Electric Wilds Slot Review

Electric Wilds Slot - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

I have spent a fair bit of time with Electric Wilds, the second online slot from Northern Lights Gaming, and it really does live up to its name. You get a compact 3x3 set of reels with five fixed win lines, laid over a classic overprint matrix that crackles with lightning. It plays like an old school fruit slot but the overprints and repeater mechanic make it feel very different.

Electric Wilds is all about building tension on that separate 3x3 lightning grid to the right of the reels. As symbols land, little lightning icons can appear and light up spots on the matrix, which can then turn whole symbol types wild. Land the same symbol in every window and the Repeater Bonus kicks in, letting you try to repeat the win up to four times.

Electric Wilds RTP (Payout) & Volatility

RTP figures always interest me, as they give a rough idea of how a slot treats the player base over time. Electric Wilds runs at around 96 percent, often listed as 96.17, so on paper for every £100 wagered across many sessions about £96 comes back in prizes. That is an average across thousands of spins and players, so any one session can be much better or much worse.

In practice Electric Wilds feels low to medium in volatility for me. The five lines and frequent small hits help to keep the balance moving without long dead spells, while the Repeater Bonus and stacked wilds from the overprint grid can throw in bigger payouts. It suits cautious staking and longer sessions, rather than high risk chases for single monster wins.

How to Play Electric Wilds Slots

When I load up Electric Wilds the first thing I notice is the electric theme, with pylons and cables framing the compact playing area and the logo sparking away above. The reels use a 3x3 layout, but each window acts as its own mini reel, so symbols spin independently rather than in full columns. Despite that quirk, the game still checks wins using standard three of a kind lines.

On the grid you see low value poker-style card symbols alongside orange, green and purple electrical tubes, a striking robot mask and a wild icon. The five paylines are fixed, running across, down and diagonally, so I just pick my total bet for the spin rather than fiddling with lines. Stakes start at 10p and can reach very high levels, which gives plenty of room whether I am testing or playing more seriously.

Once I am set on a stake I hit the Spin button and watch each little window flick through its symbols. At the same time I always keep an eye on the lightning matrix on the right, as new overprints can drop in even on what first looks like a dead spin. Between spins I adjust bet size quite freely as the interface keeps things simple.

How To Win at Electric Wilds Slot

The basic aim in Electric Wilds is to land three matching symbols along one of the five paylines, but the wild symbol really changes how often that happens. It can stand in for any regular icon, so I often see wins land even when the initial line looks broken. Because every window is independent, full-screen hits of a single symbol are rare but possible, and they trigger the valuable Repeater Bonus.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Wild
	3	x20
	3	x20
	3	x10
	3	x8
	3	x6
	3	x4
	3	x4
	3	x2
	3	x2

Electric Wilds Bonus Features & Free Spins

Electric Wilds skips the usual scatter symbols and free spins rounds, but the Lightning Overprint feature more than makes up for it in my experience. After each spin, small lightning icons can appear in the bottom right of reel symbols and then jump across to the same position on the separate 3x3 matrix. Form a complete horizontal, vertical or diagonal line on that matrix and the game awards a special symbol that becomes wild.

Below the matrix there is a circular window cycling through all the symbols, which stops on the one that will turn wild for each completed line. Hit more than one line at a time and you see several symbol types change, which can flood the main grid with wilds. Some of the lightning icons on the matrix stay for another spin around half the time, giving an extra sweat when the next set of reels lands.

Every so often I see a red Super Lightning Overprint, which behaves like a charged version of the standard icon. When it transfers to the matrix it can burst into multiple lightning symbols at once, often completing several lines and turning lots of symbols wild. A full window of one symbol, with help from wilds, takes me into the Repeater Bonus, where five tubes light up and I can repeat that win up to four times.

Electric Wilds Slot On Mobile - Android, iPhones and Tablets

I often play Electric Wilds on my phone, and the HTML5 build behaves well across Android handsets, iPhones and tablets. The 3x3 layout fits neatly on smaller screens, with the reels and lightning matrix staying sharp in portrait or landscape. Touch controls respond quickly, and the pace of spins feels the same as on desktop, so shifting between devices does not change the flow of the game.

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