Big Bass Splash (Pragmatic Play) RTP review: 96.71% (configurable)
The Splash twist: pick your own multiplier
Big Bass Splash (2022) is the entry where the franchise let players touch the dials. The chassis is classic Big Bass — 5×3, 10 lines, cash-value fish waiting for Fisherman wilds to scoop them during free spins — but the bonus round opens with a choice: configurations trading spin count against a wild multiplier that can be pushed up to 10×. Fewer spins with fat multipliers, or more spins collecting at face value. Retriggers still escalate the round, and dynamite scatters shake extra value onto the reels in ways the 2020 original never did. The ceiling rises accordingly: 5,000x, versus 2,100x on Big Bass Bonanza.
Same headline RTP, new fine print
Splash matches the original's excellent 96.71% default — the family's signature number — with 95.67% and 94.60% builds certified for operators, so the in-game paytable remains the arbiter. Unlike the original, Splash does carry a bonus buy (blocked on UK licenses, priced on its own certified figure), and its stake range stretches to 250, one of the widest in the family. High volatility, rated 4/5: fish values keep the surface busy while the real money waits below.
How sessions play out
The multiplier choice changes the game's psychology more than its average. Taking the aggressive configuration converts the bonus into a short, sharp gamble — a couple of fishermen at 10× can decide everything — while the conservative pick approximates the original's steadier collect grind. Neither choice moves the certified RTP; they reshape variance to taste, which is a genuinely useful lever the franchise's earlier games lack. Base-game droughts between bonuses remain the tax the whole family charges.
Splash among the school
Within the fleet, Splash is the balanced modern pick: bigger ceiling and more player agency than the original, without the lower 96.07% headline that Hold & Spinner and Day at the Races carry. Against Bigger Bass Bonanza it trades that game's larger board for the multiplier choice and an extra thousand x of cap. If you play one post-2020 Big Bass, the argument for this one is strong.
Weigh-in
On the scale
- Franchise-best 96.71% headline kept, with a 5,000x cap
- Spin-vs-multiplier choice adds real player agency
- Stakes to 250 suit high rollers the original can't serve
Off the hook
- Builds run down to 94.60% at operator discretion
- Bonus remains everything; base game is a waiting room
- Buy mode (non-UK) introduces a second RTP figure to read
Fishing grounds compared
Neighbouring slots at their provider-default figures.
| Slot | Provider | RTP | Volatility | Max win |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bass Splash (this slot) | Pragmatic Play | 96.71% | High | 5,000x |
| Sweet Bonanza | Pragmatic Play | 96.51% | Med-High | 21,100x |
| Gates of Olympus | Pragmatic Play | 96.50% | High | 5,000x |
| Big Bass Bonanza | Pragmatic Play | 96.71% | High | 2,100x |
| Sugar Rush | Pragmatic Play | 96.50% | High | 5,000x |
Splash verdict
Skip if: you'd rather keep the original's simpler loop and skip buy-mode fine print
Big Bass Splash is the franchise's best iteration of its own formula: it preserves the 96.71% headline that made the original famous, doubles-and-a-half the ceiling to 5,000x, and — rarest of all in this series — hands the player a real decision in the multiplier configuration. The catches are ordinary ones: a build ladder down to 94.60%, and a bonus-or-nothing rhythm unchanged since 2020. Verify the number, pick the multiplier that matches your nerve, and this is the modern Big Bass to keep installed.