Santa Claws Slot Review & Free Play

Santa Claws: Summon Saint Nicholas' Claw and Reach Up to 5,000x Wins

In the Santa Claws slot, NeoGames has brought Santa and a familiar claw mechanic straight out of Clawbuster Gaming titles. This time, the holiday-themed reels are surrounded by Christmas trees, hiding a 5,000x max win. With such win potential and multipliers up to 50x in the base game, I gave it a run to see what Santa had in store this Christmas.

This is a five-reel, four-row grid with a cascading feature and cluster payout mechanics. In this snow-covered grid, you’ll see Nutcracker characters, snowflakes, reindeer, bells, and bonus symbols, with a claw feature above the grid. Unfortunately, the RTP and volatility are both undisclosed by the provider, which is not the most comfortable starting point.

That said, I found the volatility leaning toward the higher side, as I was landing wins every 5 to 6 spins. To land a win, you’ll require three or more matching symbols connected anywhere on the grid. My base game average win was between 2x and 3x my bet.

Speaking of that, the claw mechanic did help pick gift symbols from the grid and reward me. Thanks to the claw, I landed a base game win of 22.50x my bet. The most exciting factor here is the multipliers in the base game.

If you land a win while a multiplier is on the grid, it gets added to the winning amount, which once gave me my session high of 44x my bet. Theoretically, there is a bonus round in this slot. However, in my 200+ spins, I never triggered it.

Santa Claws kept my bankroll fairly active with its claw mechanics. I would have rated it higher if there were more clarity around the RTP and volatility. Without such key information, players are going in a bit blind.