Barcrest Slots

Winfall is a five reel slot game from Barcrest that was unveiled back in 2018. Highlights include a wheel of fortune round, a cascading reels mechanic and the popular cluster pays engine.
Although seemingly simplistic at first glance, this particular effort from Barcrest isn’t quite as ‘bare bones’ as it appears. The action is played out over five reels which are populated with a variety of gemstones.

To win some money, you’ll need to land clusters of at least three of these on horizontal and vertical pay-lines. The most valuable symbols are the red and yellow gemstones which pay out 20x and 50x your stake respectively when five of them appear in clusters.

Because of the cascading reels feature, winning symbols are replaced with new ones which can help form new clusters. The process continues until clusters are no longer possible – each winning cluster helps you climb a bonus ladder installed next to the reels.

To reach the top of the ladder and access the bonus game, you’ll need six consecutive cascades. The wheel of fortune bonus game, Extra Wilds, features a segmented wheel which contains multipliers and cash prizes.

RTP: 96%, Minimum Stake: 0.10

Red Hot Wild is an old-school 3 x 3 slot game from Barcrest, that’s very, very closely based on the bricks-and-mortar fruit machines of yesteryear. Like many other games of this ilk, there really isn’t much to look at nor is there a great deal going on when it comes to bonus features. But as a time-passer for casual gamers, this particular Barcrest effort just about hits the spot.

To win, you’ll need to land symbols across one of five pay-lines – low-value symbols are represented by cherries, oranges, plums and pears, while blue stars, bells and bars serve as medium value symbols. 7’s are the most valuable, paying out 10x your stake.

Barcrest’s Big Bet option is also available allowing you to stake £20 or £30 a game in order to receive five linked spins. Wild symbols come into play as well and can shift down a position to help form winning combinations. For £30 stakes, the wilds become sticky, remaining fixed in position until your spins have finished. As a result of these features, the RTP raises to 96%.

RTP: 94%, 96% (Big Bet), Minimum Stake: 0.10

Legend of the Pharaohs is a five reel slot with 20 pay-lines, a free spins bonus round, wild reels and Barcrest’s popular big bet feature.

As with many Barcrest games, Legend of the Pharaohs isn’t very sophisticated in the visuals department. Sporting a cartoon theme, the reels are decorated with passable renderings of hieroglyphs, a scarab beetle and an ankh cross.

Every…single…spin is accompanied by an Egyptian Ney flute which is played at a pitch that would smash most glass objects. Alarmingly, the mute button is more than one click away.

In the base game, you’ll need to land at least three symbols from left to right. Standard wilds are also in play, substituting all other symbols to create winning combinations. The free spins round is activated by unveiling three or more pyramid scatters in any position.

In addition to 10 free spins, you’ll receive one, two and three bonus extras for landing three, four or five scatters respectively. There are three bonus extras: colossal symbols in which random symbols become 3 x 3 symbols, win eliminators in which all low value symbols are removed from the reels and wild reels in which an entire reel turns wild.

The Big Bet feature comprises four stake options: £20, £30, £40 and £50. All offer five linked spins with the latter tiers featuring more lucrative rewards as well as a bonus wheel made up of cash prizes.

RTP: 96.1%, Minimum Stake: 0.20

Lady of Avalon is a popular Barcrest slot game with five reels, 10 pay-lines and a free spins bonus round that includes expanding symbols.

If you’re looking for sophisticated reel animations and feature-laden bonus rounds, then you’re going to be a bit disappointed with Lady of Avalon. In keeping with most other Barcrest slots, the game is fairly simplistic, both in terms of design and game-play.

Low-value reel symbols are represented by the same kind of tired playing card icons included in far too many slot games. Given the vague-conceived fantasy theme, these are joined by an assortment of objects including spell-books, unicorns, wizards and a castle. Speaking of fantasies, if you land the wizard five times on a pay-line, you’ll win 500 times your stake.

Lady Avalon herself makes an appearance, serving as both the wild and scatter. She’ll pay out 250x your stake when she appears five times and can also activate the free spins round. When the latter occurs, you’ll receive 10 spins and a special symbol comes into play that can expand to cover the entire reel upon which it appeared.

The potential here for big wins is pretty pronounced. In theory, it’s possible to win 5000x your stake should you manage to decorate all reels with this symbol.

RTP: 96%, Minimum Stake: 0.10

Cash Stax is a five reel slot from Barcrest that’s been around since the very distant days of 2015. If you’re looking for a reel-spinner to pass the time between bingo bouts, then this may be the game for you.

Although pretty basic in terms of play, there’s just enough here to keep seasoned slot gamers entertained. In the base game, wins are possible by landing three, four or five symbols across a pay-line from left to right. The symbols are largely made up of retro icons such as bars, crosses and 7s. The latter symbols are the most valuable paying up to 50x your stake.

Wilds are also in play, substituting all others apart from the scatters to help create winning combos. Look out for O symbols as well – land enough and you’ll gain access to a free spins round which features re-triggerable spins and extra win multipliers. It’s possible here to win 25 spins depending on how many O symbols activated the round.

Bacrest’s Big Bet option has been included which goes some way in compensating for an appalling base RTP of 94.12%. Up your stake using said feature and you’ll get five linked spins, the slot’s RTP rises to 98.14% and the pay-lines increase from 10 to 30.

RTP: 94.12%, 98.14% (Big Bet)

Wild Times is a three reel slot from Barcrest that was launched way back in 2016. It’s a no-frills retro-themed game with just five pay-lines, albeit with the big bet option thrown in as well as multiplier wilds.

Wild Times is based on the classic bricks and mortar slot machines of old – hence there’s not really a great deal to look at. To win in the base game, you’ll need to land three symbols across a pay-line. Of these, the bell and stars are the most lucrative and can pay out 100x and 500x your stake respectively.

Also in play is a standard wild which substitutes all others to help form winning combinations – it also comes with multipliers. When it’s part of a winning combo, a wheel will appear to determine the size of the multiplier.

The Big Bet option is available for 10 – 25 credits and raises the RTP from 96% to a much healthier 98%. The pay-lines also increase to 27 and an all ways pays become active.

RTP: 96%, Minimum Stake: 0.10

7s on Fire is classic three reel slot from Barcrest that’s based heavily on the old-school fruit machines of old. It was released in the spring of 2020 and offers a max win potential of x1250.

Just like traditional land-based slot machines, 7s on Fire is devoid of the bonus features that grace most video slots these days and is clearly aimed as casual and/or nostalgic players. To win, you’ll need to land three of the same symbols across one of the game’s five pay-lines.

Stars, watermelons, bars and bells adorn the reels as well as a Double 7 wild which only replaces a standard Lucky 7 symbol. But it’s the most valuable in the base game paying out 250x your stake if it appears three times on a single spin.

The only feature available in 7s on Fire is the High Roller Spins option. This allows you to buy batches of spins at a minimum of 20 credits. The Double 7 wilds then replace all others. However, there’s a catch. During the High Roller Spins feature, all symbol values are halved including the Double 7 Wild.

RTP: 95.1%, Minimum Stake: 0.10

Rainbow Riches Leprechaun’s Gold is yet another entry in Barcrest’s conveyor belt franchise of slot games. Although borrowing heavily from pretty much all of the other Rainbow Riches titles, RRLG comprises seven reels and a raft of additional features such as the developer’s usual standout free spins round.

The reels are decorated with the usual Gaelic clichés including a harp and 4-leaf clover, with the seven reel game area set against rolling green hills. The game logo is the most valuable and pays out 20 times your stake when it lands seven times across a pay-line.

A leprechaun bonus symbol randomly appears during the base game. Land three and you’ll gain access to the Rainbow Ring Spinner game. Here, the leprechaun jumps into a wheel of fortune which triggers either one of the bonus features or the free spins round.

If you manage to unveil a question mark symbol during play, it will transform all others to help generate some decent returns. It can also turn into a wild, in which case the Wild Rover feature comes into play. For this bonus, random wilds are included on the reels and have the potential of producing further wins. The free spins round can reward up to 25 spins, during which the question mark and wilds stay in play.

Like many Barcrest Slots, RRLG includes a Big Bet option which provides access to the Super Rainbow Reels feature. You’ll then be able to activate up to three rainbow reels depending on how much you stake: £20, £30 or £50. The RTP also increases from 94% to 97.75%.

RTP: 94%, 96%, 97.75%, Minimum Stake: 0.10

Beetlejuice Megaways is a branded five reel slot from Barcrest featuring BGT’s ubiquitous engine. We say ‘branded’ because it’s based on the 80s black comedy classic starring Michael Keaton.
One the game loads up, the game screen comes into view and the unusual 5 x 6 game area comes into view. The reels are split into two sections, one of which is greyed out – these can include up to 12 symbols.

As with all Megaways titles, the base game features cascading reels (winning symbols are replaced with new ones). There are also four bonus features. First up is the Mighty Ways feature. Here, any symbols that help form a winning combination open up the top reel section, thus generating more pay-lines.

Then there’s the Mystery Symbols feature in which random ghost symbols transform in to the same symbols to sometimes reveal winning combos. A free spins round is also available and is triggered by landing three, four or five scatters.

Eight, twelve of sixteen free spins are then awarded as well as a single multiplier. It’s possible to win up to eight extra spins if scatters appear during the round. Finally, there’s a win multiplier that boosts multipliers by one for every winning combo.

RTP: 96%, Minimum Stake: 0.10

Action Bank is another five reel slot from Barcrest that’s been converted for online play. Even though the game was released more than five years ago, it remains very popular among players. As with a lot of Barcrest classics, Action Bank is easy to pick up and play, although beware the underwhelming RTP!

Action Bank’s brushed metal theme contrasts quite sharply with the cutesy-colourful aesthetics that adorn the Rainbow Riches titles. But it holds up well in terms of visuals with some decent animations decorating the reels.

There are only three standard symbols: a Bar, X and a 7. The 7 is the most lucrative and can pay out up to 500 times your stake. A joker icon serves as a standard wild and substitutes the others to help form winning combinations.

There’s also an ‘O’ symbol – if it appears as part of a losing spin, it can transform into a gold coin scatter – land five of these in any position and you’ll unlock the free spins round. You can then choose one of the five activating scatters to reveal between 5 and 30 spins. Once selected, you’ll get the chance to gamble your spins for the chance of winning more. During the actual free spins round, all symbols on reel one are doubled in value.

Revealing five scatters can also trigger the Big Bank Bonus – a pick and win game where you choose from 15 bank vault doors with the goal of matching up three multipliers. A potential prize worth 500x your stake is up for grabs.

RTP: 95.16%, Minimum Stake: 0.01