Western Wilds Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Western Wilds Review

Western Wilds is a new slot from Iron Dog, taking players back in time to the Old West. Unlike other slots in the niche, Western Wilds possesses a light-hearted look, though, it's still capable of conveying the genuine atmosphere of Wild West, and most importantly, delivering decent payouts of up to 6,500x of the bet.

Western Wilds - Slot Outlook

While brutal and grim slots like Deadwood and Dead or Alive 2 are dominating the genre, Iron Dog takes a different approach and depicts the phenomenon of Wild West in a bold cartoonish style. However, don't think that the developers have gone too far for Western Wilds comes with a traditional setting and keeps the most notable elements of the genre. Hence, the reels are set in a backdrop of an old small town, surrounded by a rocky valley with blooming cactuses scattered all over the place. A couple of TNT's on either side of the grid, as well as symbols, hint that we're taken to a gold mining area. A traditional Western soundtrack plays whilst you spin the reels, adding a final touch to the general ambiance.

Western Wilds uses a standard 5x4 grid with 1,024 ways to play. Compatible with any device, the slot offers players to place wagers from 0.1$ to 50$ per spin. When it comes to the stats, Iron Dog's brainchild is not the best-balanced slot for sure, so you'll have to manifest some patience while waiting for decent wins to occur. While the volatility is rated by the developer 4 out of 5, namely medium-high, the RTP appears to be below the average level at 95.8%. Anyway, the maximum potential justifies poor payback percentage for all players can hope for a whopping win of 6,500x of the bet.

Heading over to the paytable reveals 12 regular symbols, split into highs and lows. The pay symbols start at the low end with 10-A royals, which are followed by boots, hats, miners, cowboys, and gold sacks. Scoring a win requires matching at least 3 symbols on a line starting from the leftmost reel, while full combos are achieved by landing 5 instances of the same symbol on a single payline.

Western Wilds - Bonus Features

The Avalanching Wins feature is available during both the base and the bonus games. On any winning spin, all winning symbols get removed from the grid to allow new ones to tumble down and fill empty spaces. Avalanches keep going until no new win combos appear.

As the title implies, Wilds play an important role in the gameplay. Thus, Iron Dog added two kinds of Wild symbols, regular ones and expanding Wilds. They both act as a substitute for any other regular symbols, assisting players in forming winning combos. Regular Wilds can land on reels 2-5 in the base game and 2-4 in the bonus game while expanding Wilds can randomly appear on reels 2-4 to entirely cover them.

During the main game, TNT symbols can land on any position of the grid to explode and turn into either Wild or Expanding Wild. After the explosion, up to 3 random symbol positions can also turn into Wild. Whenever it lands, it activates the TNT meter on the right side of the reels, and when 3 TNT symbols appear on a single spin, the Free Spins feature kicks off and players are awarded 8 spins to start. The Free Spins feature theoretically triggers once in 200 spins.

Players will then proceed to a new reel set with two additional locked rows on either side of the grid and a conveyor belt added above it, consisting of four different safe symbols and empty positions.

• Blue safe - adds up to 3 Wilds to the reels.
• Orange safe - increases the total multiplier by up to 3x.
• Green safe - awards up to +5 additional spins.
• Red safe - unlocks up to 2 positions on each locked row. Unlocking the entire grid will produce 7,776 ways to play.

Western Wilds - Slot Verdict

As alluded to earlier, Western Wilds presents Wild West in a different way than menacing, found in huge Western hits like Deadwood or Dead or Alive 2. Thereby, it appears to be a worthy alternative to those traditional-looking slots thanks to cartoonish visuals and Iron Dog's special charming approach to the design. Speaking of features, Western Wilds manages to provide the same level of entertainment.