Steamrunners

Steamrunners Review

Establishing itself as a provider of exciting slots with stunning graphics and the best music in the industry, Hacksaw is preparing to launch Steampunners, a spectacular steampunk-themed slot with action unfolding on a 5x4 grid. Despite the rather large playing field, there are only 14 paylines, and they are always active in the game. On the technical side, everything is on point: medium volatility with a very impressive x10,000 maximum multiplier. The only slight disappointment is the RTP of 94.32%, which is somewhat below the industry average.

When spinning the reels of the Steampunners slot, you simply wait for combinations of 3+ identical symbols to line up along the paylines. Only the highest combination per line is converted into a cash prize. Before each round, you can choose a bet from a range of €0.10 to €100. In other words, the maximum payout in the game is €1 million in cash equivalent.

Steampunners Slot - Reels Screen

Hacksaw decided to add card symbols from 10 to Ace, which traditionally bring the lowest prizes. There are also high-paying icons in the form of steampunk accessories such as Telescope, Scroll, Gear, Hat, and Goggles, bringing up to x10 multipliers for five in a combo. The Steampunners game features a Wild that replaces almost any symbol, Gas Canisters used for transformations, and Scatters that trigger free spins.

Steampunners Features

If you think slot machines are just about spinning reels and symbol combinations, Steampunners blows those stereotypes out of the water. It offers transformations, several FS modes, and other extras that diversify the gaming experience. Although medium volatility ensures frequent (albeit small) wins in the base game, the real fun lies in the slot's bonus features.

Wild Gas Canisters

Sometimes you will see green canisters randomly appearing and spreading horizontally or vertically. These symbols transform themselves, adjacent low pays, and Wilds into Wilds if they are part of a winning combo. This spread continues across connected symbols, filling the playing field with Wilds to create mega combos. The actions of these canisters resemble the spread of a virus in living tissue. There are also purple gas canisters that work in the same way as the green ones, while bringing x2-x200 extra multipliers for Wilds.

Sky City Free Spins

To trigger free spins, you need to land 3 or more Scatters anywhere on the game grid. This will give you 8 free spins with guaranteed gas canisters appearing on every spin. Land two or three more Scatters during the bonus round, and you will receive +2/+4 free spins. Thanks to frequent spreads, the number of Wilds can go through the roof, bringing you impressive payouts.

Gaslight District Free Spins

Triggered by a combination of four Scatters, this bonus gives you 10 FS. Here, all Wilds with extra multipliers remain in place, and gas canisters double the value of each Sticky Wild up to a maximum of x5,000. This is a much more promising free spins round as Wilds accumulate much faster.

Court of High Steam Free Spins

A combination of five Scatters is very rare, but it gives you 10 free spins with at least one Wild guaranteed for each spin. Here you can also get +2 or +4 extra free spins for at least two more Scatters that appear after the spin. You have the chance to fill almost the entire grid with Wilds, so the winning potential of this bonus is very high.

Steampunners Slot - Free Spins

Bonus Buy Features

As a basic round with free spins, Sky City will cost you 100 times your base bet. Double that amount and you'll enter the Gaslight District Free Spins. If you want the Court of High Steam bonus with guaranteed Wilds, raise your bet 300 times.

Theme & Graphics

With its excellent graphics and animation, Steampunners transports you to a highly realistic world where rebels in airships battle oppressors in a world of gears, steam engines, and flying cities. At the start of the game, you see floating islands with factories. When you launch the free spins, you witness exciting sky battles with flashing lightning. Although 2D elements dominate the graphics, it all looks beautiful and unusual. Hacksaw added a pleasant industrial rock soundtrack to emphasize the industrial (albeit steampunk) style of the game. Like other games from this provider, Steampunners works great on smartphones and tablets.

Steampunners Free Play

During the base game, Steampunners feels like many other video slots. But the various free spin modes can be a little confusing, even for experienced players. So, it's a good idea to start with the Steampunners free play version. You can try the Steampunners demo game right on the SlotCatalog website, without registration or deposit. You will receive a lot of free credits to place bets. You won't get real winnings, but it's a great opportunity to test the game in every way.

Pros And Cons Of Steampunners Slot

Final Verdict

About to be released, Hacksaw's Steampunners promises to be an explosive steampunk trip with Gas Cans turning low-paying icons into Wilds capable of bringing up to x200 extra multipliers. Here, every free spins round brings adrenaline and big prizes. But despite the low volatility, unfortunately, you can expect quite long dry spells in the base game. In addition, the RTP of 94.32% is not what I expected from Hacksaw, which is usually more generous in this regard. But overall, it looks like a well-balanced slot that will give both beginners and experienced players a lot of pleasant impressions. Play the free demo version and see for yourself that Steampunners is worth it.