Beast Gains

Beast Gains: Slot Overview

While 'beast gains' might sound like something a hardcore bodybuilder might be aiming for, in the slot sphere, those two words ring louder bells as a mash-up of the two Relax Gaming releases Beast Mode (2022) and Net Gains (2022) created together with Casinogrounds. In actuality, Beast Gains shares similarities to both of those games in more than just name, which could be a good thing, since both dripped features and bestial charm. This time, we're about to paddle downriver in another big, busy Relax Gaming production, populated by no less than three selectable bonus rounds, a list of features as long as your arm, and a crew of overly muscular beasts.

Welcome to the jungle, or more specifically, a jungle river cruise that sees the background scroll sideways in the base game, before reaching various destinations for its handful of bonus rounds. It feels like Relax Gaming got its A team on the job to produce this show, as the production values are high, resulting in an experience that's part slot, part Banana Kong. The good news is that gameplay matches the visual entertainment, maybe bests it if you can hit Beast Gains on a hot streak.

A 6x4 action area is where Beast Gains gets business done, which provides 4,096 ways to win and a Feature Trail lining the top. The cascade mechanic removes winning symbols and dropping symbols down to fill the gaps. This repeats if a new win appears. Highly volatile, the game's RTP sits at 96.1% when betting $/€0.10 to $/€40 per spin. It is also possible to engage the Enhanced Bet if gamblers would prefer to increase the chance of triggering free spins at 10x per spin.

Ten to Ace low pay royals are joined by shark, rhinoceros, crocodile, and lion masks, plus a lion at the top of the table. Royals pay up to 0.6x-1.2x while the rest of the pay symbols award 2x-25x for 6 OAK. Wilds can land on reels 2-6 to substitute all regular paying symbols.

Beast Gains: Slot Features

Deep breath, there is a lot to get through here, such as the Feature Trail, three bonus rounds, and a feature buy.

Feature Trail and Features

The Feature Trail can activate bonuses in the base game and in free spins. Only features reaching the leftmost position on the trail activate. Some are free spins only. Features include:

• Bomb - Places one Mystery Bomb on the reels, which reveals a symbol. After wins, the winning symbols and all other symbols not a Mystery symbol are removed.
• Coin - Places one Coin in a random position during Coin Collection Free Spins only.
• Coin Rain - In Coin Collection Free Spins only, this places 4-10 Coins on the reels.
• Collector - Places a Collector on the reels in Coin Collection Free Spins.
• Explosive Chest - Places an Explosive Chest on the reels.
• Extra Spins - Grants 1 or 2 free spins in the bonus round.
• Level Up - In Coin Collection Free Spins, this increases the Coin level and adds +1 free spin.
• Multiplier Boost - In Multiplier Ladder Free Spins, this shifts the ladder right by 2 positions.
• Mystery Symbol - Places 3-6 Mystery symbols on the grid, revealing the same symbol.
• Persistent Collector - One Persistent Collector added in Coin Collection Free Spins.
• Rainbow - Places a Mystery Rainbow on the reels, revealing a symbol, then turning itself and all of that same symbol into Mystery symbols.
• Additional Wild - Places 1-5 wilds on the reels.

Free Spins

Free spins trigger when 3, 4, or 5 scatters land to award 6 standard level, 8 enhanced level 1, or 10 enhanced level 2 free spins, respectively. Players then choose Mystery Symbols, Multiplier Ladder, or Coin Collection modes. A gamble option is available, if not triggered by 5 scatters, to try to upgrade the chosen mode, up to a maximum of two times, depending on how many scatters initially landed. Losing the gamble loses all free spins. The Lucky Boost may randomly trigger in any free spins round, increasing the chance of winning big.

Mystery Symbols Free Spins

This feature may start with a number of Mystery symbols on reels, depending on the level. Mystery symbols are persistent, dropping to the lowest position on cascades, and new ones may land - up to 4 per reel. Mystery symbols cannot land on the leftmost reel. In addition, features on the Feature Trail are persistent between spins in this round and both of the other two bonus rounds.

Multiplier Ladder Free Spins

Each free spins level in this mode starts with a different initial multiplier value - higher values at higher levels. The multiplier increases by +1 step on the multiplier ladder after each spin or cascade, where the range of values is x1 to x1,000. Mystery symbols cannot be won in this mode or in Coin Collection Free Spins.

Coin Collection Free Spins

Coin and Coin Collector symbols appear on any reel, though a Collector cannot appear if one already appeared on the spin or cascade, or if a Persistent Collector appeared already. When a Collector appears, there is a chance it becomes a Persistent Collector. If a Collector, Persistent Collector, or Explosive Chest is on the reels, all Coins are destroyed and collected with their values added to the Coin stash. If no Collector is on the screen, but 4 or more Coins land, they are also collected by the meter. If a Collector or Persistent Collector later lands on the same spin, the stored Coin values are awarded. The Collector resets on each spin. Landing a Collector awards all stored Coin values, as does a landed Persistent Collector, automatically collecting Coins in future spins and also awarding +2 free spins. Collectors cannot land if the Persistent Collector is present.

Buy Feature

By paying 85x the stake, players can instantly trigger free spins before choosing their preferred mode.

Beast Gains: Slot Verdict

After Money Train 4 rocked the gambling industry, Relax Gaming has been on an interesting journey, let's say, releasing slots with wildly varying degrees of quality, from the excellence of Iron Bank 2 to the not-so-dazzling Masked Treasure, for example. Nice to say the studio is back on positive ground with Beast Gains in a game that looks swell and plays even better. It's not quite a greatest hits collection as such, but it does pull together bonus rounds from the aforementioned Beast Mode and Net Gains into one place, picking the bonuses that fit best, and morphing them, like its title, into a new beast for gambler consumption.

However, while the three bonus rounds have roots elsewhere, Beast Gains adds a new Feature Trail into the mix, and boy, it is able to activate a long list of features, depending on what phase is active. No matter the phase, though, the trail adds a new dimension and is the glue that holds the whole game together, while being able to dramatically affect the way free spins may or may not unfold. As for the best bonus? Players' choice of course. There is something mesmerizing about a set of reels crowded in sticky Mystery symbols, tinging every spin with suspense. An x1,000 multiplier during the Multiplier Ladder mode might help in hitting Beast Gains' 25,000x win cap and Coin collection, well, a lot of gamblers like Coins.

On a less positive note, Beast Gains could be a target for critics who find the repeat nature of the bonus rounds lacking creativity. But be that as it may, Beast Gains bristles in new bits and has bloomed out of the past to be a well-made, fun game possessing a load of interesting moving parts to experiment with, alongside plenty of player choice.