Steamrunners Slot Review

Steamrunners Base Game and Features

When I first loaded the Steamrunners slot, the steampunk setting hit me straight away, with pipes, bulbs and cogs framing a 5 reel 4 row grid. There are 14 fixed paylines paying left to right, and stakes run from 0.10 up to 100 per spin. The default RTP is 96.32%, though lower versions exist, and the medium volatility, 10,000x max win and roughly 20.7% hit rate give a fairly balanced profile.

Wins in Steamrunners come from lining up 3 to 5 matching symbols on adjacent reels. Low pays are 10, J, Q, K and A, paying up to 1x stake for a five-of-a-kind line. Premiums show a spyglass, scroll, hat, gramophone and goggles, worth around 2.5x to 5x stake for 5 on a line. The golden W Wild substitutes for all regulars and pays 10x stake for a full line on its own.

Steamrunners Wild Gas Canister Symbols

The whole Steamrunners slot revolves around the Wild Gas Canisters. In my sessions, the Green Gas Canister is the one that keeps things ticking over. When it lands, it spreads horizontally and vertically to adjacent low-paying symbols and existing Wilds, turning them, and itself, into Wilds if they form part of a winning combination. That spread can chain through connected lows and Wilds, so a small starter hit can suddenly cover half the grid.

The Purple Gas Canister in Steamrunners is where the real madness begins. It targets all low-paying symbols and Wilds on the entire grid, again only when they contribute to a win. Any low turned into a Wild can randomly gain a multiplier, from x2 right up to x200. Wilds that were already present get a flat x2. When several multiplier Wilds land in the same win, their values are added together before being applied.

Only one Gas Canister can land in Steamrunners on a single spin, which keeps things from going completely out of hand. From a player’s point of view, you almost start rooting for the reels to be clogged with royals, because a single well-placed canister can flip them into a sea of Wilds. It shifts the focus away from chasing premiums and turns even scrappy set-ups into genuine chances at serious hits.

Bonus Buy Feature

BONUSHUNT FEATURESPINS Each spin is 5 times more likely to trigger a bonus game!
Feature Cost:	x3 Bet
RTP:	96.31%
Volatility:	High
SMOKESHOW FEATURESPINS Each spin guarantees that 1 Gas Canister symbol lands!
Feature Cost:	x50 Bet
RTP:	96.26%
Volatility:	High
SKY CITY 8 free spins with Sticky Wild Multipliers!
Feature Cost:	x80 Bet
RTP:	96.31%
Volatility:	Average
GASLIGHT DISTRICT 10 free spins with Sticky Wild Multipliers and one guaranteed Wild on every spin!
Feature Cost:	x200 Bet
RTP:	96.26%
Volatility:	High

Steamrunners Free Spins

Free spins in Steamrunners come in three flavours, all triggered by FS Scatter symbols. Land 3 scatters and you enter Sky City with 8 spins. Here, any Wild with a multiplier becomes sticky, staying locked in place right to the end. Every time a Gas Canister hits one of those multiplier Wilds, its value doubles, up to a hefty x5,000 limit, and extra scatters can add +2 or +4 spins during the round.

Four scatters trigger the Gaslight District bonus in Steamrunners, giving 10 free spins with the same sticky multiplier Wild behaviour, but with at least one Wild guaranteed somewhere on the grid every spin. Hit 5 scatters from the base game and you reach Court of High Steam, the Hidden Epic bonus, where you get 10 free spins and one Gas Canister guaranteed to land on each spin. All three rounds can dish out fierce, swingy bursts of potential.

Steamrunners Bonus Buy and FeatureSpins

Steamrunners gives those of us who like cutting straight to the action a decent Buy menu. BonusHunt FeatureSpins cost 3x stake and make it five times more likely to trigger a bonus. Smokeshow FeatureSpins cost 50x and guarantee a Gas Canister every spin. You can also purchase Sky City for 80x or Gaslight District for 200x stake. Each option has its own RTP tweak, so I always check the info screen first.

First Impression of Steamrunners

After a good stretch on Steamrunners, I see it as a classic Hacksaw-style engine dressed in a lighter steampunk skin. The base game can feel a touch plain when the Gas Canisters stay away, but once they land, the grid can explode with Wilds and multipliers in a very satisfying way. With a 96.32% RTP version, medium volatility and 10,000x potential, it hits a nice sweet spot for sessions where I want steady play with genuine punch.

Steamrunners Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x5
	4	x2.5
	3	x1
	5	x4
	4	x2
	3	x0.8
	5	x4
	4	x2
	3	x0.8
	5	x2.5
	4	x1.2
	3	x0.5
	5	x2.5
	4	x1.2
	3	x0.5
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	Wild
	5	x10

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