The Tumbles
By Relax Gaming
The Tumbles by Relax Gaming invites you on a prehistoric adventure back to the ice age - and the thawing of it in the free spins round! It’s played on 6 reels and 6 rows and has a maximum of 46,656 ways to win, once you’ve melted the frozen blocks. With the tumbles mechanic, winning symbols and adjacent ice blocks disappear to allow new win ways to be completed after every successful combination. You may reveal multipliers of up to 10x too, or enter the free spins round for 8 free plays. With a 5,000x max win and medium variance, this slot will suit players on most budgets.
| Game Name | The Tumbles |
|---|---|
| Developer | Relax Gaming |
| Theme(s) | Animals, Cartoon, Fantasy |
| Release Date | 03.09.24 |
| Rows | 6 |
| Reels | 6 |
| Paylines | 46,656 |
| Volatility | Medium |
| RTP Rate | 96.1% |
| Max Win | 5,000x |
| Min Bet | £0.20 |
| Format | 6-Reel, Win Ways |
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Game Information
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Review Scorecard
What Our Reviewer Says …
Simple tumbles and multipliers fun for those who find most Relax Gaming slots too heavy going!
What We Like
- Really simple game format with fun tumble wins and multiplier combo
- Just ONE RTP setting at 96.1%
- Backdrop changes into free spins round
- Multipliers worth up to 10x
- Nice even win distribution thanks to medium variance
What We Didn't Like
- Much lower max win than many other Relax Gaming slots
Theme and Design
Prehistoric slots are always a popular choice, particularly with Relax Gaming it seems! Their slot Primal Times was well received and The Tumbles takes a similar approach. The cute cartoon graphics are back with the reels made of ice blocks. The background is pretty too, with a cute snowman to one side of the reels and a carved woolly mammoth to the other.

When the free spins round begins, the snow melts and the open prairies are revealed. Now, a herd of woolly mammoths grazes happily in the background and the once frigid reels are framed with ferns and other flora.
RTP and Variance
The Tumbles has an RTP of 96.1% which is right on the mark. It combines this with medium volatility, meaning you’ll hopefully benefit from a mixture of win sizes and not too many dry streaks.
Maximum Win
A top payout of 5,000x isn’t a prize that anyone would be upset about winning, but it’s not up there with some of the mega payouts we’re used to seeing today. You can find much bigger prize potential from Relax Gaming in our rundown of their highest paying slots.
And if you’re after a similarly snowy theme, but with a monster of a potential payout then you could try Primal Times Dream Drop instead. As part of the Dream Drops network this slot has up to 3 million euros as a progressive jackpot and a 10,000x non-progressive max win.
Symbols and Paytable
The Tumbles has 6 reels and 6 rows, with 46,656 ways to win. Wins are achieved by landing 3 or more identical symbols on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel.

There are 9 pay symbols, plus a Wild and a Scatter. The low-value symbols are stone-backed clubs, diamonds, spades, and hearts, which award 0.2x the bet for a 6-of-a-kind win. The premium symbols consist of the five members of the Tumble family, which award between 0.4x and 1x the bet for a 6-of-a-kind win. The Wild symbol substitutes for all regular pay symbols but does not replace the Scatter symbol and appears on all reels except the leftmost.
Features and Gameplay
The Tumbles has a pared back selection of features that all help to bring some more excitement to a simple slot. Let’s take a look at how they work.
Wild Symbols Substitute To Complete Wins
The Wild Symbol, represented by a W, can appear anywhere except on the first reel. It substitutes for all regular paying symbols.
Tumbles Occur After EVERY Win
Whenever you make a win, the winning symbols vanish, and new ones drop down to refill the grid. Any ice or stone blocks next to the winning symbols are also removed, expanding the grid size and allowing for more winways. Tumbles continue until no more wins are available.
Multipliers Worth Up To 10x Boost Your Wins
Multiplier symbols can appear on reels 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. They can boost your total win by between 2x and 10x. Their values are added together and applied at the end of a spin. Multipliers can show up in three different ways:
- Active: They land alongside other symbols ready to use immediately.
- Inactive: They land within ice or stone blockers. Once the ice is destroyed, the multiplier is activated.
- High-Value: You receive a high-value multiplier once all ice or stone blockers are destroyed.
Once all blockers are cleared in the main game, a high-value multiplier between 5x and 10x is granted.
Free Spins With Minimum 8 Plays
Landing 3 or more Scatter Bonus Symbols awards 8 free spins. Each additional bonus symbol you land adds one more free spin to your total. Every bonus symbol appearing during the free spins round grants an extra free spin.
During the free spins feature, active multipliers are added together and applied to your winnings at the end of each spin. When all of the stone blocks are destroyed, a 10x multiplier is guaranteed to land when new symbols drop in.
Final Verdict
The Tumbles looks great, the theme is fun and lighthearted and the total switch up for the free spins round is a nice surprise. The 96.1% RTP is perfectly adequate and medium volatility means even those on a tighter bankroll don’t have to miss out. The max win of 5,000x is a little low, especially considering Relax Gaming aren’t afraid of throwing down a hefty progressive jackpot in many of their other releases.
The features of this slot all work well together and, thanks to the multipliers, can produce wins closer to that top payout. If you prefer a simple slot with ‘easy’ mechanics then you’ll feel right at home here. However, big jackpot chasers and mathematical mechanics fans might want to look elsewhere.
Testing Notes
Test spins and results analysis by Mark Wadie.
Results from 100 spins for free on The Tumbles on Relax Gaming’s test servers.
- Stake Size: 1
- Start balance: 5,000
- End balance: 4,976.5
- Hit Rate: 23% (23 winning spins in 100)
- Biggest Win: 19.25x
- Bonus Round: 1
Relax Gaming is a slot provider known for their high variance adventure slots, so it’s nice to play a game from them with a more relaxed vibe for a change. I played 100 spins. There are lots of win ways – up to 46,655 – and wins were evenly paced, hitting a rate of 23% which is about 1 in 4 or 5 spins. The Tumbles is not a complex game to understand either. It’s just about building out the grid by removing ice blocks and revealing multipliers. Those didn’t appear as frequently as I would have liked, but they did contribute to the biggest win, a 19.25x that included a 7x multiplier.

The bonus round is potentially more rewarding because multipliers are collected into a global one to be applied after every spin. However, on this occasion that didn’t produce anything spectacular – just a 15.65x win from a 2x global multiplier. Still, it's easy to see how that feature could be a lot more lucrative on another day.

Take aways? A good slot for those who want to try Relax Gaming without the high risk levels normally associated with their titles.
Who Made The Tumbles?
- Name: Relax Gaming
- UK License: Remote 037462-R-319357-014
- Total Games: 100 +
- Known For: High variance, high max win, progressive jackpots, innovative game mechanics
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