Castle of Fire

The castle in the backdrop is not exactly made of fire, which would be a difficult place to live unless you’re El Diablo himself. However, molten lava seems to run through the place like a river and you get powerful audiovisuals in Pragmatic Play’s Castle of Fire slot. The symbols are longer than usual in this game, which is hardly a coincidence. Everything revolves around mystery symbols, and these can reveal up to 3 instances of the same symbol.

This explains the elongated symbols, and your number of win ways increases when mystery symbols reveal multiple symbols per position. Many times they reveal only one symbol per position though, but all mystery symbols always reveal the same randomly chosen pay symbol. The mystery symbols remain in play as sticky mystery symbols for the duration of the bonus round, and you can win up to 8,000x your stake. This is a simple, yet enjoyable, release from Pragmatic Play, and fantasy fans will probably appreciate the theme.

Pragmatic Play – Slot Developer

Pragmatic Play is one of the most popular game providers, and they are also known for their busy production schedule. They release more slots per month than most other developers, and Gates Of Olympus is one of their most popular games.

Slot Theme And Storyline

Forget the mundane bricks and mortar castles of ancient times. In Castle of Fire slot, molten lava courses through the castle’s veins, illuminating the backdrop of this fantasy-themed game. The Queen of the castle is the top-tier symbol, and she surrounds herself with dangerous-looking spirit animals. The soundtrack is as epic as the display, and you get a spectacular fiery intro to the bonus round.

Castle of Fire RTP, Volatility, And Max Win

The top-tier Castle of Fire RTP of 96.01 % is about as average as they come. However, this game also has RTP settings of 95.03 and 93.99 %. The volatility is high, as this Pragmatic Play release scores 5 out of 5 on the in-game volatility scale. The Castle of Fire max win is 8,000x your stake and it comes with a 1 in 5,949,008 spins hit frequency. This is better than average according to our research.

Castle of Fire Rules And Gameplay

You can play with bet levels between €0.2 and €240 per spin in Castle of Fire slot, and the game plays out on 6 reels, 3 rows, and 729 win ways. You win by landing 3+ matching symbols on any position on adjacent reels starting from the leftmost reel. There are no wild symbols to help you out in this game, but the scatter symbol pays up to 500x your stake when triggering the bonus round. Check the paytable below for all the details.

Symbols And Paytable

Castle of Fire Bonuses And Special Features

Castle of Fire slot is all about mystery symbols that can reveal up to 3 instances of the same pay symbol. The mystery symbols are sticky in the bonus round.

Castle of Fire Free Spins

You can land the Mystery Symbols on any reel and all instances of this symbol reveal a matching pay symbol. However, you will get between 1 and 3 matching pay symbols per mystery symbol, which increases the number of win ways accordingly. How many instances of the same pay symbol each mystery symbol reveals is random.

Castle of Fire Free Spins

You win 2x, 15x, 100x, or 500x your stake when you land 3, 4, 5, or 6 scatter symbols, respectively, and this also grants 12 free spins no matter the amount of triggering scatters. All Mystery Symbols that appear in the bonus round become frozen in place for the duration of the feature. The sticky mystery symbols reveal 1 to 3 instances of a randomly chosen pay symbol per free spin. There is no way to win extra spins, however, and the bonus round cannot be retriggered.

Castle of Fire Bonus Buy (not UK)

Eligible players can pay 100x the stake to get at least 3 triggering scatters on the spin that follows. The scatters still pay and the bonus buy RTP is 96.06 %. The organic bonus round hit rate is 1 in 196 spins.

The 200 Spins Castle of Fire Online Slot Experience

You get a brief taste of the base game before we purchase and trigger the bonus round at 0:37 into the 2:33-minute highlights video. We landed the minimum of 3 triggering scatters, and you can see for yourself how many mystery symbols we managed to rack up by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary And Verdict

We can start by saying that Castle of Fire is a visually impressive slot game with an epic soundtrack that fits the bill. The castle seems to be placed inside a volcano, or at least there is lava floating around as far as we can tell. Other than that, it’s hard to grasp what the theme is supposed to be about, but fantasy buffs will probably enjoy the spectacle anyway. This is far from the most complicated game we’ve seen from Pragmatic Play, and the main focus is mystery symbols.

The mystery symbols seldom amount to much in the base game, and it’s annoying when you land only one instance of it. This usually leads to nothing, but you still have to see the unlocking animation play out. The big twist is that mystery symbols can reveal up to 3 matching symbols, but this has been done better by other developers like Nolimit City. Things can get interesting if you land enough sticky mystery symbols in the bonus round, but most of the time they are more annoying than useful also there. The 8,000x potential is solid though, and the same can be said about the 1 in 5,949,008 spins max win hit rate.