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Burning Desire
A Microgaming slot with gems, fire, casino themes. This entry explains its listed format only; it does not promote play.
- RTP
- 96.19%
- Volatility
- Medium
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What this guide explains
Key concepts to understand
Format: 243 Ways
Volatility: Medium
Theme tags: Gems, Fire, Casino
Slot information
Theme & game design
One-line verdictTypography as the main illustration — an old idea, done here with unusual polish.
A Microgaming slot with gems, fire, casino themes. This entry explains its listed format only; it does not promote play.
A short story from the game world
A ribbon of flame writes a word across a dark room and then holds the shape. Nobody strikes a match here; things simply catch.
Burning Desire builds its look around lettering: a ribbon of flame writes the title across a dark room and then holds the shape, so the typography itself is the illustration. The reels are five wide with 243 ways, counting matches from the first reel onward without caring which row they sit in.
The hub entry lists Casino, Fire and Gems themes and names no features. The gem and flame imagery hints at the symbol set, but scatters, wilds and whether free spins exist all have to be confirmed on the paytable screen of the demo.
Its volatility is medium, roughly halfway between steady and swingy, with an RTP of 96.19% and a stake range of 0.25 to 250; it was released on 5 December 2012. A medium rating is the middle of Microgaming's word scale and says nothing about how a given session will go.
Microgaming effectively wrote the grammar of the online slot, and that depth still shows in every corner of the screen. The silhouette of a single symbol, the order of a paytable, the cue that marks a change of state — nothing here is left half-finished. Almost no other studio carries decades of formats, from classic three-reel machines to 117,649-way Maxways boards, in one library without the design language coming apart. If you are studying how these games are built, this is the most reliable text you can read.
- Built as a ways to win game on 5 reels and 243 ways. 420 titles here share this format, so it is a well-covered one to learn from.
- Its published RTP of 96.19% sits level with the 96.2% median of the other 384 ways to win games here. RTP is a long-run theoretical figure, not a per-session one.
- The studio grades it medium volatility, which 25% of ways to win games here share. Volatility describes the spread of outcomes, not how often a result arrives.
- Its artwork reads as wealth, which is how it is grouped for the structure-match panel below.
- A studio-published play-money demo is embedded above, as it is for 116 other Microgaming titles here.
Microgaming does not publish win cap for this title, so that field is left empty rather than estimated.
Assembled from the published figures above and arithmetic over the catalogue. It does not forecast results.All releases from December 2012 →
- You want a middle-of-the-scale game to compare against — the studio's volatility label sits in the middle band.
- You want to understand ways-to-win — matches count on adjacent reels wherever they land, so the grid is read by route, not by line.
- You want to try before reading further — the studio's own demo runs on this page with play money only.
RTP, volatility, maximum win and bet ranges are reference values and can differ by game version or market. Source: Microgaming official game page.
- Microgaming has 146 slots in this catalogue; this guide is one of them.
- Among the 132 Microgaming slots with a single published RTP, 96.19% ranks #58.
- Microgaming released 1 other title in the same month (2012-12).
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Assembled by arithmetic over the catalogue. Ranks order the published figures by size; they are not a quality rating.FAQ
Burning Desire — frequently asked questions
- What is the RTP of Burning Desire?
- The studio-published RTP is 96.19%. RTP is a long-run theoretical return, not a per-session result, and some operators run lower-RTP builds.
- How volatile is Burning Desire?
- The studio lists its volatility as Medium. Volatility describes how results are spread, not how likely a win is.
- What is the maximum win on Burning Desire?
- Microgaming does not publish a win cap for Burning Desire.
- Can I play Burning Desire for free?
- Yes. The studio's official demo runs on this page with play money only — no sign-up and no real funds.
- When was Burning Desire released?
- Microgaming lists the release date as 2012-12-05.
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