Yggdrasil Slots

Holmes and the Stolen Stones

Detective stories make a natural fit with slot games, which model a quest or problem-solving venture in some ways. And what better ‘tec to have on the front of your game than the original (probably/nearly) and best fictional crime fighter, Sherlock Holmes. This game, released way back in September 2015 showcases a lot of things that typify Yggdrasil games, including complex game play. The maths first: theoretical return to player (RTP, the percentage of wagered money that should be returned to the players over the entire lifetime of the game) is 96.8%, with medium variance (this measure is formed by comparing how often wins are delivered against the size of wins – high volatility games deliver larger wins but pay out less often. These are attractive figures. They’re backed up with a big top prize of 600-times stake. There is a jackpot game with five prizes and a collection side game that increases your chance of hitting the jackpot. The game is a classic 5 by 3 grid video slot, with steam punk aesthetics. The pay table opens with card symbols, under magnifying glasses, a wallet, Watson, and Holmes. Diamonds are collected, and when you have five of the same colour you win a jackpot. Nice. Free spins are triggered via a key hold scatter. Shards build into diamonds and also trigger free spins rounds. The bonus symbols trigger a prize-hunt game that hides coins and shards.

Wolf Hunters

This is another steam-punk style game taking the classic Victorian horror fascination with wolves and werewolves and throwing some superheroes into the mix. Wolf Hunters was released in 2018 and has as its stand-out extras, additional wilds and three different free spins rounds. Like all Yggdrasil games, it looks lovely with back-lit symbols on a 5 by 3 reel set and easy to understand game controls. The prizes are awarded along 20 pay lines, with diamonds, clubs, spades, and hearts at the bottom of the pay table. Then we have a dagger, a vial of magic liquid, a dog trap, and a wolf as the high paying symbols. Free spins come in three forms, Slayer, awarded in sets of 10 when the werewolf’s life points reduce to zero. Hunter spins are awarded via point collection. Scatters also award free spins. The game is medium to high-volatility with an rtp of 96.3% and a top prize of 2,324-times stake. Your stake can get up to 100 coins from an entry-level of 0.1 coins. There’s quite a lot going on in the gameplay here, so if you don’t already – and you should – make sure you read the rules.

Cazino Complex

This game came out in January 2019 and follows Yggdrasil’s usual virtues – great graphics, heavy theming (magic and steam punk), and great game play. The big features are special features in the free spins round and sticky wilds in free spins. The game is beautiful, seemingly set in a retro-futurist spaceship cabin. It’s a 5 by 3 grid game with card symbols under a skeleton, a Siamese cat, a crow-headed man, and a man with a huge moustache. A woman is a wild symbol, and she comes in a number of forms, which work with a collection function. You can collect wilds on each reel eventually winning a set of free spins. The game is complex and the rules should be read. Mathematically we have high volatility, 96% RTP, a very nice top prize of 11,821-times stake. You can gamble from 0.1 coins to 30 coins on 20 pay lines. One of the prettiest games you’ll see any year, Cazino Complex does live up to its name.

Atleantean Gigarise

This very different game was released in April 2021 and shows the design staff at Yggdrasil has been studying more than just Norse mythology and steam punk stories. Big prizes are the big hook here, with five jackpots awarded via a bonus game, plus a free spins round. The reel sets are a-typical and expanding five reels and up to seven rows. That gives up to 243 ways to win. The RTP is 96% with high volatility and a top prize of 4,370-times stake. Betting is from 0.2 coins to 40 coins. There’s a lot here that is typical of Yggdrasil games, including very complex game play. Of course, the underwater world is beautifully rendered.

Vault of Fortune

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In July 2020 Yggdrasil took the journey back in time that every slots manufacturer must take – to Ancient Egypt, the home of ancient civilisation slots! Expanding stacked wilds and an unlimited multiplier are the biggest attraction in this beautiful game that is set in a museum packed with – if we’re honest about this – stolen colonial loot! The 5 by 3 reels are a beautiful stacking/tumbling set-up and like most tumble games we get respins on wins, to go with free spins rounds and that unlimited multiplier. RTP is 96.01%, variance is at the top end of medium and the top prize is 10,000-times stake.

Valley of the Gods 2

The gods here are Egyptian again, and they come down from heaven bringing with them respins with extra pay lines, win multipliers, wild reels and more. Set on a unique reel set of six reels and up to 5 rows in the basic game, a busy screen tells you that a lot of features are going on here. The rtp is 96% with medium to high variance and a hit rate of 20. You can bet from 0.1 coins to 100 coins on the 240 pay lines in this game.

Winter Berries

This classic is one of the Yggdrasil’s oldest games and it shows their love of their native Nordic lands with a set up that celebrates the rare fruits of the frozen north – and that freeze and respin for extra wins. It’s a very classic looking game with huge reels (5 by 3) filled with big symbols of beautifully drawn berries in front of a frozen lake scene. It has high volatility and an rtp of 96.7% with a top prize of 2,500-times stake. You can wager up to 200 coins on the 20 pay lines on this game. As it uses Flash you may need to update your browser or phone to play.

Valley of the Gods

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Going back in time we find the original of our Egyptian trip in this 2017 release that features all the things you would expect from an Egyptian game – gold, gods, and big prizes. The headline extras are a Life feature with collections and increasing multipliers. We also have a respin feature that opens up extra ways to win. The game takes place on a 5 by 5 grid with multiplier collection on the left, and life point collection on the right. Scarabs are the symbol players must collect to power up these features: five blue scarabs give you a multiplier point and five red ones give you a Life. RTP is 96.2%, variance is medium, and the top prize is 5,800-times stake. There are 3,125 ways to win on this big grid, with 10 symbols. The top prize is a 5,800-times stake and you can bet 0.5-coins to 150 coins.

Brazil Bomba

Brazil means carnival in this case, and you get a very nice musical accompaniment to your game in this February 2020 release. A big grid of six by eight means cluster wins. There’s a prize of 6,218-times stake with an rtp of 96.3% in this high variance game, Multipliers are the biggest extra. Like most of these games, there’s a respin feature. There’s also a free spins round. A bomb can blow out symbols for another form of respin, all of which award multipliers.

Jackpot Raiders

Lucasfilm has lawyers we assume, but they didn’t apparently see the close links between this game and a certain fictional archaeologist. This is a jackpot game with five prizes, four different free spins triggers, and a bonus game. The game was released in May 2019 and fits into the Yggdrasil aesthetic and gameplay styles very nicely – steam punky, complex gameplay, collection features…. The rules of this game must be read as it is complex – though like all slots you can play with no background information. You select a character for the bonus game to try to win a cash prize. Free spins can award the jackpot via a gem collection mechanism, and you trigger the free spins via scatters, map collection, or via a prize pick game.