Apes of Doom

Apes of Doom: Slot Overview

Four-reel slots are a genuine rarity, and Apes of Doom, built by Hurricane Games for Stakelogic, uses that oddity to its advantage. Between the four main reels sit three extra multiplier reels, so depending on how you count it, this is either a 4-reel or a 7-reel game — either way, it's not a layout you'll stumble across often.

Forget any Planet of the Apes-style world domination plot. This crew of anthropomorphic primates has considerably smaller ambitions: robbing a bank. The result is an unusual pairing of Art Deco bank interiors, heist-movie tension and a gang of sharp-suited apes that shouldn't work together on paper but ends up creating a distinctive, slightly odd visual identity that stands out from the usual animal-kingdom slot crowd.

Apes of Doom runs at a maximum RTP of 96%, with high volatility rated at 4 out of 5 — so wins can take their time arriving, but they're built to matter when they do. Hit frequency is graded at 4.24 out of 5, a strong showing that suggests the base game keeps rewarding players reasonably often even with that higher variance sitting underneath.

Winning combinations form from three or four matching symbols reading left to right from reel one, across ten fixed paylines. Eight regular symbols populate the reels: four low-paying J–A card ranks and four higher-value ape crooks, topped by a boss ape worth up to 30x the stake for a full match. The real engine of the game, though, is those three multiplier reels wedged between the main ones, which exist purely to inflate winning combinations rather than form them.

Beyond the multiplier mechanic, Apes of Doom brings respins, free spins and a gamble feature into play, alongside an optional Super Stake mode. Doubling your stake through Super Stake also doubles your chances of triggering free spins, giving higher-rolling players a direct lever to pull if they want to chase the bonus round more aggressively rather than waiting it out on base-game odds alone.

Betting stretches from 10p right up to £100 per spin (before Super Stake doubles the outlay), which is a wide enough range to suit cautious spinners and high-stake regulars in the same title. Released back in October 2021, Apes of Doom has had time to find its niche, and its unusual reel format alone makes it worth a look for anyone bored of the standard 5x3 layout.

With a punchy theme, an uncommon reel structure and multiplier reels doing real work on every win, Apes of Doom earns its place among the more interesting heist-adjacent slots out there. The demo on johnessyslots is the simplest way to see the multiplier reels in action before committing real money to the vault job.