Guns N’ Roses Slots Online

Back in their heyday, the legendary 1980s rock band Guns N’ Roses was one of the biggest rock bands in the world. Even if that was before your time, surely you must have heard of this iconic band. So if you’re at all curious to finally come face to face (virtually) with the members, hear their music, and see what all the hoopla was about, now you can with the Guns N’ Roses online slot game!

As for those of you who are already big Guns N’ Roses fans, what could be more exciting than attending your own private virtual concert where you not only get to rock out to your idols’ biggest hits but collect cash winnings, too!

Guns N’ Roses basics 

Guns N’ Roses is an online video slot by NetEnt released in January 2018 as a tribute to the world famous hard rock band also called Guns N’ Roses. It is the first of a trilogy of classic rock n’ roll inspired slots comprising the NetEnt Rock Tour. The other two slots in the trilogy are Jimi Hendrix and Motorhead.

The game consists of five reels, three rows, and 20 fixed paylines. The setting for the action is a stadium where a Guns N’ Roses concert is taking place. It also feels like that’s where you really are rather than seated in front of your desktop or mobile device. During the entire time, you not only hear Guns N’ Roses music but see the heads of fans attending the concert swaying back and forth.

As soon as you open the game to start playing, a Guns N’ Roses set list pops up showing you the titles of the five tracks you’ll be hearing during the course of your play. They include:

• Welcome to the Jungle
• Sweet Child o Mine
• Paradise City
• November Rain
• Chinese Democracy

When you win, the contributing symbols become animated. The fans become animated, too, and raise their arms high, and when you get a big win, they are on their feet dancing. Sometimes you get to see early clips of the band as well.

Why play the Guns N’ Roses slot game? 

For any online slot player who is already a big Guns N‘ Roses fan, this game has your name written all over it. But the music is only one of multiple reasons to play this slot. Because it comes from the premier online slot maker NetEnt, you know from the get-go that it is a top-quality product.

One reason why NetEnt slots appeal to such a broad customer base is the great variety of themes But another reason is that they consistently and seamlessly combine cutting edge online slot technology, great entertainment, and great bang for the buck.

Whatever your bet size, Guns N’ Roses, like other NetEnt games, is fun to play, and with a return to player (RTP) ranked among the best in Pennsylvania online slots, you’re always in the game.

All NetEnt slots offer special features to rev up the excitement level, but Guns N’ Roses is packed with an especially impressive array of bells and whistles. Throughout the course of your play, the action never stops with a barrage of expanding wilds, multipliers, re-spins, and free spins, and if you’re really lucky, you will also get a chance to spin the Bonus Wheel.

Or even if you don’t trigger the Bonus Wheel, this game offers plenty of extra ways to win otherwise, including three special features that can be randomly triggered during the base game at any time. It is impossible to get bored playing this game.

But Guns N ‘Roses isn’t for everyone

You know your tastes in online slots, however, so maybe Guns N’ Roses is not a good choice for you. It’s a very fast paced game with a lot going on, so if you prefer online slots that are calming and relaxing, you should look elsewhere. You don’t necessarily have to be a big fan of this band’s music or of hard rock in general, but you should be able to at least tolerate it because that’s what the theme of this slot is all about.

Of course, if you find the music too loud for your taste or you get tired of it, you can always press the mute button. But since rocking out to the music is such an integral part of what this slot has to offer, to play without sound would be shortchanging yourself. It would be no different from watching rock stars perform in a silent film!

Guns N’ Roses bet size

If you want to give this game a try, you will be pleased to know that you can choose from a very wide range of bet sizes.

While the number of paylines has been fixed by the manufacturer at 20, you can adjust the cost of each spin up or down based on both the bet level and coin size you select.

Your bet level can be anywhere from 1 to 10 while you can select any of the following six amounts as your coin size or line bet: .01, .05, .10, .25, .50, or $1.00

The cost of each spin is your line bet x your coin size x 20. Therefore, the minimum bet per spin is a mere 1 x .01 x 20 or 20 cents while the maximum is 10 x $1.00 x 20 or $200. This is a wide enough betting range to accommodate virtually everyone from the smallest players to high rollers.

Or if you prefer, you can play in demo mode for the same stakes.

Guns N’ Roses RTP and volatility

We already mentioned that one attribute that Guns N’ Roses shares with all NetEnt slots is an exceptionally high return to player or RTP. In fact, all NetEnt slots have an RTP of at least 96.0 percent, which already places them among the highest returning of all PA online slots. Guns N’ Roses has an RTP of 96.30 percent.

The RTP doesn’t tell you how you can expect to fare each time you play, as individual session results can vary widely. However, it does provide a reliable indication of how much of your starting bankroll you can expect to retain over the long run over a great many sessions.

You may never actually play that much, but playing slots with a high RTP is still recommended, especially if your bankroll is limited. The corresponding higher frequency of payouts, even when most of them are small, helps keep you in the game longer in the event you don’t have good luck early on.

Guns N’ Roses also has low medium volatility. I was surprised since both the slot and the band it pays tribute to are so over the top, but for players who need to watch their bankroll closely, this is good news.  While you could experience some bankroll swings, as long as you play within your means, they are highly unlikely to be so pronounced as to make you lose a significant chunk or all of your bankroll.

Aim for small to moderate wins rather than a huge windfall

Guns N’ Roses does not offer a progressive jackpot, and while huge wins otherwise are possible, they are improbable. This is a game that is best played with the hope of winding up with a small to moderate win rather than a spectacular win. But the flip side is that even if you have a losing session, it probably will be an easily manageable loss and not one that should have a major impact on your bottom line.

Guns N’ Roses symbols

The Guns N’ Roses symbols include 10 regular symbols, a wild symbol, and a bonus symbol.

Regular symbols

The five higher paying regular symbols are all either Guns N’ Roses band members or one of the group’s album covers. In descending order of value, they are as follows:

• Axl Rose: the band’s front man and lead singer
• Slash: the band’s guitarist, known for his curly black hair and trademark top hat
• Duff: the band’s bass guitar player
• Lies album cover
• Use Your Illusion II album cover

The five lower paying regular symbols are the playing cards 10 through Ace. All of the playing cards are surrounded by decorative roses.

Winning combinations are formed as usual by having three or more like symbols line up adjacently on consecutive reels starting with the reel farthest to the level. In many instances, the wild symbol (see below) will contribute to the winning combination.

The following payout table shows the payouts for 3, 4, or 5 of a kind for each of the 10 regular symbols.

Guns and Roses paytable

      No. of  Coins Paid Out for Different Winning Combinations 

Unfortunately, the payouts for three of a kind (which is by far the most frequent winning combination) are all quite small. But since they occur so often, they add up.

Expanding wild symbol 

The wild symbol is the Guns N’ Roses logo. Every time it appears, which can be on any reel (except for reel 3 during the Appetite for Destruction Wild feature), it will expand to fill the entire visible portion of the reel.

That does not in itself guarantee a winning spin (in fact, frequently, you win nothing). Since the wild symbol has no monetary value on its own, it all depends on the way the wild symbol aligns with any of the regular symbols. Wherever possible, the wild symbol will substitute for and combine with regular symbols to help form or add to winning combinations.

Bonus symbol 

The bonus symbol is a platinum record with the word BONUS. It appears on reels 1, 3, and 5 only. The bonus symbol needs to land on all three reels simultaneously to trigger the Bonus Wheel.

Guns and Roses special features

Many online slots add a special bonus feature (or sometimes multiple bonus features) to make the game more exciting and, of course, potentially a lot more lucrative. But first, you have to trigger the bonus, which might be hard to do. The problem, more often than not, is that meanwhile, you’re getting impatient. Other than losing money, little that is noteworthy tends to happen in the base game.

You will never become impatient waiting for the separate bonus round for something to happen in Guns N’ Roses. Instead, as mentioned, the action is fast and intense from the get-go. In fact, any of three special bonus features giving you additional ways to win can randomly pop up at any time during the base game.

Base Game special features

These are the three special bonus features to look out for during the base game.

Legend Spins 

If you activate the Legend Spins feature, you will be awarded three free spins. On each spin, a different band member turns into an expanding wild symbol.

• On the first spin, Axl Rose turns all three visible rows of reel 3 into a stacked wild.
• On spin No. 2, Duff turns all three visible rows of reels 1 and 5 into stacked wilds.
• Then, on the third and final free spin, Slash turns all three visible rows of reels 2 and 4 into stacked wilds.

The same band member can also appear on other reels, but if it does, it will not appear stacked or act as a wild symbol.

No bonus symbols appear during the Legend Spins.

The Legend Spins feature is hard to trigger, but it can potentially produce some huge wins.

Appetite for Destruction Wild

This feature gives you a free spin with an expanding wild in the shape of a partially or fully displayed cross.

The feature gets its name from the band’s Appetite for Destruction album. The cross bears the band members’ skulls.

Solo Multiplier 

When you win with 3 or more of a kind, a random 4-10x multiplier might occur. Slash plays a solo and the winning symbols get locked in place while the remaining reels spin again. The multiplier increases by 1 for each additional symbol that appears that is the same as the locked-in winning symbol.

If the same winning symbol produces a win on more than one payline, you will receive a multiplier on each win.

Bonus Wheel feature

Three vinyl record bonus symbols appearing simultaneously on reels 1, 3, and 5 will activate the Bonus Wheel.

The wheel has three different color segments, each awarding its own special bonus feature. You get to spin the wheel once, and depending which color segment it lands on–blue, yellow, or red–you play the bonus game indicated below for that color.

Coin Win 

If the wheel lands on blue, you will be awarded an instant coin win ranging from 200 coins to 600 coins. Your total win is the coin win multiplied by your bet level.

Crowd Pleaser Pick & Click  Bonus 

If the wheel lands on yellow, you get to play the Crowd Pleaser Pick & Click bonus game. The game includes three levels.

Start by clicking three music-themed icons to win coin prizes, free spins, or extra picks. Also hope you get enough points to advance to the next level with three more picks, and then to level 3, which pays 2x the total amount of coins you have collected.

Also, at each level, there is a free spin symbol. If you find all three of them, you trigger the Encore Free Spins. It is highly unlikely but possible.

Encore Free Spins 

If the wheel lands on red, you are awarded Encore Free Spins. You get 10 free spins, on each of which one of the three band members appears as an expanding wild symbol.

Furthermore, if the same band member appears anywhere else on the screen, that symbol will also turn wild. 

Summary and conclusion 

Guns N’ Roses is a highly entertaining rock music-themed online slot by one of the top slot makers in the business, NetEnt. Admittedly, there is a lot happening, so for players who prefer simpler slots, keeping track of of the myriad of special features can feel overwhelming.

However, if you enjoy rock concerts anywhere near as much as you love the thrill of action-packed slots, this is a game you should check out because it combines the best of both. So crank up the volume, get ready to rock out to some awesome songs, and let the fun and winnings begin!