Play Yakuza for Free

Yakuza slot has 25 paylines and you can choose to play all of these only one of them or any number in between. You can also alter your bet by clicking on the plus and minus buttons to move from a minimum bet per spin of €0.01 up to a maximum bet per spin of €250.

You can choose from a number of other options to enhance your gameplay, including a ‘max bet’ button which places the maximum bet per spin easily, an autoplay button, which lets you play from 5 to 50 spins automatically, and an info button which opens the paytable and game rules.

The background to the slot is a dark street scene with neon signs on the buildings written in Japanese, along with red lanterns to add to the cultural reference, and a man wearing a suit and wielding a long sword to the right of the screen – presumably a member of the feared Yakuza.

The symbols include the Yakuza boss wearing a black hat and shades, a female gangster with long black hair, a male gangster holding a gun, a green-eyed detective, and a machine gun. There are also numerous high cards to award the lower payouts.

The atmosphere of the slot is heavy with police sirens in the background, street noises, cars and rain, dogs barking and the occasional Japanese voices calling out. All of this is on top of the dark-sounding music.

The highest-paying symbol in the game is the Yakuza boss, awarding up to 1000x your bet for 5 symbols at once on the reels. The second-best symbol in the game is the dark-haired female gangster who awards up to 750x your bet for 5 symbols, while the detective and the male gangster holding the gun both pay 250x your bet for 5 symbols.

Moving down the payscale, the gun awards 125x your bet for 5 symbols, while 5 of the Ace symbols awards up to 100x your bet. The lowest paying symbols include 75x your bet for 5 of the King and Queen, up to 50x your bet for the Jack and up to 30x your bet for the 10 and 9.

The sword symbol is wild, which means this icon substitutes for all the other symbols to create more potential wins. Plus, when a wild sword appears in a winning payline, you can enjoy a re-spin. During the re-spin the sword moves one reel to the left and the re-spins continue until the sword no longer appears on the reels.

The scatter in this game is the suit-wearing gangster. When you spin 3 or more scattered gangster symbols you trigger the bonus round. During this round you have to choose from 9 characters to help the Yakuza boss identify the moles in the gang. The character you choose will be a traitor leader, a mole, or a loyalist.

If you select the traitor leader you win the top prize of 50x your bet. If you select a mole you win a regular bonus amount and carry on selecting characters to boost your bonus. Overall you can win up to 80x your bet from your multiplier awards. If you pick 3 loyal characters the round ends and you only win half your bonus total. To avoid leaving with only half, you can hit the ‘collect’ button at any time.

Yakuza is a shadowy and exciting game with a dangerous underworld feel. The crime theme, dark music and imagery help to add to the atmosphere. The graphics are quite simple and the animations on every win and the sword-wielding gangster on screen all help to add to the interest. The wild sword re-spin feature also adds a creative and potentially lucrative element to the game.

Crime film fans will enjoy the theme, though some players might find its violent undercurrent unsettling. The wilds and re-spins appear regularly to boost payouts, while the bonus game adds another layer of interest and a further atmospheric touch.