The forest was doing just fine before people arrived with muddy boots, loud tools, broken tents, and absolutely no sense of direction. So the animals formed their own patrol: part wilderness guard, part survival crew, part very questionable rescue team.
Bear Patrol by Peter & Sons is a hand-drawn forest camp where the animals are trying to protect their home from careless visitors. The only problem? Somewhere between the warning signs, scattered supplies, and suspicious footprints, the patrol gets lost in the wilderness too.
Played on a 6×4 All Ways grid, Bear Patrol is built around cascading wins, Coin symbols, and a Collector mechanic that keeps the expedition moving. Coins can land across the reels, while Collector symbols gather their values during play. If enough Coins appear without a Collector, their values can be stored outside the main panel, waiting for a future collection moment.
As cascades continue, new paths open. A Collector can return to claim stored values and collect fresh Coins from the grid, turning one forest discovery into another. Regular ways wins, Coin collections, and outside panel collections can all help trigger new cascades, keeping the trail alive.
With its survival-camp setting, animal guardians, and collection-driven gameplay, Bear Patrol turns the wilderness into a noisy hunt for hidden rewards.
At the dawn of a new era, where AI tools become more and more preferred by gaming studios, hand-drawn games are becoming increasingly rare. Not just that, but designs crafted with a specific sense of humor and artistry lead to just few doors. One of them is Peter & Sons, a studio that cares about those values and strives to deliver original content to its fans.
While the setting does sound a bit strange, it actually kinda works, though a bit silly, and that may be because of the game’s vibrant, fun graphics. Gameplay-wise, Peter & Sons deliver on one of their favorite mechanics yet again, Cascades, in a Cash Collect-centric game with a stackable Vault in the bonus game for potentially great payouts.
Bear Patrol is an unusual release from Peter & Sons because it relies more on atmosphere than innovation. The Vault mechanic is enjoyable enough without becoming particularly deep.
