Hounds of Hell

There are plenty of slot games out there, but if you play demo games with grittier themes, there’s rarely something out there that is as immersive as Hounds of Hell. The game carries a thematic influence from Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, which paints the picture of Hell as a fiery pit.

The official description of the game states, “Prepare to face the most vicious of creatures: the Hounds of Hell!” The game doesn’t shy away from its dark theme, and we enjoyed this aspect.

We appreciated almost everything about the graphics and animations of Hounds of Hell. When the game begins, there’s an animation of an infernal flame bringing the player to the slot’s main screen. The two titular hellhounds sit on both sides of the screen and even howl whenever a bonus round with 10 free spins is triggered. This phase also introduces a newer, colder version of Hell.

The music also complements the game’s overall tone with a haunting symphony, making the playthrough more engaging by adding to its overall tension. While Hounds of Hell has all its multimedia elements in place, let’s see what it offers regarding RTP, volatility, and payouts.

Hounds of Hell has a base RTP (return to player) of 96.27%, slightly better than the average (96%). The game has different RTP variants, and the highest RTP players can get is 96.3%.

It’s a game with high volatility, and combined with a decent RTP, it’s sure to draw in more experienced online slot enthusiasts. We appreciate how the game can cater to new slot players since you can bet as low as €0.10 and as high as €100, depending on your risk appetite. Hounds of Hell also comes with the max. win potential of 20,000x, which makes it rather inviting.

Played across a 5×5 grid, Hounds of Hell differs much from other Hacksaw Gaming titles and standard online slots in the market generally. It doesn’t use fixed paylines or wild symbols to execute any pattern since it results in wins through a Scatter Pays system. This means that if a symbol is on the grid 6 times, there’s a win with 0.1 to 2 times the bet, and if a symbol is repeated 10 or more times, the payout goes 5 to 50 times higher than the bet.

We found the mechanics of the game itself to be quite linear. We found changing bets, creating auto-spin cycles, and toggling the sound and SFX of the game quickly through its convenient UI.

While Hounds of Hell leaves no stone unturned with its graphics and gameplay, we appreciated finding plenty of features within this already great online slot.

• Hellhounds – Adding and Multiplying Hellhound multipliers move on top of their respective reels and contribute to increases in bonuses. While Adding Hellhounds range from 1x to 50x, Multiplying Hellhounds range from 2x to 10x the win amount.
• Roaring Packs of Hell – Two adjacent Hellhound multipliers on the same row result in a roaring pack. While Adding Roaring Pack delivers multipliers from 5x to 100x, the Multiplying variant makes for 3x to 20x multipliers.
• Hounds are Loose – Triggered at random, this feature replaces all the low-paying symbols with high-paying symbols from the grid. It can activate several times within a spin, thus increasing the likelihood of dropping Hellhound symbols.
• What The Hell! Bonus – With three free spin symbols on the grid, the player gets awarded 10 FS. During this bonus round, multiplier symbols compound over time, and the “Hounds Are Loose” trigger is guaranteed following three spins with no wins.
• Who Let The Hounds Out?!? Bonus – This gets activated after four FS symbols on the grid, resulting in 10 free spins with added multipliers and additional spins by landing 2 or 3 FS symbols on the grid.