Quick verdict: Helloween is a Play’n GO slot from October 2020 built around the German power metal band Helloween, with a 96.2% RTP and medium volatility. It plays on 5 reels and 3 rows with 10 paylines, and its soundtrack uses songs from the band’s Keeper of the Seven Keys albums. Three scatters spin a wheel that picks one of seven free spins features, six of them named after songs and each with its own pumpkin wild. Review sites disagree on the max win (2,000x or 5,000x), and Play’n GO’s own page does not give one.
Demo tested on mobile by Jason Thompson on 16 October 2026: it loaded and worked.
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Pumpkin wilds and the seven song features
- Base game: wins pay on 10 fixed paylines across a 5×3 grid. The best line pays 20x your stake, for five gold rings or five wild pumpkins.
- Wild pumpkin: stands in for the regular symbols. In each free spins feature the pumpkin gets a different behaviour, which is where most of the game’s winning potential sits.
- Scatters: land only on reels 1, 3 and 5. Three of them start the Keeper of the Seven Keys wheel.
- I’m Alive: wilds stick and grow one position up or down on every spin. Once a wild fills its whole reel, it clears on the following spin.
- Future World: every wild that lands expands to cover its full reel.
- Eagle Fly Free: a wild flies onto the reels on each free spin and changes position on later spins, so the wild count can build up as the feature goes on.
- Dr Stein: on each spin one royal (A to 9) is picked at random, and every copy of it on screen turns wild.
- March of Time: wilds stay on the reels and walk one reel to the left after each spin until they leave the grid at reel 1.
- I Want Out: any wild that lands grows into a 2×2 block.
- Helloween Free Spins: the seventh wheel prize and the only one that starts with 7 spins instead of 5. It is also the only mode that can send you back to the wheel.
How the Keeper of the Seven Keys wheel works
The bonus starts when three scatters land on reels 1, 3 and 5 in the same spin. None of the sources we checked publishes how often that happens, or the odds of each wheel segment.
- Land three scatters on reels 1, 3 and 5 to spin the Keeper of the Seven Keys wheel.
- The wheel stops on one of seven features: I’m Alive, Future World, Eagle Fly Free, Dr Stein, March of Time, I Want Out or Helloween Free Spins.
- The six wild features each give 5 free spins and cannot be retriggered. Helloween Free Spins gives 7.
- In Helloween Free Spins, collect 3 scatters to spin the wheel again. Each retrigger adds another 7 free spins.
- When any feature ends, the Helloween Multiplier may trigger at random and multiply that feature’s total win by up to 10x. SlotCatalog, LCB and SlotsTemple list the values as 2x, 3x, 5x or 10x.
Bonus buy: no. Play’n GO’s page describes no feature buy, and Casinos.com and LCB mark it as not available. The only way into the wheel is three scatters.
2,000x or 5,000x: what is the real max win?
We can’t confirm either figure, because Play’n GO’s game page gives no max win and the review sites split. Gambling.com and Casinos.com say 2,000x your stake, which is 200,000 at the 100 top bet. SlotCatalog and SlotsTemple say 5,000x, and LCB’s review text also says 5,000x while its own data table shows a 2,000 top prize. SlotsTemple’s data table even lists 20,000x. What is solid is the paytable: the best line pays 20x, and the bigger wins come from wild-heavy features topped up by the Helloween Multiplier of up to 10x. Open the paytable in the game before you rely on any max-win number.
Helloween specs
| Provider | Play’n GO |
|---|---|
| Released | 15 October 2020 |
| Layout | 5 reels x 3 rows, 10 fixed paylines |
| RTP | 96.2%; a 94.2% version is also listed (SlotCatalog) |
| Volatility | Medium |
| Bet per spin | 0.10 to 100 |
| Max win | 2,000x (Gambling.com, Casinos.com) or 5,000x (SlotCatalog, SlotsTemple); not stated by Play’n GO |
| Pays for 5 | 20x stake for five gold rings or five wild pumpkins |
| Free spins | 5 spins in six wild modes, 7 in Helloween Free Spins; multiplier up to 10x |
| Bonus buy | No |
Similar games
Helloween is one of Play’n GO’s licensed music slots, and it came out about two weeks before Halloween 2020, so it sits between band games and spooky-season releases. On our site, these slots cover one side or the other:
- Sabaton: Play’n GO’s other metal band slot, on the same 5×3 grid with 10 paylines but rated high volatility.
- Halloween Fortune: Playtech’s Halloween slot, with 20 paylines and a 97.06% RTP.
- Blood Suckers: NetEnt’s vampire slot, with an RTP of about 98%.
Where to play Helloween
Open the game’s info screen and look for 96.2%. SlotCatalog also lists a 94.2% version, and the 2-point gap works out to about 20 units less returned, on average, over 1,000 spins at 1 unit each. Our Play’n GO slots guide lists more of the studio’s games. 1win is our top-rated casino at 9.9/10 and paid our crypto withdrawal in 15 minutes in June 2026. New players can use promo code Ultragambler (see our 1win promo code page). For more pumpkins, witches and vampires, see our Halloween slots list.
Helloween FAQs
What is the RTP of Helloween?
96.2%, according to Gambling.com, Casinos.com, LCB, VegasSlotsOnline and SlotsTemple. SlotCatalog gives 94.2% as the default and says the figure varies by operator, so check the info screen at your casino.
Is Helloween really a 5×3 slot with 10 paylines?
Yes. Play’n GO’s page confirms 10 paylines, and SlotCatalog, VegasSlotsOnline, Casinos.com and LCB all list 5 reels and 3 rows. Gambling.com also tags it as paying both ways, but we found no second source for that.
Does the slot use the band’s real music?
Yes. The soundtrack uses Helloween tracks from Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I and Part II, according to the launch reports on Yogonet and European Gaming. Play’n GO lists the game under its IP and music themes, and the feature names, such as I Want Out and Dr Stein, are Helloween song titles.
How many free spins do you get?
5 in each of the six wild features and 7 in Helloween Free Spins, which can add 7 more each time you collect 3 scatters. That comes from Play’n GO’s page, SlotCatalog and SlotsTemple.
Can I play Helloween for free?
Yes. The demo at the top of this page plays with free credits; it loaded when we tested it on 16 October 2026.
How we checked this
- Release date, paylines and features: Play’n GO, SlotCatalog, SlotsTemple, European Gaming. Gambling.com and Casinos.com list the date as 03/10/2020; we use Play’n GO’s 15 October 2020.
- RTP, volatility, bets and line pays: Casinos.com, Gambling.com, LCB, VegasSlotsOnline, SlotCatalog. SlotCatalog gives 94.2%; VegasSlotsOnline quotes both 96.2% and 94.2%. Casinos.com puts the top line pay at 30x; the others say 20x.
- Max win: no figure from Play’n GO. 2,000x from Gambling.com and Casinos.com; 5,000x from SlotCatalog, SlotsTemple and LCB’s review text.
- Theme and music: Yogonet, European Gaming, Play’n GO.
- Figures last checked: 16 October 2026.
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