Hot Winter Nights - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

Winter’s evenings don’t have to be cold and drab thanks to the excitement offered by the Hot Winters Night slot from Matrix iGaming. The medium volatility should create just the right temperature if you like a balance between risk and reward. Features include free spins with bigger wins played on a separate screen and walking wild respins offering incremental multipliers.

Hot Winter Nights theme and story

A beautiful woman holding a drink welcomes you to the neon world of this Matrix iGaming demo slots game. Played on a 5x3 grid with giant symbols landing to reveal different parts of the female characters, other symbols include alcoholic drinks. Dance music plays in the background, lights flash and silhouetted people dance behind the reels. There is a definite party vibe about the game that should heat up any evening. If you like the feel of this game, you may also enjoy Elk Studio’s Illogicool slot.

Hot Winter Nights RTP and variance

This choice of free play slots has a variable return to player rate, meaning that it could be as low as 89.22 per cent or as high as 95.22 per cent. It is a medium variance game, which should mean it offers a reasonable balance between the risk and rewards it could provide.

How to play Hot Winter Nights

Get started playing this choice of Matrix slots with the help of the following top tips:

1. Hit the coin stack button to set your bet. Simply choose one of the options in the box that pops up. Choices range from 0.50 to 20.00 per spin. 
2. The yellow arrow is the spin button. Hold this down to engage autoplay mode.
3. The speaker symbol lets you turn the sounds on or off.
4. Press the ‘i’ tab to open the main menu. This is where you will find the settings for the sound effects, music and splash screen, along with the paytable and the game rules.
5. Have fun when you play and always remember to bet responsibly. Never bet more than you can comfortably afford. There are responsible gaming features to make use of if you need them, including self-exclusion and timeouts.

Hot Winter Nights bet & win sizes

Bets range from 0.50 to 20.00 per spin.

There are four low-paying icons, three mid-range and two higher-paying. There are also wild and scatter symbols. Wins are paid out for matching between three and five symbols. One of the highest payers is the wild, which will deliver a win of 60.00 for five-of-a-kind. Other top wins include:

• Blonde woman = 60.00
• Red dress = 52.00
• Blue dress = 48.00
• Drinks = 40.00 to 24.00
• Ace, king = 20.00 to 12.00

Max-win 705x

Volatility Medium

Top RTP 95.22%

Hot Winter Nights features

This game has a few bonus features, so let’s take a look at what is on offer:

Walking wild re-spins and incremental multiplier

If a wild symbol lands, it can move one position to the left and add one to the wild multiplier. There can then be respins until the wild leaves the reels. If a wild symbol lands behind the walking wild icon, a 2x multiplier is awarded. You can benefit from this feature in both the free spins bonus and the base game. The wild symbols cannot appear on the first reel in this game. You can benefit from multipliers of up to 8x.

Free spins

Landing two or more scatter symbols will launch the free spins round. The number of free games you receive depends on how many scatters you land:

• 12 free spins for 5 scatters
• 8 free spins for 4 scatters
• 5 free spins for 3 scatters

You can relaunch the free spins as you play. 

Hot Winter Nights review: our verdict

There are things to like about the Hot Winter Nights slot, with pluses ranging from the energetic soundtrack to the decent choice of bonus features. We like a free spins bonus, which this game provides, and one that can be retriggered as you play is even better. The walking wilds with multipliers is also an attractive bonus, especially as it is relatively unusual in the world of online slots. This can definitely boost the winning potential of the game if the wilds are on your side. The downside is that the RTP means that it doesn’t always feel like the wins are on your side, despite the medium volatility. 

You will have to decide for yourself whether you think this is satisfactory. You should definitely give it a try in free demo mode before risking any of your hard-earned cash and you will also have to decide whether the theme is up your street. It is definitely not one for you if you have a feminist inkling and is aimed at a male audience rather than a female group.

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