F*Louvre is a newly released 5×5 slot game from 7Rings Gaming that launched globally on October 1, 2026, following a pre-release on September 17. The game takes players on a thrilling nighttime heist set inside an opulent Parisian-style art museum, characterized by its marble columns, gallery hallways, classic statues, and illuminated street lamps. Its visuals adopt a black-and-white vintage cartoon style inspired by early rubber-hose animation, with red accents enhancing the aesthetic.
The plot revolves around a cartoon thief, depicted wearing a striped shirt, black mask, beanie, and a gold tooth, who carries a sack of stolen loot. In a clever disguise, the thief transforms into a detective by wearing a trench coat and hiding behind a newspaper labeled 'WANTED.'
This slot features a return to player (RTP) rate of up to 96% and offers various volatility settings. Players can select from Low, Medium, High, and Extreme volatility levels, alongside maximum win potentials of 10,000x, 20,000x, or 50,000x. F*Louvre accommodates over 20 languages and includes a buy feature where permissible.
**Specification Details**
– **Developer**: 7Rings Gaming
– **Layout**: 5×5 grid
– **RTP**: Up to 96%
– **Volatility Options**: Low, Medium, High, Extreme
– **Max Win Options**: 10,000x, 20,000x, 50,000x
– **Languages**: 20+
– **Buy Bonus**: Yes (6 options)
– **Pre-release Date**: September 17, 2026
– **General Release Date**: October 1, 2026
### Base Game Mechanics
In the base game, the reel setup features low symbols represented by card suits and high symbols illustrated as cartoon-style museum artifacts like portraits, busts, and vases. The gameplay centers around interactions between these symbols and special Thief icons.
**The Thief**
The Thief offers a Wild spawner on the grid. When a Thief symbol appears, it moves horizontally across the board in either direction. If it lands on a High symbol or an Instant Win symbol, it snatches the corresponding item and replaces it with a Wild symbol. This mechanic allows multiple Thief symbols to appear simultaneously in a single spin, creating numerous pathways across the grid and adding multiple Wilds to the reels.
**Instant Win Symbols**
Instant Win symbols show specific values linked to cash rewards. These symbols are inactive alone and require a Thief to capture them to trigger the payout, calculated by multiplying their displayed value by the current bet.
### Bonus Game Features
Transitioning to the Bonus Game significantly alters the mechanics, with high symbols performing differently and a lives system dictating how long the round lasts.
**Triggering the Bonus Game**
Landing three or more Scatter symbols initiates the Bonus Game. The number of Scatters that land determines the starting crew of 1 to 3 Thieves. During this bonus mode, all High symbols change into Instant Win symbols.
In every turn, each Thief descends its respective reel to target the closest High, Wild, Instant Win, or Max Win symbol. After successfully stealing a symbol, the Thief returns to the top of the reel to award the win.
**Lives System**
Instead of a fixed number of free spins, the Bonus Game duration is based on a lives system. When a Thief lands on an empty space, it results in a missed theft, costing the player one life. Landing a successful theft restores all lives back to the starting count, allowing the round to continue as long as there are lives remaining.
**Total Multiplier**
Wild symbols acquire an additional role during the Bonus Round. Every Wild collected increases a Total Multiplier that influences future payouts generated throughout the round.
**Max Win Symbol**
Exclusive to the Bonus Game, the Max Win symbol, when landed and caught, allows players to reach the maximum win limit based on their selected game configuration.
**Buy Bonus Options**
For players in locations where feature purchases are allowed, there are six distinct Buy Bonus options available:
– **FS BOOSTER 5x**: Increases the chance of triggering the Bonus Game by 5x, disabling all other Buy options while active.
– **GAME BOOSTER**: Guarantees a Thief symbol on the reels, also disabling other Buy options.
– **PICKPOCKET**: Starts the Bonus Game with 1 Thief and 3 Lives.
– **BURGLAR**: Initiates the Bonus Game with 2 Thieves and 3 Lives.
– **KING OF THIEVES**: Begins the Bonus Game with 3 Thieves and 3 Lives.
– **ALL-IN**: Commences the Bonus Game with 1 Thief and 1 Life, allowing only the Max Win symbol to be caught.
This configuration includes two standard spin boosters operating independently from other features, plus three tiered entry options from 1 to 3 Thieves with 3 Lives each. The ALL-IN option has a tight structure, starting with only 1 Thief and 1 Life, limiting targets strictly to the Max Win symbol.
Overall, F*Louvre from 7Rings Gaming intricately revolves around the Thief character. The base game relies on this character to turn high symbols into Wilds and activate Instant Win values, and this dynamic deepens during the Bonus Game with high symbols transforming into Instant Wins, Wilds enhancing a Total Multiplier, and the lives system maintaining the round's excitement until a missed theft concludes the action.
