Reel Wolf

Designed by German iGaming company Hölle Games, Reel Wolf takes players into the wolf's starkly beautiful and expansive territory. It seems like every producer has created a wolf-themed slot, so Hölle Games is looking to get in on the action and carve out its own profits from this growing niche. Regarding the game's mechanics, Reel Wolf is played on a five-reel, three-row playing board with 25 active pay lines. The RTP for this game is 95.43%, and the top prize sits at 2,500x the stake. Reel Wolf is available on mobile, tablet, and desktop platforms.

Reel Wolf Slot Review Overview

The features of this game begin with the wild bonus. Wilds in this game are the wolf icons. These symbols substitute for any other regular icons on the board to help score more wins. Furthermore, when a wild lands in a reel as part of a winning pay line, it will expand to cover all the positions on that reel. The next feature in this game is the free spins game, triggered when players land three or more scatters simultaneously on the reels. Finally, the main bonus in this game is the Hold & Win feature. To activate it, players must land five or more of the Hold & Win icons on the board simultaneously. There are also several gamble features. All bonus content will be explained in more detail later in the review.

Reel Wolf Theme and Symbols

The theme for this game is one that seems to be cropping up more frequently this year. It is the North American wilderness theme focusing on the grey wolf. This means players are presented with a screen full of exciting beasts and attractive vistas. Indeed, in this game, you will see wild mustang horses, mountain lions, and even the mighty buffalo. The level of graphics and the detail in the illustrations for each symbol make this game one of the better examples of this theme and add to the player's experience no end.

The background for this game is an image that looks to have been captured on an early morning in a national park somewhere in the United States. Perhaps this view of pine trees, rocky escarpments, and grassland is a shot from Yellowstone or maybe a section of Yosemite. The early morning light has cast everything in a deep ochreous glow giving the picture a sense of emerging beauty and anticipation for the day ahead. The playing board for this game is a golden rectangle with a wood-effect interior.

The symbols are split into low-paying, high-paying and special symbols. The low-paying symbols are the J, Q, K, and A in playing card royals. These are all worth the same, paying out at 0.5x the stake for the top combination. On the other hand, the more valuable icons are the owl, horse, mountain lion, and buffalo. The buffalo is the most lucrative of these, paying out at 3x the stake for the top combination. The specials finally are the wolf wild, the free spins scatter, and the golden coin Hold & Win symbol.

Game Play

Reel Wolf is played on a 5-reel, 3-row machine with 25 fixed pay lines. To win combinations, players must land three or more matching symbols on pay lines moving from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel. The betting range for Reel Wolf is 10p to £100 per spin. To adjust their bet levels, players can toggle their stakes up and down using the tool located at the bottom left-hand side of the screen.

Further information, including a short tutorial and a display of the paytable, can be found via the menu button in the right-hand corner of the screen. The spin and auto spin buttons are located in the centre of the screen. The volatility is high. The return to player percentage for Reel Wolf is 95.43%, which is below average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 2,500x the stake.

Reel Wolf Features

The first feature included in this game is the wild feature. The wilds in this game are the wolf icons. These symbols substitute for other icons on the board. In addition, when part of a winning pay line, these icons will expand and replace all the icons on the reel they are on with wilds to help find more wins.

The next feature is the free spins feature. This bonus is activated when players land three or more of the free spin icons on the board at the same time. This will award players with ten free spins. At the end of the free spins feature, the total win from the Free Spins is added to any wins from the round that originally activated the free spins.

The main feature here, however, is the hold and win feature. This bonus is triggered when five or more of the Hold and Win icons fall on the board at the same time. All normal symbols are removed as the feature begins, and the Hold & Win icons that triggered the feature remain. The normal reels are replaced with a special set of reels containing only Hold & Win symbols or blanks. All symbols that hit after this point remain stuck to the reels. The feature begins with three re-spins, but every time you land a new symbol, these are refreshed back to three. The Hold and Win round ends when you either run out of re-spins or fill the screen with icons.
The more symbols on the reels at the end of the bonus, the bigger your payout. In addition, players can also win a range of jackpot amounts by landing special jackpot icons in sets of three. The largest one of these is worth £100,000.

Finally, there are also two gamble features, one that takes the form of a card game and the other a ladder progression game. These both allow players to risk their winnings for the chance to grow their payouts. However, they are risky, as you may lose your hard-won pay outs just as easily.

Conclusion

With some solid features, a chance to win huge jackpots and high-quality visuals, Reel Wolf is more promising than you might first think. Although the theme might be a little played out, and the RTP is poor, this game still has quite a bit to offer. However, do make sure you understand the implications of the low RTP before you start playing.