Oktoberfest Slot by Nolimit City
by Nolimit CityReleased Oct 9, 2017
Free demo - play instantly in your browser
Oktoberfest is a 2017 Nolimit City release with a Bavarian beer-hall setting and four distinct Wild symbols, including reel-locked Gretchen and Hansi characters in dirndl and lederhosen. The feature set runs four ways: a Bierspins free-spin round with a five-level beer-meter, Prost Spins triggered by fully stacking both character Wilds, and two random base-game events called Pretzel Party and Party Spins. Want to try Oktoberfest for free? Click "Free Play" below to load the demo in your browser.

Specifications
| Game Type | Slots |
|---|---|
| Volatility | Medium |
| Paylines | 20 |
| Min Bet | $0.2 |

About Oktoberfest Slot
Four different Wild symbols share the same reel set here, which is unusual for any provider. Two of them are character-specific and reel-locked: purple Gretchen in a dirndl only lands on reel 2, green Hansi in lederhosen only lands on reel 4, both crowned with the German labels Freifrau and Ehrenmann. The other two are standard substitutes that can show up elsewhere. All four swap in for anything except the Beer Mug Scatter.
Three Scatters award 10 Bierspins, and the round runs through a five-level beer-meter you fill by collecting more Scatters mid-feature. Level 1 starts at x1 with no extras. Every three collected Scatters bumps you up a level, adding x1 to the win multiplier and three additional spins. The ceiling is Level 5 at x5 with up to 12 bonus spins. Scatters stop paying their normal triggers during the round and become pure collectibles, which is the part most players miss on the first feature.
The two character Wilds open a separate path. Fully stacking Gretchen on reel 2 AND Hansi on reel 4 in the base game triggers Prost Spins, which is two guaranteed-win respins with a moving Prost Wild dropping into reel 3. That Wild moves down one row between each respin, so the win line shifts with it. Two more random base-game events round things out: Pretzel Party turns every 10-through-A pretzel-typography low symbol on the screen into a Wild for that spin, and Party Spins super-stacks one of the Fest symbols (tuba, Bavarian hat, accordion, beer barrel or coaster) for one round.
The reels sit inside a wooden beer hall with blue-and-white Bavarian bunting strung across the top and confetti and streamers piled on the bar counter below. Warm copper light from the back room contrasts with the teal frosty backdrop behind the reels. The max win is capped at 500x the bet, which is unusually low for Nolimit City and reflects the regulated-jurisdiction baseline this build is calibrated to. Go in expecting a tighter ceiling than the studio's heavier titles.
Reviewed by Arina, Slots Editor at Spinoxy Media Ltd.