Viking Voyage Slot Review
Two longships crowd in from either side, striped sails full, spears and painted shields ranked along the rails, all of it held in a carved wooden frame of Celtic knotwork. The water is choppy and the sky is in a mood, and Betsoft has built a game that takes its time to pay you back for the view: Viking Voyage gives its wild two separate jobs and runs the whole payout maths through them. It plays on a 5×3 grid paying 243 ways, at 96.12% RTP and high volatility.
Most 243-ways slots give you one road to a win. This one quietly builds a second, and it’s the reason to be here rather than at Stacked or Take The Kingdom. So does the second road earn the voyage?
Ways, Wilds and Odin’s Raven
Wins pay left to right, and the number of ways is the product of matching symbols on contiguous reels starting from the left. There are no fixed paylines to trace; a full line of one symbol across all five reels is worth 243 ways. The longest combination is the one that pays, and only the highest win per way counts.
The wild is the Viking Warrior King, and he sits only on reels two, three and four. He substitutes for everything except the Free Spins symbol and the Bonus Buy Coin. His second job is the unusual one: he counts towards scatter wins alongside the Raven, even when no Raven is anywhere on the reels.
Only one wild per reel substitutes into a scatter win, though if several land, each can take part in its own scatter combination. A reel carrying multiple wilds can therefore pay out several scatter wins at once, one for each wild sitting on it.
The Raven scatter pays as multiples of the total bet, and the wild joins it on the same rows:
- Five Ravens or wilds: 40x the total bet
- Four Ravens or wilds: 4x the total bet
- Three Ravens or wilds: 0.4x the total bet
Between the scatter route and the standard ways, the base game has two independent paths to a payout. That’s rare on a 243-ways layout, and it’s the most interesting thing about how Viking Voyage is built. Everything else branches off it.
One thing the game never settles is a ceiling: there’s no maximum win figure for this one. What you can bank is the shape of the maths, with the scatter route, the ways and the wild all paying into the same balance at high volatility.
Full Reel Warrior King Re-Spin
Stack three Warrior Kings on a single reel and, once all wins are paid, they fuse into one large full-reel symbol and lock in place for a free re-spin. Stacked wilds can land again during that re-spin and the process repeats. If two or more wild reels appear in one spin, only one re-spin is awarded.
If free spins trigger at the same time as a re-spin, the re-spin plays out first, and the free spins only begin once it’s finished and all its wins are paid. The order is fixed, so there’s no losing a bonus to a stack landing at the wrong moment.
Long Boat Free Spins
The Viking Long Boat appears only on reels one and five. Land it on both in the same spin and you sail away with 10 free spins. That’s the only door into the round, so the outer reels carry all the tension.
During free spins every win is multiplied by three, and retriggering is available. The Bonus Buy Coin doesn’t appear in the round, and the buy feature is switched off while it runs.
The round keeps the reels, the wilds and the ways exactly as they are in the base game. What changes is the multiplier and nothing else, which makes the boats themselves the whole event. The full-reel re-spin carries over too, so a stacked Warrior King mid-round still fuses, locks and re-spins.
Bonus Buy Coins
The buy feature has a set price at any given stake, and Viking Voyage chips away at that price as you play. Bonus Buy Coins land randomly on reels one and five, fly off the reels before wins are calculated, and each one knocks a random amount off the buy cost. Stack up enough and the cost reaches zero, awarding a free spin on the house.
- Bonus Buy Coins appear randomly on reels one and five only
- Each coin trims a random slice off the buy feature’s price, between 0.2x and 2x the bet
- Enough coins to bring the cost to zero award a free spin
- When the final coin needed appears, all coins clear from the reels and surplus coins are void
- Coins don’t appear in free spins, and the buy is unavailable there
The discount stays tied to the bet configuration where it was earned. Change your stake and the discount sits waiting; change back to the stake where the coin landed and it reapplies. It’s a patient system rather than an instant one, and it rewards staying put.
Double Up Gamble
After any standard win, the Double Up button opens a coin flip on your winnings. You can gamble the lot or half of it, and keep flipping for as long as the coin agrees with you.
- Choose Gamble All or Gamble 50% after a standard win
- Call heads or tails; a correct call doubles the gambled amount
- Repeat as many times as you like, or press Collect to bank and return
The gamble is switched off after a free spins round, so the three-times multiplier’s winnings can’t be flipped. Everywhere else it’s on offer, and it’s the old-school sort of gamble: fair coin, no frills.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.7/10
Viking Voyage is mostly a waiting game on the flanks. The Long Boat only ever lands on reels one and five, and until both turn up together, your action is the wild work in the middle. If that sounds thin, it’s because the bonus round isn’t the point. The Warrior King is.
The wild doubling as a scatter is a genuinely clever build, and it means the base game is doing something on almost every spin rather than just clearing the decks for a bonus. When three of him stack up, the fused full-reel re-spin is the best moment in the game. The free spins round, by contrast, leans entirely on a flat three-times multiplier. It’s the one place where the game settles for ordinary.
It won’t suit anyone chasing layered bonus rounds or a quick trigger, and the high volatility means the boats can stay out at sea a long while. For players who enjoy a distinctive wild, a patient coin hunt and a slow sail, though, this is a voyage worth casting off on.
Viking Voyage FAQs
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How do you trigger free spins in Viking Voyage?
Land the Viking Long Boat on both reel one and reel five in the same spin. The Long Boat appears only on those two reels, and the combination awards 10 free spins. -
What do you get in Viking Voyage free spins?
10 free spins with every win multiplied by three. Retriggering is available. -
What does the Warrior King wild do?
It substitutes for all symbols except the Free Spins symbol and the Bonus Buy Coin, and it appears only on reels two, three and four. It’s also a scatter in its own right, joining the Raven for scatter wins even when no Raven is showing. Stacking three on one reel fuses them into a full-reel symbol and awards a free re-spin. -
What is the RTP of Viking Voyage?
96.12%. -
Is Viking Voyage high volatility?
Yes, it’s a high volatility game, so wins tend to be larger but less frequent. -
How many paylines does Viking Voyage have?
It pays 243 ways rather than fixed lines. Winning ways are the product of matching symbols on contiguous reels starting from the leftmost reel. -
Can you buy the bonus on Viking Voyage?
Yes. Bonus Buy Coins land on reels one and five and each trims a random slice off the buy feature’s price. Enough coins bring the cost to zero and award a free spin. -
Can you retrigger free spins in Viking Voyage?
Yes. Free spins can retrigger whenever the Long Boat lands on reels one and five together again. The three-times multiplier applies throughout the round. -
Who makes Viking Voyage?
Betsoft. Viking Voyage’s release date is 22 April 2019.
