Santa Express Slot Review
Santa Express is a video slot from Stakelogic that was released on November 24, 2022. This festive slot, which has a Christmas motif, is unusual because it isn't located in Santa's workshop or the North Pole. There are little red cottages, snow-capped slopes, and a pastoral landscape. Additionally, you'll notice a bridge crossing the background, which is undoubtedly where the Santa Express passes. The soundtrack, a happy and timeless piece, is what is heard all over the country during this time of year. To see whether this slot is the one of the best for this time of year, read our review.
Santa Express General Characteristics
1. 20 paylines
2. 5 reels and 4 rows
3. High volatility
4. RTP: 96.27%, 93.78%, 89.97%, 88.04%
5. Hit Frequency 29.85%
6. Bet amount 0.2 EUR - 100 EUR (0.4 EUR - 200 EUR special bet)
7. Maximum win multiplier - x20,000
8. Maximum win value 500,000 EUR
9. 10 main symbols
10. Additional symbols: Scatter, Wild
Santa Express Bonus Features
Collapsing Wild Symbols
All winning symbols are eliminated following a win, and a Wild Symbol will substitute for one of the vacated spaces. Randomness determines which vacant space will hold the Wild Symbol when it appears. New symbols will cascade after the appearance of the Wild Symbol. The new Wild Symbol that will be left behind after each successive win will have a higher multiplier, ranging from zero to a maximum of x10.
Free Spins
This bonus feature is awarded when 3 or more Scatter Symbols land anywhere on the reels. A random number between 8 and 15 free spins are given before the start of the bonus round. For the duration of this bonus feature, a random Win Multiplier between x2 and x10 is also given. Furthermore, one random low or high symbol is picked to be the Chosen Symbol, which will pay out twice as much. During this bonus round, if you gather additional 3 to 5 scatter symbols you will get extra rewards, You can get from 5 to 10 extra free spins with a multiplier ranging from 2x to 20x.
Super Stake
Your likelihood of starting the Free Spins bonus round can be doubled, but it will cost you 2x the bet.
Buy Bonus Feature
When you click this button, you have three choices:
1. Buy 8 to 15 free spins with a win multiplier of up to 10 and a randomly selected symbol that will pay twice its paytable value for 100 times your wager
2. Buy 15 free spins with a win multiplier of 10 that will ensure the top symbol will pay double its paytable value for 250 times your wager .
3. Purchase a random feature for 175 times your wager
Our Experience Playing Santa Express
When we first started the game, the reels' adorable symbols and joyful soundtrack immediately placed us in positive spirits. There are quite a lot of Christmas themed slots out there, and it was our duty to determine whether it could compete with its rivals. Plenty of features that this slot has to offer is good, but does it pay? We used our tried-and-true procedure of depositing 200 Euros, setting the stake to 1 Euro, and giving it around 300 spins to test this. During the first one hundred we got one Big Win that paid us 23.10 Euros and numerous small wins, however this was not enough to pay for themselves and we lost 25.15 Euros. During the next one hundred spins it was even worse in terms of payouts until we triggered the Free Spins bonus round with x10 multiplier and Rudolf the Deer as our Chosen Symbol which paid us a pretty decent amount of 154.60 Euros. The final one hundred spins were pretty uneventful in terms of payouts, except one decent payout of 50 Euros for a line of deers with x2 multiplier. Overall, we won 40.30 Euros and were quite happy with the result.
Santa Express Verdict
This video slot has all the chances to compete with all popular high volatile rivals like Sweet Bonanza Xmas and Big Bass Xmas. Collapsing Wild Symbols and Free Spins features with special functions make this slot stand out among its competitors. This slot showed an ability to be pretty profitable both during the main game and the Free Spins Bonus feature. If you are looking to play something during the holiday season, give this game a try.
