Snowflake Sorcery
By Stakelogic
Stakelogic invites you on a magic-themed adventure with Snowflake Sorcery. The game is played on 5 reels and 5 rows and offers 20 paylines. With a default RTP of 96% and medium volatility, this game will suit most bankrolls. A 6,000x your stake prize is the top payout and you can shoot for it for as little as £0.20. Look out for witches, as when they reach level 5, they’ll shoot 5 wild symbols onto the reels below, helping you make bigger prizes.
Game Name | Snowflake Sorcery |
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Developer | Stakelogic |
Theme(s) | Christmas, Fantasy, Magic |
Release Date | 22.08.24 |
Rows | 5 |
Reels | 5 |
Paylines | 20 |
Volatility | Medium |
RTP Rate | 96% | 95.48% | 93.81% | 89.95% | 87.97% |
Max Win | 6,000x |
Min Bet | £0.20 |
Format | 5-Reel |
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Review Scorecard
What Our Reviewer Says …
A slow-paced but enchanting game for the winter seasons
What We Like
- Fun and enchanting atmosphere
- Witches throw wilds onto the reels in all directions
- Witches are persistent in free spins round
What We Didn't Like
- Low win rate in testing - just 16%
- Low RTP at some slot sites
Theme and Design
Snowflake Sorcery takes a witchy theme, but perhaps not as you’d expect it. The game doesn’t deal in the warty-nosed broom-riding variety of witches, but rather in cutesy anime-style witches with silver locks and magical Wild symbol producing powers.
The theme is pretty! It’s icy cold with a backdrop of boulders covered in snow. The witches are the standout feature in terms of design, each with captivating eyes and magical robes.
RTP and Variance
Snowflake Sorcery has a default RTP of 96.00% which is bang on the money in terms of fairness. It combines this with medium volatility, offering an even win distribution.
Tip: Operators can choose a different RTP rate: 95.48%, 93.81%, 89.95%, or 87.97%. It’s super important that you check the RTP you’re playing at, as obviously, the default is the preference.
Maximum Win
With a top payout of 6,000x your stake, Snowflake Sorcery is slightly towards the lower end of the online slot market. It’s not a prize that we’d be upset at winning, but equally, there are bigger payouts to be found elsewhere!
Symbols and Paytable
The game features 5 reels and 5 rows, with 20 paylines. Wins are achieved by landing 3 or more identical symbols on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel.
The game has 9 pay symbols, in addition to a wild and a scatter. The low-value symbols are moonstone, starstone, eyestone, and snowflake stone, which pay between 2x and 8x the bet for 5 of a kind. The premium symbols, including a hat, book, pot, frog, and cat, award between 10x and 250x the bet for 5 of a kind.
Features and Gameplay
Snowflake Sorcery brings some interesting mechanics thanks to the introduction of witches! Let’s take a look at how the magic works.
Wild Symbol
The wild symbol substitutes all symbols except the scatter symbol, to help make winning combinations. Interestingly, this symbol doesn’t appear directly on the reels but is placed by the Ice Witch during the Witch Levels Feature. Depending on the number of wild symbols in a winning combination (3, 4, or 5), the payouts are 5x, 25x, or 250x the bet, respectively.
Witch Levels Feature
The Witch Levels Feature can be randomly triggered during the base game, activating a Witch above one or more reels. Each Witch has levels ranging from 1 to 5, which you’ll see highlighted on activation. These levels correspond to the number of wild symbols the witch will throw down (either diagonally or straight). So, a level 3 Witch casts 3 wild symbols onto the reels.
Free Spins
The free spins feature is triggered by landing 3 or more scatter symbols anywhere on the reels during the base game. Landing 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols awards 10, 15, or 30 Free Spins, respectively. This feature can be retriggered by landing 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols, granting 3, 4, or 5 additional free spins, respectively.
At the start of the feature, all Witch Levels are 0. Whenever a scatter symbol lands in view, the Witch directly above it increases by 1, up to a maximum of 5. The Witch Levels remain unchanged for the remaining free spins.
Super Stake
If you want an increased chance of triggering the bonus game then you can choose the Super Stake option for an additional 50% of the current stake. This doubles your chances of the bonus triggering.
Final Verdict
Snowflake Sorcery has a player-friendly RTP of 96% and medium volatility, making it a good choice for most budgets. The max win of 6,000x isn’t world changing, but it’s not bad either, especially with the favourable RTP.
The Witch Levels feature has the potential to deal out some powerful wins, especially during the free spins round, where the witches remain in place. If you like a magical slot anyway and aren’t chasing super-high jackpots, then Snowflake Sorcery is a solid choice!
Testing Notes
Test spins and results analysis by Mark Wadie.
Results from 100 spins for free on Snowflake Sorcery on Stakelogic’s test servers.
- Stake Size: 1
- Start balance: 5,000
- End balance: 4.990.2
- Hit Rate: 16% (16 winning spins in 100)
- Biggest Win: 40.5x
- Bonus Round: 1
With its medium variance and enchanting theme and atmosphere Snowflake Sorcery felt quite slow-paced in this short test session. Surprisingly, it produced a very low win rate too – just 16% of spins resulting in a win. That is low for a mid-variance game. It does look good though, and the witch levels part is fun, though it didn’t show up as much as I’d have liked. I reckon one in 20 spins activated a witch above a reel and triggered them to drop wilds. The best moment was the free spins round where witches are persistent. That led to a 40.5x win shown in the screenshot.
Takeaways? This is a fun slot for those who like fairytale and magical slots, but the slow pace might put off those who prefer the thrills of high variance gameplay.
Who Made Snowflake Sorcery?
- Name: Stakelogic
- UK License: Remote 055512-R-331689-004
- Total Games: 160 +
- Known For: Branded slots, Megaways games, innovative features, super stake
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