Dream Diver Slot Review

Dream Diver Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Dream Diver slot is played with 5 reels, 4 rows and 178 paylines. Landing 3 or more matching symbols or wilds from left to right delivers a winning combination.

You can play at bet levels that range from 20p to £100 per spin. Click on the coins icon in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen then choose from the 12 possible bet levels. There’s a simple Auto Spin function which allows 10, 25, 50 or 100 auto spins. There’s also a Quick Play option in Settings.

The Dream Diver RTP is 95% which is lower than the 96% average. It comes with a 21.8% hit frequency rate meaning just over 1in 5 spins will result in a winning outcome.

Medium to high variance, the bigger wins will come in the Pick ‘n’ Click Bonus feature. The maximum win is 2,500 x your total stake.

Theme – Audio & Design Features – trippy, psychedelic feel

The psychedelic design in the Dream Diver slot reminded me of The Beatles’ classic Yellow Submarine. The setting is the bedroom of a snoozing man. Trigger the main bonus feature and you’ll enter stranger and stranger worlds full of multi-coloured objects. It’s all a bit Willy Wonka but nicely done.

The rather trippy reels are made up of very simple cherries, orange, plum and apple symbols which appear alongside bells and lucky 7s. The diamond is the most lucrative symbol. Land 3, 4 or 5 of these in combination and you’ll pocket an award of 2.5, 5 or 25 x your total stake.

The cat is the game’s standard wild symbol. This replace everything apart from the Dream Diver logo bonus symbol. There’s also a stacked wild that can nudge to fill entire reels.

Dream Diver is available to play on all devices including mobiles, tablets, desktop and laptop computers. The bold visuals are nice and clear on the smaller screen devices. The simple features are also very easy to play on the mobile versions.

Dream Diver Bonus Features

The gameplay in Dream Diver is relatively simple. With 3 bonus features, the main extras are stacked wild respins and a pick and click feature. Work your way through the levels to reach the Dream Wheel where you can boost your win with multipliers.

Stacked Wilds Respins feature

Joining the standard wild on the reels is the stacked wild. If any part of this symbols lands on the middle 3 reels, you’ll trigger the Stacked Wilds Respins feature. The wild expands to fill the whole of that reel. The stacked wild then locks in position and a respin follows.

If another stacked wild land on the respin, another respin is awarded, this time with 2 stacked wilds. The dream scenario is the to land a respin with stacked wilds filling the whole of the middle 3 reels. This is the same as the main extra in NetEnt’s Starburst.

Pick Me feature

Land 3 Dream River Bonus symbols on reels 2, 3 and 4 on the same spin and you’ll trigger the Pick Me feature. Choose from the 3 Bonus symbols to reveal an instant cash prize or a Bonus which takes you to the Pick ‘n’ Click Bonus feature.

Pick ‘n’ Click Bonus feature

The Pick ‘n’ Click Bonus feature is a multi-level pick me round. Choose from the objects show to reveal one of the following:

• A cash prize
• A multiplier
• An arrow that takes players to the next level
• An alarm clock that ends the feature
• A heart that interrupts the alarm clock and adds an extra life

The are 5 potential levels of pick me prizes available here. The further along you make it, the bigger the prizes on offer naturally. The cash values are boosted by whatever multipliers you managed to pick.

If you advance all the way to the 6th and final level, you’ll get a spin of the Dream Wheel which can boost the value of your overall win with even more multipliers depending on where the hands of the clock land.

X-iter feature

In some jurisdictions, you may have the option of the X-iter feature. ELK Studios’ very own bonus buy system, it allows you to choose from 5 different game modes. Here are the options:

X-iter 1	5 x stake	Guarantees a winning spin
X-iter 2	25 x stake	3 spins with Stacked Wilds Respins feature on each of them
X-iter 3	100 x stake	Entry to Pick ‘n’ Click Bonus feature
X-iter 4	200 x stake	Entry to Pick ‘n’ Click Bonus feature with higher entry win
X-iter 5	500 x stake	Entry to Pick ‘n’ Click Bonus feature + guarantee of Dream Wheel spin

Dream Diver Review Summary – strange concept but simple gameplay

The Dream Diver slot is strange as far as the theme is concerned. Hats off to ELK Studios for creating something unique. The visuals are certainly a little out there, especially when you get to the Pick ‘n’ Click Bonus feature and work your way through the different levels.

If the theme and design are rather outlandish, the gameplay here is simple and straightforward. There aren’t any traditional free spin features here but the stacked wild respins are a very decent substitute.

I found the Pick Me feature to be pretty frustrating. On most occasions, I won an instant prize and it took plenty of attempts to trigger the bonus proper. However, it can be worth the wait though, especially if you manage to get a good multiplier to go with a decent haul of instant cash awards.

With 2,500 x stake max wins and a 95% RTP rate, I suspect this will be something of an acquired taste. It certainly isn’t Nitropolis 2 or Tropicool which come with much bigger potential payouts.