Neopunk Charge Up Slot Review & Free Play

Neopunk Charge Up: Spark the Reels, Awaken Boosters and Spin The Bonus Round

ReelPlay invites us to plug in our nerves and patience to enjoy their electrifying entry, Neopunk Charge Up. Robots, power gloves, and rayguns light up the five-by-three grid, where sparks connect free spins, three boosters, multipliers up to x5, and a progressive bar that depends on scatters and influences them all. Let's see how my session held the current.

My base game reminded me that a lot of wilds doesn't necessarily mean high payouts. They dropped on most of the winning lines and very often, but returns stayed in the 0.08x to 1.36x range, just not strong enough to keep me above zero.

Although I saw some action in the first 50 spins, I was missing the most crucial piece for a profitable session, scatters. That was up until I almost got the third scatter and triggered free spins, which is one of the two ways into the bonus round.

Since then, scatter appearances picked up like someone flipped a switch. Even without three at once, the Charge Up Meter banks every scatter that lands, and once it hits 20, you unlock one of the three boosters or trigger free spins outright (the other way to get into bonus).

Less than 30 spins after that pace-changing moment, I filled the bar and unlocked the multiplier booster. Another 60 spins of back and forth with medium hits, and I filled the bar a second time, unlocking the added wilds booster on top.

Here's the catch I learned the hard way. Boosters do nothing in the base game. They stay locked in, waiting for free spins to trigger. So I basically chased something I never saw any profit from, with two upgrades parked behind a door that never opened, and a lucky 25x return as my highest moment.

Overall, when the scatters started cooperating, my hopes went sky-high, which is exactly why they fell so hard. The boosters underperformed in my session because I never reached the round that would have set them off, but I don't think this slot has no potential. On the contrary.