Remember Gulag Free Play in Demo Mode by Nolimit City

Remember Gulag review

Theme and Storyline

Remember Gulag is themed around a bleak Soviet labour camp.

Players will be jostled into the grim world of a gulag camp complete where barbed wire and stoic guards are around every corner.

Remember Gulag’s theme isn’t for everyone due to its dark nature. For history buffs looking to explore a hopeless Soviet world, this slot may be intriguing.

Graphics, Sounds and Animations

The ominous soundtrack features plenty of drums and mournful notes, adding to the forlorn atmopshere. A voiceover in Russian at Remember Gulag’s opening will make players feel like prisoners being marched into the camp for the first time. The reels spin with a mechanical click that brings to mind a gun cocking, reinforcing the military context.

The animation has a restrained palette of black and white except for occasional accents of color. Red is the most notable hue used which feels right in line with the Soviet theme.

Players will find symbols with Cyrillic characters as well as a harsh-looking man who appears to be Stalin. An army officer and a mysterious spy also appear, and it’s fun to imagine how their stories intersect.

The reels themselves are framed in sharp barbed wire ensuring that no escape from this ominous world.

Overall, the animation and soundtrack produce a dramatic historical world of a Soviet prison camp.

Gameplay

Remember Gulag is a 3-3-4-4-5-5 base game structure and this transforms to a 5-5-4-4-3-3 structure during the slot’s bonus mode. When players enter the Gulag Spins feature, all reels are unlocked (see further details on this feature below).

Wins are awarded for landing symbols in adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel and going towards the right.

Players have the option to increase their bet by 20% for an increased chance for triggering the bonus, though this also makes the base game less rewarding.

Wilds, Bonuses and Free Spins

The Wild symbol substitutes for all symbols except the Scatter symbol.

If players land one Scatter symbol, reel 5 is unlocked and landing an additional Scatter prompts reel 6 to unlock.

The xWays symbol unveils a randomly selected symbol when it lands and if more than one lands, they will all show matching symbols. The xWays symbol can also vary in size and be divided by the xSplit Wild, doubling its multiplier value.

When the xNudge Wild symbol lands it will nudge up or down as needed to become fully visible. Each nudge increases the symbol’s multiplier with each nudge. If the xSplit Wild divides the xNudge Wild, another Wild will be added to the reels.

When players land at least 3 Scatter symbols, the Gulag Spins feature begins. If players land 4 Scatters an enhanced version of the Gulag Spins feature begins, and if they land 5 Scatters an ultimate version of the feature begins.

The maximum win for Remember Gulag is x30,000 players’ total bet.

Bet Sizes, RTP and Variance

The return to player of this game is 96.08%, just about exactly our yardstick for average of roughly 96%.

The range of bets on the site we tested ran from a minimum bet per spin of $/£/€0.20 up to a maximum of $/£/€100 per spin.

The volatility of Remember Gulag is high, which makes it a good match for our preferred slot machine strategies. Our slot strategies target the highest possible volatility.

Conclusion

We recommend this average RTP, high volatility Soviet gulag-themed slot, provided that players are comfortable with the subject matter.

With its high volatility and respectable RTP, Remember Gulag is a reasonably good choice for mathematically-minded players.

The prison camp theme will not suit all players, but for those who find it acceptable, the many bonus features add further interest to Remember Gulag.

At the moment Remember Gulag is on the lower end of popularity which might suggest not everyone is taken with the gloomy theme.