Diamond Tornado

Diamond Tornado Slot Review

Four electric-blue laser beams streak towards a candy-red reel cabinet half-buried in raw blue crystals, deep-space purple behind it. Diamond Tornado spends more of its effort on that frame than on anything behind the reels, and that’s a deliberate choice: this Swintt release runs a vintage seven-and-fruit paytable that most studios would ship bare.

Whether the dressing is enough to carry it is the fair question, because the bones are old ones. The game runs on a 5×4 grid with 432 ways at 96.16% RTP. Studio stablemates like Champions Of The Spin, High Noon Duel and Odyssey Hold and Win cover similar ground, but none of them go this hard on the shine.

Base Game & Features

The symbol ladder is pure vintage arcade: a lucky seven up top, then horseshoes and crowns, gold bars and coins, then grapes, watermelons and plums, with cherries and oranges at the bottom. Winning combinations pay from the leftmost reel, on adjacent reels only, and the highest combination per way is the one that counts.

Each symbol group is shared, too: the horseshoe and the crown pay identically, as do the gold bars and coins, the three mid-tier fruits and the two bottom fruits. That grouping is what keeps a five-row ladder down to five pay rows, and it means the reel symbols you actually see pay as one family rather than as ten separate characters.

The pays, as multiples of stake, run:

• 7 – 40x for two, 100x for three, 300x for four, 1,000x for five
• Horseshoe/Crown – 20x for two, 75x for three, 200x for four, 500x for five
• Gold Bars/Coins – 10x for two, 50x for three, 100x for four, 200x for five
• Grapes/Watermelon/Plum – 20x for three, 75x for four, 100x for five
• Cherries/Orange – 10x for three, 50x for four, 75x for five

At the game’s standard stake, those same combinations pay out as:

• 7 – 80 for two, 200 for three, 600 for four, 2,000 for five
• Horseshoe/Crown – 40 for two, 150 for three, 400 for four, 1,000 for five
• Gold Bars/Coins – 20 for two, 100 for three, 200 for four, 400 for five
• Grapes/Watermelon/Plum – 40 for three, 150 for four, 200 for five
• Cherries/Orange – 20 for three, 100 for four, 150 for five

It’s a steep ladder either way you read it. The top symbol pays forty times the stake for a two-reel hit, which is generous by any standard, and the gap between the seven and the fruit is wide enough that a five-of-a-kind seven is the event the whole grid spins towards.

Notice the shape of the two lowest groups: they don’t pay at all for two-of-a-kind, while the three premium groups do. On a 432-way grid that’s a meaningful split, because the low symbols need three adjacent reels before they contribute anything, and the sevens, crowns and gold need only two.

The wild stands in for every regular symbol on that ladder, and for nothing else: it can’t replace the Diamond-Collect, Diamond-Multiplier, Diamond or Bonus symbols. So the wild is a ladder bridge, not a feature key. Diamond symbols carry their own cash values, and 1x and 2x multiplier markers sit at the top of the reels, waiting to be brought into play.

The values that diamonds carry when they land are the working currency of the whole game:

• Diamond values – 100, 200, 600, 800, 1,000 and 2,000

That range is wide. A 2,000 diamond is worth twenty times a 100 diamond, so a single high-value landing can outpay an entire run of base game wins, and it’s the reason the collect mechanics below matter as much as they do.

Beyond the reels, three things sit in the interface during base play:

• BONUS-METER – a meter that fills as symbols land, and whose fill carries through to the feature
• BOOST – a button that raises the stakes of a spin rather than changing the reels
• BUY FEATURE GAMES – a direct route into the feature games, covered below

Diamond Tornado Feature Games & Bonuses

The feature games are the main event, and the door in is simple. Three Bonus symbols anywhere on the grid award twelve feature games. The count is fixed: a fourth or fifth scatter adds nothing, so there’s no escalation to chase.

Inside the feature, the diamond economy takes over. Diamond symbols land carrying cash values, the Diamond-Collect and Diamond-Multiplier symbols interact with them, and the multiplier markers at the top of the reels apply their boosts to whatever the round gathers.

Step by step, the round works like this:

1. Land three Bonus symbols in the base game to start the twelve feature games
2. Diamond symbols collect on the grid, each carrying its own cash value
3. Multiplier markers at the top of the reels boost the values they touch
4. Diamond-Collect symbols sweep the accumulated values in
5. Diamond-Multiplier symbols raise what’s on the table before the sweep

The order of the last two steps is the whole game inside the game. A Diamond-Multiplier that arrives before the collect inflates everything sitting on the grid; one that arrives after the sweep has nothing left to work on. Timing a collect for when the grid is full is what the round turns on.

The bonus meter’s fill carries across as the round’s working material, and the collect timing is where the tension sits. The difference between a 1x and a 2x marker compounds quickly when several diamonds are stacked on the grid.

Buy Feature Games

The BUY FEATURE GAMES button on the left side of the play screen skips the scatter wait entirely and puts you straight into the twelve feature games. The purchase price scales with your chosen stake. For a slot whose base game is doing steady ladder-climbing work rather than throwing bonuses at you, it’s a shortcut worth knowing exists.

The ceiling on offer is the 1,000x that five sevens pay, with anything beyond that coming from what the diamond economy can assemble in the feature games. That’s the shape of the prize: a fixed ladder top in the base game, and open-ended collection in the bonus.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.1/10

Playing Diamond Tornado feels like sitting at a machine that wants to be looked at. Every spin is patient ladder work while the crystals glitter at the edges, and the one reason to pick it over plainer fruit slots is that it makes familiar material feel like an occasion rather than a compromise.

Its strength is the paytable’s top end. Forty times the stake for two sevens is rare generosity in a base game, and it means the regular spins can pay properly without waiting on the bonus. The weakness is the reverse of the strength: everything below the premium symbols is thin, so most spins are the fruit tier grinding away, and the feature games have to rescue the session.

It’s a comfortable fit for anyone who loves the old seven-and-fruit format but wants it dressed for a night out, and the wrong one for anyone chasing genuinely new mechanics. For the right player, the shine on those blue crystals isn’t covering for the game underneath; it’s the point of sitting down at it.

Diamond Tornado FAQs

• What is the RTP of Diamond Tornado?

  96.16%.
• How many paylines does Diamond Tornado have?

  432 ways, paying from the leftmost reel across adjacent reels.
• What is the grid size of Diamond Tornado?

  5×4.
• How do you trigger the feature games in Diamond Tornado?

  Three Bonus symbols on the grid start the round, and it’s always a dozen games. Extra scatters beyond the third add nothing.
• What can’t the wild replace in Diamond Tornado?

  The wild covers the regular symbols only. It can’t stand in for the Diamond-Collect, Diamond-Multiplier, Diamond or Bonus symbols.
• Can you buy the bonus on Diamond Tornado?

  Yes. A ‘BUY FEATURE GAMES’ button on the left side of the play screen takes you straight into the twelve feature games, priced according to your stake.
• What is the most a base game combination pays in Diamond Tornado?

  Five sevens pay 1,000x your stake, the top rung of the paytable. Larger results come from the feature games, where diamond values and multipliers collect.
• What do the multiplier markers do in Diamond Tornado?

  1x and 2x markers sit at the top of the reels and boost the diamond values they touch. A Diamond-Multiplier symbol landing before a Diamond-Collect raises everything on the grid before it’s swept in.
• When is Diamond Tornado released?

  Diamond Tornado’s release date is 24 September 2026.
• Who makes Diamond Tornado?

  Swintt.