10 Swords Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

10 Swords Review

Push Gaming is apparently going through a process of renewing themselves, and part of that process seems to involve releasing less volatile slots with a broader appeal. They have been known for their volatile beasts in the past, but 10 Swords comes with a low to medium volatility. You can still land pretty solid payouts though, and up to 5,000x your stake can be won out of the blue in all stages thanks to the instant scatter jackpot system.

The ancient Rome theme is not the most imaginary motif we’ve seen from this developer, far from it actually, but the audiovisuals are still solid and pleasing enough. The Ante Bet gives you multiple benefits for a reasonable price of 20 % extra per spin, and the low-value symbol to instant prize sword scatter transformation system makes the bonus round more interesting than many other installments in this popular genre.

10 Swords Slot - Reels Screen

10 Swords Slot Features

You can turn on the Ante Bet between any base game spin, and keeping it on means you pay 20 % extra per spin. The benefit of doing that is an increased chance of triggering the bonus round, although this chance is unfortunately not specified. The RTP increases slightly if you play with the Ante Bet switched on though.

The mid to premium level symbols pay between 10 and 40 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, while the low value symbols all pay 4x your stake for the same. The Eagle Emblem Wild symbol steps in for pay symbols to help complete and/or improve wins, and it can land on all reels.

The wild pays the same as the top-tier Caesar symbol should you land 3 to 5 wilds on a payline.

The Sword Symbol can appear anywhere in all stages of the game, and it’s the instant scatter prize symbol in this game. You win 2x, 5x, 10x, 25x, 100x, 1,000x, or 5,000x your stake from 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 sword symbols in view, respectively, and the prizes are stacked up to be seen on the left-hand side.

You trigger the Bonus Round when at least 3 Shield Scatters land anywhere in sight, and 3 scatters gives you 8 free spins. Landing 4 scatters awards 10 free spins with 2 low-value symbols already converted to Sword symbols, while 5 triggering scatters gives you 12 free spins with all 4 low-value symbols converted to Sword symbols.

Shield symbols are collected throughout the bonus round, and you need to collect 4 to convert a low-value symbol into the Sword symbol for the duration of the feature. You get +4 extra spins for the first conversion, +3 extra spins for the second conversion, and +2 extra spins for the fourth conversion. Non-UK players, and anyone eligible, can purchase the bonus round for 50x the stake.

The 200 Spins 10 Swords Slot Experience

You get a decent, yet uneventful, taste of the base game, before we purchase the bonus round close to the 1-minute mark.

We got lucky and landed 5 triggering scatters, which gave us 12 free spins with all 4 low-value symbols pre-converted into the Sword symbol. The feature plays out for the remainder of the 3:11-minute highlights video, and you can check it out by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

You can’t really blame Push Gaming for jumping on the instant scatter jackpot bandwagon, and wanting a taste of the action that brings. It’s a wildly popular feature after all, and 10 Swords comes with an innovative twist that many players will probably appreciate. Most 9 Masks of Fire copycats come with a multiplier bonus round, and in most cases, although there are exceptions, the multiplier will not apply to the instant scatter prizes. This is kind of annoying actually, as it doesn’t really enhance the core feature of the game.

This is exactly why Push Gaming’s creative touch in 10 Swords is so appreciated. You get to eliminate the pesky low-value symbols, and replace them with Sword symbols. You can even eliminate them all up front, like we did in our test session, and this will increase your likelihood of landing the 5,000x top prize. The max win comes with a 1 in 854,700 spins hit rate (or 1 in 598,802 spins hit rate with the Ante Bet turned on).

10 Swords is not the height of innovation, perhaps, but still a solid scatter jackpot installment that sticks out in this overcrowded genre.

Pros

• Instant sword scatter prizes up to 5,000x
• FS w/ low-to-sword symbol transformation
• Max win hit rate of 1 in 854,700 spins/
• With ante bet the hit rate is 1 in 598,802 spins

Cons

• Ante bet FS chance not specified
• Beware of adjustable RTP ranges

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