Play Ghost Slider for Free

It's only human nature to have a morbid fascination with the afterlife – that's why we celebrate Halloween and pay money to be frightened by tales of ghosts and hauntings at the cinema. This Merkur Gaming slot machine brings that same fixation with ghouls and spooks to the slot machine game format with 5 reels that are filled with all of the staple ingredients for a good old ghost story.

There is a dark and dilapidated old house in which players will find candelabra, antique clocks and tattered old books which no doubt hold the recorded archives of past and deceased residents. Perhaps those past dwellers of the house are those which are depicted by three portraits, each of which shows a noble and distinguished male character from different historical eras.

In terms of this game's aesthetics, players can expect to be wowed (and spooked) by some detailed graphics and haunting animations. That is because every time that one of the portrait icons appears on the reels to form a winning line sequence, a wispy ghost will fly from the reels in the direction of the spinner!

As a matter of fact, there is much more than meets the eye about those creepy portrait icons. That is because all three will act as wild symbols which substitute for all other icons on the reels to make successful combinations. And with only 10 paylines available to play with in the game, players might need all the help they can get from these ghostly wilds.

Making a winning combination in this slot machine will not only award a line bet multiplier prize, but it will also give spinners to chance to line up extra wins without having to lay down any more credits as a wager. This cascading feature is activated by the titular “Slider” element which occurs after every successful spin, causing a little skeleton chap to run across the top of the reels to slide a “R.I.P.” tombstone in to the middle-most position. When this happens, the symbols which formed the winning line will crumble and disappear, allowing new icons to fall into place.

Should another winning line be struck after the symbols have settled, the skeleton will run across again to slide another “R.I.P.” tombstone into place. And as you will see for yourselves, there are 8 tombstones lined up for many extra spinning opportunities. What's more, the latter tombstones in the sequence feature number values – 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50. Whichever number you manage to slide across after consecutive wins will be the number of free spins that you are awarded with.

Ghost Slider only has 10 paylines in play and these are permanently fixed, meaning that punters only have the option to alter the value of the bet per line. Luckily, however, there are plenty of options on offers when it comes to these wagers, such as 0.01, 0.02, 0.05, 0.10, 0.20, 0.50, 1.00, and 2.00 credits per line.

You can see all of the different line bet multipliers and their respective symbol combinations in the following paytable:

Players have the chance to boost their lower wins with a couple of special gamble games. The first of which offers a 50/50 chance to guess the colour of a playing card to double your wins or lose it all. The second, however, is a little bit more interesting since it presents a special ladder of prizes which players can rise up or fall down indefinitely until they reach the top, hit the bottom or decide to cash in. Both of these gamble games have a maximum win limit of 140 credits.

Players looking for some spooky spins will not be disappointed with Ghost Slider. Admittedly, the game isn't going to make you jump out of your seats, but it does present a haunted historical design with some creepy ghoul characters. Nonetheless, if players don't jump out of their skin from fear, they could still be jumping out of their seats if they line up 50 free spins to claim that 10,000 credit jackpot.