Cursed Seas Slot Review

Cursed Seas Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Cursed Seas slot is played on 5 reels and has 26 fixed paylines. Wins are formed by matching 3 or more symbols from left to right, beginning from reel 1. Only the highest win per line is paid out.

Stakes range from as little as 10p and as high as £100 per spin. Use the arrows to the right of the bet value to adjust your total stake. Autospins, turbo spins and super turbo spins are also possible for players outside the UK.

The Cursed Seas RTP is 96.22%, which is well above the industry average for online slots in the UK. But there are a few RTP versions, so just make sure you’re playing the one you want as you might come across 94.24%, 92.21% or 88.38% RTP variations.

The game comes with a hit frequency of 37%, which is generous compared to a lot of other slots that tend to be in the 20s. In terms of volatility, the Cursed Seas slot is in the high range and rated as 4 out of 5 by the provider.

The maximum win is 12,500 x your total stake, which is a little higher than the typical norm for Hacksaw Gaming slots, which tend to be around the 10,000 x mark. You can achieve the max win in the base game, Sunken Treasure and Dead Men Tell No Tales bonus features.

Theme – a ghostly atmosphere

The theme in the Cursed Seas slot game is all based on pirates and Kraken. No, not the rum but the legendary sea monster that’s been seen in Norwegian waters over the years. The reels are set in the middle of the ocean, with stormy conditions in the background. The backdrop is still and looks like an old painting. I like the visuals here even though nothing moves. The dark colours give the slot an intense feel to everything as you spin away.

The soundtrack is mellow but ghostly. It fits well with the theme. It’s repetitive, but it does alter a little when bonus features land rather than staying the same throughout. What I also liked, and what I always like about Hacksaw games, were the sound effects that accompanied the soundtrack. The sound of the crashing waves, the treasure chests and everything else was a nice touch.

Overall, the theme is a great one and the atmosphere is likened to top titles such as Stormforged and Hand of Anubis.

On the reels, the lower-paying symbols are made up of an anchor, a compass, a flag, guns and skull and crossbones. These are joined by 4 higher-paying characters, with character 1 being the most rewarding symbol. That’s the one with the orange background. That pays 2, 5 or 10 x your total stake for 3, 4 or 5 in combination respectively.

The game’s Wild is a treasure chest, and there’s also a Cursed Wild. These both pay 50 x your total stake if 5 land in combination. Here’s a list of all the symbols you will come across in the Cursed Seas slot game:

Symbol	Payout/Info
Anchor	3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 0.3 or 1 x stake
Compass	3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 0.3 or 1 x stake
Flag	3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 0.4 or 1.2 x stake
Guns	3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 0.4 or 1.2 x stake
Skull and Crossbones	3, 4 or 5 = 0.2, 0.5 or 1.5 x stake
Character 4	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 1.5 or 3 x stake
Character 3	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 1.5 or 3 x stake
Character 2	3, 4 or 5 = 1, 2.5 or 5 x stake
Character 1	3, 4 or 5 = 2, 5 or 10 x stake
Wild	Substitutes for all other symbols + pays 50 x for 5
Cursed Wild	Substitutes for all other symbols + pays 50 x for 5
Lantern Scatter	3 or 4 triggers 2 different bonus features

Cursed Seas Mobile

All Hacksaw Gaming slots are produced using HTML5 technology. This allows you to play Cursed Seas on mobile, laptop, PC and tablet devices. The reel setup here works well on iOS and Android mobile devices.

Cursed Seas Bonus Features

There are 4 bonus features in the Cursed Seas slot. You have the Cursed Chests, which open to reveal multipliers that can help boost potential wins. You’ve also got a couple of Free Spins features, with one slightly better than the other in terms of potential returns. Read on as we explain how everything works so that you can fully understand what’s going on.

Sunken Treasure Bonus Game

Landing 3 Lantern Scatters in the base game will trigger this bonus feature. You will be awarded 10 free spins. Any Cursed Chests that land will always open and create a cursed area that persists until the end of the bonus round. If a Cursed Chest lands below a cursed area, that area on the reel will grow.

All multipliers from the opened Cursed Chests will be added to a total multiplier above the reels, which affects every cursed area. Furthermore, all winning combinations that pass through cursed areas are multiplied by the total multiplier.

If you land Lantern Scatters together on the reels during the free spins, you will receive the following:

Dead Men Tell No Tales Bonus Game

This bonus feature requires 4 Lantern Scatters to land in the base game of the Cursed Seas slot. You will get 3 lives, and each life essentially equals 1 free spin. These will refill and go back to 3 if any of the special symbols land. But what are the special symbols? Here’s a breakdown for you:

Symbol	Payout/Info
Cursed Skull	Reveals a multiplier that is added to the total multiplier above the reels where it landed. It also creates a cursed area from its position to the top of the reels. The cursed area grows if another one of these symbols lands below it. Multipliers can reach 500x.
Tormented Skull	Reveals a multiplier that multipliers the total multiplier above the reel where it landed. Multiplier value can reach 25x.
Kraken	Reveals a multiplier that is added to the total multiplier above all reels, Multiplier value can reach 500x.

This bonus round only contains non-winning symbols and the special symbols above. You will see a multiplier above each reel too. It starts on 1x and can be progressively increased throughout the bonus round. The feature ends once you run out of free spins. Before going back to the base game, the multiplier above each reel will be added to all cursed area positions on the respective reels.

Buy Bonus feature

Non-UK players will have the chance to buy the following features:

Cursed Seas Review Summary – enjoy the perfect storm

The Cursed Seas slot is another great release from Hacksaw. From the visuals to the gameplay, they’ve thought about everything that would make this game appealing and put it into practice. There isn’t really anything to fault here in my opinion. Ok, so the bonus features aren’t exactly unique, but they’ve done a great job of bringing you some exciting action with the way they’ve done the cursed areas and the Free Spins features.

The hit frequency is generous at 37%, the 12,500 x max wins are good (albeit always rare to achieve), and the RTP is above average. Overall, volatility aside, it’s got everything you need for a great slot, so I can’t give this game anything but a great rating. I really enjoyed it. Feel free to try our demo first and decide for yourself before deciding whether to use real money to play it.