NetEnt’s Demon Beats: A Rock Band Trapped in a Demon Temple and a 1,024x Multiplier Ladder
A rundown of NetEnt’s new release Demon Beats. The core is a 5×4 Avalanche with 2×2 Colossal symbols, expanding wilds, a Battle feature and a multiplier ladder that climbs up to 1,024x. RTP 96.08%, max win 10,000x.
Key takeaways
- On October 15, NetEnt released Demon Beats, which pairs a rock band with a demon temple.
- When a 2×2 Colossal symbol is part of a win, it bursts along with all matching symbols.
- The multiplier ladder tops out at 32x in the base game and 1,024x in free spins.
- In Super Free Spins, the multiplier never resets.
“The tour was going pretty smoothly. That is, until we found out the next venue was a temple swarming with demons.” Demon Beats, released by NetEnt on October 15, opens with a line like a band member’s tour diary. Nobody told the demons about the show, and the demons are angry. The drummer seems possessed. The band smashes skulls with guitar riffs as it hunts for the exit.
The grid is 5 reels by 4 rows. It packs five features into one game: Avalanche, Colossal symbols, expanding wilds, a climbing multiplier and the Battle feature. Volatility is very high, and the max win is 10,000x the bet.
Colossal symbols level the grid as they burst
Every win leads to an Avalanche. On top of that, 2×2 Colossal symbols can drop anywhere on the grid. When a Colossal symbol is part of a win, it bursts along with all matching symbols on the grid. If the floor below is uneven, it crushes the symbols underneath until it’s flat.
Even on a spin with no win, Colossal symbols and matching symbols burst. Colossal wilds disappear together, while regular wilds stay along with the most common symbol on the grid. The structure means the grid gets cleaned up even on an empty spin.
A Colossal burst also moves the multiplier ladder up one step. Even without a win, a Colossal burst raises the multiplier, so this symbol cleans up the grid while setting up the next win.
Stacked wilds reveal a multiplier
A wild symbol expands across the whole reel the moment it lands. If that reel had a Colossal symbol, it becomes a Colossal wild. When another wild expands on top of an already expanded wild, the wild underneath reveals a multiplier between 2x and 10x.
The Battle feature rescues empty spins
The Battle feature can trigger anywhere: in the base game, free spins or Super Free Spins. The conditions are a Battle symbol sitting on the grid at the end of a spin with no win, and no Colossal symbols on the grid. Then Colossal symbols and wilds start dropping to cover the Battle symbol, and the feature ends when it is fully covered.
The fact that it only triggers on an empty spin defines this feature’s character. It turns a spin that was about to yield nothing into a showdown with a demon.
The multiplier ladder goes up to 1,024x
The multiplier climbs like a ladder. It moves up one step with each win or Colossal burst, and returns to 1x when a spin has no win, no Colossal and no Battle symbol. The ladder for each mode is shown below.
| Mode | Multiplier ladder | Reset |
|---|---|---|
| Base game | 1 → 2 → 4 → 8 → 16 → 32x | Empty spin means back to 1x |
| Free Spins | 1 → 4 → 16 → 64 → 256 → 1,024x | No win means back to 1x |
| Super free spins | 1 → 4 → 16 → 64 → 256 → 1,024x | No reset |
In the base game, a multiplier upgrade can be triggered at random after the first spin. When it’s triggered, the base game multiplier switches to the free spins ladder. It’s the only way to ride the 1,024x ladder in the base game.
The free spins ladder grows 4x with each step up. Five steps in a row turn 1x into 1,024x. In regular free spins, the multiplier drops back to 1x when wins stop, but Super Free Spins keeps a multiplier once it has climbed. That is why the two bonuses feel so different despite using the same ladder.
The road to Super Free Spins
In the base game, 3, 4, 5 or 6 bonus symbols open 8, 10, 12 or 14 free spins. If even one of them is a Super Bonus symbol, you go straight into Super Free Spins. During free spins, 3-6 bonus symbols add 3-6 more spins, and once you’ve moved up to Super Free Spins, the same combination adds 8-14.
The bonus buy feature, Elevate, has six options. They are two Bonus Hunt levels that raise the free spins chance 2x or 7x, a guaranteed upgrade multiplier, a guaranteed Battle symbol on the first spin, and instant entry to Free Spins or Super Free Spins. Elevate has a fixed max bet of €50.
According to our game page, the RTP is 96.08%, bets range from 0.2 to 50, and free spins open about once every 254 spins. NetEnt is a brand of Evolution Group, which opened a new US-only slot studio this year. You can find Demon Beats and other new releases at the Demon Beats free demo and NetEnt free slots.
Source: NetEnt official news