5 New Slot Releases for May 2024 You Need to Try

Big Bass Secrets of the Golden Lake, Pragmatic Play

It’s been four years since the release of the original Big Bass Bonanza slot in 2020, and this April, Pragmatic takes us on a trip back in time. As one of the most impressive sequels to the original, the 2024 Big Bass Secrets of the Golden Lake has so much more in store.

This time, the lake setup features beautifully designed symbols like the dragonfly and fishing traps, but that’s just the visual aspect. The true delight lies in the selection of two bonus rounds — the regular Big Bass bonus and the Golden Lake feature. Both can be triggered through the base game and via the Bonus Buy feature, where you’d have to pay 100x and 270x of your bet size to buy the features, respectively.

The regular bonus starts with 12 cards, and the one you choose determines the number of spins. There are 10 regular bonus cards and 2 Golden Lake Bonus cards hidden below, so it’s possible to trigger the special feature this way as well.

The standard bonus has three stages and you advance to the next one when you collect four fisherman symbols. You also get 10 spins for each transition, and the multiplier increases from 1x to 2x in the second stage, 3x during the third one, and 10x in the final stage.

While the regular bonus round features standard symbols, the Golden Lake Bonus is a bit different. This time, there are only golden diamond symbols on the grid, along with the fisherman symbol and fish prizes. During the Golden Lake Bonus, the fisherman collects money prizes with a massive win potential.

Mystery Genie Fortunes of the Lamp, Play’n GO

After a New Year’s break, Play’n GO keeps spoiling its players with four slot releases per month, and the first game of April is a real treat. The Mystery Genie Fortunes of the Lamp slot comes with all the epic features you’d expect from Play’n GO and more, starting with base game mystery symbols.

You’ll spot Genie herself roaming the reels disguised as a wild symbol, although she has another purpose besides substituting for other symbols. Namely, Genie can use her magic and trigger the mystery symbols to flip over. Meanwhile, you better watch out for that hourglass, which triggers mystery symbol respins in tandem with Genie.

The segment can continue for a few spins, filling up the reels with matching symbols for higher win potential. If you are lucky enough, you’ll see the mystery symbols turning into mystery wilds with a multiplier value ranging from 2x to 5x for even greater wins.

Still, the game’s true potential comes to light in the bonus game, which you can initiate by landing three or more golden lamp coins. You’ll get eight free spins with re-trigger potential as each coin adds two extra spins. Meanwhile, two coins will add five spins to the counter.

Hitting three scatters during the bonus grants you eight new spins with the mystery symbols locked in place for a 6,000x max win potential across 25 paylines.

Space Miners Dream Drop, Relax Gaming

Known mostly for its Money Train slot series, Relax Gaming is often overlooked when considering the best online slot provider. The same is true for some of their games, including Space Miners, which has all the hallmarks of a classic. This time around, the original version got a makeover in May 2024 with Dream Drop mechanics and up to 1,000,000 ways to win!

Our favorite cosmic heroes are back, this time bringing five jackpot levels — Rapid, Midi, Maxi, Major, and Mega. You won’t be able to predict when the massive wins will hit in this base game with expanding reels. With every win you hit, the grid gets bigger and bigger until it reaches the maximum potential of 1,000,000 paying ways.

Once again, the spaceship symbol is a scatter, triggering the free spins bonus whenever you land three anywhere on the grid. You can collect up to six of these in a single spin, meaning the extra scatters will give you a headstart with 2 bonus spins per each scatter. During the bonus, unblocked reel spaces remain open for the entirety of the free spins, meaning you’ll get closer to that 1 million paying ways mark.

The Dream Drop bonus round awards a jackpot depending on which jackpot reel you fill first. The game has a 50,000x max win potential.

Heist: Bank Rush, Betsoft

We wanted to include at least one title scheduled for a later release this month, and Betsoft was an obvious choice. Their upcoming Heist: Bank Rush slot is the perfect addition to our list due to its classic appeal.

However, there’s so much more to the game than what meets the eye — it’s got a lot of tricks up its sleeve with 1,024 paying ways across the 5×4 grid. The game features Betsoft’s renowned Hold & Win bonus triggered by at least six prize symbols scattered across the grid. These symbols are locked in place, and you get three respins with the counter resetting every time you land a new prize symbol or a special bonus symbol.

A number of special symbols unlock the game’s enormous payout potential, including the Shapeshifter, Collector, Extra, and Multiplier. As the mastermind behind the heist, the Shapeshifter transforms into one of the three other symbols, and it does so differently for every spin.

The Collector grabs all the other prizes on the reels and holds their value in a single symbol, while the Extra and the Multiplier add up to the value of the prize symbols. The Extra can add a 3x–100x value to the selected symbols 3–10 times. Meanwhile, the Multiplier doubles the value of a random symbol 2–5 times.

Energy Joker: Hold & Win, Playson

Last but not least, we’ve got the Energy Joker slot from Playson, featuring four jackpot prize levels and the famous Hold & Win bonus. This one seems like your everyday fruit slot, but there’s more underneath the juicy layout.

The grid is filled with coin symbols carrying prizes, and you’ll notice that with every new spin, the prizes add up to the Energy Joker inscription at the top of the grid. The same goes for the lightning/collect symbol.

Namely, the Hold & Win bonus game triggered by six or more coins and collect symbols, as the latter accumulates the values of all the coin symbols. During the bonus round, you’ll see the Joker symbol carrying prize multipliers and triggering the Mini, Minor, Major, and Grand jackpots.

The bonus comes with 3 respins that can be re-triggered and set back to 3 with each new symbol that lands. You can win up to 5,000x your bet in this exciting slot featuring a respin feature for an electrifying experience.