The Vault

Stockholm and Helsinki based developer, Snowborn Gaming has a couple of new games on the horizon, with jewel heist The Vault being one of them that...

...they developed in collaboration with giants Microgaming.

Are you ready to help Jewel carry out a sophisticated bank vault heist in an elegant Paris Noir setting?

The Vault displays stunning 3D art and a beautiful, visual setting as well elegant symbolism to enhance the game’s atmosphere of winning big.

Set in a dark museum past midnight, the game challenges you to find the precious pink diamonds...

...steal 5 of these and win an astonishing prize of 100x your stake!

But be careful, as you’re up against green laser tags, so be sure to tread carefully.

This five-reel, 20-pay line title is filled with exciting features, including...

...respins, stacked wilds and additional spins and, combined with stunning visuals, it gives players a refreshing experience!

Theme & Design

Visually, this futuristic game has a video game quality to it. 

The setting is a fictional Parisian museum which contains the world's largest diamond called ‘The Pink Dawn’, while...

...regular pay symbols come in two forms: low pay 10-A royals, and theme inspired premiums. 

5x3 transparent reels which reveal a laser-filled room with the safe tucked away in the back along with 20 pay lines crisscross the reels like glowing green anti-thief lasers.

From lowest to highest are gold bars, a diamond case, a jewel, and a pink diamond.

Best returns come from the big pink stone at 100 times the stake for five of a kind.

The golden W is the Wild that substitutes for everything apart from the bonus and can land on all 5 reels, and, like the pink diamond, it can offer awards of up to 100 times your bet per pay line.

The free spins round takes place in the museum’s vault where the pink diamond gives off a dazzling glow. 

It’s a very well done game, offering a real high-tech feel. 

The smoke alarms, blaring sirens, blue lights and helicopter noises as the bonus round nears its conclusion really ramp up the atmosphere too.

Betting Options

Accessing the stakes area, players can adjust bets from 20 p/c to £/€20 and engage auto spins easily.

Following the spirit of the theme, Snowborn has programmed The Vault with very high volatility, tough...

...RTP is a bit gentler, and clocks in at 96% which evens things out somewhat in the very long run.

Considering all of the above...

...you realistically have a better chance of winning 5000x your stake but don’t expect frequent payouts. 

The game is also available to play on a mobile or tablet device, so you can get a kick whenever you feel like it.

A win is formed by getting 3 or more matching symbols from left to right - starting from reel 1 - on any of the 20 pay lines.

Special Features

The developers made sure to load several extra features that pop up during the base or...

...need to be triggered to give players something to look forward to.

To begin with, you not only get one, but two types of wilds to secure more wins!

The first is a standard 1x1 tile that substitutes for any symbol except bonus symbols, and its combinations also payout up to 100 times the stake for five of a kind.

The other wild appears during the Vault Bonus round and completely covers the middle reel throughout the feature.

Speaking of the bonus...

...this Free Spins feature is triggered when 5 of scatter symbols land in view to reward 10 free spins.

This is referred to as hacking into the Vault Bonus.

The bonus starts with a win multiplier of x3, which increases by 1 whenever an ‘x1’ symbol lands.

Along with this is the ‘+1’ symbol which adds an additional free spin, and...

...there is no theoretical max limit to how many free spins may be rewarded.

But, this is not all, as there is one final...

...Respin feature, which is triggered when 2 or more bonus symbols land.

When this occurs, the bonus symbols are locked into position while reels are respun.

If another bonus symbol lands it awards another Respin. 

Wrapping Up

This is surely one high-variance heist to remember.

It's clear that Snowborn has put quite a lot of thought into The Vault, as…

...they managed to craft a decent looking game and fill it with nice cinematic animations. 

The extensive back story and the character named Jewel flesh things out further before they drop in that viciously volatile game engine. 

The combination of free spins, and expanding multiplier of at least 3x plus a stacked wild reel in play throughout is an appealing prospect as well.