Yucatan's Mystery

Red Tiger Gaming is a reputable name in slot design and has spent many years fine-tuning its craft. While Yucatan’s Mystery slot game might not be the first of its titles to spring to mind, it’s inspired by many of the other popular mythology-themed slots you can find here at LeoVegas. It has remained unique, with many features, and doesn’t follow the conventional mythology route of Egyptian or Roman slots.



Red Tiger Gaming has dived into the relatively unexplored Mayan theme with this title. Why mythology is still up for interpretation depends on who you ask. Still, with a 4,000x max jackpot on offer and 30 paylines, the array of statues, carvings, totem poles and Mayan royalty generates a lot of mystery and intrigue. The 5x4 grid reel is a nice touch, too, deviating away from the predictable 5x3 reel.

While the base game and theme might have elements of mystery, the bonus features are a lot more straightforward. Of course, there’s a free spins round and the shiny Mystery Coin round. A lot is going on in the base game, so anything on top of that, however basic, would be a bonus. But alongside the free spins, the bonus features of Yucatan’s Mystery slot are also a great addition to the overall package on offer.

Let’s start with the Mystery Coin bonus round, which operates similarly to a cascading reel. These coins and symbols often appear in the main base game. However, when you trigger three or more, the mystery coins will spin and reveal random symbols. Ideally, it could lead to a decent payout if it’s one of the higher-paying symbols, but it’s a great feature that steps away from the classic, conventional bonus game setup.

It might seem a bit of a U-turn to criticize conventional bonus game setups and then discuss free spins, but they’re part and parcel of so many slot games. Yucatan’s Mystery online slot game has a great free spins feature. The symbol that sets off this whole free spins bonanza is the temple symbol.

Land three or more, and the coin will grow across four squares but can encompass the entire grid reel. You’ll start off with a minimum of 10 spins, which is the only route to the maximum jackpot.

The Mayan Queen with the colourful headdress is the top-paying symbol in Yucatan’s Mystery online slot. If you spin five of these symbols across the main grid reel, you can unlock a multiplier of 25x. Moving down the pay scale, the transformation mask offers a smaller max multiplier of 5.5x, the Mayan warrior head is worth 4x and the carved stone symbol is worth 3.5x.

One thing to note about Yucatan’s Mystery slot is the small number of paying symbols comprising the 30 pay lines. These four high-paying symbols are combined with king, jack, queen and ace to make up the rest of the collection, but aside from the main bonus symbols and features that can catapult you toward the max jackpot, there’s more than enough in the main base game that can lead to a decent-sized win.

Grab your iOS or Android smartphone tablet or laptop, or take a seat at your PC. Once you’ve deposited your funds to play Yucatan’s Mystery online slot, you can select your paylines and hit spin. It works just like any other slot game; the main appeal of these games is in their simplicity – just be sure to check out the information section in the slot if you want a more comprehensive breakdown of how the game, the controls and the payout system work.

All mythology slot games have an eerie element to them. Given that they lean into the unknown, they often have mysterious kingdom backdrops and mythical figures from these iconic times; the overall feel of Yucatan’s Mystery slot doubles down on this mystery element.

Although the game came out in 2020 – a long time ago in the ever-moving slots industry – it still has a core audience at LeoVegas. There are elements of eeriness, and the absence of any sort of overbearing music helps add a sprinkle more mystique to that feel. It’s not overbearingly eerie either – it’s a nice, balanced overall experience.

Yucatan’s Mystery online slot isn’t the only Red Tiger Gaming title kicking up a storm on LeoVegas. Other games of theirs that are particularly popular at the moment include What the Fox Megaways, Mystery Reels Megaways and Wild Wild Chest.

Mythology slots have many different branches and titles that include Mayan. Some of our favourite Mayan-themed slots at LeoVegas include Mayan Magic Wildfire, John Hunter and the Mayan Gods and Mayan Blaze.