Ice Joker

Although the end of the year is in most cases associated with the holidays, some iGaming developers, with all their holiday-themed releases, decide to dedicate special games to this magical season.

Ice Joker is a video slot designed by Play’n Go casino software played on 5 reels, 3 rows, with 20 paylines. 

In terms of available features, you can expect sticky Wilds, expanding Wilds, scatters, Frozen Free Spins, and Winters Wonder Wheel. 

With medium volatility and RTP of 96.23%, this one-armed bandit offers the top payout of 3.000x the bet. 

Finally, it’s fully optimized and highly responsive, meaning that you won’t have any troubles spinning it even on your mobile devices. 

Theme and Symbols

The well-known industry’s giant opted for a frozen setting with classic fruit symbols scattered across the grid that’s placed inside an ice structure. Thanks to the transparent reels, you’ll be able to see vast Arctic expanses in the background and enjoy their beauty. 

The paytable consists of 7 paying symbols, where cherries, lemons, grapes, and plumes are at the bottom of it, offering up to 2.5x the bet for 5 of a kind. 

Move to the top and you’ll find BARs, stars, and lucky 7s which can pay up to 50x the bet for a combination of 5. Finally, the lady joker is the wild, while the snowflake is the scatter. 

Betting Options and Other Functions

As we already stated in the introduction, Ice Joker comes with a commonly used 5x3 grid with 20 fixed paylines, which means that a player won’t be able to change the number of lines in a play. It’s important to realize that in order to score, you’ll need to land at least 3 identical symbols across a single line. 

The betting range starts at 0.20 coins and goes all the way up to 100 coins per sin. It’s a medium-volatile game with an RTP of 96.23% which is slightly above the current industry’s average. 

Even though the hit rate hasn’t been announced yet, we expect it to be above 20%. 

Special Features

The lady joker symbol is the Wild and it will replace all regular paying symbols (except scatter) to help you form even more winning combinations. Even better, it’ll award 3 Frozen Free Spins and remain on the grid for the duration of the feature. 

But that’s not all! The joker symbol/Wild will also expand by one position on every spin. Of course, the feature can be re-triggered by landing additional joker symbols on the grid. 

By landing 3 snowflake scatters on reels 1, 3, and 5, you’ll activate the Winters Wonder Wheel. Spin it and you can win 2-7 ice joker symbols which will activate Frozen Free Spins as we already explained in the previous paragraph. 

Verdict

It is always good to see that even the most famous developers tend to deviate from tradition. Play'n Go has decided to add a completely unusual release to its portfolio.

While not offering some fabulous rewards, the Ice Joker is unique for its special features - a combination of expanding and sticky wilds will keep punters entertained, while an original way to activate and re-trigger the Free Spins feature will delight all players eager for change in the world of video slots.