Raging Riches

Raging Riches: Slot Overview

Online slot Raging Riches is the debut release in developer Slotmill's 'Legends' series, a set of games 'where classic-style slots meet modern excitement.' A mix of old and new then and a way for Slotmill to reach out to a different audience. First on the block is Raging Riches, which uses about as tired and true a theme as it possibly gets, being a game set in the North American prairies. Joining the tumbleweeds and the buffalo out here are two bonus rounds - a free spins feature with wild multipliers and growing reels, plus a hold 'n win sticky Coin symbol round.

First, the setting, and it's hard to imagine Raging Riches being any more 'good ol' boy' than this. The sun's a-shining, the vista is big, wide, brown, and buffalo display their dominance by stampeding their way onto the home screen. A toe-tapping honky-tonk Country & Western tune completes the picture along with a beige-coloured set of reels, in a slot players should be able to work out real quick if it's for them or not. Prepare for a severe gear change when the Fortune Frenzy Bonus triggers, though, as it takes place miles and miles away from any prairie.

Whilst the 5-reel game grid can expand during free spins, it spends the base game in its default 4-5-5-5-4 configuration, where there are 2,000 ways to win. Raging Riches comes in two variants: one has a 96.08% RTP, the other a lower 94.11% return value. Both are medium-high volatile and take bets of 20 c to $/€100 per round.

Raging Riches' list of pay symbols is made up of 9-A card ranks on the low side, then a wolf, a cougar, a bear, an eagle, and a buffalo on the high. Winning combinations formed of 5 matching low-pay symbols are worth 1.25x to 1.5x, while the premium animal symbols pay up to 2.5x to 3.5x. Wild symbols may land on reels 2, 3, and 4 to substitute for anything except scatters and coins.

Raging Riches: Slot Features

There are a few ways players may rage their way to riches around here. One is by landing enough scatters to trigger the free spins round, the other is hitting enough Coin symbols to activate the hold 'n win Fortune Frenzy Bonus.

Free Spins Bonus

In the base game, landing 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols gives players 8, 10, or 12 free spins, respectively. During free spins, hitting 2, 3, 4, or 5 scatters awards a further 3, 4, 5, or 6 free spins, respectively. Wild symbols in the free spins round have a random multiplier of x2 or x3. The multiplier on a wild symbol multiplies the number of winning combinations passing through that symbol location. Landing an UP symbol in the free spins round increases the reel height by +1 row, also increasing the number of ways to win (up to 5,488). The UP symbol may land twice on a reel, increasing it to 7 rows high. When a reel fully expands, players get +2 free spins. The UP symbol appears on reels 2, 3, and 4. Coin symbols are not present in the free spins bonus.

Fortune Frenzy Bonus

Hitting 6 or more Coin symbols triggers the Fortune Frenzy Bonus. In this feature, 3 spins are awarded. If any new Coins land, they stick to the reels and reset the spins back to 3. Regular Coin symbols have values of 0.5 to 10 times the bet. It is also possible to land the 20x Mini Coin, the 50x Minor Coin, or the 250x Major Coin. When the bonus ends, the values of all Coins in view are awarded. Filling all 25 positions with Coins triggers the 5,000x the bet Grand prize - on top of the total sum of Coin symbols on the screen.

Xtra-Bet and Burst Mode

Switching on the Xtra-Bet increases the stake by 50%, increasing the chance of triggering either bonus rounds by 2x. Burst Mode is a hyper-fast way of powering through a set number of spins using the game engine and little visual representation.

Raging Riches: Slot Verdict

There are modern touches here, sure, such as the reel setup, the large number of win ways, and the growable grid, but they're firmly embedded in warm fuzzy familiarity. However, Raging Riches doesn't feel like a familiar Slotmill slot. It's more conventionally mainstream than we're used to seeing from this studio. Therein lies the point, though, because with the 'Legends' range, Slotmill is reaching out to a different audience than the one that typically falls for its 'regular' games (Tyrant's Fall and Coin Quest 2, for example). Instead, Raging Riches lines up gamblers who have a greater appetite for things like on-screen jackpots and streak respin rounds. Players for which prairie game worlds aren't as exotic since vast, rocky, buffalo-populated scenes can be found on the back doorstep.

Gamblers in the US, in other words, or just those who like relatively straightforward gameplay unfolding in a neighbourly setting, like downing suds amongst friends at the local bar. You largely know what to expect from Raging Riches' features, alternating between the wild multiplier, growing reeled free spins, and the sticky Coin symbol Fortune Frenzy Bonus. There are few curve balls here to keep a lookout for, though the modernising touches add a certain amount of depth. A certain amount. The Xtra-Bet proved its worth during the review, triggering free spins on the very first base game spin. The Fortune Frenzy Bonus followed not long after, so it's a betting option to consider using.

Not sure that the sort of players looking for a buffalo on the range slot will be as jazzed by Burst Mode, but it's there to move things along if time is of the essence. Based on 25 billion test rounds, a 5,533x the bet max win is here also, and those stats might not hugely excite gamblers with a keen eye on numbers. Raging Riches isn't really made with customers like that in mind; Slotmill has plenty of other games in its portfolio which would be a better match. But if lightning link stuff with wild American animals in nature appeal, then Raging Riches has you covered.