Free Novomatic Slots & Games

Wild West Express: Go Train Robbing For up to 2,000x Jackpots

Novomatic is back with another old west ballad with steam engines carrying golden jackpots up to 2,000x your bet. The Wild West Express slot not only flaunts its trains but also brings respins, sticky wilds, wild multipliers, free spins, and a lock-it feature all to help you get closer to that 5,000x max win. I had the strangest case of deja vu even before I started playing, but here’s what I think of the game.

We start with the familiar five-reel and three-row setup powered by 10 win lines. Symbol pays also remain pretty reserved, with the lowest paying symbol getting you 0.20x for three matches, and the highest paying gold pile symbol bringing up to 10x returns over your bet. As is tradition, this setup got me between 0.20x to 1.20x returns for lower symbol combinations every three to five spins.

What struck me most here was the wild that could land anywhere except the first reel. The game was pretty generous with them, often dropping them every two spins, which helped me push some wins up to 4x my bet.

After a while, the train got impatient and dropped five bonus symbols to let me trigger the lock and win mini-game instantly. The round starts with six spins, and our goal is to land more trian symbols, which transform into cash symbols at the end of the round. I had almost half the screen covered with them by the time the round ended, but I only managed a 9.90x payout.

Scatters were the missing link, and no matter how long I spun those reels, I never saw more than one scatter. Just for perspective, my session was about an hour long. The round sounds promising with up to 5x sticky wild multipliers, but then again, the lock and win bonus had the potential for up to 1,000x jackpots, and I never saw them.

The Wild West Express slot by Novomatic is a pretty safe entry with nothing special to root for. The bonus game payouts are pretty subpar, and triggering them takes way too long to bother, in my opinion. I’d suggest checking out other Novomatic slots below for a better experience.

PROS

• Free spins with sticky wild multipliers
• Lock and win bonus game
• Up to 2,000x jackpots
• A 5,000x max win

CONS

• Unprofitable
• Cash prizes generally below 1x
• Bonus triggers take way too long

The Jade Emperor Hold and Win: Appease the Panda Emperor with Bamboos Worth 5,000x

The Jade Emperor Hold and Win by Novomatic takes you deep into a bamboo forest where a Panda emperor guards a 5,000x max win. To reach any of those five jackpots, I had to climb the endless stairs leading toward the emperor himself. I spent more than 300 spins making that journey just to see how difficult it truly was to appease the Panda.

The Panda emperor sits before a five-reel, three-row slot operating on 40 paylines. Across the grid, I came across dragons, lucky trees, koi fish, scatters, mystery symbols, and wilds. Landing three or more identical symbols on adjacent reels awards a payout.

During my playthrough, I was landing wins every 4 to 5 spins, with average returns between 1.80x and 2.30x my bet. The real standout feature, however, turned out to be the mystery symbols. They often appeared in clusters and revealed random symbols, sometimes even transforming entirely into wilds. Thanks to those, I managed to hit my highest base game win of 32x my bet.

As for the bonus features, landing six or more coin symbols triggers the Hold and Win round, while at least three scatters are needed for the free spins feature. It took me nearly 40 spins to activate the Hold and Win bonus, which eventually paid 42x my bet.

Roughly another 100 spins later, I landed three scatters and entered the free spins feature with 5 free games. Unfortunately, that round only returned 20x my bet. I never managed to land any jackpot symbols that stayed active on the grid long enough to truly matter.

That said, the Panda emperor can also randomly trigger the Hold and Win feature at any moment during regular gameplay. During my session, this happened four separate times, rewarding me with returns of 32x, 28x, 41x, and 29x my bet.

So even without landing any jackpots, The Jade Emperor Hold and Win never really let me leave empty-handed. Sure, features like ante bets or bonus buys could have added another layer to the experience, but even without them, this bamboo forest still feels worthy of another visit.

PROS

• 5,000x maxwin
• Mystery symbols
• Five jackpots
   

CONS

• Bonus wins are limited
• Low max bet
   

Jokers Magic Box Hotfire Buy Bonus: Unwrap Gift Boxes For Free Spins and Jackpots

Novomatic is doubling down on cherries, berries, and the very same grinning Joker with the Joker's Magic Box Hotfire Buy Bonus slot. You’ve got locked cash prizes to free, free spins wrapped in gift boxes to win, and four jackpots scaling up to 1,000x your bet to trigger. Seems familiar? Let me show you how the game works below because you’d be surprised how easy it is.

The game runs on a 5x3 grid with 40 paylines, where symbol pays range from 0.10x to 8x your bet. Despite the simple, familiar setup, my base-game wins ranged from 0.20x to 2.40x my bet, landing every 2 to 6 spins. It was enough to keep things going early on, but over time, it just wasn’t sustainable, and I started bleeding my balance.

There are coin prizes on the reels, but you only collect them if the Joker lands on the center reel, which doesn’t happen often enough. The main feature centers on the boxes above the reels. Landing the Joker can add coins to them, and once they pop, they award free spins. I ended up triggering both at once for 6+6 spins, and even got 6 extra spins during the feature.

Inside the bonus, question mark symbols can turn into locked cash prizes, and this is where most of my big hits came from. On one spin alone, I landed multiple cash values between 1x and 3x, which added up to a 40x hit. On top of that, I also landed two mini jackpots worth 5x each and a minor jackpot for 20x, bringing the total bonus win to 98.60x my bet.

Finally, you’ve got a bonus buy worth 100x your bet, should you choose to skip the ups and downs of the base game. I didn’t find it very helpful, considering the price almost always outweighed the returns, so I’d suggest checking it out in the free demo before you make that purchase.

Overall, this is a very standard fruit slot with one main feature doing all the work. The bonus game definitely has the kind of payout potential that I like to see from classic slots, but the base game is far too weak to make getting to the bonus fun. The Joker's Magic Box Hotfire Buy Bonus slot is ultimately forgettable, and the Joker’s charm didn’t work on me this time.

PROS

• 40 fixed win lines 
• Cash prizes to unlock
• Free spins with locked collect symbols 
• Four jackpots

CONS

• Boring gameplay loop 
• Limited winning potential in the base game