Dracula’s Castle is a horrific December 2017 video slot developed by Wazdan. This slot is set in and named after the vampiric lord’s medieval abode. Expectedly, its thematic elements are: bloodsucking, vampire, bats, parasitism, preternatural, shapeshifting, hypnosis, immortality, demonic manipulation, and death.

Other devilish video slots from Wazdan: Haunted Hospital (May 2017), Highway to Hell (May 20120, Highway to Hell Deluxe (July 2018), Demon Jack 27 (February 2016), Black Hawk (July 2016), Black Hawk Deluxe (August 2018), and Welcome to Hell 81 (February 2016).

Dracula’s Castle’s rival online games include: Blood Suckers (November 2013) from NetEnt, Dracula’s Family (October 2014), The Vampires (October 2014) from Endorphina. One symbol (the “wild” Dracula) requires five winning combinations. Two symbols (red-headed vampire and blonde vampire) require two, three, four, or five winning combinations. Nine symbols (silhouetted castle, tombstone, bat, A, K, Q, J, 10, and 9) require three, four, or five winning combinations.

Dracula’s Castle Game Characteristics

Dracula’s Castle’s partitioned 5X3 grid is set on a fancy wrought iron gate that is silhouetted against a dark teal sky. It has an appearing and disappearing banner ad on top of the grid. There are five left-to-right fixed paylines, twelve symbols, nine total bets, three win multipliers, side game, expandable wild, no free games, and regularly pays from $0.10 to $100000.00.

Dracula’s Castle has one special symbol and eleven ordinary symbols. Special symbol: the substitute is a dark-haired, white-faced and blood-drooling “wild” Lord Dracula who is dressed in white and black, stepping on a skull, ensconced in a royal chair, and staring casually as bats flutter around him.

Ordinary symbols: an open-mouthed red-headed female vampire; a red-eyed and white-faced blonde female vampire; a medieval stone keep castle silhouetted against a full moon and a cyan lightning bolt; a white “RIP” tombstone with skull and crossbones; a vampire bat in flight silhouetted against a full moon; and chipped playing card values—old grunge parchment letters A and K; lilac letters Q and J; and turquoise letters 10 and 9.

The Dracula’s Castle cash bets: 0.10 (minimum bet), $0.20, $0.50, $1.00, $5.00, $10.00, $20.00, $50.00, and $100.00 (maximum bet).

Betting $100.00 attracts these Dracula’s Castle payouts. Five “wild” Dracula lords pay $100000.00. Two, three, four, and five: red-headed vampires pay $400.00, $2000.00, $3000.00, and $25000.00; and blonde vampires pays $200.00, $1000.00, $4000.00, and $12500.00.

Three, four, and five: silhouetted castles pay $1000.00, $2000.00, and $4000.00; tombstones pay $500.00, $1000.00, and $2000.00; bats pay $400.00, $800.00, and $1600.00; A, or K pays $200.00, $400.00, and $800.00; and Q, or J, or 9, or 10 pays $100.00, $200.00, and $400.00.

After a winning round, players can claim the payout instantly or opt for a seven-round side game: a color-guessing side game (ticked “cards gambling only” icon), or a goblet-selecting side game (unticked “cards gambling only” icon). Side game one: players predict the color of a face down card by pressing a red/black gem-embedded goblet, prompting the card to flip to reveal its color. Wrong predictions nullify, while correct predictions double the current payout. Side game two: players predict which of the two goblets on the red-headed vampire’s hands contains blood. The clicked goblet pours its content: water nullifies, while blood doubles the current win.

Win multipliers for left-to-right walls: a three-of-a-kind wall pays X3; a four-of-a-kind wall pays X4; and five-of-a-kind wall pays X5. Dracula’s Castle’s non-progressive jackpot is X1000, which (1000X100) is $100000.00.

The good Dracula’s Castle software features include: optional low, standard, and high volatility; slow, normal, and fast modes; optional “Ultra Lite” and “High Quality” modes; left/right-hand modes; screen magnifier; available in 19 languages; supports diverse operating systems and platforms; and 5-1000 autospins, with up to $1000.00 (in smartphones) and up to $1000000.00 (in desktops) single win and cash decrease/increase limits.

Ambient background: spooky white noise. Sound effects: Dracula’s sarcastic laughter, snapping, chinking, sigh, screeching, wailing, and cawing ravens. Animated 3D graphics include: dolly zoom, glinting, floating goblets that pour water and blood, blazing cyan fire, and fluttering bats.

Luck in Dracula’s Castle

The RTP rate of Dracula’s Castle, a game of chance, is 96.56% and the house edge is 3.44%.