
Experience the Day of the Dead in the Esqueleto Explosivo slot, as you try to find matching skulls to land some prizes. Watch out for dropping symbols too, which can generate more prize chances.
I found lots to enjoy here, including the Mucho Multipliers I spotted underneath the reels. In this slot guide, I’ll introduce you to the symbols, highlights, and different bonus features you might find if you check out this game.
Software: | Thunderkick |
Reels: | 5 |
Payline: | 17 |
RTP: | 97.6 |
Volatility | - |
Min. Coins per Line | 1 |
Max. Coins per Line | 1 |
Free Spins: | ⨉ |
Bonus Rounds: | ⨉ |
Wild Symbol: | ✓ |
Scatter Symbol: | ⨉ |
Multiplier: | ✓ |
Progressive: | ⨉ |
Autoplay: | ✓ |
Five different-colored skulls can create payouts for three or more matching on a paid line, with sums adjusting according to your bet.
The creator confirms it is set at 96%, which is average for an online slot game.
Five different-colored skulls can create payouts for three or more matching on a paid line, with sums adjusting according to your bet.
3 Symbols | 4 Symbols | 5 Symbols | |
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x 0.20 | x 0.40 | x 0.70 |
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x 0.30 | x 0.50 | x 0.90 |
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x 0.30 | x 0.60 | x 1.20 |
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x 0.40 | x 0.70 | x 1.40 |
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x 0.50 | x 0.90 | x 2.50 |
The slot offers an unusual quantity here, with 17 paylines in action.
If you like the Day of the Dead theme, I’ve compiled a table of similar slots you can check out.
When I loaded the game, I spotted these basic elements:
I noted a casino chip underneath reel five, and when I selected it, I was able to choose which bet to use on each spin. There are 14 options to go with, ranging from 10 cents to $100, or the equivalent in your currency. The payline quantity isn’t clear until you get to the paytable, which confirms there are 17 fixed lines in play. That just means you need to play all of them. This doesn’t happen in every game; for example, if you play Mega Moolah, you’ll notice you can decide how many lines to play there.
Once I’d selected my bet amount, I hit the button in the bottom right of my screen – that’s the regular spin button. There is a similar one next to it with a triangular arrow inside it – that works as an autospin feature, where you can choose how many spins to play in that session.
Skulls often appear in Day of the Dead-themed slots, so I wasn’t surprised to see them here. That said, the game includes five regular skulls and one wild skull (more on that in a bit). There are no low-value symbols involved in the game, so the gameplay is far simpler to keep track of than some other games that I’ve tried.
The pink skull with a rose in its teeth is the best-paying one if you can get three or more on the same payline. All prizes pay from the leftmost reel across to the right, without missing any reels.
Sometimes when I play a game, like the Wanted Dead or a Wild demo, for example, I find lots of features involved… and other times, not so much. Here’s how the Esqueleto Explosivo game does in this area.
I hope you like exploding skulls because that’s what happens whenever you land a winning combo anywhere on the reels. The prize is calculated and then the participating skulls explode, leaving gaps behind. Those gaps are filled by any symbols situated above them, as those will drop into the vacated positions, before new skulls land to fill in the gaps near the tops of the reels.
If this creates one or more new prizes, those are recorded and the dropping symbols feature continues. This happens until nothing new is won during the process. I had a few spins where I had three or four prizes won via this feature. Of course, not every prize is going to lead to a string of wins as you play this Esqueleto Explosivo slot for US players. Once the feature ends, you will see the total prize won – as affected by the multipliers reached – before you continue with another spin of the reels.
This ties in with the dropping symbols. See those six multipliers floating at the bottom of the reels? Whenever you trigger the dropping symbols, you’ll advance from the base multiplier of 1x to the next multiplier. Get another win in the same process and you’ll reach the next multiplier. The biggest one is worth 32x the prize amount, so it could end up bringing you a bigger set of prizes than you thought… but you do need to string several together via the dropping symbols feature as I explained above. Still, even reaching two or three higher multipliers can have a good outcome, especially if you’ve landed two or more prizes in one spin.
The Pirots 2 demo includes a wild feature, and I was delighted to see this game does too. It’s easy to see when it appears because while it also takes on a skull-like appearance, this version appears in gold with sunglasses on. How cool is that?
Furthermore, whenever you see the wild, it will take out the eight closest symbols to its position. This creates a different sort of dropping symbols feature, while also boosting the current multiplier by a single level. While it doesn’t guarantee a prize, it does provide that extra chance, so watch carefully to see what happens. It didn’t turn up that often when I played, but it is worth watching out for.
Yes, you can, so if you’re used to kicking back and playing the Starburst demo on mobile, you can add the Esqueleto slot to your list of mobile-friendly games too. I tried it on an iPhone and despite the small screen size, the skulls were easy to spot and identify in their different colors throughout.
The background is suggestive of the setting here too, so there isn’t a lot of room given over to that. This ensures the reels are nice and big – ideal when you’re playing on a smaller screen.
I enjoyed the detail given to this slot, with the five band members positioned at the bottom of the reels, and three skulls landing on top of each of them with each spin. Each new go leads to the heads falling off rather than spinning, which is an amusing touch. It’s simple to understand, and yet has three features that can perk up each game. The demo also allows you to see it in action before you decide whether the Esqueleto Explosivo slot is ideal for you.
This slot game was created by Thunderkick.
Yes, the game does have a demo version that works the same as the real thing. The difference is you can play it without parting with any money, although it does mean there are no actual prizes available either.
No, the slot works in your browser, which applies regardless of whether you are playing on your computer or via a mobile device.
Players must be 21 years of age or older or reach the minimum age for gambling in their respective state and located in jurisdictions where online gambling is legal. Please play responsibly. Bet with your head, not over it. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, and wants help, call or visit: (a) the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey at 1-800-Gambler or www.800gambler.org; or (b) Gamblers Anonymous at 855-2-CALL-GA or www.gamblersanonymous.org.