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Steamin' Reels review

Graphics, Sounds, and Animations

All aboard! This steam train is headed for the Wild West, and it might just bring along some wins. The Steamin' Reels slot by Pragmatic Play feels more colorful and lighthearted than other Wild West games (like Wanted Dead or a Wild or Dead or Alive 2), but it's unmistakably set in a little old American town of days gone by.

The background doesn't have a lot of animations, but the clouds move, almost creating the impression that the train is gliding along the tracks. The soundtrack is a tune befitting of a cowboy, featuring gentle twangs. But when winning combinations land, the game sounds like a classic, Vegas-style slot.

Gameplay

The Steamin' Reels slot game is very easy to understand: it's played on a 5x3 grid and wins pay on adjacent reels from left to right on 10 fixed paylines. Keep your eye out for the train conductor's hat, the sheriff's badge, the cowboy boots, and the cactus, which are all high-value symbols. Smaller wins pay out when you match enough of the A, K, Q, or J symbols from a deck of cards.

Wilds, Bonuses, and Free Spins

First things first: the Wild symbols can substitute for all regular paying symbols to help you create winning combinations.

Hit three, four, or five Scatters (the train symbol) to bag 10, 15, or 20 Free Spins, respectively. If no Scatters appear on the screen, the signalman symbol might randomly appear and turn three symbols into Scatters to trigger the bonus game. When the Free Spins feature starts, a train graphic appears, with three carriages containing prizes, including multipliers of up to 500x.

The Free Spins round comes with special symbols like the Golden Ticket (collect two to get 10 more spins with an increasing Multiplier), the Crossing symbol, which pays out the prizes in the carriages, and the Station Master, which adds Multipliers to the carriage values.

Bet Sizes, RTP, and Variance

Steamin' Reels has a max win of 5,000x your stake. The minimum stake amount is low at just $/€/£0.02, and you can play for up to $/€/£250 a go, which translates to a very generous top payout.

The game's Return to Player (RTP) is 96.53%, which is above the slot game average of 96%. Steamin' Reels is a highly volatile slot, so wins tend to be a little bigger than average, but they don't come around too often. This is characteristic of Pragmatic Play slots like this one.

Conclusion

Steamin' Reels checks a lot of boxes for us: the RTP is above average, the volatility is high, and the minimum stake amount is very low, so you don't need a big budget. But perhaps our favorite thing about this game is just how fun and immersive the bonus round is. We haven't seen a mechanism like the carriages before, and the extra Free Spins and increasing Multipliers offer potential for some really nice wins.