Fire Portals (Pragmatic Play) Slot Demo & Review

The Pragmatic Play onslaught continues at such a rate I reckon the developer has released more new slots in 2024 to date than I have had hot dinners. So, where is this prolific iGaming developer taking us today? I’m not quite sure, to be honest; it’s about portals that I imagine could take you to all kinds of weird and wonderful places. Rather than try to decipher what is going on around the reels and in the symbols on them, let’s get into the nitty gritty of Fire Portals more essential aspects – starting with the specs, which show it’s a 7×7 grid slot that utilises a cluster pays mechanic, offers a 10,000x max win, and has a 96.06% RTP.

Although the futuristic sci-fi theme is not the easiest to work out, the presentation is top-notch. As for the bonus features, the slot revolves around the fittingly named Fire Portal wilds, which appear after cluster wins disappear from the reels. They hold multiplier values, which increase as they help to create more wins – and if they complete winning combinations with other wilds, they’ll merge and multiply their values. They also carry over to the free spins bonus, except this time, they’re even more lucrative as they remain on the reels until the bonus ends.

Whether this game will take you to new worlds, dimensions, or parallel universes, I’m not sure, but what I do know is we can transport you straight to a free play version of the game via our Fire Portals demo slot below.

Fire Portals Slot
ProviderPragmatic Play
Reels7
Rows7
PaylinesCluster Pays
Bonus Rounds1
Bet Range0.20 - 240
VolatilityHigh
Max Win10,000x
Bonus BuyYes
RTP96.06%
Our Rating7.4

Fire Portals Casino Bonus


Fire Portals Demo Slot


Fire Portals Slot Theme, Stakes, Pays & Symbols

Fire Portals Slot Paytable
Fire Portals slot paytable

I think it’s easier to classify this slot as having a sci-fi theme, and there’s certainly no shortage of those in casino lobbies across the land. The Cygnus series of titles from Elk Studios is an excellent place to start, especially our Cygnus 2 free play slot – a player favourite and a game offering up to 262,144 ways to win along a chunky top win of 50,000x. For something more lighthearted, check out our Reactoonz demo play slot from Play’n Go – it has the same grid layout as Fire Portals and also operates using the cluster pays mechanic.

Reactoonz has proved exceptionally popular over the years, so Fire Portals has its work cut out if it wants to enjoy similar success. It doesn’t quite compare in terms of the symbol payouts, it has to be said, but they’re still decent enough. The Female Character, who looks like she’s holding a portal, tops the pay charts with 150x on offer each time she is part of clusters with at least 15 symbols. A Sword surrounded by fire is the next, returning 100x for a 15+ combo, while the Ring and Amulet symbols have top pays of 80x and 60x, respectively. Dropping to the so called lesser pays, we have The Potion worth 60x, an Egg Timer valued at 40x, and the Goblet paying 20x for 15+ symbol combinations.

Pragmatic Play arguably offers some of the most comprehensive betting selections you’ll find when playing online slots catering to every player’s budget possible. In Fire Portals, you’ll find over 40 stake sizes, ranging from a minimum of €0.20 a spin up to a maximum of €300.


Fire Portals Slot Base Game & Modifiers

Fire Portals Slot Base Game
Fire Portals slot base game

You’re greeted with a huge 7×7 grid full of 49 symbols on Fire Portal, which, if you’re used to more traditional slot configurations, can look a tad overwhelming at first. No need to worry, though, as everything becomes clear after a few spins. Payouts come your way when five or more matching symbols make up clusters connected horizontally or vertically – and winning symbols vanish to be replaced by new ones courtesy of the falling reels mechanic.


Fire Portal Wild Symbols

The fact they’re called Fire Portal Wild Symbols should give the game away a bit – but it’s these lucrative wilds that take centre stage in Pragmatic Play’s latest slot. Yes, they substitute for regular symbols just like standard wilds, but these offer much more than just that.

They will appear in one of the positions of each winning combination after all other winning symbols have been removed. As standard, they have a multiplier value of 1x, which increases 1x each time the symbol helps to create future winning combos, and they’ll also move up, down, left, or right by one position each time.

If you thought that was it, you’re about to discover that the best is still to come – if two Fire Portal symbols are involved in a winning combination, they will merge, and their multiplier values will be multiplied by each other.


Ante Bet

For 25% on top of your chosen bet, you can use the Ante Bet feature to spin reels featuring more scatter symbols, and, therefore, you’ll have a higher chance of triggering the free spins bonus.


Fire Portals Slot Bonus Features

Fire Portals Slot Free Spins Feature
Fire Portals slot free spins feature

There is one main bonus feature to set your sights on in Fire Portals, and landing 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 scatters in the base game will trigger it and award 10, 12, 14, 16 or 18 free spins, respectively.


Free Spins Feature

The free spins play out similarly to the base game spins, with just one big difference – any Fire Portal Wilds that land on the reels and those that carried over from the triggering base game spin remain on the reels until the end of the bonus. It’s also possible to retrigger the free spins round by landing the aforementioned scatter symbols.


Bonus Buy

If you want to bypass the base game, the bonus buy feature gives you instant access to the free spins bonus for 100x the current stake.


Pros

  • A well designed slot.
  • Solid max win of 10,000x bet.

Cons

  • The free spins bonus looks good on paper, but I'm not sure it will prove the case in the real world.

Fire Portals Slot Review Final Thoughts

Unlimited wild multipliers that can merge and multiply their values in the free spins bonus? That sounds fantastic, and perhaps it is, if it ever happens, and when it does, it creates a sizable merged multiplier that then has to hit another winning combination.I know variance exists, but throughout 500 spins, I created just three merged Fire Portal wild symbols, the biggest of which brought me a 44x multiplier that then did not make a win - so it was worthless. Perhaps I got unlucky? I enjoyed the slot overall, but there’s nothing worse than finally getting a sizable multiplier and watching it come to nothing.

7.4

Good


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