Captain Stack Slot Review & Free Play

Captain Stack: A Swashbuckling Slot Adventure

One reason I chose to test Captain Stack is Merkur’s use of theme-related symbols that make sense. From the parrot to the skull, island, and treasure chest, the slot’s aesthetics looked like an animated version of Pirates of the Caribbean. Still, looks can be great, but the gameplay makes the difference.

Starting with a small bet of 2000 coins, I was hoping for a steal within my first ten spins, considering the game’s medium variance. And as I thought, it took only seven spins to hit an 8000 coins win, which was a pleasant surprise. It took four more spins to hit another 5000 wins and five more after that to hit another 4000 coins.

Wins shouldn’t come that quickly in a game like this, so I monitored the next couple of spins, counting how many more rounds it’d take to hit the next steal and its size. Fifteen spins went by without a single win, and now I was starting to trust the variance. My goal wasn’t to hit another win by matching symbols but to get the expanding wilds for a potentially big payout. It'd be even better if I could get five of the scatter symbols to land 100 free spins.

Neither happened within my 100 spins, but the gameplay was fun and full of medium-sized wins, which helped me maintain my bankroll with some reasonable extras. It is a good game if you love high risks for potentially high rewards. Yes, you’ll have small to medium-sized wins fairly frequently, but they may burn out as quickly as they come. It might take playing a little longer than I did to get anything significant.