Steam Tower

Steam Tower is NetEnt's steampunk pokie, a brass-and-gears adventure where a caped hero climbs a giant elevator shaft to rescue a captive at the summit, and it has held a loyal Australian audience since it launched in 2015. Australians who look up the Steam Tower pokie or its RTP tend to come for the Victorian sci-fi look and stay for one of the more generous return figures NetEnt has published. You can try the free demo above in play money, with no account and no deposit, and watch the climbing free spins in action before deciding whether it fits your budget in AUD.

How Steam Tower plays

Built on a 5 reel, 3 row layout with 15 fixed paylines, Steam Tower pays from left to right along set lines. The hero is a stacked wild that lands on the central reels and substitutes for the standard steampunk symbols to finish combinations. The game's defining feature fires when a wild appears and the hero shoots his grappling hook, launching the free spins and starting his climb up the tower. Every further wild during the feature lifts him another floor and adds more spins, and as he rises the win multiplier grows with him. It begins small near ground level and increases the higher he goes, so a free spins run that keeps feeding wilds can turn ordinary line wins into much bigger ones.

Steam Tower RTP, volatility and max win

Steam Tower has a published RTP of 97.04 percent, comfortably above the 96 percent that is typical across the NetEnt range and a big part of why it still holds up today. It is a medium volatility pokie, so wins land at a reasonably regular pace rather than in rare spikes, making it easy to sit with over a longer session. The maximum win is 1,000 times your stake, achieved when the multiplier climbs high during a good free spins run. The figures in the stats panel above reflect these same verified NetEnt numbers.

Playing Steam Tower in Australia

Steam Tower can be played at the online casinos serving Australian players shown on this page, in Australian dollars once you have an account with one of them. It is worth being clear on the rules: under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001, online casino and pokie games cannot be licensed for or advertised to people in Australia, so the operators listed here hold licences offshore rather than any Australian licence. The free demo at the top of the page is play money only and needs no account or deposit, letting you see the climbing multiplier feature in full before deciding whether to play for real at an offshore-licensed casino from the list.

Is Steam Tower worth playing?

Steam Tower earns its place if you enjoy a strong, unusual theme alongside a high RTP and a feature that pays off patience. The climbing free spins give every wild a purpose, the medium variance keeps things steady, and 97.04 percent is an excellent return for a slot of its age. Players chasing only massive jackpots may find the 1,000x ceiling modest, so weigh that up first. Decide on a limit before you spin, keep the top win in perspective, and if gambling ever stops being fun, step away and read our responsible gambling advice.