ABOUT MARTIAN MINER
No one can keep up with how the ever-so-famous Yggdrasil makes unusual games such as this straight out of the oven Martian Miner slot. El Dorado Infinity Reels by ReelPlay has the same mechanic but it still doesn’t come close. This slot has a 96.06% RTP and that’s great for an infinity reel slot.
Its volatility is medium to high. Even though the name states infinite reels the number of its reels starts from 3 and goes up to 76. If you dig deep enough in Mars’ crust, you have the chance to get a maximum win of x5,536 of your wager. Martian Miner’s coin size ranges from £0.20 to £25.
THEMES, SYMBOLS, AND PAYTABLE
If it’s a Martian Miner slot then it most certainly comes with a Mars theme. You find yourself in outer space, digging your way through the Red Planet’s crust to find some goodies. In the background, you can set your eyes upon Mars’ desert, and up in front, there’s a drill for the excavation of treasures.
Martian Miner’s paytable consists of symbols such as the typical low-value cards that are from 10 to A. Higher-value symbols are metals such as Iron, Bronze, Gold, Platinum, and valuable stones such as Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, and lastly Marsonite. If you’re playing on the maximum bets you can receive a total sum of £138,400.
RTP, VARIANCE, AND PAYOUTS
As previously mentioned, Martian Miner RTP is at 96.06% which is a tiny amount above average. But its hit rate is really fair at 22.34% considering its Infinity Reels mechanic. A medium to high volatility suffices this game so all types of players can shoot their shot at this slot.
Martian Miner’s payouts are just as you would imagine with the low-paying symbols being cards and high-paying symbols metals and valuable gems. A base bet multiplier from your total bet, divided by five is implemented when calculating how much the slot will payout. For 10, the Jack and Queen symbol is x2 and for the highest one, Marsonite is x60. On your maximum bet, the Marsonite pays out a total of £360.
GAMEPLAY AND FEATURES
Martian Miner has a truly unique concept when it comes to gameplay with its Infinity Reels mechanic. This slot’s drill is the main thing and it digs through Mars’ crust to snatch some great prizes. There are 5 additional features that are described below, so keep on reading.
MARTIAN MINER PAYOUTS
To win some good prizes in the Martian Miner slot you ought to match a minimum of 5 symbols. The way that they’re matched is from top to bottom. When you include the above-mentioned symbols, there are others such as a spaceman wild, treasure chest, fossil, and an ankh.
MARTIAN MINER – INFINITY REELS FEATURE
As the name suggests, this feature increases the number of reels from 4 up to a capped 76. This feature triggers if the bottom reel strengthens any given combination of symbols.
MARTIAN MINER – FREE SPINS FEATURE
You can activate this feature by attaining 10 or more wins on the Infinity Reels feature. There’s a pod to collect Free Spin Fuel and the more fuel, the more free spins you’ll get. For every round, you win the higher-paying symbols to replace the lower-paying ones.
The Marsonite switches all symbols except for royals, the treasure chest gives you cash prizes, a Fossil hands out some more free spins, and the Ankh enhances the free spin multiplier.
MARTIAN MINER – TELEPORT RIDER MULTIPLIER FEATURE
This feature triggers at random and teleports you to a different location on Mars. When it does activate, it sends you to a random number of reels. You have to finalize the spin and have a chance to be teleported once again to a place with higher-paying symbols.
MARTIAN MINER – ADDITIONAL WILDS FEATURE
While you get 5 successive wins on the Infinity Reels feature you’ll receive some additional wilds, simple as that.
MARTIAN MINER – BUY FEATURE
Three different quantities of buy-ins are implemented to buy your way through the Free Spins feature. 50x, 75x, and 100x your total bet awards will get you 12, 16, and 20 free spins.
OUR VERDICT
All in all, Martian Miner has a unique concept about the gameplay and its features that really set things in motion. El Dorado Infinity Reels by ReelPlay comes close but not close enough. Of course, you’ll come for the Infinity Reels feature but you will stay put when you grab the Teleport Rider Multiplier one. So what are you waiting for? Catch some of the infinite amounts of prizes with this Infinity Reels slot.
