Introduction to Captain Coil
Captain Coil is a casino slot from Bullshark Games where you meet the nefarious and evil snake scientist. While that may sound like quite an intriguing theme right out of the gate, there isn’t actually much to go off of, except for our titular character Captain Coil, who looks very much like a dashing villain, and his locked-up experiments in the background. But we’re not really going into a James Bond theme here, as Captain Coil is just there to lay a backstory and foundation to the real theme of the game, and that is arguably one of the greatest arcade games of all time, Snake. Alright, maybe not one of the best games out there, but definitely one of the most well-known, and this is incorporated into the game, acting as one of the game’s central features, and it’s called the Snake Pod Symbol. However, there’s more than just playing Snake here, as the game is all about Cascades and growing your Global Multiplier, with the Snake Pod Symbols to help you keep the streaks going, as they leave behind Wild Symbols and additional Multipliers. This is then improved upon in the bonus games, where you’re guaranteed Snake Symbols and can find food to increase its length until it takes over the playing grid and helps you hit the max win of 15,000X the bet.
Discover a classic arcade game turnt into a slot feature that will spread Wilds all over the reels as you cash in on the wins. If you want to test the game for yourself, then be sure to check out the Captain Coil demo.
Theme, Gameplay & Payouts
Captain Coil is a video slot from Bullshark Games with 6 Reels, 6 Rows, and uses Cluster Pay mechanics, needing a minimum of 5+ of the same symbols in a cluster to form a win. You can choose between making a Min.bet of 0.1 and a Max.bet of 50. Captain Coil comes with a slightly higher-than-average RTP of 96.29%, but take note of another version with a lower RTP at 94.30%, a hit frequency of 29.96%, and medium/high volatility, where hits and big wins may happen on just about any spin, getting you ever closer to the max win of 15,000X the bet.
When you open the game, you are met by Captain Coil, a devious-looking snake that stands next to the playing grid, decked out in a bowtie and eyepatch, making him look like quite the villain. Behind him, we see a cage with a few prisoners, or maybe experiments, as Captain Coil would call them, and they are presumably some of the local dogs, as seen with the many treats and collars on the playing grid. You can play the game on most notepads, desktops, and mobiles.
The lower-paying symbols are green diamond, blue clover, pink spade, and orange heart. Creating a win with 27+ of the same symbols will pay out 10X the bet. The higher-paying symbols are a bowl of snacks, lab equipment, a dog collar, and a serum. Landing a win with 27+ of the same symbols pays out 20X to 50X the bet. The Special Symbols are Wilds, Scatters, and the new Snake Pod Symbols, but more on those in the next part.
Special Features & Mechanics
What is the max win in the slot Captain Coil?
You can win up to 15,000X the bet.
What features are available in the slot Captain Coil?
The features are Wild Symbols, Cascades and Global Multiplier, Snake Pod Symbol, Trail of the Serpent Bonus Game, Slither for Gold Bonus Game, and Feature Buy.
Wild Symbols
Wild Symbols help form winning combinations by being able to substitute for all symbols except Scatter Symbols.
Cascades and Global Multiplier
Whenever a winning combination is made, the winning symbols are removed from the playing grid, allowing new symbols to fall down from above with the possibility of creating new wins. This continues until no more wins are made, thus ending the spin. The Global Multiplier starts at 1X and will reset between every base game spin, but can be increased by the Snake Pod Symbol.
Snake Pod Symbol
The Snake Pod Symbol can land on any spin, and when it does, a snake will slither out of the symbol across the reels, leaving a trail of Wild Symbols, ranging from 2 to 25 symbol positions. If the snake slithers across a regular Wild Symbol or over itself, a random Multiplier ranging from 2X to 100X is added to the Global Multiplier. Only one Snake Pod Symbol can land per spin, but additional ones may appear during Cascades.
Trail of the Serpent Bonus Game
You can trigger the Trail of the Serpent Bonus Game by landing 3 Scatter Symbols, awarding you 10 spins. During the Free Spins, one Snake Pod Symbol is guaranteed to land on each spin, and the minimum length will increase with the new Special Symbol, the Food Symbol, and remains progressive until the feature ends. The Global Multiplier also remains persistent between spins. Landing a Scatter Symbol will award you with +1 spin, and it will turn into a random paying symbol.
Slither for Gold Bonus Game
You can trigger the Slither for Gold Bonus Game by landing 4 Scatter Symbols, awarding you 10 spins. This bonus game is the same as the Trail of the Serpent Bonus Game, except the starting length of the snake is 3, instead of 1.
Feature Buy
There are 4 types of Feature Buy options, which help you play the game you want to and help you trigger various bonuses.
2X = Activates the BonusHunt FeatureSpins, making each spin 3 times more likely to trigger a Free Spins bonus game.
50X = Activates the Fast Fangs FeatureSpins, which guarantees a Snake Pod Symbol to land on each spin.
100X = Triggers the Trail of the Serpent Bonus Game.
200X = Triggers the Slither for Gold Bonus Game.
Final Thoughts on Captain Coil
If you’re not all too familiar with them, then let us tell you that Bullshark Games is a partner of Hacksaw Gaming, and it is pretty evident to see here in Captain Coil for its fun colors and pretty interesting features. However, while Captain Coil is a fun thematically game with some good features and spins, it sadly doesn’t hold a candle to what we would argue is the best Snake-slot-adaptation out there, that being, Snake Arena and Snake Arena 2 from Relax Gaming, released in 2020 and 2025, respectively. But it doesn’t need to, as we wouldn’t really describe Bullshark Games as a top contender in the industry just yet, as they only launched as early as 2023, but have delivered on some pretty solid games since. Back to Captain Coil, it is a rather pretty, albeit somewhat bland, game with straightforward gameplay centered around Cascades. But even for being simple, it’s pretty fun to sit down with, and as previously said, its vibrant colors and the fun little character are definitely a good plus. But let us move over to the features and discuss those in more detail.
Starting with the stats, we got some pretty solid ones with a slightly higher-than-average RTP of 96.29%, a hit frequency of 29.96%, and a great max win of 15,000X the bet. Across the board, all the stats look pretty good, and we have nothing to complain about, and the game also comes with one of the most beloved mechanics in slots, that being Cascades. The Cascades are what the game is kinda built around, letting you chain wins together, hopefully with a stacked Global Multiplier, but it isn’t as easy to start increasing it just by spinning away, as that comes down to the help of the Snake Pod Symbol. The Snake in this game can be a bit hit or miss, as sometimes it sadly just is a bit too short to really matter for creating a win, or to impact the Global Multiplier, but when it starts slithering all over the place, the big winning clusters are nothing to scoff at. Then we have the Free Spins bonus games, which don’t really do much interesting except keep the Multiplier persistent and incorporate the classic Arcade Snake item, the Fruit Symbols, to help you increase the length of your snake, in-game, of course. That’s basically it, and we have to say that we actually quite liked this game, as its fun theme and Snake Pod Symbol helps carry what would otherwise be a pretty standard Cascade slot, and if you want to check the game out for yourself, then we highly recommend checking out the Captain Coil demo.
Captain Coil is a slot based on the classic arcade game, Snake, featuring non-stop Cascades and Global Multipliers as you cash in on Wild wins.
