Dead Man’s Trail is a video slot released by Relax Gaming in 2021. Although you may not get it from its ominous title, the slot is inspired by pirates and brings four fearsome characters to the reels. It uses a 5x4 layout and 40 fixed paylines. Besides a cinematic gaming experience, the game will provide you with multiple opportunities to win thanks to modifiers and coin wins. The maximum potential payout you can win in a single spin is 50,000x the bet.

The overall atmosphere of the video slot is grim, with the reels set against a foggy scene. The reels are home to the combination of theme-related symbols and playing card royals. High-value icons are portrayed as four pirates, three male and one female. Playing card royals make up the lower ends of the paytable. The pirate ship is Scatter, while the golden W stands for Wild.

To start playing the game, simply choose one of the stake values. They range from $0.10 up to $20 per spin. Players can activate up to 1,000 automatic spins or let the Autoplay feature spin the reels for them indefinitely. There are also limits you can set that will stop Autoplay with you. The slot pays when you create a winning combination of 3 or more matching symbols on a payline starting from the leftmost position.

On the reels, you will notice Coin icons carrying cash values. Land 3 or more of these, and the Coin feature activates, awarding the total displayed on triggering icons.

If you manage to land 3 or more Pirate Ship Scatters anywhere in view, you will unlock the Trail Bonus feature. You will see a board with 37 positions, and you can move up to 9 steps with a pawn. Depending on the tile you stop on, you will activate a respective modifier. The Normal Tile awards the visible prize, the End Tile ends the bonus, the Start Tile triggers the Reset special action, while the Mystery Chest unlocks one of 11 modifiers.

The modifiers can boost one, more or all Normal Tiles up to 1,000x, collect the values of all Normal Tiles and add them to the total win, replace End Tiles with Normal Tiles or temporary Mystery Chests, and more. When you land on a Mystery Chest or Normal Tile, these tiles turn into End Tiles. The value of each Normal Tile is capped at 10,000x the stake, and the maximum payout you can win within the feature is 50,000 the bet. The Bonus Buy feature is available in most jurisdictions, enabling players to enter the Trail Bonus feature at 100x the stake.

Intriguing and potentially lucrative, that’s how we see the Relax Gaming 2021 release. The biggest attraction of the Dead Man’s Trail slot is the Trail Bonus feature, which is unique. This bonus feature and modifiers it awards may strike you as complicated as first. However, once you enter it, you will figure out how it functions. If you enter the Trail Bonus feature using the Bonus Buy option, the game’s RTP increases to 98%. Otherwise, it sits at 96.29%, which is the industry average. This is a highly volatile slot machine, so keep an eye on your bankroll.