Conan Video Slot (NetEnt): Overview

Since its big reveal at the 2019 London iGaming conference, Conan Video Slot has ranked among the year’s most eagerly awaited releases. And it’s easy to see why. After strong performances from recent headline titles like Vikings and Narcos, and with Conan being a cult-favourite hero, interest has been high in what NetEnt has presented as a character-driven branded slot. If you don’t know the character, Conan is a fictional sword-and-sorcery hero created by writer Robert E. Howard in 1932, best known today through the 1982 fantasy adventure film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Howard’s world is brutal, with danger lurking everywhere. The Conan slot reflects that harsh, end-of-days atmosphere, and it does so convincingly. Taking place in the pseudo-historical “Hyborian Age” of Conan the Barbarian, the game uses a 6 reel setup—something you don’t often see from NetEnt outside its Cluster Reels line. With 3 rows, 24 paylines, and a Pay-Both-Ways system, Conan also includes linked reels, three base game features, plus an extra Thoth Amon feature that can be triggered via the base features. On top of that, there are three selectable free spin modes once the bonus is triggered, each tuned to a different volatility level. You can unleash the world’s most feared barbarian for 0.20 to €/$200 per spin acr0ss all devices.

On the visual side, Conan delivers without hesitation. The presentation is striking, with an exceptional level of detail that makes the long development time understandable. With thunderous skies over a snowy village serving as the backdrop, the reels sit within an ancient temple, surrounded by stone statues of Conan in different scenes. The low-value symbols are coin-style icons featuring snakes, lions, and falcons, while the mid-tier symbols include grappling hooks, swords, and helmets. The three high-value symbols show Conan’s ally Valeria, his enemy Thoth-Amon, and Conan himself as the top payer, awarding you 6 times your stake for five of a kind.

Beyond the standout artwork, experienced players will quickly spot the newer interface first seen in Arcane Reel Chaos. It’s cleaner and more contemporary, and the paytable has also been improved by showing symbol values based on the current bet size instead of potentially misleading coin values. This aligns with tighter regulatory demands and the growing push for clearer transparency from both casinos and game studios.

Conan Video Slot (NetEnt): Features

As you’ll notice, the Conan Video Slot reel set is split into three separate parts, each measuring 2×4, and each tied to its own feature that activates when the relevant symbol lands within its linked section. Here’s what you get:

• Tower Wilds (reels 1/2) – When a blue tower wild lands on reels 1 or 2, it expands to cover the reel either partially or fully.
• Mystery Symbols (reels 3/4) – The highest-volatility choice with the biggest win upside. Landing mystery symbols on reels 3 and 4 causes them to change into randomly selected matching symbols. If the symbol lands fully stacked, it triggers the Mystery Multiplier feature. Conan then appears fighting a giant snake, with the multiplier increasing by 1x for every strike on the snake. The minimum multiplier is 3x and the maximum is 7x. In addition, if a mystery symbol lands together with a tower wild and battle wild, the Thoth Amon feature activates. When it triggers, between 3 and 6 mystery symbols are added at random on reels 2 – 5 to boost win potential.
• Battle Wilds (reels 5/6) – If a red battle wild lands on reels 5 and 6, it expands sideways onto neighbouring reels up to three positions.

The Conan slot also blends in an element of Twin Spin. On any random base-game spin, the reel pairs within each 2×4 section can light up to show that the Linked Reels feature has activated. The paired reels will then spin with identical symbol layouts, improving your odds of forming winning combinations. During free spins, this can result in as many as 6 linked reels.

Lastly, there’s the Free Spin feature – landing 3, 4, 5 or 6 scatter symbols anywhere triggers 10, 15, 25 or 50 free spins respectively. Before the round begins, you’ll be prompted to choose one of three modes. They are:

• City of Thieves Free Spins – medium variance, you’ll get tower wilds that can land on any reel and expand to cover the reels either partially or fully.
• Temple of the Serpent Free Spins – the slightly higher-volatility option of the three. Mystery symbols, including stacked versions, can appear on all reels. As in the base game, a fully stacked mystery symbol triggers the mystery multiplier for up to 7x. If you land between 5 and 9 mystery symbols, the Thoth Amon feature is triggered.
• Walls of Tarantia Free Spins – medium variance, battle wilds can land on all reels and expand sideways up to three positions.

Conan Video Slot (NetEnt): Verdict

Even though Conan looks huge and undeniably ambitious, it’s hard to shake the sense that NetEnt has made the design more complicated than it needed to be. In trying to make Conan feel as large-scale as possible, the result becomes scattered and unfocused, leaving a slot that struggles to establish a clear personality or story. While there are plenty of features, many of them feel ineffective because they don’t deliver meaningful wins often enough. That’s the core issue with Conan: the payouts are simply too light to justify investing much time or bankroll.

At best, you may end up around break-even, or perhaps a little up, but it’s far more common to watch your balance gradually drain as one underwhelming feature after another plays out. The situation is made worse by a fairly low bonus hit rate, since a significant portion of the RTP is spread across all the mechanics. As for raw potential, it’s not especially exciting, with a top win of 2016x in the base game and the Mystery Symbol free spins feature. After more than five hours of play, it’s striking how little can actually occur in a slot packed with so many moving parts. If your idea of fun is having Conan slowly peel away your bankroll, you’ll get exactly what you came for.

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