Def Leppard: Hysteria Slot Review

Def Leppard: Hysteria Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Def Leppard: Hysteria slot is played on a 5×7 grid and uses a Cluster Pays engine. Forming wins will consist of landing 5 or more adjacently connect symbols in a cluster. The bigger the cluster, the greater the payout.

Bet levels range from 10p to £100 a spin. With 5 stake options appearing below the grid, use the plus and minus buttons to change your bet to your needs. Outside of the UK, you will see a Lightning Bolt icon for Turbo Mode and an Autoplay button for autospins.

Surprisingly, the Def Leppard: Hysteria RTP is 96.27% which is above the 96.2% Play ‘n GO average and the 96% online slots norm. The volatility is the medium bracket and classed as 6/10.

In terms of payouts, you can win up 10,000 x your total stake per spin. The probability of maximum exposure is 1 in 1 billion spins.

Theme – join the legendary band on stage

With a sci-fi/retro theme, the Def Leppard: Hysteria slot is an official game for the Def Leppard band from Sheffield, England. Rocking since 1977, band members include Joe Elliot (lead vocalist), Rick Savage (bass), Rick Allen (drums), Phil Collen (guitar) and Vivian Campbell (guitar).

Set in the 1980s, the slot is based on Def Leppard’s fourth album, Hysteria, from 1987. Hysteria is one of the best-selling albums of all time. As you’d expect, the soundtrack constitutes of their greatest hits including Hysteria, Armageddon It and Pour Some Sugar on Me. The setting is a stage and has a dark feel visually.

Symbols on the grid include stars, spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs which have an 80s feel. The 4 higher value symbols include rockets, leopards, guitars and the distorted face from the Hysteria album cover. The distorted face is the best paying symbol giving you 1,000 x your total bet for 15 or more in a cluster. The W symbol is the wild and substitutes for all symbols.

Symbol	Payouts/Info
Club	15+ pays 20 x stake
Spade	15+ pays 20 x stake
Heart	15+ pays 20 x stake
Diamond	15+ pays 20 x stake
Star	15+ pays 30 x stake
Rocket	15+ pays 80 x stake
Guitar	15+ pays 200 x stake
Leopard	15+ pays 500 x stake
Distorted Face	15+ pays 1,000 x stake
W Wild	Substitutes for all symbols above
Dropping Multiplier Wild	Only appears during free spins

Def Leppard: Hysteria Mobile

Def Leppard: Hysteria is a multi-device slot as it’s been made with HTML5 technology. Available to play on mobile, laptop, PC and/or tablet devices, the 5×7 grid setup works better on bigger devices in my opinion.

Def Leppard: Hysteria Bonus Features

The Def Leppard: Hysteria slot comes with 4 bonus features. With cascades, the features are named after lyrics in the Pour Some Sugar on Me song. There’s a random feature where symbols shuffle and wilds are added. In the free spins, the Charge Meter awards Dropping Multiplier Wilds which can reach 7x. There’s also a random feature where up to 9 random symbols transform into the Charge Meter symbol.

Cascades feature

When a winning cluster is formed, the Cascades feature is activated. Winning symbols are removed from the grid with new symbols cascading down to fill the gaps. This gives you the chance of landing consecutive wins/clusters. It’s also a common feature in grid slots.

Break It Up feature

On a non-winning spin, the Break It Up feature can be triggered at randomly. Symbols shuffle into new positions with 3 to 6 wilds added to the grid. This dramatically increases your chances of forming a winning cluster.

Fire Me Up feature

On every base game spin, the Charge Meter randomly selects a symbol (not the wild). If you win with that symbol, you fill the charge meter. You can do this by collecting 4 selected symbol wins. Once the meter is full and no more wins are created, the Fire Me Up feature comes into play with 3 to 6 wilds added to the grid.

Pour Some Sugar on Me feature

If you win on an indicated position, you will activated a letter within the SUGAR word. Activating all letters in a single spin will trigger the Pour Some Sugar on Me feature with 5 free spins awarded.

The Charge Meter works like it does in the base game but instead awards Dropping Multiplier Wilds. The wild drops 1 step down with every cascade with the multiplier value increasing by 1 up to 7x. If multiple Dropping Multiplier Wilds are part of a cluster, only the biggest multiplier value will apply.

Finally, on a non-winning free spin, the Sugar Me Sweet feature can be activated. 6 to 9 random symbols are chosen and transform into symbols selected in the Charge Meter. This brings the Fire Me Up feature and Dropping Multiplier Wilds into play.

Def Leppard: Hysteria Review Summary – dropping multiplier wilds key to rockin’ wins

The Def Leppard: Hysteria slot is visually superb and really brings back the band to its glory days. With a rocking soundtrack, it’s rather simple for a grid slot.

This game is all about filling the Charge Meter. In the base game, up to 6 wilds can be added whilst it gives you Dropping Multiplier Wilds in the free spins. The key is to land plenty of cascades/successive wins to increase the multiplier up to 7x.

Whilst other cluster pays slots offer more in the way of gameplay, such as Jammin’ Jars by Push Gaming, I quite like the simplicity of Def Leppard: Hysteria. With 10,000 x stake max wins, it also offers an above average RTP rate. The variance is in the middle too which presents an opportunity to try grid slots if you’re new to the concept.

If you’re a fan of legendary rock bands, Play ‘n GO has quite the array of official slots. ZZ Top Roadside Riches (40,000 x stake max wins) and KISS Reels of Rock (50,000 x bet payouts) are highly recommended.