House of Doom 2: The Crypt Slot Review

House of Doom 2 The Crypt: Slot Overview

As a long-time slots player, House of Doom 2 The Crypt: Slot Overview hits that darker Play'n GO note for me straight away. The 5-reel, 20-payline grid sits in the middle of a gloomy crypt, framed by stone pillars and dim lighting, while Candlemass pumps out three new doom metal tracks. Each base game domain has its own soundtrack, so the audio shifts as the priestesses take centre stage.

Compared with the first House of Doom, the graphics feel sharper and the whole set-up more polished, yet the slot still leans hard into Gothic horror. Stakes run from 20 pence up to 100 pounds a spin, and on any device the reels crank out that heavy sound. I like how the presentation matches the volatility; you sense the crypt can pay, but it makes you work for it.

Max win, RTP and Information for the slot House of Doom 2: The Crypt

From a numbers angle, Max win, RTP and Information for the slot House of Doom 2: The Crypt look solid for a branded metal slot. You get the familiar 5 reels, 3 rows and 20 paylines, with a default RTP of 96.25 percent and medium to high volatility rated 7 out of 10. The studio has more than doubled the potential, so the maximum win now reaches 6,000 times your stake.

It can land 4 different wilds with unique characteristics in House of Doom 2: The Crypt

It can land 4 different wilds with unique characteristics in House of Doom 2: The Crypt, and that is where the game starts to stand out for me. Low pays are the Gothic 10 to A card symbols, while the premiums are knives, a nightshade flower, flickering candles and a spiky skull. The four female ritual performers act as wilds, each paying 25 times the bet for five of a kind.

The Fire Mistress wild comes in red, the Metal Priestess appears in blue, the Queen of the Damned glows green, and the Spirit of Unity mixes their colours. Regular symbols feel fine, yet it is these characters that drive the slot. The Crypt logo works as the scatter, while an upgraded version with a burning circle shows up as the Flaming Crypt scatter when it hits inside a Spirit Gate.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Wild
	5	x25
	4	x5
	3	x2
	Wild
	5	x25
	4	x5
	3	x2
	Wild
	5	x25
	4	x5
	3	x2
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x1.5
	5	x5
	4	x2
	3	x1
	5	x4.5
	4	x2
	3	x1
	5	x4
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.75
	5	x3.5
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.4
	5	x3
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.3
	5	x2.5
	4	x1
	3	x0.3
	5	x2
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	5	x2
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	Scatter

If you land the wild on a Spirit Gate in House of Doom 2: The Crypt, the wild will expand

If you land the wild on a Spirit Gate in House of Doom 2: The Crypt, the wild will expand and you get a respin, which is where the slot really wakes up. Spirit Gate frames drop at random on any reel during the base game. When a wild symbol lands inside one, it stretches to cover the whole reel and awards a respin with a domain-specific modifier attached.

The Queen of the Damned modifier adds Spirit Gates to all reels for that respin, which can snowball if more wilds show up. Fire Mistress adds a random multiplier of 2, 3, 5 or 10 times to any respin win, so a stacked hit can jump fast. Metal Priestess upgrades all the ritual relic symbols on screen into the top paying skull, turning fairly ordinary lines into something far more serious.

Three regular Crypt scatters on reels 1, 3 and 5 award the free spins round, where at least one Spirit Gate is active on every spin, tied to the base game domain that triggered it. When a scatter lands in a Spirit Gate, it upgrades to a Flaming Crypt scatter, and three of these award 8 Crypt Spins. In Crypt Spins, Spirit of Unity can land, combining all three modifiers on a respin.

The 200 Spins House of Doom 2: The Crypt Experience

In my own 200 Spins House of Doom 2: The Crypt Experience, the base game felt quite muted at first, with the odd Spirit Gate tease but nothing outrageous. Things changed when the free spins dropped less than a minute into the session and Queen of the Damned took over. On one key spin, four of the five reels turned into expanded versions of her, banging in a hefty, satisfying payout.

House of Doom 2 The Crypt: Slot Verdict

House of Doom 2 The Crypt: Slot Verdict for me is that this sequel feels closer to what Play'n GO wanted first time round. The original never became a massive mainstream hit, so I was a bit surprised to see a second visit to the house. Once you spin it though, the passion shows through in the darker visuals, the upgraded potential and the way the features link together.

All those nested Spirit Gates, free spins and Crypt Spins can feel like a house of mirrors at first, yet you do not need a full breakdown to enjoy it. The slot can burn you, as the volatility rating suggests, and the 6,000x cap is strong rather than insane. If you like Gothic slots and heavier music, this one offers a well built, atmospheric ride that still has some bite.

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