Fortuna De Los Muertos

Fortuna De Los Muertos Slot Review

A Mexican village street after dark, adobe walls lit red on one side and blue on the other, a thin crescent moon drifting over the rooftops. That’s the whole stage for Fortuna De Los Muertos, and the honest claim about this game is that it doesn’t need more: it’s one of the few Day of the Dead slots that works better without a bonus round than most do with one, because Spinomenal kept the artwork moody and painterly rather than loud.

There’s no free spins round, no pick’em, no wheel. The base game, a 5×4 grid with 10 paylines, is the entire game, carried by wilds and a scatter that pays anywhere, and running at a modest 95.6% RTP. It later picked up sequels in Fortuna De Los Muertos 2 and Fortuna De Los Muertos 3, both of which added the bonus rounds this one goes without. The candles here are the simpler kind.

Reels, Wilds and Scatter Pays

All symbols pay left to right from the leftmost reel, and only the highest win on each line is paid. Wins are multiplied by the bet per line, so the stake you set is spread across whichever lines are active. You choose how many lines are in play, from 10 up to 100, though the default setup plays 10.

That line choice is the game’s one real lever. The effect is straightforward: more lines mean each line carries a smaller slice of the same total stake, and more of the 5×4 grid’s possible connections are live. Dropping to the minimum concentrates the bet per line on ten routes instead of spreading it across a hundred.

With four rows and five reels, the grid is roomier than the classic 5×3, which is partly why the line count can stretch as far as it does. A hundred lines across twenty symbol positions leaves very few gaps between routes, so near-misses are common at the top settings. At ten lines the opposite holds: clusters of symbols in the middle rows can sit entirely off the live routes.

The Paytable

Five tiers of symbols, with the two themed symbols well clear of the royals:

• Sombrero – 60 for three, 300 for four, 1,000 for five
• Skull – 50 for three, 200 for four, 600 for five
• Candle / A – 20 for three, 50 for four, 100 for five
• K / Q – 10 for three, 25 for four, 80 for five
• J / 10 – 5 for three, 15 for four, 50 for five

The ladder is steep at the top and shallow underneath. A five-of-a-kind Sombrero win pays twenty times what a five-of-a-kind J or 10 pays, while three of the low royals returns barely a fraction of the line bet. The royals make up half the sheet by count: A, K, Q, J and 10 account for five of the ten symbols listed.

The themed end of the sheet is where the money sits. The Sombrero needs only three of a kind to pay 60, six times what three Kings or Queens return, and the Skull isn’t far behind it. Between the two tiers, the Candle shares its row with the Ace, which tells you where the artwork ends and the filler begins: only three symbols on the sheet are drawn for the festival.

Five wilds match the Sombrero’s top prize, paying 1,000, so the wild sits tied as the joint-richest symbol on the sheet. The wild substitutes for all symbols except the scatter.

The Scatter

The scatter pays on any position, so it doesn’t need a line or a left-to-right run. Three, four or five of them anywhere on the 5×4 grid collects the following:

• Three scatters – 2
• Four scatters – 25
• Five scatters – 250

That’s the whole of it. There’s no round the scatter unlocks, no multiplier it activates, no collection meter it feeds. It’s a payer, not a trigger, which is an old-fashioned arrangement and one that puts every bit of the game’s interest on the regular line wins.

The gap between four and five is steep: a fifth scatter multiplies the four-scatter prize tenfold, from 25 up to 250. Landing two pays nothing at all, so the first scatter of a spin is only ever a question.

Controls, Autoplay and Turbo

Spins run off the spin button or the space bar. The bet is set through the buttons on the right of the reels and the line count through those on the left, so stake and coverage are adjusted separately. During a spin the help and settings buttons are disabled, and every win in a round is shown together in the win field.

Autoplay runs continuous spins at the selected bet and line count. Pressing it opens a configuration screen first, where you set how many spins to play automatically:

• Choose the number of automatic spins on the configuration screen
• Spins then run continuously at the bet and line count already set
• Autoplay stops at any point on the pause button

Turbo mode shortens each round to the shortest possible spin. On desktop it’s toggled by the rabbit button at the bottom left corner; on mobile it sits in the settings menu instead. It can also be switched on from the autoplay configuration screen, so a long session of fast spins can be set up in one place.

The top of the paytable, for what it’s worth, is that 1,000 for five Sombreros or five wilds. The sheet pays out per line at the bet per line, and only the highest combination on each line counts.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 6/10

Playing this is a quiet street and one steady rhythm: spin, count lines, watch the Sombrero. The reason somebody would choose it over the busier sequels is precisely that quiet – a ten-liner you can settle into with the line-count lever as the only decision to make. The wild matching the Sombrero’s top prize quietly matters too, because the sheet’s best payout arrives in two shapes instead of one.

Its strength is that nothing here is filler; every symbol, line and control does its job without ceremony. The weakness is that there’s nothing to build towards, and a 95.6% return that undercuts both follow-ups is a thin reward for the patience an empty feature list demands.

It suits players who want an atmospheric, unhurried spin and don’t miss bonus rounds, and it earns its place in the lineup for that alone. Anyone chasing free spins, retriggers or a chase of any kind will find the candles lit but the party down the street. For a slow night on a village lane, though, the lights are warm.

Fortuna De Los Muertos FAQs

• What is the RTP of Fortuna De Los Muertos?

  Fortuna De Los Muertos runs at an RTP of 95.6%.
• How many paylines does Fortuna De Los Muertos have?

  The default setup plays 10 paylines, though you can choose how many lines are active, anywhere from 10 up to 100.
• What is the grid size of Fortuna De Los Muertos?

  Fortuna De Los Muertos plays on a 5×4 grid with five reels and four rows.
• What does the wild symbol do in Fortuna De Los Muertos?

  The wild stands in for every symbol except the scatter. Five wilds also pay 1,000, tying it with the Sombrero as the joint-richest symbol in the game.
• Does the scatter trigger a bonus round?

  No. The scatter pays on any position, awarding 2 for three, 25 for four and 250 for five, but it unlocks no free spins or bonus feature. Fortuna De Los Muertos has no bonus round.
• Can I change the number of paylines?

  Yes. The amount of active lines ranges between 10 and 100, set through the line buttons on the left of the reels.
• How do wins pay out on each line?

  Winning runs have to start on the leftmost reel and read right, and a line pays only its single best combination. Payouts scale with the bet per line.
• Is there an autoplay option?

  Yes. Autoplay runs continuous spins at your selected bet and line count, with the number of spins set on a configuration screen. It can be stopped at any point on the pause button.