Enter the World of Steampunk Slots with These Five Picks

28/10/2024 | Categories: Gambling Guides | Published by: Joe | Last updated: 28/10/2024

We would assume everyone who plays video games, reads comics or watches movies on the regular is familiar with the sci-fi subgenre known as steampunk. For those who aren’t, we will explain that this is a category in science fiction that incorporates retro technology in futuristic settings, primarily 19th-century industry machinery, often accompanied by Victorian-era clothing, in worlds where steam powers most things. Essentially, in this genre, steam-powered machinery drives technological progress instead of electricity or modern engines. Jules Verne and H.G. Wells are usually credited for being the chief inspirations for steampunk fiction, and the most associated things with steampunk works in any medium are massive pieces of intricate machinery, large goggles, and clothing items like corsets and top hats. If something blends futuristic and historical elements with an industrial twist, then we can say that it probably qualifies as steampunk.

By our count, over one hundred and thirty reel-spinning games doing just that can be found in the slotverse, and without question, the most popular ones are entries in Relax Gaming’s Money Train (Cart) series. Yet, given that we have talked so much about them, we think that it is only fair that we leave these off this list and introduce you to some other steampunk slots. Hence, that is what we shall do. Thus, you can explore these five decent titles that implement this motif if you are into it.

Steam Tower

Here is a game that we reviewed back in April of 2021, but it is one that came out in February 2015. It is a product that we enjoyed back in the day and one that we noted is nothing to write home about in our analysis of it. That said, it is one that incorporates many steampunk cliches. Consequently, on that ground alone, it warrants a place in this article. It is also a 3D spinner, something we do not see much these days, but was all the rage in the early to mid-2010s, with Betsoft dominating this category at the start of the 2010s, but Steam Tower’s creator – NetEnt, also providing its fair share of quality 3D slots during this period.

For its time, the visuals here are quite good, and they hold up, especially during the tower climbing mode. In terms of specs, you can find Steam Tower boasting an RTP of 97.04% at some sites, which is terrific, paired with a medium variance math model. The max win here stands at x2,000, and the betting range in this 5×3 game moves from $0.15 on the lowest to $150 on the highest end. Steam Tower has fifteen paylines and a free spin round where the main character climbs a sixteen-floor tower, where each ascending floor awards two extra spins (you start with ten) and a multiplier increases as you progress floor by floor, starting at x2 on floors 1-3 and reaching 7x on the final one.

Land of Zenith

Developed by Push Gaming, this is a visually stunning slot with a 6×4 reel setup, where you get thirty paylines and experience high-energy features like the Bouncing Mystery and the Hypermode Free Spins.

The Bouncing Mystery feature triggers randomly, releasing bouncing symbols that transform into matching ones for high-potential wins. Meanwhile, the Hypermode Free Spins is the centerpiece, providing re-triggerable spins where each retrigger removes one low-pay token, and after four retriggers, only high-paying ones and wilds remain on the grid.

There is extreme variance active in Land of Zenith, and the max payout you can receive here is x21,003. The standard RTP of this product is 96.29%, and its highest wager is $100.

Cazino Zeppelin Reloaded

Cazino Zeppelin Reloaded is the 2022 sequel to a 2015 Yggdrasil title (Cazino Zeppelin), whose technical successor is a 2019 slot called Cazino Cosmos. Reloaded is a high-variance game with a default RTP of 96.4%, which can range, but this slot has a base twenty number of betways and a fixed max exposure setting of x41,572 on a top wager of $20. Its hit frequency is 31, and the grid layout here is the usual 5×3.

In this spinner, wilds can appear with multipliers up to x5 in the base game, and three to five scatters activate the bonus round, awarding ten, fifteen, or twenty free spins, respectively. Wilds from the triggering spin stick, and that applies to any newly landed ones. Each additional hit wild increases the multiplier of the existing sticky one by +1. If all the reels have a sticky wild, then you earn an extra five on-the-house spins. There is also a Golden Bet feature that adds a 25% cost increase but doubles the chance of your triggering the discussed bonus mode. A bonus buy is also in play, costing x700 for the twenty spins.

Noble Sky

Created by Neon Valley Studios, Noble Sky gets set against a sky backdrop, and it features flying airships, gears, and cogs. In other words, elements you would expect to see in a game that looks to mix historical and futuristic aspects synonymous with steam punk. It has a fitting soundtrack to complement these visuals, and its gaming fun happens on a 5×3 grid with twenty-five paylines, offering an RTP of 96.12% and medium variance.

The good people at Neon Valley have tried to make this game appealing to casual online gamblers by applying a wagering range from $0.25 to $25, but prizes that go up to x5,000 your stake or a maximum of $125,000. The primary focus here is the respins and the Vault Bonus modes. The first gets triggered by landing stacked Airship wilds that move leftward across reels with each spin. Each respin increases the multiplier, reaching x10 by the final spin. The Vault Bonus involves collecting coins attached to symbols that then get stored in a vault. When enough coins are collected, you enter a mini-game to win one of four jackpots.