Viking Pays - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

Viking Pays is the second addition to the Pays series of Inspired Gaming slots. It works with the same maths model, setup, and features of the initial Egyptian Pays slot, this time taking place aboard a Viking ship where adventure and rewards await those brave enough to undertake the quest.

The game is played on a 5x3 reel grid with 243 winning ways, so winning combinations can be landed in almost any position on adjoining reels, starting on the leftmost reel. Winning combinations are formed with 3+ matching symbols and the mighty Viking Wild can be used to substitute for all normal symbols to help you land longer and more rewarding winning combinations. The Wild can appear on any reel except for reel 1 to help maximise your winning potential.

The only symbol the Wild cannot substitute for is the golden Bonus Scatter. This symbol will trigger the game’s Re-Life Free Spins round, which is where the best prizes are kept! We’ll look at the Re-Life Spins and bonus features for Viking Pays later in this online slot review.

In addition to some awesome bonus features, Viking Pays also features the unique Spin Chance feature. This feature automatically triggers when your remaining credit balance falls below your selected wager amount and allows you to undertake a final spin using whatever credit you have left. The spin will be valued at your current bet, so can offer a rewarding final opportunity to take home some impressive prizes!

Theme, Graphics & Soundtrack

Viking Pays is, obviously, a viking themed slot set aboard a great Viking ship, with a green landscape just visible behind the translucent reels. The reel grid is made of a wooden and metal structure and is filled with themed symbols including Viking warrior helmets, axes, drinking horns, ships, and more. The soundtrack is suitably epic for a Viking adventure and adds to the air of excitement on offer in this slot.

Viking Pays RTP & Volatility

Viking Pays is a medium volatility slot offering an RTP of 95.58%.

How to Play Viking Pays

Whether you’re brand new to the world of online slots or a seasoned pro, we always find it useful to take a little time to figure out the controls and rules of a new slot before we start spinning. Viking Pays utilises a nicely simple control structure that keeps the reel grid looking clean and straightforward.

1. Whenever we load a new online slot, the first thing we look for is the game rules, paytable, paylines, and details on the bonus features. In Viking Pays, you’ll find this information by clicking on the cog icon to the right of the reels.

2. After clicking the cog icon, you’ll be able to check out the game info and your gaming history in addition to activating left-hand play and turbo mode (speeds up the reel spin), plus turn the sound on/off.

3. Once you’ve adjusted your settings and familiarised yourself with the rules in Viking Pays, adjust your wager by using the arrows on the left-hand side of the reels.

4. When you’re happy with your bet, click the large ‘Spin’ arrow on the right of the reels to start spinning. Hold the button down if you want to activate automatic spins and you’ll be able to select how many auto spins you’d like plus any loss/win limits.

5. You can keep an eye on your total balance, latest win, and total stake along the bottom of your gaming screen.

Bet Sizes & Paytable

Wagers start at 0.20 per spin in Viking Pays and go up to 20.00. While this isn’t a huge betting range, it should offer plenty of playing potential to a wide variety of punters.

The top prizes in the base game are available when you land 5 matching symbols along a payline, with or without a Wild substitution. The bonus round incorporates Multipliers to give you even better winning possibilities.

Excluding any bonus features, the top prizes for each symbol are as follows:

Ship: 400

Pendant: 120

Drinking horn: 80

Ring: 60

Helmet: 40

Axe: 40

Red Shield: 20

Blue Shield: 20

Purple Shield: 20

Green Shield: 20

Max-win 12,500x

Volatility Medium

Top RTP 95.58%

Viking Pays Bonus Features

The main bonus feature in Viking Pays is the Re-Life Spins round, triggered with 3+ golden coin Scatter symbols. Trigger the feature using 3, 4, or 5 Scatters to start the round with a x2, x4, or x5 Multiplier respectively.

During the Re-Life Spins, you’ll be given 3 lives, with 1 life lost every time you spin without landing a winning combination. Every time you win, the lives will reset to 3 and your Multiplier will increase.

Any time you get down to your last life, you’ll be given a Life Save Spin with an Expanded Wild filling the entirety of reel 3.

You can increase the Multipliers in this round up to x50, so it’s a really rewarding feature!

Conclusion

Overall, we really enjoyed Viking Pays. We thought the graphics and soundtrack are well-designed and do a good job of adding to the excitement of this slot. The base game is relatively simple, with little excitement and relatively basic rewards, so you really want to be in the Re-Life Spins round to see the benefits of this slot! Thankfully, we found the Re-Life Spins feature relatively simple to trigger and the Life Save Spin was an incredibly useful way to stay in the game and reap some truly impressive rewards!

If you enjoyed Viking Pays, you might also want to check out NetEnt's Vikings slot for more awesome adventure.