Hold The Safe

Players are invited to the far side of the law in Hold the Safe, Eyecon’s heist-themed slot.

Two separate bonus games distinguish this title, including a free spin feature that can be re-triggered up to 50 times and cash prize mini-game that gives players many chances to win up to 500 times their bet size.

Theme

High-stakes theft is the theme of this title, but high-stakes wins are available to players without fear of legal consequences (assuming they’re playing in countries where online slot gaming is legal).

Gaming symbols include all the goodies a successful thief might hope to find in a safe: bars of gold, briefcases full of cash, bags of diamonds, fancy watches, and jeweled rings, as well as the playing card values ace through nine.

A wild symbol appears on reels two, three, four, and five, substituting for other symbols to help form winning combinations. Shimmering diamonds act as scatter, the gateway to free spins, while symbols depicting the massive safe trigger the titular bonus feature.

The five reels are set before a simple purple background, while a 1980s-style, upbeat soundtrack keeps things moving. Clearly, the design team was more interested in gaming substance than in visual style here.

Betting Options and Functions

Top-tier safes are modern day marvels of engineering. If the Eyecon team doesn’t quite rise to that level of construction, they are still doing marvelous work by the standards of the online slot gaming industry.

There are 25 fixed paylines, each paying from left to right. Bet-per-payline is set from 0.01–0.50, for an overall per-spin bet range of 0.25–12.50 times the betting currency. Autoplay is available for up to 100 spins. The overall theoretical return to player ratio is above-average at 96.3%.

Features

For a slot with an underhanded theme, this title offers a very straightforward take on free spins. Free Games are triggered by the appearance of three or more diamond scatter symbols on the reels. 6 free spins are awarded. Scatters remain on the reels during the feature, so that it can be re-triggered up to a maximum of 50 times.

Another, subtler bonus is also available. The Hold the Safe feature is triggered by the appearance of three or more safe bonus symbols on the reels. For three (free) spins, gameplay is completely transformed: the symbols that triggered the feature stay in place while all other positions turn into individual reels.

The goal is to have all 15 reel positions taken up by safe symbols… the feature ends either when this is accomplished or when free spins are reduced to zero. At the end of the feature, all safe symbols on the screen will reveal a cash prize up to a maximum individual win of 500 times the bet size.

Our Take

Hold the Safe and Run the Jewels mean the same thing in Eyecon’s world: it’s all about increasing one’s wealth, by any means necessary.

Temple of Ausar, a slot from this designer with an Egyptian theme, shows this company’s considerable versatility.