Hellvis Wild: Slot Overview

For a long time, people have tossed around all sorts of alternative theories about what really happened to Elvis Presley, the King of Rock ‘n Roll, and some of them are seriously far-fetched. A quick internet search turns up supposed sightings in places like supermarkets and fast-food joints, plus even stories involving alien abduction. Elvis, as Agent K says in Men in Black, “is not dead, he just went home.” We can’t say we buy into any of that, but software provider Pragmatic Play suggests Elvis might have had a fan or impersonator—an extremely distant one—called Hellvis. Probably not in reality, of course, but blending the name Elvis with “hell” leads straight to Hellvis Wild, an online slot starring a fiery, demonic guitar-slinger with plenty of rock ’n’ roll swagger.

For some, rock music and heavy metal have always carried a bit of a demonic vibe, and that’s the angle Pragmatic Play leans into with Hellvis Wild. The studio doesn’t go especially deep with the concept, though; most of the theme comes through via spiky-font card royals and a handful of rock-inspired symbols on the game’s 5-reel grid. The Hellvis character with his lightning-decorated axe helps establish the mood, and the soundtrack does its part too, but the plain purple base-game backdrop—switching to red in free spins—could have used more flair. The rock feel is there, just not as powerfully as in titles like Kiss Reels of Rock or Testament from Play’n GO. Still, ready to crank it up?

Next up is choosing your stake, with bets ranging from 10 p/c to $/€100 per spin. Hellvis Wild also includes an Ante Bet option, which increases the stake by 50% when enabled and increasing the chance of triggering free spins at the same time—doubling the odds, in fact. A Highly volatile slot (scoring 4.5 out of 5 for volatility), Hellvis Wild comes in three RTP versions, with 96.01% as the highest. Turn on the Ante Bet and the top RTP nudges up to 96.05%.

Using a 243 ways to win system, payouts land when matching symbols appear on at least 3 consecutive reels, starting from the leftmost reel. Sharp-edged J-A card ranks cover the lower payouts, paying 0.5 to 0.75 times the bet for 5 OAK, while the premium set includes a guitar pick, a spiked collar, a microphone, and a rock hand gesture. Connect 5 premium symbols on a winning way to earn 1 to 2 times the bet. Hellvis Wild features 2 wild symbols—a regular wild and a Golden Wild—and both substitute for any standard paying symbol. If Golden Wilds land across all reels to form their own win, that combination pays 10 times the bet.

Hellvis Wild: Slot Features

In music, a gold record is usually the dream, right—proof you’ve made it. In Hellvis Wild, that gold record takes the form of the Golden Wild symbol. Land one to trigger respin mode. Golden Wilds arrive with a multiplier of x1. With each respin, the Golden Wild moves down a position and its multiplier increases by +1. The slot pays out after every respin. If a win uses more than one Golden Wild, their multiplier values are added together.

Free Spins

Landing 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols awards 7, 11, or 15 free spins, respectively. In the free spins round, the Golden Wild gains a progressive element. Each time a Golden Wild lands or nudges on a reel, the multiplier for future Golden Wilds on that same reel increases by +1 for the remainder of the round. This value is shown above each reel. Hitting 3, 4, or 5 scatters during the feature extends play, adding another 7, 11, or 15 free spins, respectively.

Buy Free Spins

Jump straight into the bonus by purchasing it for 100 times the stake. When you buy free spins, the RTP stays unchanged, topping out at 96.1%.

Hellvis Wild: Slot Verdict

Is Hellvis Wild essentially a reskin? It’s possible. It has that familiar Pragmatic Play vibe, with the nudging multiplier wild, respins, and related mechanics. The issue is Pragmatic Play releases so many titles so frequently that it’s tough to track them all, and the less distinctive ones can start to blend together. Hellvis Wild feels like another entry that may not stick in the memory. That said, it can definitely be entertaining while you’re playing; it just resembles a decent chart track that hangs around the top 100 briefly before being pushed aside by the next wave of releases. Hellvis Wild doesn’t look set to earn “gold record” status anytime soon.

Still, while it’s running, Hellvis Wild offers plenty to enjoy. The combination of a nudging wild with a climbing multiplier plus respins works well, and it’s a bonus that these mechanics show up in both the base game and the feature. Naturally, it can shine more in free spins thanks to the per-reel progressive multiplier. In that sense, it brought to mind games such as Multifly!, Jasmine Dreams, and Muertos Multiplier Megaways. There are surely more comparisons out there too, even though none of those slots are truly the same as Hellvis Wild. Rounding things off is a maximum win potential of up to 5,000 times the bet.

So, it’s a solid slot, but if Pragmatic Play had expanded the world a bit more, added a feature or two, or introduced something outrageously fresh from a gameplay angle, Hellvis Wild could have hit harder. As it stands, Hellvis Wolf delivers a fairly strong rock vibe, but it didn’t take long before we felt like changing the track to something else.