Go back into prehistory in Evolution, a captivating five-reel video slot from NetEnt. As ancient organisms transform, you can rake in the cash. See all that Evolution has to offer by playing for free on this page, or play for your chance to win real money at any of the NetEnt casinos we have listed below.
When you first load Evolution, decide how much you want to bet. You can do this with the “Coin Level” meter on the bottom-left. Each increase boosts your total bet by 25 coins. If you want to adjust your base coin denomination, use the arrows beside “Coin Value” on the bottom-right. Start by pushing the circular arrow button in the middle, or push “Max Bet” to spin with a coin level of 10. If you want to spin several times in a row, use the “Autoplay” function.
In the main game, your goal is to get matching symbols from the leftmost reel to the right along any of the game's 25 paylines. Wild symbols increase your odds of getting winning hits. To enter the game's generous free spins feature, get three or more scattered Free Spin symbols anywhere on the reels. During this feature, winning combinations will evolve to the next highest-paying symbol. Even the lowest of symbol hits can turn into big wins.
Game Play
Coin Level: Change the number of coins wagered per line.
Coin Value: Adjust the base coin denomination.
Circular arrow button: Spin at the selected bet.
Max Bet: Play at the maximum coin level of 10.
Autoplay: Spin several times in a row without pauses.
Darwin would certainly have been very interested in this slot, because his evolution theory doesn't match NetEnt's theory! Hahaha. Well, I cannot recognise some of the weird creatures shown in the icons in the game - a few look familiar but are weird looking nonetheless, but I guess NetEnt guys should know better, or were simply making things up? Who knows. Hehehe.
Well, okay, so this game isn't about the evolution of simple living creatures into more advanced creatures, as happening in real life, but is actually about advancing the lower symbols into higher ones, right up to the highest paying symbol - the flying squirrel or whatever that is. Each win evolves that symbol into the next higher symbol, for bigger and better wins during the free spins, and that's all the game does. There are Wild symbols to aid in getting wins, appearing only on reels 2, 3 and 4, but these are the dreaded non-paying, non-doubling, and non-expanding kind. Only the Scatter 'Free Spin' symbol pays something - 100x the total bet for getting 5 of them, but that's not good enough to compensate for the non-paying Wild symbols. What's even worse, all the other symbols have very low win values, starting from just 500x the line bet, down to 40x, for any 5 of them. Yeah, the paytable sucks!
Getting 3, 4 or 5 Scatter symbols award 10, 15 or 20 free spins with the Evolution Feature, but without any multiplier. I cannot be sure at this moment in time, but I think there can be no retriggers for the Free Spins game too. I certainly didn't get any during my plays on the game. Anyway, during the free spins, any winning combination evolves that symbol into the next highest symbol, up to the highest symbol, for greater wins, says the paytable. Hmm, greater wins indeed, because the highest regular symbol only has a 20x the total bet amount win, which isn't great at all in the first place! With no doubling of wins and with no win multipliers, the payouts for the free spins can only be mediocre!
Playing this Evolution game can be fun and interesting for a short while - interesting only in seeing those symbols turning into better symbols, with slightly better wins, but that's about it. After playing for some time, the game becomes boring! My best win on this game is only 179x, and I really doubt if any win could go above 250x the total bet amount!