Dreadworks Slot (Print Studios)

The Dreadworks slot is played on 5 reels, 4 rows and 26 fixed paylines. 3 or more matching symbols appearing from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel, across any of the 26 paylines will result in a winning combination. Only the highest win per payline will be awarded.

Bet options vary between 10p and £50 per spin. Use the arrows on either side of the bet amount to change your stake accordingly. Non-UK players can opt for up to 1,000 auto spins with the Autoplay function or speed up play with the Turbo Mode function.

The Dreadworks RTP rate is 96.08% which is above the 96% average for UK slot games. As expected, Print Studios also offers a 94.16% RTP alternative version which may be used at your chosen slot site. Open the Paytable to determine which version you’re playing with. For reference, the Dreadworks slot demo above uses the highest RTP setting.

On the volatility front, the game is classed as 10 out of 10 so very high. The hit frequency rate is 27.46% meaning a winning combination will land, on average, every 3.64 spins. With the 96.14% RTP version, the hit rate is slightly lower at 26.92%.

Finally, the Dreadworks slot comes with 20,000 times bet max wins. The max win probability is 1 in 54,054,054 spins (that is just over 54 million). Bigger wins will come from the Big Jack Bonus feature (the free spins) which will take approximately 299.17 spins to trigger.

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With a horror theme, the Dreadworks slot is the follow-up/sequel to the Darkness game released in October 2019. As in the first game, when you fire up the slot, you can adjust the brightness. The lightest setting is still very dark!

Truly terrifying, the setting is Big Jack’s Toy Factory. It was once a play of joy but is now haunted by remnants of forgotten playthings that come to life (according to Print Studios). Let’s put it this way, it’s not a place you want to end up at nighttime.

The toy factory is creepy and grim with old toy dolls scattered around the room. It makes films like Chucky and Doll Factory look rather pleasant in comparison. It’s complimented by a rather sinister soundtrack which is intense with the sounds of doll-producing machines. Truth be told, Print Studios has done a superb job of conveying a complete nightmare of a setting.  

On the reels, low-value symbols include G, O, T, Y and A royals. The higher-value symbols include spinning tops, teddy bears and 3 dolls. The most lucrative doll symbol pays 50 times your total bet for 5 across any payline. Below is a list of symbol payouts:

• G: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.2, 0.4 or 1 x bet
• O: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.2, 0.5 or 1.2 x bet
• T: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.3, 0.6 or 1.4 x bet
• Y: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.4, 0.7 or 1.6 x bet
• A: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.4, 0.8 or 2 x bet
• Spinning Top: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.6, 1 or 4 x bet
• Teddy Bear: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.7, 1.5 or 5 x bet
• Doll 1: 3, 4 or 5 = 1, 2 or 6 x bet
• Doll 2: 3, 4 or 5 = 2, 5 or 10 x bet
• Doll 3: 3, 4 or 5 = 5, 10 or 50 x bet

Dreadworks comes with several special symbols. You have the Wild symbol which substitutes for all paying symbols and pays 50 times your total bet for 5 in combination.

Look out for Jack-in-the-Box Wilds which substitutes as with standard wilds and add its number randomly to SuperSpinners on the reels. It can also trigger extra symbols for new winning combinations. The other symbol of note is the Vault Door Bonus Scatter which is key to triggering the free spins.

Dreadworks Mobile

With Print Studios using HTML5 technology to produce all their slot games, Dreadworks is available to play on mobile, tablet and desktop devices. It’s compatible with iOS and Android smartphones with a special Portrait Mode. For the full effect, if you dare, a laptop or PC is recommended. Just don’t play in the dark!

The Dreadworks slot game has 4 bonus features. With SuperSpinners multipliers found in other Print Studios games, Jack-in-the-Box Wilds add their number to SuperSpinners and can add transforming mystery symbols for more wins. In the Big Jack Bonus free spins, wins with low-value symbols award extra free spins as well as being removed from the reels. Look out for Big Jack who can take over up to 5 reels to reveal a random symbol on each free spin.

SuperSpinners

Dreadworks uses SuperSpinners. Found in other Print Studios slots such as Royal Potato and Royal Potato 2, 14 SuperSpinner positions appear in between symbols. If a winning combination passes through a SuperSpinner and the SuperSpinner appears to the left of a winning symbol, the multiplier values apply to the win. Multiplies apply independently to each winning symbol.

Jack–in-the-Box Wilds

Look out for Jack-in-the-Box Wild symbols as these act like a wild symbol and substitute for all paying symbols. Unlike standard wilds, they will add their number randomly to SuperSpinners in view.

Jack-in-the-Box Wilds can also randomly add several mystery symbols (which look like the spirals in the Saw movies) to the reels which can lead to more winning combinations.

Big Jack Bonus

The Big Jack Bonus feature is triggered when you land 3, 4 or 5 Vault Door Bonus Scatter symbols anywhere during a base game spin. 5, 7 or 9 free spins are then awarded, respectively,

If you land a winning combination with a low-value symbol, you will be rewarded with 1 extra free spin. That symbol is also removed from the reels for the rest of the feature. If you remove all low-value symbols, 4 extra free spins be will won in total.

Look out for Big Jack who can cover 3, 4 or 5 reels entirely. He will randomly display a randomly selected symbol on each free spin.

Feature Bet

Finally, there is a Feature Bet for players located outside the UK. With 3 options, they will cost up to 99 times your total bet. Below are all the details:

Perfect for those who love scary movies, the Dreadworks slot is even more terrifying than Darkness, visually. Equally thrilling, the twisted and menacing dolls will evoke all kinds of emotions.

For me personally, I remember cowering under a blanket when watching Chucky but it’s a game I can’t get enough of. Adjusting the brightness of the game may be simple but it works and I’m happy Print Studios brought it back for this sequel.

Whilst SuperSpinners can be found in various Print Studios slots, I like how winning combinations are boosted by multipliers when wins pass through them. Then you have Jack-in-the-Box Wilds which add their number to SuperSpinners and added mystery symbols to give you even more wins.

The focus is the Big Jack Bonus feature where you can begin with up to 9 free spins. Wins with low-value symbols remove them from play as well as award additional free spins. It’s all about Big Jack though who can fill up to 5 reels on each free spin. This can lead to screens of the same symbol which combined with SuperSpinner multipliers can lead to huge wins.

With 20,000 times bet max wins possible, it offers the same win potential as Darkness. With the average win in the Big Jack Bonus feature 95.07 times your total bet, the max win probability is 1 in 54 million spins. That’s a lot higher than the 1 in 6.7 million spins in the original.

In summary, the Dreadworks slot is quite similar to Darkness in terms of gameplay. In the main feature, mystery symbols replace wilds and the Jack-in-the-Box Wilds replace Giant Symbols in the base game. Visually though, this game is much more terrifying and sinister.

If you like horror-themed games, check out the best Halloween slots. The top 13 include Print Studios’ Darkness, Serial, Mental, Disturbed and Possessed by Nolimit City and Microgaming’s Immortal Romance amongst others.

The Dreadworks slot review was written by our slot game experts on the OLBG Expert team. Beginning with Jenny Mason our prime Slot reviewer who has 17+ years in online gambling, working for top UK brands. Jenny is an expert in slots and bingo. It was then verified by Chris Taylor from our OLBG Expert team who who written over 10,000 slot game reviews in an iGaming career spanning over 2 decades.   

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