Fat Santa

Push Gaming has released its Christmas-themed Fat Santa slot just in time for the holiday season.

Though inspired by previous slots by this designer, the Buy-A-Bonus feature makes this gaming experience unique.

Theme

This game is set in a veritable winter wonderland. Heavy snow sits on christmas trees and log cabins alike, as massive peaks rise up in the background. All that’s missing is a hot tub, and it would resemble a fancy holiday in Aspen.

Gaming symbols include the titular overweight St. Nick, elves, reindeer (who seem also obese), snowmen, and wrapped presents, as well as the four playing card suits rendered as Christmas ornaments. Bonus features are triggered when Santa finally gets his hands on the pie scatter symbol.

Betting Options and Functions

War between rival Viking clans might not have been a well-organized affair historically speaking, but the Push Gaming design team ensures that every detail is well attended-to in this slot.

There are 50 fixed paylines, each paying from left to right, with total per-spin bet set simply from 0.25–25.00 times the betting currency.

Autospins are available for up to 100 spins at a time, with optional stops built in for adjustable total loss or single win limits. Payable information, sound options, and detailed game rules are available on separate screens. The overall theoretical return to player ratio is excellent at 96.45%

Features

It’s players who will receive Christmas presents in this slot, thanks to a handsome array of bonus features compiled by the design team.

The Sleigh Feature may activate at random on any spin: here, Santa comes by with his sled, adding wilds to the reels as he passes.

More substantial is the Free Spins Feature. Set in Santa’s cozy living room, the feature begins with 5 freebies, with the opportunity to add more throughout the bonus. It is during this feature that the game’s title takes on its true meaning: Santa grows in size as he devours more and more pies.

For every 5 of the pie wilds consumed, Santa grows… he begins as a 1x1 symbol, and can grow all the way into a 5x5 super symbol, as big as the game screen itself. This big fella awards the game’s top payout of 6,400x. Extra free spins accompany each increase in size.

The new step for this designer here is the Buy-A-Bonus feature, where players can activate the free spins feature on demand for the cost of 80 times the bet size.

Our Take

This title follows on the heels of Fat Rabbit, a barnyard slot that was a big success Push Gaming in the spring of 2018. It may be a rare case of the sequel surpassing the original.