Beast Gains: Slot Overview

Although “beast gains” sounds like a phrase you’d hear in a gym, in slot terms it’s far more likely to make players think of two Relax Gaming titles, Beast Mode (2022) and Net Gains (2022), both made with Casinogrounds. And Beast Gains doesn’t just borrow the naming vibe either—it carries over a similar feel and feature-rich approach, which is promising considering how much personality those games had. Here, Relax Gaming delivers another large-scale production: three selectable bonus rounds, a Feature Trail packed with potential, and a cast of seriously overbuilt beasts.

Theme-wise, you’re dropped into the jungle—more precisely, a river journey where the scenery scrolls sideways during the base game, then arrives at different locations for the various bonus rounds. It has that polished, “all hands on deck” Relax Gaming presentation, with strong visuals that make it feel like part slot, part Banana Kong. Better still, the gameplay keeps up with the spectacle—and can even outshine it when Beast Gains starts paying.

The action plays out on a 6×4 action area, delivering 4,096 ways to win plus a Feature Trail running across the top. A cascade mechanic clears winning symbols, then drops new ones into place to fill the spaces—continuing as long as fresh wins appear. With high volatility, Beast Gains runs at an RTP of 96.1%, and stakes range from $/€0.10 to $/€40 per spin. Players can also switch on the Enhanced Bet to boost the likelihood of triggering free spins, costing 10x per spin.

Low-value symbols are Ten through Ace, while the premium set includes shark, rhinoceros, crocodile, and lion masks, topped by a lion as the highest payer. Royals return up to 0.6x-1.2x, and the premium symbols pay 2x-25x for 6 OAK. Wilds may appear on reels 2-6 and substitute for all standard paying symbols.

Beast Gains: Slot Features

Brace yourself—there’s plenty going on, including the Feature Trail, three different bonus rounds, and a feature buy option.

Feature Trail and Features

The Feature Trail can activate bonuses during both the base game and free spins. Only the feature that reaches the far-left position on the trail will trigger. Certain options are exclusive to free spins. Features include:

• Bomb – Drops one Mystery Bomb onto the reels, which reveals a symbol. After wins, the winning symbols and all other symbols not a Mystery symbol are removed.
• Coin – Adds one Coin to a random spot during Coin Collection Free Spins only.
• Coin Rain – In Coin Collection Free Spins only, this adds 4-10 Coins onto the reels.
• Collector – Spawns a Collector on the reels in Coin Collection Free Spins.
• Explosive Chest – Drops an Explosive Chest onto the reels.
• Extra Spins – Awards 1 or 2 extra free spins in the bonus round.
• Level Up – In Coin Collection Free Spins, this raises the Coin level and grants +1 free spin.
• Multiplier Boost – In Multiplier Ladder Free Spins, this moves the ladder 2 positions to the right.
• Mystery Symbol – Places 3-6 Mystery symbols on the grid, all revealing the same symbol.
• Persistent Collector – Adds one Persistent Collector in Coin Collection Free Spins.
• Rainbow – Places a Mystery Rainbow on the reels, revealing a symbol, then transforming itself and all matching symbols into Mystery symbols.
• Additional Wild – Adds 1-5 wilds to the reels.

Free Spins

Free spins are triggered by landing 3, 4, or 5 scatters, awarding 6 standard level, 8 enhanced level 1, or 10 enhanced level 2 free spins, respectively. Next, players pick between Mystery Symbols, Multiplier Ladder, or Coin Collection modes. A gamble option is offered (unless free spins were triggered by 5 scatters) to attempt to upgrade the selected mode, up to a maximum of two times, based on how many scatters landed at the start. Failing the gamble forfeits all free spins. The Lucky Boost can randomly trigger in any free spins round, increasing the chance of landing a big win.

Mystery Symbols Free Spins

Depending on the level, this mode can begin with a set number of Mystery symbols already on the reels. These Mystery symbols are persistent, falling to the lowest available position during cascades, and additional ones can land—up to 4 per reel. Mystery symbols cannot appear on the leftmost reel. Also, Feature Trail effects are persistent between spins in this mode and in the other two bonus rounds as well.

Multiplier Ladder Free Spins

In this mode, each free spins level begins with a different initial multiplier value, with higher levels starting stronger. The multiplier then increases by +1 step along the multiplier ladder after every spin or cascade, spanning from x1 to x1,000. Mystery symbols are not available in this mode or in Coin Collection Free Spins.

Coin Collection Free Spins

Coin and Coin Collector symbols can land on any reel, although a Collector won’t appear if one has already shown up on the spin or cascade, or if a Persistent Collector is already present. When a Collector lands, it has a chance to turn into a Persistent Collector. If a Collector, Persistent Collector, or Explosive Chest is visible, all Coins are destroyed and collected, with their values added into the Coin stash. If no Collector is on-screen but 4 or more Coins land, they’re still collected into the meter. If a Collector or Persistent Collector then lands later in the same spin, the stored Coin values are paid out. The Collector resets each spin. Landing a Collector pays all stored Coin values, and a landed Persistent Collector does the same, while also collecting Coins automatically in future spins and awarding +2 free spins. Collectors cannot land while the Persistent Collector is active.

Buy Feature

Paying 85x the stake lets players trigger free spins immediately, then select the mode they want.

Beast Gains: Slot Verdict

Since Money Train 4 made waves across the gambling world, Relax Gaming has taken a somewhat uneven path, putting out releases that range from the standout quality of Iron Bank 2 to less impressive efforts like Masked Treasure. Thankfully, Beast Gains lands on the stronger side of that spectrum: it looks great and, more importantly, plays even better. It isn’t exactly a pure “greatest hits” package, but it does combine bonus-round ideas from Beast Mode and Net Gains, selecting what works best and reshaping it into a fresh hybrid that fits the Beast Gains identity.

Even so, while the three bonus rounds clearly have familiar DNA, Beast Gains introduces a new Feature Trail, and it can unlock a surprisingly long list of effects depending on which stage you’re in. Regardless of the mode, the trail adds an extra layer of strategy and acts as the connective tissue that ties the whole experience together—sometimes heavily influencing how free spins develop (or don’t). Picking the “best” bonus is really down to preference. There’s a special tension to reels packed with sticky Mystery symbols, where every spin feels loaded with possibility. Meanwhile, hitting an x1,000 multiplier in Multiplier Ladder mode could be the key to reaching the 25,000x win cap, and Coin collection—well, Coins are always a crowd-pleaser.

That said, Beast Gains may still draw criticism from players who feel the recycled nature of the bonus rounds doesn’t push creativity far enough. Even so, it brings enough new touches to stand on its own, resulting in a polished, entertaining slot with lots of moving parts to explore and plenty of choice for players.