Holmes: Reel Detective Slot Game | Kalamba Games Slots

Break out the deerstalker and prepare to give your brain cells a workout with Holmes: Reel Detective, the online slot game from Kalamba Games.

This wonderfully atmospheric slot takes players on an adventure through the dark streets of London as they quest to solve the mysteries on the reels. Should you succeed, you’ll collect the top potential payout of x20,550.

Kalamba has produced some online slots which offer a truly immersive experience, and they’ve excelled yet again here. The dimly lit Victoria streets feature pools of lamplight that offer no clues to what may be lurking in the shadows. The falling rain adds to the sinister aura, and players should be prepared for almost anything…

The neatly embellished reels hang squarely in the centre of the screen, providing a 6×4 grid with 4096 ways to win. This means gone are traditional paylines, as players need only line up matching symbols on neighbouring reels from left to right. Betting covers the standard spectrum for Kalamba, starting at 0.20 and increasing to a maximum of 60.00 per spin.

Like many other Kalamba Slots, the RTP is generous at 96.53%, providing plenty of player potential. It comes with medium-high volatility, which should mean a fairly regular stream of prizes if the game plays out as expected.

Game Features

Sherlock Holmes is a character with a fearsome reputation, and he rules the roost on the reels here. The paytable starts with the standard playing card royals, offered in beautiful calligraphy. The high pays would give you a clue to the great detective’s identity if it were not already known.

They include a quill, a journal, a pipe, the famous deerstalker hat and a pocket watch. Would you deduce to whom these items belonged to…? The ghostly wild can substitute for any of the regular pays, but not the magnifying glass, fingerprint or bonus symbols – and we will look at those now.

Magnifying glasses roam all over the reels, keen to focus on specific positions. If the magnifying glass and the fingerprint occupy the same spot, the cash value it reveals is paid out, and the magnifying glass is removed. If more than one fingerprint is captured in this way simultaneously, the K-Cash Multiplier trail unlocks. This applies a multiplier to the payout, handing you an even bigger prize.

Both Holmes and his dedicated companion, Watson, can land on the reels, and each time they do, their respective meter is topped up. This steadily increases the number of free spins, which can be unlocked by landing three scatters.

There are two different versions of the free spins round: one unlocked by Holmes and the other by Watson. Although both play out similarly, Holmes offers larger multipliers for the magnifying glass symbol.