Blood Lust
Blood Lust, published by ELK Studios in April 2020, runs at 96% RTP with high volatility and a deliberately low 2,500x ceiling.
Updated April 7, 2020
About the game
Based on the studio's documentation and the game's rules screen.
Slate grey and one other colour
ELK Studios works by subtraction: slate grey, black, and red held back for moments the game wants you to notice. The Blood Lust manor exists in a handful of fixed shots and one raking light, with no filler.
That approach comes from a period when the Swedish studio cultivated a visual signature you could spot instantly. Six years on, the restraint holds up better than the busy cutscenes of the same era.
Respins, stacks and a separate bonus symbol
The engine combines stacked symbols, respins triggered mid-spin, a symbol swap and bonus symbols distinct from ordinary scatters. Free spins can be extended while the round is running.
Respin followed by stack produces long spins where the grid recomposes several times. That is where the game separates from its contemporaries: tension comes from how long a spin lasts, not how often one pays.
ELK's betting strategies
ELK built automatic betting strategies into its machines: the stake shifts according to rules you set in advance, for instance after a run of losing spins. Blood Lust includes them.
These tools manage session pacing and nothing else. They do not change the return rate or the odds of any spin, and a badly calibrated progression burns a budget faster than a flat stake.
96% against a 2,500x cap
The published rate is 96%, again as a range left to the operator. The ceiling stays at 2,500x the stake, which is low for a machine rated high volatility.
The combination is deliberate. The maths budget is not spent on a spectacular maximum but on more frequent mid-sized wins inside the free spins. The session feels rough without depending on one extraordinary spin.
What that profile means
Blood Lust suits players who treat the bonus round as the point and accept dry stretches in base play. The respins give a spin texture that few 2020 titles offered.
Anyone hunting a five-figure ceiling should look elsewhere. Here the maximum is counted in thousands, and the game never claimed otherwise.
Rules
One rule per line; the table carries only multipliers actually seen in play.
Jeu de base
Le fournisseur ne publie ni le nombre de rouleaux ni le nombre de lignes. Les gains sont déterminés selon le tableau de gains publié par le fournisseur et les combinaisons payantes définies par le jeu.
Mécaniques principales
Additional Free Spins : pendant le jeu de bonus Free Spins, la fonction Additional Free Spins peut attribuer des tours supplémentaires selon les conditions internes du jeu.
Betting Strategies : le jeu propose des stratégies de mise automatisées permettant d’ajuster le comportement des mises sur plusieurs tours ; ces stratégies modifient la gestion des mises mais leurs effets exacts sur le résultat ne sont pas détaillés par le fournisseur.
Bonus symbols et Scatter symbols : des symboles dédiés appelés Bonus ou Scatter sont présents et servent à déclencher des fonctionnalités bonus; le fournisseur ne publie pas le nombre de ces symboles nécessaire pour déclencher la fonction.
Respins : la fonction Respins donne la possibilité d’obtenir des relances de rouleaux dans certaines conditions définies par le jeu.
Stack : des symboles empilés peuvent apparaître sur les rouleaux, occupant plusieurs positions et influençant la formation des combinaisons gagnantes.
Symbol Swap : des remplacements de symboles peuvent se produire pour transformer un ou plusieurs symboles en d’autres symboles dans le but de créer ou d’améliorer des gains.
Wild : le symbole Wild substitue d’autres symboles selon les règles du jeu pour compléter ou d’améliorer des combinaisons gagnantes.
Free Spins et entrée en bonus
Free Spins : le jeu propose un mode Free Spins déclenché par les symboles appropriés ; le fournisseur ne publie pas le nombre exact de symboles requis ni le nombre de tours attribués initialement.
Additional Free Spins : au cours du mode Free Spins, la fonction Additional Free Spins peut accorder des tours supplémentaires selon les règles internes du jeu.
RTP, volatilité et gain maximum
RTP annoncé : 96 %. La présence de la fonction « RTP range » est indiquée par le fournisseur, mais la fourchette précise n’est pas publiée.
Volatilité : le jeu est classé HIGH, ce qui signifie une variance élevée des résultats selon la classification du fournisseur.
Gain maximum : le gain maximum publié est de 2500x la mise.
Screenshots
Screenshots of the game in demo mode.
Paytable
One rule per line; the table carries only multipliers actually seen in play.
| Symbole | 5x | 4x | 3x |
| Vampire au portrait doré | €4.00 | €2.00 | €0.50 |
| Femme rousse | €1.60 | €0.80 | €0.40 |
| Femme aux cheveux bleus | €1.20 | €0.60 | €0.30 |
| Homme aux cheveux verts | €0.80 | €0.40 | €0.20 |
| Cœur | €0.30 | €0.10 | €0.05 |
| Pique | €0.30 | €0.10 | €0.05 |
| Carreau | €0.30 | €0.10 | €0.05 |
| Trèfle | €0.30 | €0.10 | €0.05 |
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Blood Lust — FAQ
Short answers; the detail lives in the guides.