 when playing a max bet.

Jersey cows are among the cutest to look at and Herd Island uses that to the best effect in this instant win game. The game is very basic, but it does what it’s supposed to. It doesn’t have additional features, and it relies on its simplicity as an instant win that is similar to a real life instant win card. As much as we liked the game, a bigger jackpot would have been nice, especially if deciding to play for real money. There doesn't seem to be an awful lot of incentive to keep playing other than the lovable Daisy.

Instant win games are liked by many as they are fast to play and Herd Island helps the need for speed by making all of the icons remove in just 1 click on each mini game. It isn’t the best instant win game available, but the great visual style of this one certainly helps keep it entertaining up to the point of cash out. To not miss out on Daisy and the dairy, punters can also play Herd Island on mobile. We played on iPhone to take Daisy with us, and to keep the wins pouring in like the milk flowing in the dairy.