Viking Forge (Pragmatic Play) Slot Demo & Review

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Viking Forge Slot
Provider Pragmatic Play
Reels6
Rows5
PaylinesScatter Pays
Bonus Rounds1
Bet Range20 - 240
VolatilityHigh
Max Win10,000x
Bonus BuyYes
RTP96.05%
Our Rating5.0

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Game Overview

Here’s a fun fact for you. Did you know that the days of the week are actually named after Viking Gods? And two of the biggest names we see in the online slot industry, Odin and Thor, are to be thanked for giving us the days we know as Wednesday and Thursday. You really do learn something new here at Demoslot every day. Now that the history lesson is over let’s talk about Pragmatic Play’s Viking Forge slot, a 6-reel game using the scatter pad engine with an RTP of 96.05% and a maximum win of 10,000x bet.

Feature-wise, this is a cascading reels slot, so any winning combinations will be removed from the reels and replaced with new symbols for extra chances to grab a win. We also have the Coin Collection Feature, where coin overlays appear on symbols. If these overlays are included in a win, they are collected in the meter above the reels and paid as an extra win at the end of the sequence of cascades. If the free spins feature is triggered, the coins collected will build up over the entire bonus round and be paid as extra winnings when the feature ends.

After our educational introduction, I have no doubt you’ll be keen to see what this slot game has to offer. So, if you’d like to check out the features, you can take full advantage of the Viking Forge slot demo included in our reviews. It’s ready to play below.

Viking Forge Slot Theme, Stakes, Pays & Symbols

Viking Forge Paytable
Viking Forge paytable

The Viking theme has proven to be a great source of material for providers over the years to base their slot games on, leading to some excellent releases that achieved global success. If you are new to the niche, two of our favourites worth checking out are Blueprint Gaming’s Vikings Unleashed Megaways Slot and Push Gaming’s Viking Clash slot, which has a max win of 13,200x bet. Whilst you could argue the Viking slot genre is somewhat oversaturated, generally, these are decent games to play; whether that’s the case for Pragmatic’s Viking Forge slot remains to be seen.

We have the scatter pays mechanic in play throughout, and hitting 12 or more of the Viking symbol anywhere in view will award 100x the bet. He is followed by the Hammer at 20x, a Sword at 15x, and the remaining premium paying symbol is the Tankard of Beer, valued at 10x for wins of 12+ symbols. The low pays come in the form of five royals, and we have the Ace paying 8x, a King at 6x, the Queen worth 5x, and finally, the Jack and Ten paying 4x and 3x, respectively, for winning combos of 12 or more.

Once again, Pragmatic produces the goods with a massive range of stakes available to play Viking Forge at. These begin at €0.20 a spin with dozens of options to choose from before the game maxes out at an incredible €240 a play.

Viking Forge Slot Base Game

Viking Forge Base Game
Viking Forge base game

With 6 reels, all displaying 5 rows high on every spin, Viking Forge is a grid slot where players create wins through the scatter pays mechanic. All symbols from the paytable will award a win when at least 8 land anywhere within the playfield. Any symbols involved in a winning combo will be removed via the tumbling reels engine, and new symbols will then fall from above to fill the spaces left behind.

Coin Collection

The Coin Overlay symbol can appear randomly and be attached to any symbol except the scatter. Whenever it hits, the coin overlay symbol can display a money value between 0.1x – 20x or a multiplier of 2x, 3x, 5x, or 10x. If a symbol with a coin overlay attached to it is part of a winning combination before exploding, the value of the coin overlay is added into a meter. Direct money awards are added, and multipliers multiply the total amount of the meter. At the end of the spin and all tumbles that result from it, the total amount currently in the meter is multiplied by the total bet and paid as winnings.

Ante Bet

Toggling on the Ante Bet feature will double your chances of triggering the feature at the cost of an extra 25% on top of the current bet.

Viking Forge Slot Bonus Features

Viking Forge Free Spins Feature
Viking Forge free spins feature

Landing 4, 5, or 6 of the scatter symbols in the base will trigger the bonus round award 10, 20, or 30 free spins, respectively.

Free Spins Feature

Whilst the free spins feature is in play, the values of the coin overlays are added into a meter that lasts until the end of the bonus round, with values being accumulated and multiplied between all of the free spins. Landing three or more scatters in view will activate a re-trigger and 5 additional spins will be awarded.

Bonus Buy

Those seeking slots where you can the bonus will be able to do just that on Viking Forge, with instant access to the free spins costing 100x the current bet.

Pros

  • A much better jackpot size of 10,000x bet.
  • The main feature is also present in the base game.

Cons

  • Lacks any real excitement.
  • Only one feature and no other modifiers.
  • Some versions of the slot have an RTP of 94%.

Viking Forge Slot Review Final Thoughts

Viking Forge is a mixed bag from Pragmatic Play. The overall graphics of the slot game are well designed, as you'd expect from Pragmatic, and the max win is above the 5,000x that they like to put on lots of their slots, but the bonus round just didn't cut it for me at all.I found it to be really boring, and it was difficult to see how you could end up winning anything substantial. The majority of the features I played whilst testing hardly ever showed a multiplier on the overlay coins; they were mainly just of a low monetary value, and I got bored really quickly.By all means, play our demo as much as you want, but my overall feeling is you'll have the same opinion as me and won't make the transition on this particular slot game to real money play.

5.0

Bang-Average

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