The Nutcracker Slot Review — 95.97% RTP, Fairy Free Spins

What The Nutcracker Is

The Nutcracker is iSoftBet's festive slot for 2018, built on the story of the Nutcracker and the Mouse King. It is a five-reel game with 20 paylines and a theoretical 95.97% RTP, and it plays on phones and tablets in both portrait and landscape. iSoftBet described it at launch as based on "a proven math model and game mechanics that we know players love to play".

It carries three separate features rather than a single free-spins round, and two of them turn on the Nutcracker landing stacked on the middle reel.

The Three Features

Fairy Free Spins. Three or more fairy scatters in view start the free spins. During the round, each time the Nutcracker lands stacked on reel 3 the win multiplier rises, up to a maximum of 10x, and further fairy scatters add extra spins.

Gift Bonus. In the base game, the same stacked Nutcracker on reel 3 awards the Nutcracker's Gift Bonus instead.

Nutcracker Bonus. A separate respin round: several respins in a row, with sticky symbols that hold their place between respins.

The Nutcracker is also the wild and substitutes for every symbol except the fairy scatter. Because the free-spins multiplier and the Gift Bonus both key off reel 3, that reel is the one to watch.

Stakes and RTP

Bets run from £0.20 to £20 a spin, there is no progressive jackpot, and autoplay goes up to 1,000 spins. iSoftBet hasn't published a volatility rating or a maximum win that we could verify, so we don't quote either.

Some listings show the RTP as 95.96% rather than 95.97%. Either way it sits just under the roughly 96% typical of modern UK slots — and because operators can licence different builds of the same game, the figure in the game's own info panel at your casino is the one that applies. For higher-paying alternatives, see our highest RTP slots.

Playing The Nutcracker in the UK

iSoftBet titles are carried by fewer UK-licensed casinos than the largest studios' games, and not every casino listed on this page stocks them, so check the casino's game library before you deposit. Confirm too that the casino holds a current UK Gambling Commission licence on the public register — that licence governs how your money is held and how disputes are settled.

Playing over Christmas? Our guide to casino advent calendars and Christmas bonuses explains how December offers work and what to check in their terms. For another festive iSoftBet game, see Raging Reindeer. 18+. T&Cs apply. BeGambleAware.org.