The Golden Sail

Ahoy punters! Are you ready to jump on board and become the lead pirate of this anchored and abandoned ship?

Search through the deck full of extras, and you may find some impressive treasures!

The Bulgarian-based developer, Silverback Gaming, teamed with the creative team from Relax Gaming and created an innovative 5-reeled online game with an abundance of bonus features.

These include Stacked Wilds, a Bonus Wheel offering instant cash prizes, a Treasure Chest Bonus, a Free Spins round with Progressive Multipliers, and a Trail Bonus round that can lead punters towards winning a maximum reward of 10,000x the bet!

Theme and Symbols

You might have come across a pirate-themed online slot, but if you expect to see skulls, crossbones, and other scary symbols, that's not what you will find here!

The creative devs have decided to create a cartoonish version of the theme, with high-quality graphics and an overall appealing atmosphere.

The action takes place during the night at the back of the abandoned pirate ship, getting closer to the deserted island. It is accompanied by a fitting soundtrack, contributing to the overall game mood perfectly!

The reels feature a blue backdrop while being illuminated by two lanterns on both sides. On them, you will find playing card symbols from 9 to A, rum barrels, maps, compasses, and treasure chests.

The Wild symbol is represented by a cannonball, while a bonus wheel represents the Scatter.

Betting Options and Other Functions

Before you put on your eye patch, you need to set your bets ranging from $0,4 to $40, which means that high-risk rollers may not be completely satisfied with the possibilities it offers for them.

The reel set is composed of 5 reels and 4 rows while offering 40 ways to win.

It is a high-volatile online game with a slightly below-average RTP of 95.25% and a hit rate of 30.5. (read about it here)

The paytable starts with low-rewarding playing card symbols from 9 to A, paying up to 1.25x or 3.75x the stake for 5 across the pay line.

The highest-paying symbol is the Wild cannonball that pays up to 12.5x the bet while also performing its recognizable role of substituting other regular symbols!

Special Features

Pirates might not have always been giving, but they have indeed always had great stacks of valuable possessions.

The most important symbols of the game are the Scatters that will help you trigger the Big Wheel game whenever you land three of them on reels 1,3, and 5.

When this occurs, you will get to spin the Wheel that carries various prizes such as Instant Cash prize of 50x the stake, The Pick-Me Bonus, Free Spins, or the Trail Bonus.

The instant prize is pretty self-explanatory, but the Pick-Me Bonus round will present you with three chests to choose from and reveal cash prizes from 100x to up to 5000x your bet!

If the Wheel lands on the Free Spins segment, you will be awarded a 20x the bet prize and 10 extra spins with a progressive multiplier that starts from x1 and increases with each spin!

Plus, every time you land another Scatter, you will get two extra free spins!

Lastly, the Trail Bonus represents a game of picking coins to advance on a treasure map for increasingly better cash prizes!

You will see a map featuring 32 steps and six gold coins to pick from. Each of these coins will reveal several steps you will move forward on your map, with the first step showing 17x the bet and the last one giving the maximum potential prize of 10000x the total stake!

The round ends either when you come to the last step or reveal a coin with no 'Again' sign on it!

Verdict

If we have to find the wrong side of this online game coming from the Silverback Gaming slot list, that could be its below-average return to player percentage; nevertheless, all the other aspects compensate nicely to it!

The Big Wheel Bonus with four different features and the maximum potential prize of 10000x the stake should be more than enough to attract all types of players!