Storm slots: arcade machines, a UK studio and a game show

Storm casino slots can mean three quite different things. In a Storm Casino arcade in Germany you play type-approved gaming machines, and the operator publishes no online slot catalogue. Online, the phrase usually points to the UK studio Storm Gaming Technology or to games with “Storm” in the title from studios like Stormcraft and Evolution. Here is how to tell them apart and where each one turns up.

Slots inside a Storm Casino arcade

German arcades run Geldspielgeräte, gaming machines that need a type approval from the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt before they go on the floor. Each machine carries a menu of games chosen by its manufacturer, so the “slot list” of a venue is really a list of cabinets. Storm Casinos GmbH does not publish one.

What German arcade players know well are the classic book and fruit games that later moved online. The old version of this site featured four of them:

Book of Ra by Novomatic is the game most “book” slots copy: free games with one symbol that expands across the reels.

Lucky Lady is another Novomatic title from the same generation of German favourites.

Eye of Horus and Fruitinator come from Reel Time Gaming, part of the Merkur group, which is the other big name behind German arcade cabinets.

Whether a given Storm venue runs these exact games we cannot say. Treat the pictures as the type of game, not a promise.

Storm Gaming Technology online slots

Storm Gaming Technology is a British developer that began with land-based gaming machines and moved its titles online through distribution partners. Trade press has covered deals with CashBet and with Relax Gaming’s Silver Bullet programme, and a co-development with Core Gaming on the slot Pharaoh’s Wild.

Finding the top Storm Gaming Technology casinos

There is no single list, because the games travel through aggregators and each casino decides what to switch on. Three practical steps:

1. Open the casino lobby and filter by provider. Look for “Storm Gaming” or “Storm Gaming Technology”.
2. Check the casino’s licence for your country first. A UK player needs a UKGC licence; in Germany only GGL-listed sites are legal.
3. Try the game in demo mode, where the casino offers one, before you put money in.

Stormcraft Studios: the Microgaming connection

Stormcraft Studios was launched in 2018 as an independent studio making exclusive slots for Microgaming. Its first release was Fortunium, followed by titles such as Dragon Shard and Break Away Deluxe. After Microgaming sold its game portfolio to Games Global in 2022, these slots may appear under either label. “Stormcraft casinos” are therefore just casinos that carry that catalogue, not a brand of their own.

Lightning Storm, the live game show

Lightning Storm is a live game show from Evolution, shown at ICE London in 2024. It combines a digital money wheel with several bonus rounds and belongs to Evolution’s Lightning family. Search phrases such as “lightning storm casino tracker” or “result history” come from fans of the show, which runs only at online casinos with Evolution’s live studio. In Germany, live game shows fall outside the virtual slot licence, so you will rarely meet it on a GGL-licensed site.

Other “storm slot” titles

Plenty of slots carry “Storm” in their name across many studios. A slot title tells you nothing about the casino that runs it, so judge the casino on its licence, payout record and terms, never on a matching word.