Dead Man’s Riches Slot Review

Dead Man’s Riches has two distinct feature routes on its five-reel, three-row board. Wild Red or Blue Skull symbols trigger the Travelling Wild Feature and award respins, with multipliers that increase as the Wilds travel. Separately, three Scatters open a Free Spins choice: 15 spins, or eight spins with Persistent Wild Symbols. That choice is the game’s most consequential decision described in the catalog, trading a longer round for a version with Wilds that persist. The summary does not provide exact movement, multiplier steps or the persistence duration, so those mechanics should be understood at headline level until the game’s full help rules supply the detail.

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Dead Man’s Riches at a glance

Provider	PG Soft
Genre / theme	Pirates
Game type	Video slot
Reels / grid	5 reels × 3 rows
Reference RTP	96.75%
Volatility	3 (official catalog value)
Maximum win	10,000× bet
Release date	13 May 2025
Main features	Red or Blue Skull Wilds trigger travelling-Wild respins with increasing multipliers; 3 Scatters offer 15 Free Spins or 8 with Persistent Wilds.

RTP and stake limits can vary by version and market. Check the information screen in the game you open. Maximum win is a ceiling, not an expected result.

A standard board and travelling skulls

PG Soft specifies five reels and three rows. Its catalog summary does not include a payline count or full symbol table. The distinctive Wilds are colored Red or Blue Skulls. When these Wild symbols appear on the reels, they trigger the Travelling Wild Feature and reward respins. The description says the Wilds travel with increasing multipliers, establishing movement, additional spins and rising multiplier values as parts of the feature, but it does not say which direction they move or what event advances the multiplier.

The sequence is therefore clear in outline: a Red or Blue Skull Wild triggers the feature, respins are awarded, and travelling Wilds have increasing multipliers. Yet the exact order and limits remain open. The catalog does not state how many respins are initially awarded, whether each Wild independently triggers one, how movement affects symbol positions, or when the feature ends. It also does not explain whether red and blue Wilds behave differently. Those omissions matter because the color distinction may be visual, functional or both; the available source confirms the names but not separate rules.

Choose between two Free Spins modes

Three Scatter symbols trigger the Free Spins Feature. The player can choose 15 Free Spins or eight Free Spins with Persistent Wild Symbols. This is an explicit trade-off between duration and a stated special condition: the shorter option includes persistent Wilds. The catalog does not say whether the Wilds are present from the start, how long they remain, which reels they occupy or whether their multipliers carry into Free Spins. Nor does it say what multipliers apply in either choice. The two modes should not be compared as if the eight-spin choice were simply a reduced version of the 15-spin one; persistence changes the described setup, but its exact extent is not specified.

The Travelling Wild feature and Free Spins are both Wild-centered, but the official description does not tell us if travelling Wilds can trigger within either Free Spins choice. It likewise does not mention retriggers. This absence is not proof that the mechanics never interact; it means the catalog summary cannot support a definite claim either way. The reliable distinction is that the Skull symbols start respins, while three Scatters open a player choice between two spin packages. The decision is meaningful at the level described, although the in-game rules are needed to compare their details.

Recorded settings

The standard listing gives maximum RTP of 96.75%, volatility value 3 and maximum win of 10,000 times the bet. RTP may vary by operator, and the saved catalog does not explain the volatility scale behind its numeric value. Release date is May 13, 2025. The maximum win is a ceiling, not an estimate of how often a travelling Wild reaches a high multiplier or which Free Spins choice performs better. The catalog supplies no trigger probabilities, Wild movement schedule, or multiplier cap for the respin feature.

Strengths and weak points

Strengths

The three-Scatter feature gives a concrete choice between a longer 15-spin round and eight spins with Persistent Wilds, while skulls drive a separate respin feature.

Weaknesses

Wild travel, multiplier increments, persistence duration and interaction between the two features are unspecified, so the two bonus paths cannot be compared fully.

Our Editor’s View

Dead Man’s Riches offers a useful contrast between a feature that runs automatically and one that asks for a choice. Red or Blue Skull Wilds begin travelling-Wild respins with rising multipliers, while three Scatters let the player select 15 Free Spins or eight spins with Persistent Wilds. That makes the bonus configuration legible, even though the exact persistence and multiplier rules are absent from the catalog. The design may appeal to players who like both movement-based Wild features and a small strategic choice in bonus setup. The choice cannot be evaluated from spin count alone, because persistence changes the shorter option’s conditions. Check the game’s help screen for how the Wilds move, how multipliers grow and what persists; the 10,000x maximum does not answer those questions.