The Wildwood Curse — RTP, volatility and max win

Hacksaw Gaming places The Wildwood Curse in a cursed forest: fire flickers between dark trees, hunters meet wild animals, and blood and old legends give it a Halloween horror edge. Every wild that lands triggers a re-spin, and random multipliers can lift base game wins.

The Wildwood Curse came out on September 22, 2025 from Hacksaw Gaming. Six reels of five rows form a 6×5 field holding 19 paylines. The theme is a dark woodland adventure: animals and the hunt take centre stage, fire and darkness set the horror mood, and mystic symbols from legend round out the scene. Small test rounds and very high bets both work here, as a spin can cost anything from €0.10 to €100.

The Wildwood Curse pays across 19 paylines that run in fixed patterns over the 6×5 grid. Matching symbols count when they run on from reel one along one of those lines. The wild fills in for missing symbols and triggers a re-spin as it does. Scatters do not pay along the lines; they trigger free spins on the same grid.

During normal play the wild keeps things moving: it completes lines and brings a re-spin in which more wins can land. Random multipliers can also appear and boost individual wins.

Once in the free spins, a dedicated multiplier lifts the wins. A bonus buy is available for direct access. The optional bonus bet raises the stake per spin for better odds of reaching the bonus.

Since The Wildwood Curse lets you switch on a bonus bet, the game sits with the inferno slots with a bonus bet, where more titles with this option are gathered.

RTP 96.3%. Background: how RTP works on a slot. Volatility Medium, like 49 of the 182 slots in the Fire & flame theme. Background: what slot volatility means. Max win 10,000× (€1,000,000 at the highest stake). Background: what max win means on a slot. Hit frequency 40%: roughly one spin in 2 wins.

An RTP of 96.3% lifts The Wildwood Curse into the upper fifth of the inferno catalogue. The cap is high too: 10,000× exceeds the limit of 75% of the catalogue.

Medium volatility meets a high cap here. The big wins depend mainly on the free spins with their multiplier, while the re-spin wilds keep the base game ticking.

Casinos run this game at more than one RTP level, and RTP of inferno slots shows which other titles come in different settings too.

Something like The Wildwood Curse? Try slots with medium volatility to match, flames at the centre as well as a barely different RTP.