Blood Suckers is a vampire-themed online slot built by NetEnt and first released back in 2009. It has stuck around because it does a few things well and keeps the maths honest. This guide covers how to play Blood Suckers pokie Australia style — a walkthrough of one full round, both bonus features, and the figures that different sources report differently. Where you can, try it in the free demo first so the buttons and the paytable make sense before any real money is on the line.
The grid and how a win lands
Blood Suckers uses a 5-reel, 3-row layout — five columns, three symbols deep. There are 25 paylines, and review sites describe these as fixed, meaning all 25 are active on every spin.
Wins pay left to right. You need at least three matching symbols along a payline, starting from the leftmost reel, for a standard win. Wilds are the exception — two or more of those can pay.
The symbol values run from small to meaty. Garlic, the lowest, pays 0.08x your bet. Dracula is the top regular symbol at 20x. Scatters can pay up to 100x, and wilds can reach 300x your bet.
A single round, step by step
- Set your stake. In Blood Suckers you choose a total stake per spin, and that one figure drives every line win and feature prize.
- Spin the reels. All 25 lines are evaluated at once.
- Any line with three or more matching symbols from the left pays out per the paytable, multiplied by your bet.
- Keep an eye on scatters (the vampire bride) and the bonus symbols — those are your tickets into the two features.
What is the RTP of Blood Suckers and is it really 98%?
NetEnt's own game page lists the return to player as 98.00%. Some review sites report it slightly more precisely as 97.99%. Either way, that is high for a slot of this age and type.
One thing worth flagging: operators can run different RTP versions of the same game. The 98% figure is NetEnt's headline, but the version at a given site may be configured lower. It is worth checking the in-game info screen rather than assuming the top number applies everywhere.
RTP is a long-run average across millions of spins. It tells you nothing about what a single session will do — it is a design figure, not a promise.
Is Blood Suckers high or low volatility?
Blood Suckers is classed as a low volatility slot. In plain terms, winning combinations tend to land more often, but the individual payouts are usually smaller. NetEnt's page lists a hit frequency of 45.00% — roughly a win on a bit under half your spins on average.
Low volatility suits players who want frequent small returns and a slower bankroll burn, rather than long dry spells chasing one big hit.
What are the minimum and maximum bets on Blood Suckers?
NetEnt lists the bet range as €0.25 to €50.00. Review sites report the equivalent as a $0.25 minimum and $50.00 maximum.
Underneath the total stake sit two controls:
- Bet line — from $0.01 up to $2.00 per line.
- Bet level — between 1 and 4.
These two combine with the 25 lines to produce your total per-spin stake. If you are new to it, nudge the bet line and bet level in the demo and watch how the total shifts.
| Setting | Range |
|---|---|
| Total bet | $0.25 – $50.00 |
| Bet line | $0.01 – $2.00 |
| Bet level | 1 – 4 |
How do you trigger the free spins and bonus game in Blood Suckers?
There are two separate features, and they trigger in different ways.
Free Spins
Land 3 or more Scatter symbols — the vampire bride — anywhere on the reels and you trigger the Free Spins feature. This awards 10 free spins.
During those spins, all bet line wins are tripled, a 3x multiplier. Free spins are played at the same bet level as the spin that set them off, so you cannot change your stake mid-feature.
You can retrigger the round by landing 3 or more scatters again during the feature, which adds another 10 free spins. One detail most lists skim over: Casino.org notes the 3x multiplier applies to the initial ten free spins, but not to any additional retriggered spins. Treat retrigger spins as extra spins rather than extra tripled spins.
Vampire Slaying Bonus
This one works differently. You trigger it by landing 3 or more Bonus symbols in succession from the leftmost reel to the right along a payline — so it behaves like a payline win, not a scatter.
Inside the bonus you open coffins to slay vampires for random coin prizes. You keep opening until a coffin reveals bats flying out, which ends the feature.
What is the difference between the Free Spins feature and the Vampire Slaying Bonus?
Short version: the Free Spins are more reels with a 3x boost; the Vampire Slaying Bonus is a pick-me round on a separate screen.
- Free Spins — scatter-triggered, 10 spins, wins tripled on the initial set, retriggerable.
- Vampire Slaying Bonus — triggered by bonus symbols on a line, a coffin-opening mini-game with coin prizes that ends when you reveal bats.
The bonus game has its own ceiling: the maximum win in the Vampire Slaying Bonus is 812.8x your bet.
What is the maximum win on Blood Suckers?
Here the sources disagree, so it is worth laying both out.
NetEnt's game page lists the maximum payout as 900x your bet. At the top stake of $50, that 900x cap works out to a potential $50,750, per review-site figures.
Other sources describe the maximum win as 1,014.6x (or a 1,014x cap) rather than 900x. So depending on where you read, the top figure is either around 900x or around 1,014x. The honest answer is that the exact ceiling is reported inconsistently — if a precise cap matters to you, check the in-game paytable for the version you are actually playing.
Scatter pays in the base game
Scatters do more than just trigger free spins. In the main game, scatter payouts occur with 2 or more scatter symbols, with the win based on the paytable multiplier applied to your total bet. Scatter prizes go up to 100 times your bet, which is one of the better straight payouts available outside a feature.
Does Blood Suckers have a bonus buy feature?
No. Blood Suckers predates the bonus-buy trend by years, and there is nothing in its design to let you pay a premium to jump straight into the Free Spins or the Vampire Slaying Bonus. The only way into either feature is to land the triggering symbols during normal play.
Can you play Blood Suckers for free in demo mode?
Yes. A free play demo of Blood Suckers is available online, and it is the sensible place to start. Use it to learn the paytable, see how the two features trigger, and get a feel for the low-volatility rhythm before committing real money.
Whatever you decide, set a budget you are comfortable losing and stick to it — the RTP and hit frequency describe long-run averages, not any single session you will actually sit through.