Hot as Hades Slot

When you hear Hades (paralleled with Pluto in the Roman and Anubis in the Egyptian Mythology), you immediately think of God of the death and the underworld. The words that come to your mind are treacherous, cruel, and merciless.

However, Hades was immortal, identified with total control over unlimited riches, and famous for possessing a helmet of darkness that empowered him to become invisible. But did you know that he was a rapist, kidnapper, cheater, and incestophile as well? No? Then you can google it.

Instead, this is one super unique, creatively executed first-class slot with one of the hilarious protagonists you can see on reels these days. This Low-Medium Volatility slot is equipped with a very high RTP of 96.75%, and the maximum winning prospect here is 100 000 coins.

You can test this entertaining slot for free here on our site without registration.

Personal testers’ opinion about Hot as Hades slot

• This is one amazing qua design, graphics, animations, and sound of the slot. The humorous character (some kind of rock star Hades with his 3-headed dog/pet Cerberus), goofing around with his macho quiff and cool sunglasses quickly after the game session starts, becomes your adored pinhead.
• We saw that the short cycle length and low-average volatility of the game help preserve the balance decently in most sessions. Yet, we can only leave neutral recommendations for playing with the bonus money, as the slot scored 5.87 (out of 10) on our wagering meter.

The maximum reward of 157x the total bet we received during our tests was by winning all the prizes of the Chrystal Helm quest. However, this was only once. Overall, we could not get to the Helm quest whenever we triggered the bonus game, so our average result from the multi-level bonus game was just 42x the total bet.

• Hot as Hades slot machine seems to be a rework of the Hellboy slot (2010, also from Microgaming). We cannot use the word reskin, as there are definitely some changes even in the math model, but the gameplay reminds us too much of one another. Some of the alternations we could recognize are: the slightly different RTP and volatility; the missing gamble feature; the fixed vs flexible/adjustable 20 pay lines; the 5 Free Spins instead of 10 in the older game Super mode; and maybe the most significant is the difference between the Scatters value – here the helm pays 100x the total bet for 5OAK, while the fist in the Hellboy pays the excellent 500x the total bet for 5OAK.

Review and recommendations by the testing team

• All the game functionalities are realized in the long-distance (300+ spins), so if you are lucky to receive some bonuses in the first 20 spins, that is always good. Still, in most sessions, you will need to make many spins before the slot shows its every action, and starts rendering bonus rounds more often. According to our statistics, the frequency of triggering any of the bonus functions is after every 151 spin (0.66%), which is only a theoretical number. After extensive tests, we could affirm that you cannot influence the regularity of initiating the Free Spins with this slot. Therefore, any manipulation (bet changing, sudden stopping, pausing, etc.) will not succeed.
• Hot as Hades slot machine is a reasonably popular machine and often will be in a ‘hot’ mood (with a prize pool full, ready to dispense large payouts). However, it is better to select some big and famous casinos to play, where more gamble enthusiasts contribute to the same game.
• Choosing the optimal stake is an essential part of configuring your playing strategy. For this slot, we reckon that the optimal bet size is between 10 and 20 CAD. It is not recommended to play at the maximum bet or often maneuver with the bet size.
• While playing the multi-level bonus round, we spotted that the best results were coming after we choose to open the rightmost door. As for the pearls and the clouds, you should only rely on your intuition. We couldn’t establish any pattern.
• Usually (if the slot is in a hot mood), and you stick to your optimal bet size, you should receive a second bonus within just 30-40 spins after the previous one. But if it doesn’t happen even after 50 spins, this means that the slot ‘went cold,’ so you should reduce the bet, or better yet, just stop for the day.

Hidden parameters and settings of the slot (data from the testing team)

• The frequency of triggering the bonus is statistically, every 151st spin (0,66%).
• The probability of a hit (any winning) is 33,32%.
• The distribution of the winnings is 70% in the usual spins and 30% in the bonus.
• The maximum payout during the tests was 157x.
• The average winning from the bonus was 42x.
• Volatility is 5,79 out of 20 (low to average).
• The cycle length is short to average.
• The rating of the slot machine for the wagering is 5,78 out of 10.
• RTP of 96,75% allows getting a positive mathematical expectation at the casino.

Bonus features

Hot as Hades comes with 2 exciting bonus features:

• Super Mode Free Spins
  5 (always) Free Spins are randomly triggered, with no re-triggers possible. During the Free Spins, 3 sticky Wilds are dropped on the reels initially, and more Wilds can drop and remain sticky till the end of the round. The Super Mode obviously can turn out very lucrative if the Wilds are forming combinations with high-value symbols. Also, if you are lucky, Super Mode and Quest Bonus could be triggered simultaneously, but then the Quest Bonus is played out first. Quest Bonus inside the Super Mode is not possible.
• Quest Bonus
  3+ Scatters (Crystal Helm) anywhere on the reels will initiate the round. It is a 4 levelled hunt for the Crystal Helm, in the form of a ‘pick and click’ action that allows you to collect many prizes. However, if you pick wrong, that could end your quest. The ultimate award is to go to Zeus’s chamber and collect all.

Settings

• Number of the reels – 5
• Number of pay-lines – 20 (always active)
• Cost of the same coin – from 0.01 to 0.10
• Number of coins per line – 1-25
• The range of the size of bets – from 0.20 to 50
• Maximum winning – 100 000 coins in the usual spins by filling all cells with the Hades symbol.
• Wild symbol – yes (the flaring logo of the slot doubles prizes).
• Scatter – yes (Crystal Skull).
• Free spins – yes (free spins with one, two or three wild reels are triggered at any time).
• Bonus game – yes (3-5 Scatters launch the bonus game at the choice of the objects).
• The expected payout percentage – 96.75%.

How to win at Hot as Hades slot machine? (Conclusion)

• As typical, we start this consulting section with the advice: To always test the slot machines in the DEMO version before depositing real money.
  Hot as Hades slot machine has (as we mentioned above) high RTP and involves low to medium risks, but with a bet balance of 100, you will not see all the game functionalities. Therefore, you will need a bankroll for at least 200 bets.
• We recommend medium bets for this ‘quest,’ between 10 and 20 CAD. Just don’t forget to establish the mood of the machine at the beginning of your session.
• Try to spot how generous Hades is right from the start – hot/cold behaviour. If the machine does not launch any of the bonus features in the first 50-60 spins, it would be smart to change it.
• When few bonuses are triggered within short intervals in between them, but then no more bonuses are rewarded for the next 50 spins, you should: 1) reduce the stake; 2) pause your session, or 3) leave for the day.
• We will leave neutral recommendations for the bonus hunters – they can try to complete the wagering requirements with Hot as Hades, but there are other, more suitable for this action slots.
• Be prepared to exit from the slot session:

1. If you have built up 60% above your beginning capital, or
2. If you have lost around 30% of your initial funds.