Aquamasters Slot Review

If you played BGaming's Aviamasters 2 back in March, a lot of Aquamasters will look familiar. BGaming swapped the plane for a submarine and sank the whole thing to the bottom of the ocean.

It has the same bet range (0.10 to 250) and the same 1,000x max win. Now, compared to other crash games like Hacksaw's Moneyplane or Pragmatic's Limbo+ (which both push 10,000x), a 1,000x top prize feels a little light. But what Aquamasters gives up at the top end, it makes up for with a really generous 97% RTP.

Here's a breakdown of how it actually plays and what you need to watch out for.

This isn't a traditional slot, there are no reels. You hit play, and a little yellow submarine dives about 150 meters down. You can actually choose your game speed (represented by cute buttons ranging from a slow turtle to a fast swordfish).

As your sub moves along the ocean floor, it collects bubbles to build your multiplier:

• Blue Bubbles add flat numbers to your meter (1, 2, 5, etc.).
• Green Bubbles multiply whatever is already in your meter (x2 to x5).

Because of the math, when you hit a green bubble is everything. Catching an x5 right at the start just gives you a 5. But catching it when your meter is already sitting at 18? That's when things get exciting.

You also have power-ups to help you out (like a Magnet that pulls nearby multipliers toward the sub and helps it surface), but you have to watch out for Mines. Hitting a mine instantly cuts your hard-earned multiplier in half.

Here is where the game gets incredibly tense. Everything you collect on the ocean floor means nothing until your submarine tries to climb back to the surface.

Waiting for you at the top is a line of aircraft carriers. If your sub slips past them, you win your multiplier. If it crashes into a hull, your meter is wiped out and you get zero.

It is absolutely brutal to watch your sub build up an x57.5 multiplier, hit a mine to drop to x28.8, and then crash at the surface to leave you with nothing. In my playthrough, about a quarter of my rounds built up a great multiplier (above x22) only to end in a surface crash.

(Note: If you survive the surface with a tiny multiplier, like 0.3x, the game still pays out that fraction of your bet, which is a nice touch to keep your balance alive).

To avoid that surface heartbreak, the game offers a "Safe Surfacing" feature. For 50x your base bet, your sub gets wrapped in a protective bubble, guaranteeing it will survive the climb past the aircraft carriers.

There are three things to know about this feature:

1. It doesn't protect against mines: Your multiplier can still get chopped in half on the ocean floor.
2. The math is tricky: Because you paid 50x your bet for the feature, you need your sub to hit a 50x multiplier just to break even. In my session the bought round surfaced at x20.5, and the screen still showed "BIG WIN" and "21x Bet" for a round that returned 41% of what it cost.
3. It stays turned on: If you buy this feature, the toggle stays armed. If you mindlessly hit the play button again, you're spending another 50x. You have to manually turn it off.

Aquamasters is a really solid, highly volatile crash game. A round lasts under twenty seconds even at the slowest speed (so dead runs are over quickly), and the 97% RTP is great for your bankroll.

Just know what you're getting into. The surface crashes will test your patience, and while that 50x "Safe Surfacing" button is tempting, it's a massive gamble in itself. The switch stays armed after the round, and at 50x a press it is the one button in the game that can drain a balance without anyone noticing.