Gates of Valhalla - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

It’s usually fairly easy to spot a Pragmatic Play slot. Although every slot machine game is individual, some developers have a more recognisable profile than others. Certain features and graphic styles recur across the Pragmatic portfolio of online slots and in researching this Gates of Valhalla slot review we noticed several.

Gates of Valhalla, with just 10 paylines, is a consciously conventional game, but many of the major game developers still recognise the virtues of fixed paylines, as we find in a slot machine like Inspired’s Gold Cash Free Spins slot. And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Gates of Valhalla has 5 reels and 5 rows with, as mentioned, 10 fixed paylines. The minimum bet size is 0.20 and the maximum is 100. There are 7 standard symbols: the gods Odin, Freya and Thor plus the symbols of the four playing card suits. There is also a shield and sword as the wild and a free spins symbol.

Theme, graphics and soundtrack

The standard of graphics has been maintained with an interesting backdrop, semi-opaque grid and mountain range revealed during the tumble feature. The booming orchestral score is perhaps a little over the top, but this is a minor complaint.

Gates of Valhalla RTP and variance

The game’s RTP is 96.46 per cent, which just slightly above the average for a no deposit slot or online slots in general. The variance is high.

How to play Gates of Valhalla

Find your destiny with our quick-start guide to playing this choice of slots:

1. Click the 3-line menu to open system settings. Here you can turn music and sound effects on or off, set the game to save battery and turn on quick spin. To the left of the panel you select your bet.
2. Click the Play button or just press the space bar on your keyboard to spin the reels. If you want to stop them hit the space bar a second time or press the square stop button.
3. To view the paytable details and other game details click on the ‘i’ menu to the bottom left.
4. All symbols pay in four directions: from left to right, right tom left, top to bottom and bottom to top.
5. The wild substitutes for all symbols except for free spins symbols and can appear on all reels. 
6. The free spins symbol appears on all reels and does not explode during tumbles (see below).
7. If you would like the game to play automatically, click on Autoplay to choose how many spins you’d like. To exit the mode click on Autoplay and it will stop.
8. You can buy the free spins round at a cost of 100x the current bet.
9. We support initiatives like BeGambleAware and we hope you will always play responsibly. Try out the game as a no deposit slot before you decide whether to risk real money by gambling. If you do gamble, use the self-regulating functions you’ll find in your gaming account. Remember: online slots are meant to be fun, so stop playing when the fun stops.

Bet sizes and paytable wins

The bet size ranges from 0.20 to 100. Maximum payout is 10,000x.

All symbols pay on combinations of 3x to 5x. The highest multiplier values in the paytable are as follows:

Odin

5 = 7500.00

Freya

5 = 2000.00

Thor

5 = 1000.00
        
Spade

5 = 500.00

Heart

5 = 350.00

Club, Diamond

5 = 250.00

Max-win 10,000x

Volatility High

Top RTP 95.50%

Gates of Valhalla bonus features

Tumble Feature

After each spin, any wins will be paid out and all the winning symbols will disappear. The symbols that remain will fall to occupy the empty positions. This continues until there are no more winning combinations.

Roaming Wild

During tumbles, any wild symbol does not disappear. If it has been involved in a win, the symbols around it will explode and the wild will change position at random. After it moves, a multiplier applying to all wins in which the wild took part will increase by 1x for each subsequent win during the same tumble up to 5x. At this point, if the wild is part of another win it will explode and tumble like the other symbols.

Free Spins

If you land 3 or more free spins symbols you trigger the free spins feature. 3 symbols award 10 free spins, 4 award 12 and 5 award 15. For the duration of the free spins round a multiplier applying to the total win of all tumbles will be active. At the start of the round this is 1x and at every tumble it increases by 1x. If you land another 3 or more symbols during the round you are given more free spins and there is no limit on the number of times you can retrigger free spins.

Gates of Valhalla review: our verdict

Pragmatic is always reliable, whether you are playing a no deposit slot or gambling. The mechanics are smooth and straightforward while the extras, though not especially imaginative, keep on coming. The RTP is decent and the maximum payout generous. We quite like it.

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