An Escape from Al Catraz - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

In a slot named An Escape from Al Catraz, it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise that the goal of this interactive slot is to play the villain and try to escape your prison sentence! The symbols on the reels are designed to help you do just that, with dynamite, rafts, and other items that might come in handy as you dig your tunnel and escape over the water.

There is an awesome bonus game in this slot, that features you actively digging a tunnel and building a raft to complete your escape. We’ll look at this feature in more detail later in this slot review.

To win in An Escape from Al Catraz, all you need to do is line up 3 or more matching symbols on one of the 9 paylines available in the slot. The police officer in charge of keeping you in your cell is the wild symbol, and can substitute for any others (excluding the bonus symbols) to help you win bigger and better prizes.

Theme, Graphics & Soundtrack

An Escape from Al Catraz has been really cleverly designed to include themed symbols and an engaging soundtrack. The reels are visible in front of the prison itself, with the night sky and sea in the background. Looking in a little, you’ll see a snapshot of the inside of the prison, with our inmate digging a hole beneath the reels while the guard snoozes outside the cell (to the right). The reels are filled with prison-themed symbols and some items that will be essential for your escape!

An Escape from Al Catraz RTP & Volatility

An Escape from Al Catraz is a low-medium volatility slot. Unfortunately, Belatra Games hasn’t announced the RTP for this game.

How to Play An Escape from Al Catraz

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In the meantime, you’ll find all the controls for this slot beneath the reels as follows:

1. The first thing we always do with a new slot is check the game rules, paylines, and paytable. To do this here, firstly click on the menu icon in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen followed by the ‘I' icon.

2. You can also adjust the game settings (eg sound effects), view your gaming history, set your bet, or choose your preferred gamble feature from this screen by using the other icons to navigate.

3. The next thing to do is select how many active paylines you would like to play with and place your wagers. You can do both these things by clicking the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ buttons by the ‘Lines’ and ‘Bet’ headings in the left of the control panel.

4. You can also jump straight to the highest possible wager by clicking the ‘Max Bet’ button in the bottom right-hand corner.

5. When you’re ready to start spinning, click on the large green ‘Start’ button in the bottom-right of your screen. If you prefer to set up automatic spins, click on the pink ‘AutoStart’ button beneath it to set up your preferences.

6. You can keep an eye on your available credits, total bet, and latest wins along the bottom of the control panel to the left.

Bet Sizes & Paytable

Wagers can be placed in An Escape from Al Catraz from 1 credit per payline up to 20. This gives a total bet (with all paylines active) range of 9 to 180 per spin.
The best winnings are formed when you land 5 matching symbols along a payline. The police officer wild can be used as a substitution to help you hit these top prizes. The best rewards for each symbol are as follows:

Welcome to Al Catraz: 200,000

Police Officer: 50,000

Shovel: 5,000

Dynamite: 3,000

Waggon: 2,000

Bucket and sponge: 1,500

Ball and Chain: 1,000

Raft: 400

Bonus Features

The scatter in this slot is the escaping prisoner himself, and the Tunnel Bonus game is triggered when you find 3+ of these symbols in any position on the reels. In this bonus game, you’ll firstly need to dig a tunnel out of the prison by removing individual stones. As you remove each stone, you’ll either receive a prize or, if you move the wrong stone, be buried under rubble! If you manage to successfully remove 4 stones, you’ll enter the second stage of the bonus where you need to choose between two rafts to either win your freedom or sink!

If you do get buried under rubble, and were waging 10+ credits when the round triggered, you’ll find a spade to the right of your tunnel that can be used to dig yourself out should the wrong stone have been selected, which is a nice touch.

Conclusion

Overall, we thought An Escape from Al Catraz was a really well designed and fun slot. We loved the interactivity of the bonus game and how well every aspect of the slot was firmly on-point in regards to the theme. Although the game is medium to low variance, which usually suggests lower available prizes, we were pleasantly surprised with the betting range and potential rewards available in this slot, making it a really rewarding and fun game to play.
If you enjoyed playing the escaping prisoner from this world-famous prison, you might also be tempted to check out Relax Gaming’s Hellcatraz free slot.

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