Dia De Los Muertos

The Day of the Dead is a popular holiday and celebration, and the Dia de Los Muertos slot by Endorphina brings this event to life. This is a classic slot that uses a gorgeous style of visuals with lots of different sugar skulls and great-looking, hand-drawn graphics. We love how it looks and feels, and the gameplay is designed to keep the pace moving as well. If you are the type of player who prefers five-reel online slots, then you will still want to check this title out because they've made the gameplay more in that style than in the classic style.

Format and Betting

You'll have a really easy format at play here with three rows, three reels and five paylines. It can look like there are more reels than there actually are because all of the sugar skull symbols have two of the skulls on them, but don't let that confuse you.

Coins in this game range from $0.01 to $1 apiece, making the minimum bet size $0.05, which is clearly within the range of any player's bankroll. You can bet up to 10 coins per payline, however, for a maximum bet of 50 coins per spin, which puts the total max wager at the $50 level. This is a more than reasonable betting spread that will suit virtually everyone.

The Scattered Sunset Symbols

The sunset landscape symbol appears on all three reels, but it's scattered. That means you'll get paid no matter where this symbol shows up. The win for three of this scatter is 50x, but you'll also get a bonus feature, which we'll note below. It's pretty important to realize that scatters weren't really a thing in classic slots back in the day, so this is an element of video slot play that has been brought over to the three-reel format more recently.

Free Spins Bonus Feature

Three or more scatters gives you a set of 20 free spins. During this set of free spins, you'll actually get more value than the normal spins because the Catrina symbol, which is normally just the top-paying regular symbol, becomes a wild. There is no wild in the regular gameplay, but during this bonus feature, she will substitute for all symbols except for the scatter to give you the single best payout available on each of the five paylines.

Gamble Feature

Gamble features aren't usually notable, but you'll need a strategy to get the most from this game that does involve the gamble feature. After each win, you'll be offered a chance to view the gamble feature, and if you want the best RTP percentage available in the game, then you should take the opportunity.

You'll see one card to the left face-up and four to the right face-down. Viewing this card does not force you to play the gamble feature, which is the key thing many players miss. You should play the feature if the card showing is a two, three, four or five since doing so will give you an average payout of more than 100 percent on this bonus feature. You should avoid it otherwise.

Payouts and Prizes

Three of a kind of the Catrina symbol with roses in her hair gets you the top prize of 500x. Three of the man with the violin and purple hat earns 250x. There are also four sugar skull symbols in different colors. The golden ones are worth 100x for three of a kind, and three of the green gets you 20x. You can also pick up 10x or 5x for three of a kind combinations of the red or purple, respectively.

We like that there are only a handful of symbols in this game since that makes it easier to get winning combinations. We also enjoy the fact that all of the symbols fit the theme perfectly.

Overview

The Dia de Los Muertos classic slot shows that Endorphina knows how to bring out the best in a theme even within a more restricted format (in terms of overall visual real estate). The feature sets are straightforward but manage to still be interesting, and the gameplay is a lot of fun with very low minimum bet sizes available and a fast-paced, high hit-rate style. That really fits the excitement of the Day of the Dead celebration, so we can really appreciate the overall cohesive nature of the game along these lines.