Mine at Home

CQ9 has once again decided on a pretty strange name. It gets the point across, but feels like a strange translation. Perhaps it’s that eastern influence that is taking over iGaming? In any case, there’s gold on the reels and especially in the background pictures.

In this slot, you get to mine with your pickaxe and blow up the bigger obstacles with dynamite. Your mission is to simply mine away from the comfort of your home, and collect the minerals, symbols and wins that are destined to hit the reels. The game promises a lot of features...check out if they deliver!

Theme

The game is set in a mining location. The ground is littered with gold, and so are the reels. Different mining gear plays the role of symbols, with graphics offering detailed and crisp images.

In the usual style for CQ9, the colour palette is quite bright. The sound effects and music are likewise quite upbeat, which fits the game perfectly. This slot could have used some animations, as the reels are a bit too still for the most part. Luckily, landing a win will add in some action!

Betting Options and Functions

This is a surprisingly well-paying slot, especially when you consider the volatility that leans more towards medium than it does on high. This is thanks to the good RTP, and a cadre of symbols that have been chosen with care and fit perfectly for the game.

This slot uses the 243 ways to win system. This means that the symbols need to just be in connected reels, and start from the leftmost, in order to score a win. 

From the ten basic symbols, six are playing card values, and these pay out the least wins. The four main symbols dish out the big wins, ranging between 450 and 1350 times your line bet for a five-symbol combo.

Features

The wild symbol substitutes for all others, except the dynamite bonus. Present only in the last three reels, they still need other symbols for winning combinations. The wilds also come with random multipliers, which apply to all wins they are part of. The more wilds, the wilder the multipliers! You can get up to 27 times bigger wins this way! 

With the extra bet, the multipliers can go to 60x!

The dynamite is a special case. It pays out both an instant win, and during bonus games, they also pay prizes for simply landing on the reels. Five-of-a-kind symbol combos trigger free spins. You will be credited five, to begin with, and you can retrigger the feature with more five symbol combos!

Our Take

Mine At Home is a surprisingly versatile game. It’s simple theme and style gives way for simple gaming, that turns into a cascade of wins when you trigger the special features or the big wins. The graphics are excellent, and the game interface makes it a fit for even older smartphones.