Quick look
Title: Cash Noire
Provider: NetEnt
Reels: 5
Rows: 4
Paylines: 1,024
RTP: 96.06%
Max win: 1,033x
Volatility: Low-Medium
Min/max bet: 0.20/200
Cash Noire by NetEnt
We’re all looking for Lady Luck, but what happens when the lady might be packing a .38 special and grudge?
NetEnt dives into the fantastic world of noire crime movies and novels with a gritty Sam Spade-like murder mystery filled with dark atmosphere, smokey rooms, neon lights, murder weapons and suspects galore – and a femme fatale that will get your blood racing, if she doesn’t stop your heart permanently.
A gritty journey through a crime-ridden city that is packed with bonus features, mini games, an amazing story, and a moody, brilliant soundtrack. Step into the shadows, collect the clues, stay alive, and solve the crime!
Theme
Cash Noire is set in the gritty world of film noir/hard-boiled detective fiction as made famous by authors like Mickey Spillane, Raymond Chandler, and Dashiell Hammett.
The noir genre is a brilliant theme for this amazing online and mobile slot game from NetEnt. Dark and moody, smoky offices backlit by neon lights, flawed characters and questionable motives – beauty and danger existing side by side.
Players take on the role of the grizzled Detective Flint, searching the city for clues to solve a murder mystery. In the shadowy office is a beautiful femme fatale, but is she there to help Detective Flint or to ensure the case never gets solved? The reels are filled with theme-specific symbols and the ‘Crime Zone’. To the side is the ‘Clue Board’ with all the suspects and evidence. And, if you unlock the Free Spins round, you get to go on a car chase through the city to chase down your suspect!
It's all-action, all-suspense, and all-thrilling fun!
Graphics, sound, and animation
The artwork on Cash Noire is incredible, a beautiful realization of a fantastic – and different – theme. NetEnt have captured the dark and dismal atmosphere perfectly with dark and mysterious backgrounds, backlit occasionally with flickers of neon light that only deepen the sense of mystery and dread. Every noir trope is present: the jaded detective, the femme fatale, the smoky rooms and glasses of bourbon, even the polaroid pictures on the murder board. Players feel as if they have stepped into a hard-boiled detective novel or a noir film set.
Symbols take the theme even further with all the visuals of a classic crime caper from the 50s. Symbols from low to high paying: Magnifying Glass, Matchbook (same value); Ace of Spades, Glass of Bourbon (same value); Switchblade, .38 Pistol (same value); Femme Fatale; Detective Flint; Male Suspect; Female Suspect.
There is also a Mystery Symbol – a safe with a question mark – that transforms into a random regular symbol.
What really sets Cash Noire apart is the soundtrack. It is fantastic! From the synth-wave style background music to the fast-paced car chase music to the little sound effects that abound, Cash Noire’s thrills are amped up through the audio effects. But what really gets Players into the game are the little remarks and comments from Detective Flint himself, a touch that makes Cash Noire feel like Players are watching – and acting in – a movie rather than playing a slot.
Animation is slick on both the online casino and mobile casino version, fast, exciting, and smooth. The small details like the knife slashes and Crime Scene borders bring the theme to life beautifully.
Gameplay
Cash Noire is a 5-reel, 4-row online and mobile slot game with up 1,024 ways to win. The NetEnt cascade feature means that, every time a Player hits a winning combo, it disappears and is replaced by new symbols to ramp up the wins.
Minimum bet is 0.20 and maximum is 200 so big spenders can play with the hope of hitting a super-mega win at 1,033x the bet. RTP is posted as 96.06% with a low to medium volatility which should give Players plenty of winning moments.
Features
There are a ton of features on Cash Noire that make this innovative slot game quite immersive. NetEnt have brought the cascade feature to Cash Noire so winning hits are constantly disappearing and being replaced by new symbols and extra chances to line up the wins.
But it’s the bonus features that make Cash Noire great.
Mystery Symbol
The Mystery Symbol can appear randomly during gameplay.
If the symbol lands outside the Crime Zone, it will transform into a random regular symbol.
If the symbol lands inside the Crime Zone, it will clone itself through all the spots in the Crime Zone and transform into a random regular symbol.
The Crime Zone
During regular gameplay a red outline appears over three symbols. This is the Crime Zone.
If a winning symbol appears inside the Crime Zone, it will activate an item on the Clue List to the left of the reels.
The Clue List
The Clue List is 13 clues that sit on the left of the reels. Each time a winning symbol appears inside the Crime Zone, a clue is highlighted on the Clue List. Get 3 to 6 clues and the Crime Zone expands to cover 4 symbols. Get 7 or more clues and the Crime Zone expands to cover 5 symbols.
Uncover all 13 clues and launch the Free Spins City Chase feature.
Free Spins City Chase
Getting all 13 clues on the Clue List will unlock 6x Free Spins and the City Chase Map and Multiplier. During Free Spins, all 5 Crime Zone symbols stay activated.
During the Free Spins feature the Clue List is replaced by a City Map and a car. As the reels spin, the car chases through the city streets to track down the suspect. Along the route are checkpoints that show various multipliers.
Free Spins begin with a 1x multiplier. Each checkpoint (one very 7 locations on the map) will have a multiplier increase and possibly extra Free Spins.
If a Player manages to get through the entire map, they will gain up to 10x multiplier and a whole lot of extra Free Spins.
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Cash Noire is a superb, immersive, and interactive online and mobile slot from NetEnt. Amazing graphics, innovative features, and an incredible soundtrack (which can even be found on Spotify, Deezer, and Apple Music!) make Cash Noire a truly thrilling slot game. The potential for lots of Free Spins, and the cascade feature that allows for chaining wins, will keep Players playing, but the fantastic theme, artwork, and gameplay will keep them coming back for more long after the case is solved.
Try it for free in Demo mode or play for Real Money right here at Play.co.za.