Dia De Muertos (Urgent Games) Demo Slot - Review for Canadians, Demo Play & Payout Info

Introduction

The Mexican Day of the Dead festival has become an increasingly popular theme for slots in recent years, with lots of developers choosing it as a theme for celebratory games full of bright colours, decorated sugar skull (La Catrinas) symbols, Latin-inspired guitar instrumentals, and fun animations. 

Featuring random bonus rewards, free spins, scatter and wild symbols, Dia De Muertos is played on 3x5 reels with 20 paylines the pay from left to right. Winning combinations of three or more symbols will award you a payout; what’s more, the sugar skull with the orange flowers and the skull sporting a pink sombrero will pay out for two matching symbols. In addition to the decorated La Catrinas sugar skulls, the symbols include neon-coloured classic card symbols. 

Those who enjoy this game’s Day of the Dead theme will also enjoy the similarly styled Esqueleto Explosivo slot. 

We recommend that you play Dia De Muertos in demo mode to find out more. You can play this and other Urgent Games demo slot games right here at Slots Temple. 

Dia De Muertos theme, graphics & soundtrack

The Day of the Dead is celebrated each year on 2 November in Mexico. It is a time to celebrate family and history and remember loved ones. Although it is associated with death, the festival is anything but sombre, featuring joyful colours, music, and food. To channel this theme, Dia De Muertos features a colourful background depicting a Mexican villa, with remembrance candles at the bottom of the screen and colourful fireworks exploding throughout the game. 

Highly-decorated sugar skulls in various colours form the symbols of the game. Some hold flowers, some wear sombreros, and all are adorned with characteristic Day of the Dead patterns. The other symbols used are brightly-coloured classic picture cards. Bonus and wild symbols also appear. When you land a winning combination, the symbols jiggle around, adding to the fun of the game. 

The soundtrack is a smooth and melodious Spanish-style guitar instrumental that fits in well with the Day of the Dead theme; however, the sounds when a winning combination lands are a bit one-dimensional and don’t add as much to the experience. 

The gameplay is quick - perhaps too quick - and the reels don’t have a smooth spinning motion. This gives you less of a chance to enjoy the graphics and animation. 

Dia De Muertos RTP and variance

The RTP rate of Dia De Muertos is 94.005 per cent, which is well below the average of 96 per cent for games of this type. It has low variance, meaning you are more likely to land smaller wins than bigger ones.

How to play Dia De Muertos

Playing Dia De Muertos is simple, but here are a few quick tips to get you started:

1. Load the game and have a look at the paytable information using the menu button to the bottom left of the screen. You can also adjust the sound settings here.
2. Adjust your stake using the - and + buttons at the bottom of the screen and press the pink button in the middle to set the reels spinning. There is also an autospin feature that enables you to play up to a maximum of 25 spins.
3. Your win totals and balance will be displayed at the bottom of the screen.
4. Don’t forget to play responsibly by setting a limit for your gaming session. When the fun stops, stop playing. Demo slots are a great way to try out a game before playing with your own money.

Min & max bets + top wins

The minimum bet for Dia De Muertos is 0.2 and the maximum bet is 40. 

The maximum win available is 5,000x your stake during the free spins bonus round. The maximum multipliers for each symbol in the main game are:

• Sugar skull with orange flowers = 1,000x 
• Sugar skull with pink sombrero = 500x 
• Sugar skull with blue flowers and sugar skull with yellow sombrero = 300x 
• Ace = 200x 
• King, queen = 100x 
• Jack, ten = 50x 

Dia De Muertos bonus features

Dia De Muertos has a number of bonus features:

Free spins

Landing three scatter symbols activates the free spins feature, awarding ten free spins. During this game, all the wilds become sticky, which means they will stay in place. In the free spins game, landing five wild skull symbols also gives you a maximum win of 5,000x your stake, which is the highest win available in Dia De Muertos. 

Wild

The wild symbol can also substitute for all other symbols except the bonus and free spin.

Random instant cash reward

Throughout the game, you can also land a random instant cash reward by landing three or more bonus symbols. 

Dia De Muertos review: our verdict

The low variance will put some players off this game; however, small wins can be frequent. The bonus features, including free spins and random cash prizes, keep things interesting and add to the base game. The graphics and soundtrack are cheery and fun, but the gameplay moves very quickly and detracts from the overall playing experience. This is a solid offering around the Day of the Dead theme and we look forward to seeing how Urgent Games will build on this going forward.

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