Steinfest Slot

The beer halls and festivals of Germany are so widely known that thousands of tourists frequent them every year. Steinfest is a five reel video slot which takes a look at how festivals began by packing in stunning graphics over 9 paylines. Gameplay includes wilds, scatters and the chance to choose the victor in a drinking game inspired bonus game. ...

In fact I can only think of one other by Microgaming and the stacked wilds only appear during free spins. With Steinfest they appear on both the main game and during free spins.

This slot also has another little added extra which a lot of 9 line slots do not have and that's a bonus game! But don't worry it also has the classic free spins feature too. The bonus game consists of lots of men getting drunk with some very sexy ladies as barmaids. Its kind of a battle of the men - who can drink the most! Not too much similiar to real life I suppose...we all know what men are like. The ladies serve the men a drink, the more they drink without passing out the more you win! There is also a random feature which sometimes comes in at the end of the bonus game where you get one extra man to drink some beers, again the more he drinks the more money you get!

The bonus game comes in all the time! I've literally had it on one spin then again on the very next spin. When playing at the minimum bet of 0.09p you don't generally win huge amounts from the bonus game ... Nothing in excess of about £5...but obviously the more you bet the more you can win, and this slot can be a great little earner at 0.45p per spin.

It gets better even for 9 paylines, Microgaming has put in stacked wilds.....making winnings easier! It's like triggering Centre Court's free spins without the Free spins and multipliers, the stacks are ready to take advantage of.

On betting $0.54 a spin / 6 coins, it's easy to receive winnings that ranged for $1 - $3.54. 3 and 4 chicken combinations with wilds on a spin were cool under the 2nd and 8th paylines! My highest for Steinfest was for $7.86 in base game! It appears this is considered a "Big Win". My most favourite are the two great features! One is 10 Free spins at 2x! At first this was going to be just the normal boring free spins but then it seemed to surprise me! The Free spins inside had the already stacked wilds in the base game doubled in here! But I think what Microgaming meant were like running wilds. 6 wilds total on a stack made it very easy to collect pays! I had $9.65 from my 10 Free spins at 2x! I wanted more but it didn't retrigger for me!

The 2nd bonus is a chugging beer bonus. I would have to choose from 3 patrons that will drink the most beer. The longer they drink the more I get paid for my choices! On average, at least $4 can be expected here for a $0.54 triggering bet!

Perhaps this Steinfest game could give me a better look at the annual event? Hmm, yes and no. The food looks good, the drinks look good, the ladies are drooling good, but what the heck, nothing can match being there to enjoy it all. For now, I'm trying to enjoy myself with this game, and that's all that I can do anyway.

The atmosphere can only be imagined, but the music does sound familiar, and the graphics are acceptably good too. 'Steinfest' is the Wild symbol, is stacked on all reels in the base game and double-stacked in the Free Spins game. It substitutes for other symbols except the Scatter and the Bonus symbols, but sadly, it doesn't pay anything for itself, nor double any wins with it. The Scatter symbol pays a low 50x the total bet for 5 of them, and getting 3 or more of them triggers 10 free spins with all wins doubled, with more free spins retriggerable. Only 10 free spins with a 2x multiplier? Damn, that's way too little! Should be at least 20 free spins. The Beer Chug is the Bonus symbol, also paying 50x the total bet for 5 of them, and getting 3, 4 or 5 of these Beer Chugs trigger the Beer Chug Bonus game. Pick 3, 4 or 5 out of the 12 patrons to win instant cash prizes. How big a prize that can be won is not indicated, but I got only 12x my bet amount. Not satisfying at all. The symbols in the game pay from 2000x (Waitresses) to 60x the line bet for 5 of each kind. A low paytable.

Unfortunately I don't think the wins on your normal spins are that great! The stacked wilds come in a considerable amount but in order to get those big wins at a minimum bet spin you really do need to see the stacked wilds a lot.

I really had to land stacks in order to hit improved winnings other wise I will not be getting good payouts! Stacks are helpful BUT they also prevent necessary triggers for the bonus to hit....if they swarm the reels than what room do the bonus symbols have? Retriggering the Free spins may has a lower chance, the same for the bonus!

For a 9-paylines game, the values of the symbols are too low to provide good wins, depending entirely on the Stacked Wilds to provide as many winning paylines as possible. The payouts that I've gotten with these Stacked Wilds vary by quite a lot, from a low 8x up to a decent 89x my bet amount, but nothing to break the 100x win mark so far. Steinfest is quite enjoyable to play, play time can be extended quite oftenly, but nice big wins may prove to be very difficult to get.

Unfortunately I don't think the wins on your normal spins are that great! The stacked wilds come in a considerable amount but in order to get those big wins at a minimum bet spin you really do need to see the stacked wilds a lot.

I really had to land stacks in order to hit improved winnings other wise I will not be getting good payouts! Stacks are helpful BUT they also prevent necessary triggers for the bonus to hit....if they swarm the reels than what room do the bonus symbols have? Retriggering the Free spins may has a lower chance, the same for the bonus!

For a 9-paylines game, the values of the symbols are too low to provide good wins, depending entirely on the Stacked Wilds to provide as many winning paylines as possible. The payouts that I've gotten with these Stacked Wilds vary by quite a lot, from a low 8x up to a decent 89x my bet amount, but nothing to break the 100x win mark so far. Steinfest is quite enjoyable to play, play time can be extended quite oftenly, but nice big wins may prove to be very difficult to get.