Wolf Howl Slot - Review for Canadians, Demo Play & Payout Info

Introduction

Unleash your inner free spirit and take a walk on the wild side with Wolf Howl, a 5-reel slot with 10 paylines. It’s a fresh 2020 release that combines animals and North American themes, designed by Just For The Win in conjunction with the ever-popular Microgaming. This highly volatile slot takes us deep into the heart of the mountainous forest, where we roam with the wolf pack in tense anticipation of some generous payouts.

To the right of the reels, you’ll find a horizontal line of buttons serving as the player controls. These are overlaid on the background so they appear streamlined and contemporary.

Symbols include an eagle, moose, brown bear, rabbit and the lower-value card symbols J through to A. The wolf is the wild and substitutes other symbols to help create winning combinations. The moon is the scatter.

Theme, Graphics & Soundtrack

Wolf themed slots are popular for the sense of beauty and intrigue these alluring creatures possess. Wolf Howl makes the Northwestern wolf, also known as the Rocky Mountain Wolf, the protagonist of the slot. This is the largest grey wolf subspecies, found in the forests and rocky mountains of North America. They roam in packs as predators travelling and hunting to feed their carnivorous diets.

North America serves as the backdrop here. We’re thrown into a snow-covered forest in the evening hours, with golden light filtering through the trees. The graphics are vivid but soft, giving the game a sweet, charming appeal. Free spins open on a bright blue background and animations add vibrancy and energy to the occasion.

A light, almost magical soundtrack with a Native American edge accompanies gameplay. Some graphics and animations may seem a little dated, but it works in sculpting a memorable and distinctive aesthetic that fits the theme nicely.

Wolf Howl RTP & Volatility

The RTP is very decent at 96.15%, and it rises to 96.42% in the free spins round. It’s also a highly volatile slot with greater risk, for bigger but less regular prizes likely.

How to Play Wolf Howl

1. To play, select your wager from the right side user interface. This will open up the stake options.
2. Once you’re happy with the bet, hit spin.
3. Autospin is also available if desired.

Bet Sizes & Paytable Wins

The minimum wager is just 0.10 coins per spin, with a maximum 10.00-coin wager. While the minimum should appeal to casual players, the maximum is unlikely to satisfy the particularly high rollers. However, this is a high-risk game with some potentially very lucrative prizes on offer, even at the 10.00-coin max stake.

-The maximum payout is 25,000x.
-The wild is particularly valuable at 5x, 10x and 30x the stake for three, four, or five-of-a-kind.
-The most valuable base game symbol is the moose at 3x, 6x and 20x the stake.
-The lowest-valued symbols are the playing card symbols, worth between 3x to 5x.

Max-win 25,000x

Volatility High

RTP 96.15%

Wolf Howl Bonus Features

Multiplier Wilds - Three multipliers of 1x, 2x and 3x can land on the second, third and fourth reels. If you get more than one multiplier wild for the same successful combination, the values will be combined.

Free Spins - Three, four or five scatters landing anywhere on the reels will trigger 8, 15 or 30 free spins respectively. Prior to every spin, you can take advantage of the Wild Call Feature, where the scatters and symbols adjacent will transform into 1x wild multipliers. If a multiplier wild is already next to a scatter, it will get a 1x increase. If a wild is next to two scatters, the multiplier will increase twice! In this round, it’s possible to get multipliers up to 5x and upgraded wilds will remain active throughout the feature. Moreover, free spins can be retriggered. One to five new scatters will grant 2 to 30 extra freebies.

Scatter Adder Feature - This feature can be triggered randomly during any base game spin, where between two and four scatters can be added to the reels.

Buy Free Spins Feature - There's an option to buy free spins rather than wait for them to be triggered, and the RTP will bump up to 96.42%. Players have three cost choices:

-8 free spins cost 93x the wager
-15 cost 159x
-30 cost 314x

Scatters appear on different reels depending on how many freebies you buy. Due to Gambling Commission regulations, this element isn’t available within the UK.

Overall Review

Wolf Howl looks and sounds powerful, but it has quite a gentle and almost magical allure to it. While the graphics and animations may not be in the top tier of contemporary slots, it’s easy for us to lose ourselves in the forest among the wolf pack, and the user-friendly gameplay makes it even easier.

The low starting wager is excellent for casual gaming, and although high rollers may be disappointed by the top stake, we think the potential prizes are still adequate at up to 25,000x the stake. It's a high-volatility slot with a decent RTP to inject some tension and risk into each spin, with a nice variety of features to keep the game entertaining, interesting and potentially very rewarding.

More animal magic can be found with the free Wolf Run slot demo at Slots Temple, a five-reel offering with 40 paylines from IGT. There’s 1,000x the wager for five-of-a-kind wilds, free spins with a 2x multiplier applied to wins, and stacked wilds to give prizes a healthy boost.

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