It’s the most wonderful time of the year for gamers – the most anticipated video game of the year, the famous Cyberpunk 2077 has finally been released. But not everyone is into complex futuristic single-player adventures. Most of us, in turn, love playing casual games, even if only to kill time while the massive chunks of code that games have become even load.
Luckily, December also came with fun casual games for online casino players. All the biggest developers of the industry have released their own festive titles – here’s a brief look at some of the best.
Microgaming
Over at Microgaming, Christmas came early this year: the oldest and best-known casino game developer in the world has released its festive slot machine in November to give people some of that good ol’ cheer. For December, in turn, it has a brand new set of titles for its fans filled with adventure, mystery, and wins. Microgaming is also very popular with Online casinos in India.
Alchemy Fortunes is a brand new slot machine – if you can even call it that because it is much more like a classic match-3 game with gems and potions to match. It follows the same mechanic: tiles are falling in place from above randomly and disappear in clusters in a way similar to Candy Crush and similar games.
The potion of the disappearing gems is collected in the tank on the left, which triggers various bonuses as it fills.
Another new game added to Microgaming’s library is Diamond King, a brand new jackpot game by SpinPlay Games. A savannah-themed machine with memories of the summer features members of Africa’s exotic fauna on its reels – lions, elephants, meerkats, and so on – along with diamonds that are collected on the left. When the Diamond Meter on the left is full, players have a chance to win one of the game’s four jackpots, with the biggest worth 5,000 coins.
Finally, an old fan favourite is returning to Microgaming’s library: the popular Thunderstruck II. The game – inspired by Norse mythology – has received a mobile-friendly makeover, a well-deserved update to keep up with the times.
NetEnt
NetEnt’s festive lineup currently consists of a single game – a Christmas makeover of the popular slot machine Aloha!. Aloha! Christmas comes with the mechanic we all love, filled with flipping mystery symbols, free spins, multiplying wilds, and some Hawaiian holiday cheer.
For those who also want to play great new games after the holiday season, NetEnt has quite a few new games coming up. Among them, incidentally, there is another one that takes its players to the times when Norse gods walked the Earth: Riches of Midgard, coming December 15th.
Slot machines are a great way to kill time. They are easy to learn, easy to play, and a lot of fun, no matter if you have a few minutes or an hour to kill. And this season, they also come with some well-deserved cheer.