You don’t need to wait until December to play the best Christmas slots, although if you’re searching for the top rated Christmas slots, my guess is it’s December right now.
So first off, Merry Christmas!
Now to business, discover the best list of Christmas slots including our selection of legendary and latest top Christmas slots online, hand-picked by Santa OJO themselves….
What are Christmas slots?
Slot providers are always on the lookout for slot themes they can turn into a great game like adventure slots or Egyptian slots. And the seasons, especially the most celebrated event of the year, are fertile soil for slot themes.
When you’re designing a slot, you need a theme that’s familiar and popular with your audience.
Next you need some characters, a colourful design and some iconic symbols. And there’s no doubt that Christmas delivers on every one of those requirements.
Christmas slots almost always reference the festive holiday in their name, so they’re very hard to miss. The older games are usually reskins of earlier titles.
But in the last few years we’ve seen some cracking Christmas slots with unusual and inventive bonus features, plus some game themes that offer a weird take on the standard Christmas.
As expected, Santa is the main event in most Christmas slots. You can bet on the usual supporting cast of reindeer, elves and all the Christmas decorations and festive food associated with a UK Christmas.
But let’s give some credit to 21st century slot providers. They don’t rest on their laurels with lazy reskins of previous slots, nor do they churn out the same old xmas names, designs or bonuses.
Sure, our list includes some time-honoured classic xmas slots and a few that could be good enough to appear in our animal slots charts.
But you’ll also meet some surprisingly good games from innovative new game studios too. Let the party begin!
Our Top 10 Christmas slots
Just like the choice of what to eat first during Christmas dinner, it was a tough job boiling hundreds of Christmas slots down to just 10, but someone has to do it.
Land-based casinos aren’t known for Christmas slots. Every slot machine is valuable real estate on the casino floor and it’s not worth the effort to change a slot for a few weeks of the year.
So that leaves the field open for online slot providers, who don’t have the same floor-space limitations.
That’s why you won’t see any adaptations of old land-based slots here. Most of these Christmas slots are brand-new to the games library and ready to take you for a festive spin at PlayOJO…
A Hot Hot Blazing Christmas
Off with the thermal layers, because A Hot Hot Blazing Christmas by Light & Wonder is cranking up the heat this Christmas.
Keep an eye out for high-paying symbols like presents, crystals, hot chocolate mugs, and bells. But that blazing Christmas tree Wild – that can boost your chances of big wins when it lands in the center position on the reels.
The highlight is the Hot Hot Feature, which activates randomly during regular gameplay. When triggered, one or more reels turn completely wild, offering exciting potential for big payouts.
Action Boost Christmas
Action Boost Christmas by SpinPlay Games brings a dose of festive cheer to your spin. With a cozy gift-filled backdrop, the game features green, red, and purple presents that unlock three different Free Spins modes.
Collect Coins on the reels to fill the matching presents, and when Action Boost Free Spins trigger, the collected Coins decide your features – extra spins, multipliers, or even a jackpot!
Big Bass Xmas Xtreme
Big Bass Xmas Xtreme is the Christmas addition to Pragmatic Play’s Big Bass series, and it’s bringing the festive vibes with a max payout of up to 10,000x your bet. Set in a snowy fishing paradise, the fish aren’t just for show – they’re Money Symbols with random cash prizes that could get multiplied by up to 50x.
The Free Spins round keeps you on the edge of your seats with a Pick Feature, where you choose boxes to reveal extra spins, guaranteed fish, or pre-collected wilds. But beware – the fun ends when you uncover the boot!
As always, the Fisherman wilds are the stars of the show, collecting cash and leveling up your multipliers. The more you collect, the higher the multiplier goes, up to a massive 50x!
Bass Cash Christmas X UP
In the online slots world, you hear bass, you think Big Bass, am I right? But not this time. Alchemy Gaming has taken their own original fishing adventure Bass Cash X UP and given it a Christmas makeover with Bass Cash Christmas X UP.
This festive fishing expedition brings the Cash Collect feature, where Fisherman symbols on reels 1 and 5 collect Cash and Jackpot prizes. One Fisherman collects all prizes, while two double the payout. Cash values range from 0.2x to 10x, with jackpots up to 1,000x.
The game includes the X UP Feature, boosting winnings with multipliers in both the base game and Free Spins. There’s also a bonus game with Cash prizes and Trophy symbols – collect matching Trophies for a chance at the jackpot. Max win: 15,000x your bet. Ready for some Christmas fishing?
Christmas Prize Pooch
Christmas Prize Pooch is the festive sequel to Perfect Prize Pooch by Inspired Gaming, combining dog show cuteness with snowy festive vibes, with a top prize of £250,000.
The game features the Best of Breed Rosette Trail, where collecting pooch symbols earns you multipliers. Santa’s got your back too – he’s both a wild symbol and a collector during the bonus rounds, grabbing values from pooch symbols worth up to 50x your stake.
The Free Spins feature comes with a clever staging system, boosting multipliers up to x10. Plus, with Fortune Spins and Fortune Bet options, there are even more chances to trigger those bonuses.
Jolly Holly Cash Pig
From pooches to pigs, Holly Jolly Cash Pig is a casino slot from Booming Games set in a snowy Las Vegas. You wouldn’t necessarily expect to see snow in Vegas, but what the hell – it’s Christmas!
The Cash Collect feature triggers when a Coin Symbol lands on reels 1-4 and a Collect Symbol hits reel 5. The Collect Symbol scoops up all the Coin values in view, with payouts ranging from 1X to a sweet 50X your bet.
Trigger the Free Spins feature with 3 Scatters on reels 1, 3, and 5 for 12 spins, plus a chance to re-trigger 6 more. During Free Spins, lower-paying symbols are removed, starting a Cascade, then higher-paying symbols turn golden and double their value.
Jingle Winner
Inspired Gaming make our Top 10 Christmas Slots chart once more with Jingle Winner. Features include the Santa bonus symbols, which trigger 10, 15, or 20 free spins. During the feature, Bell Wild symbols collect berry cash values and add them to a trail above the reels.
Activate Fortune Bet by increasing your bet 1.5x, and super-sized Santa symbols boost your chances of triggering free spins – up to 50 in total! The trail includes 3 stages with multipliers (2x, 3x, and 10x) and berries worth up to 100x your bet, increasing your potential for big wins. Ho ho ho, indeed.
Santa’s Xmas Rush
Pragmatic Play bring another festive delight with Santa’s Xmas Rush. Featuring a Xmas Rush feature, 3 to 8 random positions light up with snowflakes. When a Santa symbol lands, the positions reveal a money award up to 2,500x your bet or a respin, with extra Santa symbols multiplying the rewards.
Trigger Free Spins by landing 4 to 7 scatter symbols for 10 to 22 free spins. During the round, each winning combo may add a snowflake, stacking up until the round ends. Collect them quickly, as free spins can’t be retriggered!
The Xmas rush in on!
Big Catch Bass Fishing Christmas
Oh look, it’s another fishing-themed slot with Bass in the title. But what Blueprint Gaming’s Big Catch Bass Fishing Christmas lacks for in name originality, it certainly makes up for in gameplay.
Trigger the bonus round by landing 3 or more Bonus symbols, then select an upgrade that remains active for all future games, from add cash value to chosen symbols to enabling cash values to be collected multiple times. It’s like a tackle box full of presents.
Then there’s the Free Games, where Fisherman Scatters collect cash prizes and progress a trail: up for grabs along the way are things like upgrades, multipliers and rewards, depending on how many Fishermen you collect.
Slingo Santa King
Slingo have gone and created the ultimate bingo/slot/Christmas mashup with Slingo Santa King. Hit the start button and watch as the numbers on the reel match up with the 5×5 grid – and if you get five in a row, it’s time to unwrap a Slingo and start climbing that payladder.
Wilds and Super Wilds are here to give you a hand – Wilds mark any number in the column, and Super Wilds get to do the whole grid! Plus, keep an ear out for a random “ding” – that means you’re flying up the Reel King trail for a chance to unwrap up to five bonus games! Singing, “Slingo merrily on high….!”
Summary
So there are our top newest Christmas slots, chosen by OJO’s little elves.
Christmas slots may not be an evergreen theme among slot fans like Irish slots, but providers are putting more effort into new Christmas slots every year and they are catching up fast.
As you can see from our xmas slot chart, recent releases use innovations such as reel mechanics and bonus features to take festive gaming to the next level.
Just remember, however much Christmas cheer and holiday spirit you’ve got, always play safe!
Christmas slots FAQs
Christmas slots are a better prospect than many slots because casinos often give bonuses and perks during the festive season.
So look out for deposit offers, extra rewards. At PlayOJO, you’ll get Kickers and Rewards with no wagering requirements.
Look out for Reel Spinoff slot tournaments linked to Christmas online slots too.
> Which gaming providers create the best Christmas slots?
When it comes to Christmas slots, some providers really know how to bring the festive fun…
Playtech delivers seasons greetings with the likes of the ever-popular Tree Wishes and the nostalgic Santa Surprise. Inspired Gaming don’t hold back on the tinsel-tastic gameplay either, with big Christmas hits like Santa King and Wolf it Up! Christmas™ And let’s not forget our friends at Push Gaming, keeping the fun flowing with big Christmas slots like Fat Santa.
Pragmatic Play delivers a solid lineup with numbers like Christmas Carol Megaways, Sweet Bonanza Xmas, and Santa’s Great Gifts. Whereas Play ‘N GO adds variety to the festive mix with the spooky Holiday Spirits, but they’re also behind more straightforward hits like Xmas Magic.
Red Tiger offers a jackpot twist with Jingle Bells Power Reels, Big Time Gaming out the mega into Christmas playtime with spinners like Christmas Catch and Christmas Bonanza, and let’s not forget the crew at ELK Studios, with their unique festive offering like Taco Brother’s Saving Christmas.
And yup, you can play all these big Christmas slots right here at PlayOJO!
Slot provider Quickspin are full of Christmas generosity, with several of their slots appearing at the top of the Christmas tree of RTPs.
The average slot RTP is 95% and their Big Bad Wolf Christmas Special comes in at 97.34%, with Polar Paws also good value at 96.84%.
When you’re playing Christmas slots, you should look out for extra value too.
At PlayOJO, you get money back on every spin with no strings attached with its OJOplus feature.
Yule Be Rich from 1X2Gaming in 2003, followed by Games Global’s Gift Wrap in 2005.
If you want a slice of traditional xmas slot fun, check out Games Global’s Deck The Halls, another early effort from Games Global which is still going strong 13 years after its 2008 debut.
With Free Spins, multipliers and stacked symbols, this high volatility 30-line slot delivers exactly what you’d expect from a noughties-era Christmas slot.
