In the online slots realm, we’re continually learning new things. For instance, we discovered that some of the skulls used in Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebration, known as Calavera, are edible and made from sugar. This fact is incorporated into Yggdrasil’s game, Calavera Crush, which offers an engaging base game and plenty of action.
The game’s main feature is similar to Yggdrasil’s Raptor Doublemax, where you earn a new wild per avalanche win, which also increases the multiplier. However, unlike Raptor Doublemax, the multiplier in Calavera Crush can increase by up to +3 (or +10 in the bonus round) and never resets in the bonus round.
In the base game, you can optionally activate the Golden Bet feature, which costs 25% more per spin but doubles your chances in the bonus round. You win by landing 8 to 12+ matching symbols in view, with 12+ matching symbols paying between 2 and 100 times your stake. Winning symbols are removed via the Avalanche mechanic, with a wild symbol filling one of the empty spaces.
The bonus round is triggered by landing 4+ scatters in view, and depending on the number of scatters, you receive 8, 12 or 18 free spins. During this round, the progressive multiplier never resets and can increase by up to +10 per wild.
You can purchase the bonus round for 100x the stake if you’re a non-UK player or if you’re eligible, guaranteeing 4 to 6 scatters on the following spin. For 400x your stake, you can trigger the top-tier bonus round with 6 scatters.
Calavera Crush is an engaging game that offers an intriguing base game experience, combining avalanche scatter wins with an incrementing multiplier. Although the 5,000x potential seems restrictive, it’s not something to complain about.
Similar games include Esqueleto Explosivo 2, which offers cascading wins that progress the win multiplier up to x32 in the base game and x64 in the bonus round, and Raptor Doublemax, which has dropdown wins that double the win multiplier per cascade. Day of Dead, a Pragmatic Play release, offers a walking wild respins feature in the base game.
