The festive season is approaching, and the reindeer is up to no good on the Santa vs Rudolf title. Created by Net Entertainment …
... it’s a colourful 5x3 reel, 20 pay line game that comes with a whole bag of festive goodies.
NetEnt took a very classic approach to Christmas when they released Secrets of Christmas back in 2016, but …
...this holiday-themed slot is going to the other direction.
It comes with plenty of extras, including walking wilds and a bonus spins round that can lead to wins of up to 1,000x your bet on a single spin.
RTP wise, with its 96.30% percentage, it’s doing pretty good.
Fun Christmas Theme
If you are searching for winter holiday games, Santa vs Rudolf is definitely worth trying since …
… it comes with cartoonish visuals with Christmas-themed symbols and decorations, but also with interesting icons, special effects and lots of presents in the background.
The base game action takes place on the front porch of Santa’s log cabin set in a snowy forest at the North Pole. Rested next to the side of the reels are a cranky looking Santa and an equally moody Rudolf.
They will come head to head on the reels as walking wilds to trigger the bonus spins when they clash.
The floating reels are transparent, allowing the player to see from the front porch to the snow-covered landscape below the pink, early evening sky.
The quirky background music is nice and festive, generally upbeat with sleigh bells chinking.
Symbols include Santa, Rudolf, presents, a wish list, reindeer collar, snow globe, sleigh, and candy cane style royals.
Now that we have covered that let’s jump on the sleigh and go through …
Betting Options
The battle takes places across a 5x3 reel set with 20 pay lines which pay both ways. You can form winning combinations from left to right and right to left.
It is a medium variance slot with an RTP of 96.35% with a maximum single spin win of 1,000x the bet size and a maximum single feature win of up to 13,500x the bet size.
Betting options go from €0.20 to €10. At the highest end, you’ll be risking €0.50 per payline. At the lowest range, you’ll only be wagering €0.01 per line.
The pay symbols start at the low end with candied card royals from 10 through to A, awarding 3x to 5x your bet for a single five of a kind.
They are followed by Santa Claus wish lists, reindeer snow globe, Rudolf’s collar, Santa’s sack filled with presents and Santa’s sleigh.
A five-of-a-kind As will yield two times 5x stake, once from left to right and once from right to left, equaling 10x your stake, while
… the sleigh is the most valuable with 5 on a pay line awarding 25x the bet size.
Rudolf and Santa both appear as Wilds.
Santa lands on reel 5, while his former reindeer buddy drops on reel 1. They each act as Walking Wilds, meaning they move one space over after each spin until exiting the reels.
NOW:
GIFT FEATURES
- Walking Wilds
- Bonus Spins
- Santa’s Gifts
- Rudolph Spins
Santa and Rudolf are Walking Wilds.
Both will trigger the Re-spin feature when they appear in a game round, moving by one reel along the same row they landed on after each re-spin.
Santa will move from right to left and Rudolf from left to right.
Multiple walking wilds can be on the reels in the same re-spin sequence. The re-spins are free and will end one spin after the last wild has dropped off the screen. Wins are accumulated and paid before the start of the next game round.
Bonus spins are triggered by Rudolf and Santa appearing in the same row. When this happens, they begin fighting and set off the bonus in the process.
Starting with 10 spins, you can extend the feature the same way it was triggered …
... which can bring you up to a maximum of 30 free spins.
The wilds appear far more frequently during the bonus, and whenever the two belligerents collide, another 4 spins are added to your total.
Furthermore, with the walking wild re-spin feature in play here as well, the free spins round can take quite a while to complete.
It gets better!
You will also find that the game has two meters, one for each of the two types of wilds – Santa ( red ) and Rudolf ( green ).
In bonus spins mode, it is filled by 1 out of its 8 positions, for each wild of that type that you get. Charge the meter fully, and you’ll activate its corresponding encore bonus.
- Santa’s Gifts is a bonus game split up in three sets in which you get to pick items that will reveal a cash prize, a multiplier increase or Santa’s hat to indicate the end of the picking round. The maximum multiplier is x4 while the maximum win from the bonus game peaks at 188x your bet.
- Rudolf Spins triggers 3 extra free rounds, with five regular wilds placed randomly each time. Up to 1,350x total stake can be paid over the course of the 3 rounds.
Conclusion
The humorous storyline with a smirking Rudolf worked really well for another Christmas slot machine game by Swedish studio, NetEnt.
The best aspects of this title include multiple features, quality graphics, and an interesting theme with a slightly different approach,so …
… if you want a festive-themed slot that offers something very different, then Santa vs Rudolf is a good place to start.
Slot data and features
- 5Reels
- 20Pay lines
- $10,000.00Max cash jackpot
- 96.35Payout Percent
- YesWild Symbol
- NoMultiplier
- $0.2 - $400Betting Range
- 0.01 - 20.0Coin bet range
- 1Coins per line
- NoProgressive
- 500Max coins jackpot
- 20Max coins
- NoScatter Symbol
- YesFree spins available
- YesBonus Game
- NoBuy feature
- Christmas , Winter , Sweets Game theme
- Mid-high Volatility