Truth Slot (Shady Lady)

The Truth slot has 5 reels, 5 rows and 15 fixed paylines: you need 3 or more matching symbols appearing from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel and across any of the 15 paylines to form a winning combination. The only exception is the best paying symbol as 2 or more are required. Only the highest payout per payline is awarded.

With a minimum bet of 10p a spin, the most you can play for is £5 per spin in the UK (or £2 if you’re under 25): outside the UK, the max bet is £50 per spin (or currency equivalent). Use the plus and minus arrows to change your stake or press/click the actual Bet amount to see all options. Non-UK players can opt to use Turbo Mode and Autoplay.

The Truth RTP rate is 96.16%: 60.89% is from the base game with 35.21% from the bonus features. Shady Lady has also created alternative RTP settings: 94.1% and 92%.

In the high volatility bracket (9/10), the hit frequency rate is 21.92% (meaning a winning combination will land every 4.56 spins on average). Triggering the free spins will occur every 1 in 208 spins (again, an average) with an average win of 64.7 x your total bet. Finally, Truth comes with 20,000 x bet max wins (the same as all other Shady Lady games so far).

With a conspiracy theory theme, the Truth slot is about suspicion, obsession and pattern-seeking. Set in a dimly-lit underground office of a conspiracy theorist, the attention to detail is superb.

The setting has tin-foil hats, aliens, UFO paraphernalia, an All-Seeing Eye, alien posters, a picture of Tupac Shakur and a pile of books that reference previous Shady Lady slots. With symbols appearing on an old-school PC monitor on a bright green screen, the soundtrack is creepy, suspenseful and eerie. It reminds me of The X-Files as it’s clear there are reference to the 90s.

On the reels, symbols include fire-lit pyramids, woolly creature feet, jet fuel, secret document folders and 5 characters: the best paying symbol is the reptilian that rewards you with 2, 4, 8 or 50 x your total bet for 2, 3, 4 or 5 across a payline.

There is also a Bird Wild symbol that substitutes for all paying symbols above. Appearing on all 5 reels, 5 wilds across a payline will reward you with a 50 x bet payout. Truth also comes with a Floppy Disk Scatter: this is key to triggering the free spins (more on this below).

Truth Mobile

Truth has been created using HTML5 technology. Compatible with desktop, tablet and mobile devices, you can enjoy this game, and all Shady Lady slots in Portrait Mode when playing on an iOS or Android smartphone.

Truth comes with 4 Conspiracy base game features that award random wilds, multiplier wilds that can clone or transfer multipliers, initiate a chain of symbol transformations and add a Truth Realm where a chosen Truth Symbol nudges towards it with multiplier increases with Scatter Pays awards. With a Bonus and Super version, the Truth Realm is prevalent with Booster symbols dramatically increasing your chances of big wins with Realm Multiplier increases, locked symbols and extra free spins.

Conspiracy features

On any base game spin, 1 of 4 Conspiracy features can randomly trigger. Details are as follows:

• Birds Aren’t Real: A flock of birds drones fly over the reels with a random number of them malfunctioning and crashing. This then places a Bird Wild on the position where they’ve broken down.
• 5G Transmission = Brainwashing: A random number of 5G Wilds will be added to the reels, each with a multiplier between 2x and 5x. On each turn, 1 5G Wild can randomly activate: it will then either clone itself onto a random position or transmit its multiplier to another 5G Wild.
• The Reptilians Are Everywhere: A random character symbol is chosen. All instances of that symbol may be transformed into the best-paying reptilian symbol. If the transformation is successful, a new symbol type is chosen with the process repeating. This continues until all eligible character symbols have been transformed or a transformation attempt fails.
• It’s All a Simulation: A random symbol is chosen and the Truth Realm forms across the middle row of the grid. Once normal wins have been awarded, all instances of the chosen symbol will nudge towards the Truth Realm. Every nudge increases the Realm Multiplier by 1. When all nudges end, the Realm Win is evaluated with symbols inside the Truth Realm paying according to the Paytable, Scatter Pays style though.

Bonus

The Bonus feature is triggered by landing 3 Floppy Disk Scatters, with 6 free spins awarded. Before the feature starts, a random symbol is chosen as the Realm Symbol, and the Truth Realm forms across the middle row.

All wins have been evaluated after each free spin, all instances of the Realm Symbol will nudge towards the Truth Realm. Every nudge increases the Realm Multiplier by 1, which is persistent for the duration of the feature. If a Realm Symbol lands directly on the Truth Realm line, it locks in place and remains for future Realm Wins.

Look out for the special Booster symbol, as it awards extra free spins, increases the Realm Multiplier, doubes the current Realm Multiplier, creates a locked symbol on the Realm Line or doubles the multiplier increases.

Super Bonus

Landing 4 Floppy Disc Scatters will trigger the Super Bonus feature, with 8 free spins. Like the ‘standard’ Bonus feature, there are 2 key differences:

• Only character symbols are chosen as Realm Symbols
• Nudge increases start at 2 instead of 1

The Store

Truth, like other Shady Lady games, comes with ‘The Store’. This bonus buy element is not available to UK players though. For non-UK players, you can buy boosters, entry to bonus features, highlight reels and loot boxes:

• Bonus Boost: for 1.5 x bet, you boost your chances of triggering the Bonus feature by 238%. RTP is 96.3%. 
• Big Bonus Boost: for 5 x bet, your chances by 1192%. RTP is 96.1%. 
• Guaranteed Conspiracy feature: for 10 x bet, you are guaranteed to trigger 1 of the 4 Conspiracy features. RTP is 96.1%.
• Bonus Buy: for 67 x bet, you will trigger the Bonus feature. RTP is 96.6%. 
• Super Bonus Buy: for 402 x bet, you will trigger the Super Bonus feature. RTP is 96.2%. 
• Bronze Bonus: for 128 x bet, you will trigger a Bronze version of the Bonus feature. RTP is 96.6%. 
• Silver Bonus: for 348 x bet, you will trigger a Silver version of the Bonus feature. RTP is 96%. 
• Gold Bonus: for 1,596 x bet, you will trigger a Gold version of the Bonus feature. RTP is 96.1%. 
• Highlight Reels: With 3 options, you buy the best 3 of 100, 300 or 500 spins for 75, 183 or 273 x bet (with a 95.7%, 96.3% or 96.3% RTP respectively).
• Loot Boxes: With Rare, Epic and Legendary Loot Box options, you will be awarded 1 of 9 Enhanced Bonuses. There are Bronze, Silver and Gold Enhanced Bonuses which cost 186, 344 or 571 x bet (with a 96.4%, 96.2% or 96.1%, respectively). There are 1, 2 or 3 star versions of each option, with higher win potential the more stars.

Truth Slot

Rating: 4.6/5

Truth is a conspiracy theory-themed masterpiece with compelling gameplay that combines various features cleverly and offers 20,000 x bet max win potential.

Chris Taylor

The Truth slot is Shady Lady’s 11^th release, with the innovative studio delivering time and time again. About conspiracy theories, the nostalgic 90s feel fits the theme perfectly and makes you question is everything we’re being told is in fact ‘the truth’. Graphically brilliant, the soundtrack sets the tone and gets your mind racing.

In the base game, 1 of 4 Conspiracy features can trigger randomly on each spin. With crashing birds placing wilds on the reels, there is also symbol transformations. I quite like 5G Transmission = Brainwashing feature as 5G Wilds can clone themselves or transmit its multiplier value to another 5G Wild: land a few on the reels and it can deliver some big payouts.

The It’s All a Simulation feature forms the basis of the Bonus and Super Bonus features with a Truth Realm formed on the middle reel: the chosen symbol nudges towards the Truth Realm, increases the Realm Multiplier each time by 1. You need 3 or more symbols in the Truth Realm for the multiplier to apply (or 2 or more with the best-paying symbol).

In the Bonus and Super Bonus features, the chosen Realm Symbol nudges towards the Truth Realm with the Realm Multiplier increasing by 1. As mentioned, you need 3+ (or 2+ for the reptilian) for the multiplier to apply wins. The key is when a Realm Symbol lands directly on the Truth Realm line, as it becomes locked and activates whenever other Realm symbols land.

Of importance is the Booster symbol as this gives you a variety of modifiers including extra free spins, Realm Multiplier increases, doubling of the Realm Multiplier, locked symbols on the Realm Line or double multiplier increments. In the ‘Super’ version, only high-value character symbols are Realm Symbols and nudge increases begin at 2 instead of 1.

With 20,000 x bet max wins, Truth is an engaging slot game with plenty of variety and mystery. Compelling, easy to follow and engaging, Shady Lady has created another masterpiece. The question is whether you can handle the truth in order to make sense of it all.

If you like Truth, I recommend you try other Shady Lady titles including Devil’s Finger, Oops and Sew. All their games push boundaries when it comes to theme, design and bonus features with a unique experience guaranteed.

The Truth slot review was written by Chris Taylor from our OLBG Expert team who has written over 10,000 slot game reviews in an iGaming career spanning over 2 decades.

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Chris Taylor is an industry veteran originally from Gibraltar. Having worked in the online gambling industry since 2004, Chris loves slots and has reviewed over 10,000 online slot games. Running a slots-focused website for 13 years, Chris is the go-to guy for everything slots-related.