Top 5 Winter-Themed Slots
As summer and autumn give way to winter, Christmas and New Year celebrations bring some cheer to the colder, darker months. Seasonal online games offer another way to enjoy the time of year, with many slots set around Christmas and winter. The review selected these as its top 5 online slots with winter themes:
Top 5 Winter Slot Games
The review selected 5 winter slots, each released in 2018 and listed for desktop, mobile and tablet play. It noted that an online casino offering games from NetEnt, Gameplay, Thunderkick, Just For The Win and Playtech would carry all 5.
Jingle Spin
NetEnt offers several winter-themed slots, and Jingle Spin leads this selection. This online slot game has 5 reels and 20 pay lines, combining a bright Christmas setting with fully animated presentation. The review reports a 96.48% RTP and medium variance. Santa appears beside the reels, hauling on a creaky old wooden lever to set them turning as baubles appear above each one, adding to the festive scene.
Santa’s dwarf helpers toss baubles into gift boxes, and the feature offers up to 50 free spins. Wilds, extra free spins or wins of up to 2,500 coins may appear, giving rounds several ways to pay.
Frost Dragon
GamePlay Interactive developed Frost Dragon. Across 5 reels and 20 pay lines, the game places players beside a fearsome dragon in a frozen mountain landscape, where its win-focused theme promises a little warmth for a winter wallet.
A key feature is tumbling reels, which activate after a win: winning symbols disappear and replacements fall into place, leaving scope for further wins on the same spin. The game also includes free spins, which combine with tumbling reels and can award multipliers of up to 15x the win.
GamePlay Interactive did not provide an RTP for this slot. The review described it as medium variance, while noting its range of ways to win.
Yeti: Battle of the Greenhat Peak slot
Thunderkick Gaming’s catalogue drew attention as its slots became more advanced, according to the review. This title has 5 reels and 11 pay lines, a stated RTP of 96.1% and medium variance. Its Himalayan setting centres on the Yeti; players spin through eerie, icy mountains in pursuit of wins.
The ‘Wild Attack’ re-spin can be triggered with 2 scatters. If the pay lines show no win, between 1 and 3 Sticky wilds stay in place for the re-spin.
A ‘Wild Attack Meter’ also collects bonus symbols as it advances through levels. Filling the meter starts the free spins round, with up to 10 sticky wilds on the reels; these guarantee multiple 4- and 5-symbol combination wins.
Icy Gems
Just For The Win designed Icy Gems. As with Frost Dragon, the studio had not announced an RTP, and JFTW did not state the variance. This video slot has 5 reels and 20 pay lines. Its icy look comes from frosted reels rather than mountains, Yetis, dragons or Christmas dwarves.
Each winning combination can trigger a re-spin. Before it starts, 1 symbol from that combination is moved into storage and frozen. Collecting 3 different symbols activates ‘Silver Super Spin’: the reels then show only those 3 symbols, creating the possibility of multiple 3-, 4- and 5-symbol wins across all 20 pay lines.
The ‘Gold Super’ spin becomes available after collecting 2 symbols; this time, only those 2 appear on the reels, which can build towards larger wins. Collecting 1 symbol in each of all 3 spots produces 20 combinations of 5 symbols for the game’s biggest wins.
Wolves! Wolves! Wolves!
Playtech released this slot in celebration of the Native American winter wolf. The setting is the snowy mountains of the northern USA, and the layout has 5 reels with between 40 and 100 pay lines. The wolf is the central figure in this video slot.
Wolf symbols appear in stacks of 2, 3, 4 and 5. A wild can connect with other symbols and help join line wins alongside stacked wolves. Both wolf and wild symbols are among the game’s highest-paying combinations.
Larger wins may require waiting for the Mystic Totem feature to trigger at random. It can expand the 5x3 slots to as high as 5x9, putting 9 symbols on each reel and offering a chance to win 3,750x your bet.
Evan Carrington brings more than 12 years of experience in the iGaming industry, with a focus on reviewing online casinos, assessing slot games and examining player safety. Their work covers casino licensing, RTP, volatility, bonus terms and withdrawal policies. Drawing on practical testing and independent research, Evan provides clear, evidence-based reviews to help players understand gambling platforms, their features and possible risks.
