Infernus

Infernus: Slot Overview

Hope you're wearing something cool and loose-fitting players because we're taking a trip with developer Backseat Gaming to a hot, crackling region in the online slot Infernus. If you were asleep during Latin class, the word 'infernus' refers to 'of the underworld', 'the infernal', or 'the lower regions', ergo a place someone probably wouldn't want to find themself in. Infernus the slot, on the other hand, might be quite an enticing proposal for players who like heavy sledgehammer features that may not pop super often, but when they do, a single heavy-duty symbol can disrupt the whole board.

Infernus' base game takes place in a reddy, smoky, uh, place, though maybe not an underground inferno, since you can see the moon in a starry sky above the reels, beaming down on the ruin. Is this a metaphor? Where buds Hacksaw Gaming might have gone full diabolic in a game called Infernus, Backseat Gaming has held back on the despair, to a degree. Infernus is an agreeable-looking slot, though, with minor Beat the Beast vibrations to its flaming, cartoony, chunky artwork.

A 5x5 action area is where the symbols land and are evaluated for wins by 19 inset winlines. The game is 5 out of 5, highly volatile, and of the pair of RTP configurations available, 96.27% is the highest value possible. When it comes to betting, the stake range is 10 c to $/€100 and four optional bonus modes may be activated.

Infernus makes use of 9 regular pay symbols, made up of 10-A royals, a fiery cauldron, a crown or ring, a skull, and a phoenix. Hitting a 5 OAK royal combination pays 1-2.5 times the bet, while a 5 OAK premium symbol win is worth 5 to 20 times the bet.

Infernus: Slot Features

Wild Blocks are what give Infernus its mechanical punch, available in the base game, as well as in the 2 bonus rounds - Inferno's Gate and Cerberus' Rage, which can be bought within the bonus buy menu.

Wild Blocks

Wild symbols land in blocks of 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, or 5x5, displaying 2, 3, 4, or 5 heads, respectively. Each head reveals a multiplier of x2 to x100, which are added together to form a single multiplier for the entire wild block. Wilds substitute for any regular pay symbol and award 20x for a 5-wild winning line.

Inferno's Gate

Players win 10 free spins in the Inferno's Gate bonus by landing 3 scatter symbols in the base game. Inferno's Gate has an increased chance of landing wild blocks.

Cerberus' Rage

This feature, along with 10 free spins, is triggered when 4 scatters land in the base game. During the Cerberus' Rage bonus, wild blocks are sticky, and a bigger block can replace a smaller one.

Bonus Buy

Activating BonusHunt FeatureSpins costs 2 times the bet and makes each spin 3 times more likely to trigger a bonus game. Hellfire FeatureSpins cost 75 times the bet, and they guarantee wild block hits. Following on, the Inferno's Gate feature may be bought for 100x the bet or Cerberus' Rage for 200x.

Infernus: Slot Verdict

After leaping recklessly into the Infernus demo for the review without reading the fine print (and missing the obvious clues on the home screen), the first reaction was that it was surprisingly short on features for a Hacksaw Gaming slot. There were no spreading mechanics, no clockmaker precision, and few feature intricacies. Then, after taking a step back to absorb everything and realising the game was made by partner Backseat Gaming, it all began to make sense. Very broadly speaking, where Hacksaw Gaming slots lean towards a finely tuned finesse that sets them apart, Backseat Gaming is more about brute force features - which can be impactful, but in a sledgehammer to the face way rather than an insidious creep. Again, very broadly speaking here.

Infernus is a prime example of sheer muscularity getting the job done. Its principal feature is its wild blocks, slamming into place up to 5x5 in size, which would smother the entire grid. A monster wild might have a potent effect on its own, but Infernus takes things several steps further by making each head on the wild generate a multiplier that is summed together. A big, wild multiplier is able to make a significant difference to a spin, which makes Infernus quite volatile. For instance, free spins could chug ineffectually along before a large wild multiplier dropped to drastically alter the results. They're sticky in Cerberus' Rage, too, though instead of expecting wilds to rain down like ash in a firestorm, hoping for a single sizable wild might be a better mindset.

Such is the potency, it is possible to achieve Infernus' 15,000x the bet maximum win in all of its game modes. Sitting around waiting for a decent wild block might get a bit spirit-crushing if they're being shy, but it only takes one good one to make Infernus bubble over.