Santas Stack Dream Drop Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Santa’s Stack Dream Drop Review

Time certainly flies, as we still remember testing the original Santa's Stack from last year’s Christmas as if it was yesterday. The reason might be that this release stuck out as one of the best and most original Xmas slots of 2021, but the seasonal contribution from Relax Gaming this year will hardly win any prizes for originality. You’re basically looking at a reskin job hooked up to their Dream Drop network, which isn’t all that surprising all things considered.

The downside of the jackpot chase is well known, as you will pay a steep price in the form of a significantly lower RTP in the main game. The overall 94 % RTP has been sliced as well, but the 8-bit Xmas visuals are still charming enough (minus the novelty factor). The Secret Santa Re-Spin feature is still highly entertaining, and you get more of that in the bonus round with guaranteed wilds that increase per spin.

Santa's Stack Dream Drop Slot - Reels Screen

Santa's Stack Dream Drop Slot Features

You need between 5 and 60 matching symbols in a cluster anywhere on the grid to win, and 5-oak clusters pay between 0.5 to 1 x your stake for the premium symbols. These pay between 2,000 and 10,000 x your stake for 60+ in a cluster, so that gives you an idea of the range. Wilds can appear anywhere, and wild symbols step in for pay symbols to help complete wins.

You trigger the Secret Santa Re-Spin feature whenever a wild symbol takes part in a win, and this converts the winning symbols to Mystery Symbols.

The mystery symbols become sticky for the respin, and adjacent winning clusters are also turned into sticky mystery symbols.

Mystery symbols that surround an area that cannot generate a win will turn that area into mystery symbols as well. The mystery reveal happens when no more mystery transformations happen, and they all reveal a randomly chosen matching pay symbol.

You trigger the Bonus Round when you accumulate at least 3 scatters in the same respins sequence, and this awards 5 free spins plus 1 additional spin per additional triggering scatter on top of the minimum. You are guaranteed to land wilds per free spin, and the mystery respin feature can trigger in the bonus round as well.

More precisely, the number of guaranteed wilds increases by +1 per free spin, and it starts you off with one wild on the first spin. Red scatters award +1 extra spin, while blue scatters add +1 to the win multiplier. The red and blue scatter, however, does both, and the multiplier boosts all wins from that point forward.

The Dream Drop Bonus triggers at random times, and you will then see 15 Xmas presents on a new screen.

You proceed to pick Xmas presents until you have revealed 3 of the same jackpot type, and this is the jackpot you win. The possible jackpots are the Rapid, Midi, Maxi, Major, and Mega, and they start at €1, €5, €100, €25,000, and €500,000, respectively. The big one can eventually go as high as €10 million (although the max amount is €5M at the time of writing).

The 200 Spins Santa's Stack Dream Drop Slot Experience

We enjoyed the original release from Relax Gaming, which amounts to their 2021 Xmas installment, and Santa's Stack Dream Drop adds a whole new dimension. We have chased the Dream Drop jackpot plenty of times already, and we gave it another go in the brief and edited highlights video you can check out below.

Santa's Stack Dream Drop Slot - Jackpot Game

Review Summary

We were highly impressed by the original Santa's Stack from Relax Gaming, not least since they’d taken the time and effort to make an original quality game for such a small timeframe as the Holiday season. This is a game that could’ve easily been enjoyed all year round, but that’s hardly the case judging from its SlotRank game stats. Not unexpected, of course, but worth a mention.

Taking this into consideration, it’s understandable that Relax Gaming simply bolted on the Dream Drop jackpot system and called it a day this year. It adds a whole new dimension to the gameplay for sure, but the drawback is the 94 % RTP where 12 percentage points goes to feed said jackpots. This leaves you with an effective RTP of 82 % in the regular game, which can get expensive in the long run.

At least you now have a choice, which is hard to complain about.

Pros

• Secret Santa Respins w/ sticky mystery clusters
• FS w/ increasing number of guaranteed wilds
• Win up to 20,000x your stake
• 4 Dream Drop progressive jackpots

Cons

• 94 % RTP (82 % outside of the jackpot feature)

If you enjoy Santa's Stack Dream Drop Slot you should also try:

Santa's Stack - is the original 8-bit release from Relax Gaming, and the major benefit of choosing this version over the game at hand is the significantly higher RTP. it clocks in at 96.27 %, and it even increases to a solid 97 % if you buy the bonus round (not available in the UK). The max win is still 20,000x your stake, but there are no jackpots.

Dream Drop Diamonds - is a posh luxury installment in the progressive jackpot range from Relax Gaming, and you can win diamond collect prizes up to 1,000x your stake. Diamonds leave behind wild symbols in the bonus round, and you can win up to 10,640x your stake outside the progressive Dream Drop Jackpots.

Dueling Jokers Dream Drop - is a grid slot installment in the progressive jackpot series, and this one is from Four Leaf Gaming. You get an 8x8 cluster pays grid with joker wilds that increase their multipliers as they roam around per tumble win. You start out with 3 wilds in the bonus round, and you can win up to 50,000x your stake outside of the jackpots.

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