Skulls UP! Slot Demo

Skulls UP! Slot Interface

The free play version of Skulls UP! slots has a pretty straight-forward interface: the cog icon at the bottom left opens the “settings” menu, where you can enable or disable sound effects. The menu button right above it opens the paytable, which contains the rules and payout values – we recommend to read it at least once even if you are going to play for fun only. You can keep track of your gaming balance from the same-named section. The “total bet” section shows your actual bet amount for that spin. The “win” section shows the latest win amount. And the tiny button next to the “spin” button spins the reels automatically, up to 1.000 times.

Needless to say, the theme of the game is “pirates”. The quality of visuals and animations of the demo play are quite good. This is true especially for the spin animation when you play on mobile: it is not a classic one, but an advanced animation where symbols “roll” from top to bottom.

The music and sound effects are familiar, and we are sure that you have heard them many times in pirate movies before. However, they also fit the theme perfectly. Skulls UP! is a modern slot game, which means it is mobile compatible. Whether you are gambling on Android or on iPhone, you can play this mobile casino game with ease. In fact, the Skulls Up! mobile slot version has a different interface for touch-based controls, so it will be even easier to play.

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Main Features of Skulls UP! by Quickspin

Let’s start with Skulls UP! overview of features. You can see a short list of them below. If we make a general assessment, none of these features are innovative or original – we have seen them many times before in other video slot games. This is not a bad thing, though. Even if you have played a couple of slot machines so far, you can start playing Skulls UP! no download version without using a guide or tutorial, everything will be quite familiar.

• The game has 5 reels and 243 paylines. You cannot change this number, it is fixed. But the game can increase this number up to 1.944 during the Flaming Re-spin feature.
• The game is played on a 5×3 grid, which is a familiar setup. Each reel can hold three symbols in total.
• There are two wild and one scatter symbols in the free Skulls Up! demo and real-money versions.
• The slot also offers two bonus features.

Other than multiplier payouts, Skulls UP! is similar to Polar Paws slot, another Quickspin casino game. This is actually interesting because Quickspin released a couple of “cluster pays” slot machines in the last months of 2019. Golden Glyph is a good example of this (don’t forget to check out our Golden Glyph Slot Review too). But it seems the company returns to classic video slots in early 2020 – together, we will see what the rest of the year will bring for mobile slot players.

Skulls UP! Game Symbols

We can continue with a Skulls UP! slot overview of symbols and the bonus features. Skulls UP! slot machine contains 10 symbols in total, and 5 of them are shown with pictures of pirates (and their pets). These symbols pay the most, between 50 and 2.000 Euro. The rest of the symbols are shown with playing cards and pay between 20 and 400 Euro. We will give the paytable below, but note that it is a dynamic one: your bet amount changes the symbol payouts too. In other words, the higher your bet, the higher the payouts. The values listed in the table below are valid only when the maximum bet (100 Euro) is placed.

SYMBOL	3x PAYS (Euro)	4x PAYS (Euro)	5x PAYS (Euro)
No-Beard, Pirate	200	400	2,000
Biggie, Pirate	100	250	1,500
Smelly, Pirate	60	200	750
Wrench, Biscuit (Monkey, Parrot)	50	100	500
A	50	80	400
K	50	70	250
Q	40	60	200
J	20	50	200
10	20	50	100

There are also three special symbols. These are:

• Skull Wild Symbol: The standard wild symbol, substitutes all other symbols except the special ones.
• Flaming Skull Wild Symbol: Activates the re-spin feature and substitutes all other symbols except the scatter.
• Scatter Symbol: Shown with a treasure chest picture. Activates the “Flaming Free Spins” feature.

There is also a free spins round in the Skulls UP! no download slot, and it is explained below.

Free Spins Bonus Round

So, what is the free spins feature, and how does it work? To trigger this feature, you must land three scatter symbols anywhere on the reels. When this happens, you will win 6 free spins. The Flaming Re-Spin feature we explained above can be triggered during these spins too: If this happens, you will get 2 more spins for free for every reel with the maximum height.

Flaming Re-Spin Feature

You can see the number of paylines at the top right corner of the game screen. Most of the time, you will see “243” in this section. But when you activate the Flaming Re-Spin feature, it can go as high as 1.944. So, what is this feature, and how can you activate it?

Landing a Flaming Skull Wild symbol anywhere on the reels will trigger this feature and spin the reels once, for free. However, if there is still at least one Flaming Skull Wild symbol on the reels after this re-spin, you will get another one. In fact, you can continue to spin the reels for free as long as there is one Flaming Skull Wild symbol in sight. But this is not the only thing you get during this bonus feature.

• Any new Flaming Skull Wild or Skull Wild symbol landing anywhere on the reels during the feature will open a new position above the reels. You can open up to three positions. Think of this position as 3 new reels with 3 symbols in each reel – basically, reels 2, 3, and 4 get a “longer” reel with space for three new symbols.
• As can be guessed, these new positions bring new possibilities for the winning combinations to form and increase the number of paylines. Based on how many positions are opened, the number of lines can be increased to 1.944. Again, you can see the actual number at the top right corner of the slot demo.
• Flaming Skull Wilds and Skull Wilds will continue to act like “wilds” during this feature. This means they will substitute all other symbols. However, if the Flaming Skull Wild is involved in a win, it will be “extinguished” and removed from the reel. No worries though: after this, new Flaming Skull Wild symbols will be immune to being extinguished.

How to Play Skulls UP! Slot Machine?

There is no need to learn a new slot strategy.  Like all other slot games, you have played so far, your goal is to land at least three same symbols side by side on any of the paylines. If you manage to do this, you will get paid according to how many symbols you have landed and what kind of symbols they are – check the paytable above to see some numbers. And to start playing the demo slot version, follow these steps:

1. The up and down arrows next to the section that says “total bet” are used to determine the bet amount per spin. The lowest value (minimum bet) you can select is 0.10 Euro. And the highest value (maximum bet) is 100 Euro. To win the highest payouts, we recommend playing with the highest bet.
2. After that, the only thing you need to do is to click the “spin” button at the bottom right corner. Doing so will spin the reels once – keep spinning them until you win or activate a bonus.

The Summary of the Free Skulls UP! Slot

The RTP rate of Skulls UP! is 96.26%, which means your odds of winning are pretty good. The game falls into the “medium-high” variance category. The paytable does not mention a specific biggest win limit. It seems the big win in Skulls UP! amounts 3,650x Stake. Skulls UP! offers a classic video slot experience, and this is not a bad thing: it has advanced graphics, easy-to-learn rules, and a high RTP rate. Such games never go out of style, and for this reason, we highly recommend trying Skulls UP! slot game. Remember that we offer you all other Quickspin slots too. If you like this one, make sure to check the rest of the collection. Good luck and may the reels always spin in your favour! The maximum win is somewhere in the reels, waiting for you to grab it!

We’re really excited to kick-start 2020 with our first release! We’ve got a diverse roadmap planned out for the year, and we’ll continue to push the boundaries with one innovative, high-quality slot per month, with a clear focus on mobile devices. Skulls UP! is a great testament to our strategy. Making full use of our new portrait mode, it’s a beautiful example of a game that was developed with our ‘portrait first’ approach.