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Retropia Review

UK-based developer Epic Industries comes with a fifth addition to its growing portfolio, Retropia - a retro sci-fi slot with a well-executed design and unique features. 'The slot of the future, today!' is the game's slogan, and players are to try the latest scientific invention that turns symbols into Wilds and brings wins of up to £100,000.

Retropia - Slot Outlook

A friendly announcer welcomes you in the city of tomorrow upon loading the game, and you've certainly heard this voice somewhere before. Retropia makes use of the classic retro-futurism theme, and it immerses you greatly into the genre with its vivid graphics and sounds. The 5x3 reel set with 25 ways to play is backgrounded to the city of Retropia, where all the buildings look like oversized chicken eggs. Well, it's pretty accurate to how people would think of the future back in the '60s.

Retropia Slot - Reel Screen

Offering bets from £0.25 to £80 per spin, the Retropia slot comes with ranging RTP values, and the payback is 95.35% by default. It's lower than the average level, yet you can get even a lower return rate of 92.06% depending on where you play. It's a medium-high volatile slot, rated 6.5 out of 10 on the developer's scale. The hit rate is solid at 20%, meaning that wins theoretically occur once in 5 spins, and the feature frequency is 1 in 150 spins. What's most disappointing though is the game's max win. It's capped at £100,000, which means that the slot's overall potential is 1,250x the stake on a single spin.

The paytable in Retropia consists of 10 regular symbols that are split into two categories. The lower section is made up of classic A-J royals, and premiums include in ascending order a future apartment, trains, robots, flying cars, and happy male and female dwellers of the future city. You need to land at least 3 matching symbols starting from the leftmost reel to score a win, and 5-of-a-kind wins pay from 5x to 20x the stake. Bottlecap symbols are Wild, and they substitute for any other regular symbols, plus pay up to 30x the bet for line wins.

Retropia - Bonus Features

Retropia Slot - Transmutation Device

The Transmutation Device is the above-mentioned breakthrough invention, and that's your key to big wins in the Retropia slot. On any base game spin, the Transmutation Device may be added to a random position on the grid, after which it spins to select a direction. Then, all symbols in the direction of the pointer, and the Transmutation Device itself will transform into Wilds.

More than one Transmutation Device can appear on one spin, and if it points into the same place, all Wild symbols in that line will be upgraded with bet multipliers. Wild Multipliers grows by 1x with each transformation, and Wilds can multiply each other to produce massive wins.

Retropia's main attraction is the Free Spins feature, where transmutation symbols land on each spin. Landing at least 5 rocket Scatter symbols anywhere in view during the base game activates Free Spins, and players proceed to the bonus with 7 spins to start. Each additional triggering Scatter awards +1 extra spin, up to a maximum of 17 spins.

During the free round, at least one Transmutation Device is guaranteed to appear on each spin, and up to 3 Devices can land at a time, which can produce significant Multipliers. Finally, retriggers are also possible, and 5 more Scatters award 7 additional spins, plus 1 more spin per additional Scatter.

Retropia - Slot Verdict

Epic Industries produced quite a lovely slot, but not polished enough to be called epic either. It's got a flamboyant and immersive design, and the features seem cool too, but the weak math spoils the overall impression. The RTP is far below the average level, and the 1,250x max win doesn't seem acceptable for a medium-high volatile slot. Retropia might be a decent option for those who are keen on the genre, but others won't find a lot here to get super excited.