Play With the Devil: Slot Overview

To borrow a line from Lucius Malfoy, you’d need to be either exceptionally brave or exceptionally foolish to want to play with the devil, given he’s supposedly the ruler of hell and its demons and all that. Considering the terrifying responsibilities that title implies, it takes a certain kind of person to willingly pick a fight with him. That is, unless we’re talking about slots. In casino games, devilish figures are usually presented as charming cartoon scoundrels—more mischievous than truly malevolent. That’s exactly the case in Play With the Devil, an online slot from Red Tiger featuring the horned overlord.

Red Tiger goes for a light, animated style in Play With the Devil, packing the screen with slick effects and plenty of treasure. A half-human, half-goat devil watches over the action from beside the reels, while the backdrop—presumably hell—looks barren, though it’s far from a Dante-style nightmare of fear, lust, and torment. Still, this is a slot and it’s meant to be entertaining, and Play With the Devil keeps things upbeat despite the infernal theme.

Supported by a pair of jutting horns, Play With the Devil runs on a 5-reel, 20 payline setup, paying wins left to right starting from the far-left reel. It’s a medium-high volatility slot with a fairly modest top payout and a maximum RTP of 95.71%. Bets range from 10 c to $/€20 per spin, and there’s also a feature buy that offers two different choices.

By selecting ‘Pays’, players can check out the paytable symbols. The low-value set is made up of 10 to A card ranks, while the higher-value icons include treasure, scrolls, a book, a blue/gold treasure item, and a pile of jewels. A winning line of 5 matching low symbols returns 0.8 to 1.2 times the bet, whereas 5 of a high symbol pays 2 to 20 times the bet.

Play With the Devil: Slot Features

This is where Play With the Devil starts to feel more recognisable, as its feature set includes the Devil Wild, Devil Coins, Bonus Prizes, free spins, and feature buys.

Devil Wild

The Devil Wild symbol substitutes for all paying symbols and may trigger free spins. The Devil Wild symbol can only ever land in the grid’s middle position (the one marked by a frame). If one of these symbols hits at the same time as Bonus Prizes and/or Devil Coins on the same spin, it awards their combined prize. In the main game, if the Devil Wild does not initially land, the middle position may randomly respin to land one.

Devil Coins

Each Devil Coin appears with a bet multiplier value of 0.5x, 1x, or 2x. These values are only paid out when the Devil Wild lands at the same to release them.

Bonus Prizes

There are 4 types of Bonus Prizes in Play With the Devil, each one displaying a bet multiplier prize. They are the Mini Bonus, Minor Bonus, Major Bonus, and Mega Bonus, worth 5x, 10x, 75x, or 1,000x the bet, respectively. When one or more Bonus Prizes land at the same time as a Devil Wild, the prizes are added up and awarded.

Free Spins

Whenever the Devil Wild lands, he throws fireballs at one or both of the chests above the reels. This provides a chance for one or both of the chests to activate to trigger free spins. If one chest activates, 6 free spins are awarded; if both activate, 12 free spins are awarded. During free spins, the Devil Wild symbol locks in place in the middle position and throws fireballs at the chests on each spin for the chance to win +6 free spins if 1 chest activates or +12 free spins if both chests activate.

Feature Buy

Using the feature buy, players can ensure the Devil Wild lands along with at least one Devil Coin for 6x the bet, or they can purchase a free spins trigger for 66x the bet. The RTP for the feature buy is 95.7%.

Play With the Devil: Slot Verdict

The hell-themed slots scene seems to be warming up—pun fully intended. A few titles that come to mind include Play’n GO’s Charlie Chance In Hell To Pay, Devour the Weak from Yggdrasil Gaming, and Pragmatic Play’s Hellvis Wild, along with the many Underworld-inspired mythology slots out there. Red Tiger has joined the trend, and it looks like the studio took cues from the Pragmatic Play and Reel Kingdom release Demon Pots (and/or its land-based counterpart). It isn’t a direct clone, but the feature set is very similar, from the centre-fixed Devil Wild, to the way he hurls fireballs at containers above the reels, to the coin-collecting mechanic.

Play With the Devil adds some extra flavour through Bonus Prizes, although 3 of the 4 options don’t offer much excitement, topping out at 75x. The Mega is a nicer possibility, but overall the game doesn’t stand out on paper, with low coin values and a comparatively small max win of 2,523.3x the bet. For anyone curious, that’s under half of Demon Pots. Beyond the reduced win potential, Play With the Devil is also a more straightforward game than Demon Pots; however, the simplified rules could be a benefit for some players.

Put it all together and you get a fairly standard Red Tiger slot—strong on audiovisual presentation, but less impressive when it comes to mechanics and stats. If you want a cheeky devil-themed game that’s easygoing and not too intense, Play With the Devil could fit the bill, though it doesn’t have the heft or depth to truly compete for the top spot in the increasingly crowded infernal slot category.