Christmas Tree

We know that punters look forward to the end of each year, because that’s the time when both industry’s giants and lesser-known providers launch festive-themed video slots that, in addition to their characteristic design, also boast great prizes.

Christmas Tree is another unique Christmas-themed video slot designed by TrueLab Games - a company established in 2019 that already managed to build a quite impressive list of games.

Played on an irregular Christmas tree-shaped grid with cluster pays mechanic, this release offers amazing payouts - you can win up to 25.000x the bet. 

Finally, the RTP is also good and stands at 96.4%. 

Theme and Symbols

The chosen graphical setting is made of a snow-covered village, and the whole festive vibe looks perfect. Of course, the title’s main highlight is a quite unusual grid where winning combinations will be made by forming clusters. 

At the very bottom of the paytable, you can expect 6 decorations, where the highest paying one offers up to 1.500x the bet for a cluster made of 27 icons. Little angels and Santa are the most lucrative symbols in the game and they can pay up to 15.000x the bet for 27 in a cluster. 

At the end, the Wild is represented with a snow globe, while the question mark symbol is the scatter. 

Betting Options and Other Functions

As we already stated, there’s no classic reels, rows, or paylines here. The main story takes place on a Christmas tree-shaped grid and in order to score, you’ll need to land at least 5 identical symbols in a cluster. 

As far as wagering is concerned, you’ll be able to place your bets between 0.40 coins and 40 coins per spin. 

It’s important to say that this is a highly volatile video slot, but the RTP of 96.4% will compensate for all negative aspects of this type of slot variance. 

The maximum win stands at 25.000x the bet and you should know that you’ll be able to spin these reels even on your mobile devices, thanks to the HTML5 technology. 

Special Features

Wilds will replace all regular symbols (except Mystery Symbols) and help you from even more clusters here. 

The good news is that the Cascading Reels feature is also here. All winning symbols will be removed from the grid and new ones will fall on their places. The mechanic continues as long as you line up scores. 

Third successful cascade triggers one of the following bonus features: 

• Bonus Wheel - offers cash wins between 5x and 1000x the bet; 
• Multiplier Wheel - you can multiply your earnings up to 30 times;
• Bonus Round - a punter will get 5 free spins and all low-paying symbols will be transformed into wilds;

But that’s not all! Thanks to the Blizzard feature 3 and 9 Mystery Symbol will be randomly added to the grid which will be transformed into paying symbols or Wilds.

Verdict

In a sea of similar, Christmas-inspired one-armed bandits, we can freely say that the Christmas tree stands out in many ways. First of all, it comes with a truly unique grid setup and great payout potential.

The design itself is tastefully done, while the technical data (betting range, RTP, variance, etc.) says that this is perhaps the best release of this holiday season.