Dreadworks

Dreadworks Game Overview

This is a dark, dark game… Forget fruits, candies, bright colors, and flashy animations —  we’re going to Big Jack’s toy factory, or at least what remains of it. Once a manufactorium of happiness, now it brims with nightmares. The few remaining toys that never made their way to kids’ hands have turned into despicable entities we don’t want to encounter in the middle of the night. But here we are, so read this Dreadworks slot review until the end to learn more about this brilliant game. There’s just something so compelling about children’s toys turned monsters, isn’t there? 

Pros

• Unique theme & visual design
• Innovative features
• Max win 20,000x
• Above average of RTP 96.08%

Cons

• High volatility

Dreadworks Slot Review

This is a dark game in the most literal sense. The first thing you’re asked upon loading it is to adjust the brightness so that the teddy bear in the middle of the screen becomes barely visible. But, trust me, you want the brightness to be as low as possible, as it elevates the experience to an entirely new level. So, let’s step into the darkness and explore what this highly dreadful and highly volatile game has to offer.

Theme

Dreadworks makes a complete U-turn in the slot game industry. Instead of aiming to please the players’ senses with beautiful themes and color schemes, it sends shivers down our spines with its psychological horror theme and cold, rusty aesthetics. Instead of being assertive, this game keeps to itself and allures the player to discover its mysteries. So, it’s absolutely understandable that it won’t be to everyone’s liking, but every once in a while, we definitely need something that completely breaks away from the conventional.

 

The idea of children’s toys turned villains seems to be quite appealing to the lovers of the dark and the creepy. I guess it’s about the stark contrast between their original purpose of being warm and cuddly and their new role of being cold and deadly, or it could just be that those old dolls simply had awfully creepy designs, even though they were meant for kids. But it’s a recurring theme in horror movies and video games, and now we’ve got a fitting slot game, too.

Graphic, Sounds and Animations

As mentioned above, lowering the brightness is a big part of the experience of this game. With the exception of Darkness, where Print Studio originally introduced it, I’ve never seen a slot game with a brightness meter. Once you adjust it to the point where you can barely see anything but can still see just enough to be able to play the game, that’s when the nightmarish feeling really starts to kick in.

 

However, playing the game in the dark doesn’t mean that its graphics weren’t given the utmost attention. The grid, the buttons, the symbols, everything in this game is covered in rust and filth, which looks extremely realistic. The corroded reddish and brownish color scheme is supplemented with the dim yellow lights of the superspinner lanterns to create the perfect visual style of industrial horror.

 

A very interesting aspect of this game is that there’s virtually no soundtrack, but just a very, very ambiental background sound that almost makes the dreadful silence inside Big Jack’s toy factory even more resounding. Despite this, the audio aspect of Dreadworks is terrifyingly good. Every spin of the reels and every click is accompanied by metallic, industrial clinks and crunches that just sound so good!

RTP, Payout and Volatility

Dreadworks RTP stands at a solid 96.08%, but its special features can further boost it. The Scatter Boost Bet raises it to 96.15%, the Enhanced Scatter Boost Bet to 96.16%, and the Bonus minigame to 96.20%.

The volatility is precisely what you’d expect from this creepy game. It’s high and risky. That’s why I recommend you try the Dreadworks slot demo at one of the top casino sites before playing for real money. Those rusty old reels can spin on and on without rewarding anything sizable, but before you know it, you may get hit by a bit from Big Jack’s secret stash of cash, and everything can turn upside down in an instant. The Dreadworks max win is a luscious 20,000x, which is one of the heftier max wins I’ve seen and will definitely make stepping into this derelict factory worth your while.

Gameplay

Despite its highly unusual theme, Dreadworks follows classic slot gameplay with a few unique details. Regular spins can land some bountiful combinations, especially if they cross a superspinner along the payline, but it’s the free spins that are the key to winning big in this game. That is, the Big Jack Bonus spins. Hitting a combination of lower-paying symbols eliminates them for the duration of the bonus spins, leaving room for some higher-paying combinations.

 

There are 10 regular paying symbols, which are shown in the table below. If you like playing free games, you’re familiar with the classic A, K, Q, J, and 10. Instead, Dreadworks’s lower-paying symbols are A, Y, T, O, G, or… the other way around. I guess that means something if you’re into hidden messages. The higher paying symbols are five delightful toys — a spinning top, a fuzzy bear known as Cuddles, a toy baby, or… a toy baby’s head, more precisely, with a mechanic spider body, and two cute little dolls, known as Isabelle and Annabelle.

 

Symbol	3x	4x	5x
G – Skin	0.20x	0.40x	1.00x
O – Skin	0.20x	0.50x	1.20x
T – Skin	0.30x	0.60x	1.40x
Y – Skin	0.40x	0.70x	1.60x
A – Skin	0.40x	0.80x	2.00x
Spinning Top	0.60x	1.00x	4.00x
Cuddles	0.70x	1.50x	5.00x
Babyface	1.00x	2.00x	6.00x
Isabelle	2.00x	5.00x	10.00x
Annabelle	5.00x	10.00x	50.00x

Features

Dreadworks employs regular wilds, scatters, and free spins with the addition of its unique features, which are the superspiners, and the Jack-in-the-box Wilds. Let’s discuss each of these in more detail.

 

Wild Symbols – They can land on any reel and substitute for all symbols, except the bonus symbol, to create winning combinations. They appear as vintage metallic toy boxes.

 

Bonus Symbols – Landing 3, 4, or 5 of them in the base game triggers the Big Jack Bonus game with 5, 7, or 9 free spins, respectively. They’re designed as heavy vault doors that conceal the Big Jack Bonus free spin chamber.

 

Superspinners – These little lanterns bring a bit of light into this dark game, quite literally. With every spin, a few of them will randomly light up with a multiplier. If a winning combination crosses them on its payline, its payout will be multiplied by their values.

 

Jack-in-the-box Wilds – They can substitute any symbol except the bonus symbol. Unlike standard wilds, they display a number on the toy box and randomly distribute its values to the superspinners. Additionally, they can jump open and scatter mystery symbols across the grid, potentially creating new winning combinations.

 

Big Jack Bonus – Those are designed as heavy vault doors for a reason. Landing 3 or more of them unlocks the heavy door that stands in the background of the base game and welcomes you into Big Jack’s hidden chamber with the following message:

 

Five spins begins, this fateful chase

Strip all skins, and I’ll show my face

 

I can’t tell if this is a riddle or a warning, but if luck’s on your side, you indeed get to see Big Jack in person. Every time you land a combination of lower-paying symbols, that symbol is eliminated for the duration of the free spins, and you get another spin. If you manage to remove all of them, you’ll get 4 more spins, and Big Jack will show his face. He’ll cover 3, 4, or 5 reels and transform into a random symbol each spin, giving you massive wins.

Feature Bet – Like most new slot games, Dreadworks allows you to buy its features to boost your gaming. You can get a Scatter Boost or an Enhanced Scatter Boost for 1.2x and 10x your base bet, respectively, or buy your way directly into Big Jack Bonus spins for 99x your base bet.