Halloween — RTP, volatility and max win

Halloween by Vibra Gaming brings the full cast of horror to the reels: a devil, Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, ghosts, witches, wizards and pumpkins. Paylines pay in both directions, and on top come a bonus wheel, a pick bonus and a progressive jackpot.

Dark blue night, white mist, potions and jack-o'-lanterns: Halloween treats Halloween as a classic monster parade. The reels form a 5×3 block with 25 paylines; you bet between €0.01 and €2.50, so the game is built for small bets with a low ceiling on the stake. Vibra Gaming released Halloween on November 10, 2020, just after Halloween itself.

Halloween lands a win on roughly every third spin and is still rated medium-high, and the volatility of inferno slots shows how the other titles spread across the levels.

Payouts come only from 25 paylines, fixed in place over the 5×3 reels. The twist is that every line pays both ways, so a combination can start from either the leftmost or the rightmost reel. That fits the high hit frequency of 37.02%, or roughly one spin in three landing some kind of win.

Bonus games: bonus symbols lead into special rounds. In the pick bonus you choose hidden objects to reveal prizes, and on the bonus wheel a single spin decides the award.

Multiplier: wins can be boosted by a factor.

Progressive jackpot: part of every stake feeds a growing pot that can be paid out in the game.

Gamble: after a win you can put the amount into a double-or-nothing round.

A progressive jackpot grows with every stake in Halloween, and more inferno titles with a jackpot are grouped under inferno slots with jackpots.

Multipliers lift wins in Halloween, and other games with that element are grouped among the inferno slots with multipliers.

RTP 90.85%. Background: how RTP works on a slot. Volatility Medium-high, like 29 of the 180 slots in the Hell & devil theme. Background: what slot volatility means. Max win 4,800× (€12,000 at the highest stake). Background: what max win means on a slot. Hit frequency 37.02%: roughly one spin in 3 wins.

Halloween returns 90.85%, one of the lowest figures among the inferno slots; almost every other title in the catalogue pays back more. Players who care about return will find many devil slots in the catalogue with a higher figure. Its 4,800× cap is mid-table, above the ceiling of roughly 44% of the catalogue. Volatility is rated medium-high.

After Halloween, consider more slots with the same medium-high volatility: