Viking Forge (Pragmatic Play) – Review & Demo Play

Slot Theme And Storyline in Viking Forge

Viking Forge drops me into a gloomy, lava-lit forge with one battered warrior on the reels. The stone frame and fiery sky look fine, and the soundtrack thumps along with heavy drums. It still feels a tad generic for the theme, but I’m here for the mechanics. The setup leans on Pay Anywhere wins, tumbling symbols, and coin overlays. Free spins then carry a prize meter from spin to spin, which is where this slot can come alive.

Viking Forge RTP, Volatility, And Max Win

Viking Forge runs at 96.05% RTP by default, with alternate settings of 95% or 94% at some sites. Volatility is high, a firm 5 out of 5, and the max win is 10,000x the stake. The base game hit rate sits near 25%, while free spins trigger about once in 406 spins on average. The headline payout shows up rarely, roughly once in four million spins. That profile tells me to plan my bankroll and embrace swings.

Feature buys lift the RTP slightly to 96.06% when allowed, and the Ante Bet trims it to 96%. The Ante Bet costs 25% extra per spin and doubles the free spins chance. The buy option is priced at 100x the bet and drops in four to six scatters. In the UK, these extras are off the menu, but the core game still carries the weight. For me, the meter-driven payouts define the highs in bonus play.

Viking Forge Rules And Gameplay

Viking Forge plays on a 6x5 grid with 30 symbols per spin and a Pay Anywhere system. I win by landing eight to twelve plus matching symbols anywhere on the screen. The Tumble mechanic clears winning icons and drops new ones, which can chain extra hits from the same spin. Bets range from £0.20 up to £240, so most stakes are covered. There are no wilds here. Golden scatters can pay up to 100x and trigger the bonus.

Symbols And Paytable in Viking Forge

Symbols stick to a clear ladder. The Viking pays best, worth 100x for 12 or more in view. The hammer reaches 20x at the top step, the sword hits 15x, and the tankard pays 10x for 12 plus. Card royals from 10 to A scale between 3x and 8x for 12 or more. Smaller sets of eight to ten pay less, down to 0.3x at the low end, but the Tumble can stack those sequences.

The scatter is a golden Viking mask that can drop anywhere. Four, five, or six will award 10, 20, or 30 free spins, and they also pay 3x, 5x, or 100x upfront. Regular symbols may carry a Coin overlay, which is key to the game plan. These coins attach to any non-scatter symbol and feed a meter when part of a win. In free spins, that meter carries across the feature and can grow fast.

Viking Forge Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	12+	x100
	10+	x25
	8+	x10
	12+	x20
	10+	x10
	8+	x2
	12+	x15
	10+	x5
	8+	x1.5
	12+	x10
	10+	x2
	8+	x1.25
	12+	x8
	10+	x2
	8+	x0.75
	12+	x6
	10+	x1.5
	8+	x0.6
	12+	x5
	10+	x1.25
	8+	x0.5
	12+	x4
	10+	x1
	8+	x0.4
	12+	x3
	10+	x0.75
	8+	x0.3
	Scatter
	Multiplier

Viking Forge Bonuses And Special Features

Tumble Wins in Viking Forge do the heavy lifting for base play. Each time I hit a Pay Anywhere win, the winning symbols explode and vacancies fill from above. This repeats until no new wins land. It gives the overlay coins more chances to join a combo, and it stretches value from one paid spin. I’ve had several chains where small sets combine into tidy totals thanks to the meter payout at the end.

The Coin Collection in Viking Forge is the twist I came for. Coins can show as direct prizes from 0.1x to 20x or as multipliers of x2, x3, x5, or x10. If a coin-tagged symbol helps a win, its value adds to a meter above the reels; multiplier coins multiply that meter. When the tumble sequence finishes, the meter amount is applied to the stake and paid. It’s simple, punchy, and can spike quickly.

Free spins in Viking Forge hand out 10, 20, or 30 spins for 4, 5, or 6 scatters, with +5 on any retrigger of three or more. The key change is persistence. The coin meter does not reset, so values stack until the round ends. Ante Bet (not UK) raises the stake by 25% to increase natural entries, while Bonus Buy (not UK) costs 100x. When the multipliers hit the built meter, sessions can turn fast.

Bonus Buy Feature

Free Spins The free spins round can be instantly triggered from the base game by buying it for 100x current bet.
Feature Cost:	x100 Bet
RTP:	96.06%
Volatility:	-

Review Summary And Verdict on Viking Forge

Viking Forge feels like a straight scatter pays build with one smart tweak. The coin overlay system shifts the focus from landing a single huge multiplier to growing a meter within each spin and across the bonus. In my runs, base hits were steady enough, but the standout moments arrived when multiplier coins landed late in a long tumble. The meter pounced then, lifting the total in a way that regular symbol pays cannot match.

It is not the most striking Viking theme, and the top payout feels optimistic without help from several x5 or x10 coins. Still, the design is clean and the maths holds up for high-risk play. I treat it as a meter chase, nudge the bonus, collect values, and hope the multipliers arrive at the right time. Do that, and the stated 10,000x target looks within reach on a good day.