Mexico is a colourful country that has been inspiring slot developers with its vivid spirit, festivities and tradition. Two Mexican holidays particularly, the Day of the Dead or Día de Muertos and Cinco de Mayo, have served as an inspiration to a variety of video slots and some of them are featured on this list of the best Mexican-themed slot machines.

Sombreros, tequila shots, mariachi music, sugar skulls and piñatas bring the Mexican vibe and these symbols populate the reels of the slot machines we have selected as the best ones using this theme. Grab a sombrero and take a trip to Mexico this May to enjoy the life to the fullest!

Spiñata Grande

Coming from the NetEnt creative kitchen, Spiñata Grande is a 5×4 reel video slot offering 40 paylines. It is a typical Mexican-themed slot with piñatas in different shapes landing on the reels and awarding high-value payouts. They include bulls, donkeys, birds and fish and can appear as Colossal Symbols covering 2×2 or 3×3 positions on the screen.

The game benefits from three special symbols, Star Piñata Scatter, Sugar Skull Wild and Bonus represented by a slot machine with a sombrero. The Bonus symbol is key to bonus features as Colossal Bonus triggers a mini-slot game during which you can win free spins, extra spins or coin wins. Colossal Wild appears during free spins only to help you win up to 120,000 coins in a single spin.

Esqueleto Explosivo

Inspired by the Day of the Dead, Esqueleto Explosivo is a unique game developed by Thunderkick. It features 5 reels and 17 paylines with sugar skulls dropping down instead of spinning. Once they create a winning combo, the symbols sing and explode to leave a place for new ones to fall down. This is where things become interesting as each win on a drop increases a multiplier up to a whopping 32x! Another way to get a multiplier increased is by landing Explosivo Wild that will destroy 8 neighbouring symbols each time it shows up.

Just like other Thunderkick releases, Esqueleto Explosivo boasts impressive visuals and engaging sound effects that will provide you with an entertaining gaming experience. With up to 32x multipliers, you can win up to 1,360x your bet in a single spin.

Taco Brothers

ELK Studios takes you to the Mexican village of Santa Maria with their title revolving around three Taco Brothers trying to stop the evil Captain Diaz from banning tacos. An interesting plot, great visuals and sounds along with exciting bonus features make this game stand out from the crowd and get featured on this list. The 5-reel slot offers 243 ways to win with cacti, guitars, bottles of tequila and shovels with lanterns populating the reels besides the three Taco brothers that are responsible for high-value prizes.

The game benefits from two Wilds with one of them triggering respins and Wild Escape free spins with up to 3x multipliers. During free spins, Taco brothers assume the role of so-called Running Wilds moving one position to the left from the fifth reel. Captain Diaz also appears on the reels and puts the brothers in jail while another bonus symbol, Senorita, releases them. The game may seem complicated, but you can be sure that you will enjoy playing it, especially once you enter the free spins round. The maximum possible payout stands at 150,000 coins.

Grim Muerto

Another slot inspired by the Day of the Dead comes from the Swedish software developer Play’n GO. Grim Muerto is a 5-reel, 20-payline slot that features a mariachi band consisting of 4 skeletons – Amador, the accordionist, Tauro, the trumpeter, Fernando, the fiddler and Vincente playing the vihuela. The developers put a lot of effort in visuals that are pleasing to the eye and accompanied with mariachi music setting the overall mood of the game.

Throughout the game, you will benefit from entertaining and lucrative bonus features starting with Marco Siniestro which highlights one reel during the base game and whenever Guitar Wild lands on the highlighted reel, it expands to cover it entirely. The free spins feature awards 10 free games with the candle symbol retriggering it and one Mariachi symbol acting as extra Wild. During the feature, between 2 and 5 reels get highlighted, meaning that you can cover the reels with expanding Wilds completely. There is also the Second Chance feature that helps you trigger free games and win up to 2,500x your wager in a single spin.

Lucha Maniacs

Another popular theme when it comes to Mexico is freestyle wrestling and so-called luchadores that inspired a few software providers to create highly exciting slot games. One of them is Yggdrasil Gaming, well-known for their exquisite graphics and sounds, and their title Lucha Maniacs inspired by masked Mexican wrestlers is no exception to this rule. The 5-reel, 20-payline slot brings 4 wrestlers to the ring where you have to join them for a 12,000 coin top prize.

Featuring 4 different Wilds that appear in the base game or during free spins, Lucha Maniacs comes packed with bonus features that will help you win bigger prizes. Once you trigger the Free Spin mode, you will be offered to pick from the tickets to reveal modifiers like extra free spins, random Wilds, sticky Wilds, a 3x multiplier on a wrestler symbol, one of the wrestlers acting as Wild, stacked wrestler symbols and more. When playing at a regular bet, you will benefit from 3 extra bonuses during free games while opting for the Golden Bet adds 1 additional bonus feature to the free spins round at a cost of 5 coins.