Book of Muertitos Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Book of Muertitos Review

Literally translated 'Book of Dead', Book of Muertitos is a new slot from Spearhead Studios that utilizes the ever-popular mechanic. It pays homage to the Mexican Day of the Dead when people hold a flamboyant festival with costumes and music, remembering those who have passed in a joyful manner. While questions may arise concerning the theme's and gameplay's originality, you'll spot the difference once you take a peek under the hood, as Spearhead included a massive twist that bumps up the excitement and, of course, the potential.

It’s a mechanic we’ve used before to great success, but we wanted to pair it up with a new theme targeted at the Spanish and Central/South American slot-playing audiences. Not only is the free spins feature incredibly exciting, but the game looks and sounds amazing.Kevin CortiGame Development Director, Spearhead Studios

Book of Muertitos - Slot Outlook

Well, indeed, Book of Muertitos offers perfect aesthetics when it comes to the game's appearance. Although it's the first Mexican-themed slot to be ever produced by the developers, they did get the job done, and Book of Muertitios comes with a top-notch design. Dominating the view is a standard 5x3 reel set with 10 ways to play, and behind it, a colorful Mexican graveyard makes up the backdrop. A piece of jolly Latino music adds a final touch to the atmosphere, keeping you in the right mood whilst you spin the reels and picking up the tempo when you hit bonus features.

Book of Muertitos Slot - Reel Screen

As we head over to the math model, we see that Book of Muertitos is on a whole new level from other book-of slots in terms of possible rewards.

Highly volatile, it comes with a tremendous max win of 27,000x the stake achievable in the Free Spins, which is far from the 5,000x average. The RTP is also decent, albeit not that impressive at 96.04%. Meanwhile, the betting range is rather standard, offering bets from $0.1 to $100 per spin.

The paytable in the Book of Muertitos slot includes 9 regular symbols, with 5 making up the lower side, and 4 the premium lot. Classic A-10 royals are low pays, and more valuable symbols include in ascending order four characters, namely Pedro Mora, Sarita Esmeralda, Rodrigo Marino, and Rosario Escarlata. Landing at least 3 matching low symbols or two high symbols adjacently on a single line starting from the leftmost reel is required to score a win, and 5-of-a-kind wins are worth from 6x to 100x the stake.

Finally, the book symbol is Scatter and Wild, substituting for any other regular symbol and playing into the bonus, explained below.

Book of Muertitos - Bonus Features

Much like any other similar slot, Book of Muertitos relies heavily on the Free Spins feature, which is the key to the success here. To trigger it, you'll need to land at least 3 Book Scatter symbols anywhere in view during the base game. This will award 10 Free Spins, and before the bonus game kicks off, a random regular symbol is chosen to become the special one.

During the Free Spins, in case a winning combination with the chosen symbol is possible, it expands after all regular win calculations are made to award additional wins. On top of that, Expanding symbols don't need to land adjacently to award a win and pay anywhere across all paylines.

And here comes the twist. Wild symbols are also expanding in the free games, covering the entire reel whenever they land in view. More than that, expanding book symbols reveal a random Multiplier of either 1x, 2x, or 3x, which is applied to all expansion wins. Up to 3 Wilds can land on a single spin and combined can deliver a Multipier of up to 27x. Lastly, if the top-paying premium symbol is chosen to be special and two instances land in view along with three Wild symbols, they will always reveal a 3x Multiplier.

Book of Muertitos - Slot Verdict 

Nowadays, when the market is flooded with dozens of bonafide Book of Dead copies, it's hard to find a decent one, not to mention getting super excited about it.

However, Spearhead Studios tells there's still room for innovation, though, it's the potential that will be the main reason why players may feel drawn to spin the reels here. Typically, you'll find that 5,000x max win cap in most similar slots, while Book of Muertitos offers much greater numbers, and few titles can compete with those. Additionally, it boasts a well-executed design with stunning graphics and special effects, delivering an immersive gameplay experience.

Pros

• Exceptional design
• Classic book-of gameplay with a great twist
• Tremendous potential of 27,000x the bet

Cons

• Lack of extras in the base game