Native Spirit Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Native Spirit Review

The Hold and Win formula might not be the hottest thing on the block anymore, but there are still plenty of studios that are happy to produce slots with this kind of features, and Ruby Play most certainly belong to those. With Native Spirit, they’re bringing us a rather stylish package that also delivers in terms of gameplay, so we just couldn’t leave it alone without a review. The game’s playing field, which is the one bit that we always start with, is pretty small with its 5 reels and 3 rows, but there are as many as 50 paylines in the mix.

Thematically, Native Spirit is a game that builds on American history, which means that it’s all about Indians, spirit animals, totems, etc. It’s a neat twist to the classic American wilderness theme, and we have to say that the designers did quite a lot with the audiovisuals style of this slot. We aren’t quite convinced about the bright card symbols, but hey, chances are that you’ll actually like them a lot!

The volatility level of Native Spirit is medium-high, and the slot’s hit frequency is 28.54%. The most that you can win in one go is then 1,578x your bet, and you can jump in for stakes between £0.10 and £100 per spin. Finally, the theoretical RTP of Native Spirit is 96.37%, which is nicely above average.

Native Spirit Slot Features

There are 9 pay symbols in Native Spirit, and you can divide them into 5 card rank symbols and 4 spirit animal symbols.

For special symbols, there are Chief Wilds, Drum Scatters and Dream Catcher symbols. Chief Wilds are the most straightforward of them all, as they just substitute for other symbols in winning combinations. They can occupy more than just a single position, though, which is a nice detail.

If you get a Dream Catcher symbol on the top or the middle position of a reel, you’ll trigger the Sliding Reel feature that will keep it in play while sliding it down by one position for the next paid spin.

To get to the actual Dream Catcher feature, you have to get 6 or more Dream Catcher symbols in view. You’ll then get 3 respins to start with, and each new symbol that lands automatically resets the respins counter back to 3. The goal here is to find as many Dream Catcher symbols as possible, as filling the entire board – which has only 12 positions during the feature – triggers the Big Reel spin that offers big prizes, multipliers, and jackpots. The jackpots are called Mini, Minor, Major, and Grand, and they are worth 20x, 50x, 250x, and 1,000x your bet, respectively.

Finally, you can land 3 or more Drum Scatters to trigger the Free Spins feature with 10 free spins. The other aforementioned features are all available during free spins, and you can also enjoy the so-called Super Reel that comes with longer stacks of all symbols. Retriggers are possible, too.

Review Summary

To sum things up, Native Spirit is a fine addition to the Hold and Win niche, and it certainly stands out due to its audiovisual presentation. There aren’t many slots with visuals this striking, so you should check it out for that alone, especially if you’re also a fan of Hold and Win features of all kinds!

Pros

• Striking presentation
• Free spins with stacked symbols
• Hold and Win with 4 fixed jackpots

Cons

• No gameplay innovations
• 1,578x jackpot not too impressive

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