Steam Punk Heroes Pokies
Themed around the mix of science fiction and Victoria-era technology, Steam Punk Heroes is an online pokie from Genesing Gaming that looks amazing and has some decent bonus features to go with it. Steampunk is a popular concept and imagines how the world would look if 19th Century machines were still in use today or in the future. Think of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, or Sucker Punch, or if you must, the Wild, Wild West movie, although on second thoughts, don’t think of that movie, it was terrible.
This game has got 5 reels, 25 paylines, with wild substitutions, scatter wins and an interesting bonus round that awards free spins with multipliers, all of which are nice additions to the normal run of play but the outstanding feature here is simply the intricate design, accompanied by some impressive animations when symbols become part of a winning combination.
Playing Steam Punk Heroes
The reels themselves are not the only attraction as there’s a background image of a huge city, complete with pipes and towers, the reels and payline indicators are surrounded by metallic-looking frames, while even the control buttons are contained within elaborate designs that really make them stand out.
Players use these buttons to set wagers from just 0.01 to 50.00 per spin, although unless all lines are activated, which can be done for a minimum of 0.25, not all winning combinations that land on the reels will count. Scatter wins pay out in any positions however, while line wins come from landing 2, 3 or more of the same symbol, depending on which one it is, across an active line, running left to right.
Although lower value symbols all consist of the playing card icons 9, 10, J, Q, K and A, they have been given a complete redesign and each one is set amongst pipes and gears, with some quality animations playing out whenever a symbol becomes part of a winning line.
The 9 only has to appear on reels 1 and 2 across an active payline to pay 2x the amount staked per line while landing 5 right across the reels is worth 100x. Moving up in value, the A pays between 10x and 250x and then we see picture symbols that reward players with even more.
Beautifully designed Steampunk style abstract images, an airship and robot tiger make up these symbols, topped off with a suitably attired girl with a gun, plus there are a couple of extra ones that trigger the bonus features of this game.
Steam Punk Heroes
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Bonus Bits
A wild symbol, made up of various mechanical bits and pieces, will help to complete winning lines by acting as all other symbols apart from the scatter. It will also pay from 2x to 2000x the line bet when landing across the reels on its own.
The scatter is simply the Steam Punk Heroes logo, and it’s there to pay out some big wins and also trigger the bonus game. Wins are multiples of the total bet per spin, with 2x paid out when just 2 scatters appear anywhere on the reels, while landing 5 at once is worth 50x. Any 3 or more will also start a free spins game which begins with players being shown 2 levers surrounded by lots of gears, some big cogs, chains and other mechanical bits and bobs.
Players click to pull a red lever and everything spins around and does its thing for a couple of seconds while numbers on the teeth of some cogs display the number of free spins that will subsequently play out along with a win multiplier that will be in effect throughout them. The perfect result is 20 free spins with a 10x multiplier.
Landing 3 or more scatters throughout this round will start another set of spins once the current ones are finished, although the reels are standard, with nothing to increase the actual frequency of potential wins.
The Verdict
An outstanding design is probably the highlight of Steam Punk Heroes and anyone who likes the genre will want to give this marvellous mechanical contraption a spin. The animations from landing a winning line, and the way that the free spins round is preceded by the turning cogs is a real treat, but of course people play these games to win their bets and like all Genesing Gaming pokies this one has a high return to player ratio and the potential for some decent payouts along the way.