Belfry Bliss Slot Review
Belfry Bliss pays its jackpots twice, which is a bolder idea than it first sounds. In this game the middle reels do the earning and the flanking reels do the collecting, so a full board doesn’t just pay – it pays again, and Evoplay has built the entire maths around that single doubling. Whether a low-volatility game should be trusted with a 1,666x ULTRA jackpot is a fair question, and it’s the one this game has to answer.
Belfry Bliss runs on five reels with 576 Win Ways in the main game, a 96.00% RTP and low volatility, with the ways climbing to 1,944 in Free Spins. It sits in the Evoplay catalogue alongside Hot Triple Sevens, Piggy Bank: Coinstorm and Honey Royale, and it’s stranger than any of them.
The Base Game and Its Win Ways
The layout is uneven on purpose. Reels 1 and 5 show three symbol positions each, while the middle three reels show four, which is what stretches the ways count to 576. It’s a shape that rewards the middle of the board, and the game’s special symbols know it.
There are nine regular symbols plus the Scatter, Dante and Bonus symbols, and there’s no Wild in the game at all. Wins follow the Win Ways format: matching symbols in any position on three or more adjacent reels, counting from the leftmost reel across. Only the longest matching combination per symbol is paid.
That positional rule is worth pausing on, because it’s not how every ways game works. A symbol doesn’t need to start on reel 1 to count, but the chain of adjacent reels does – three in a row from the left is the minimum, and a gap breaks it. Stacked columns of the same symbol therefore pay on every row they occupy, which is what makes the taller middle reels so productive.
The more valuable the symbols in a combination, the bigger the win, with the symbol counts and coefficients set out in the paytable. One wrinkle worth knowing early: Bonus symbol wins and ways wins are added together when both land in the same round, so the two halves of the game stack rather than compete.
Bonus Symbols and the Jackpot Ladder
Bonus symbols land only on reels 2, 3 and 4, in the main game and in Free Spins alike. Every one of them carries a random money value or a jackpot, displayed in your selected currency.
None of them pay on their own. They settle only during the Hells Bells feature, which makes them cargo until the right symbol arrives – a design that keeps the middle reels tense on every spin. The values are:
- 1x total bet
- 2x total bet
- 3x total bet
- 5x total bet
- 10x total bet
- 12x total bet
- 15x total bet
- MINOR jackpot – 26x bet
- SUPER jackpot – 66x bet
- ULTRA jackpot – 1,666x bet
The three jackpot tiers sit in a ladder beside the reels, and their credit figures move with your stake – the multipliers above are what they always pay. The ULTRA jackpot’s 1,666x bet is the top tier of the ladder, and it’s awarded twice over when both flanking reels cooperate.
Dante and the Hells Bells Feature
The Dante symbol appears only on reels 1 and 5, never more than one per reel, and it’s the key that unlocks everything the Bonus symbols are holding. Pair it with at least one Bonus symbol anywhere on the board and the Hells Bells feature fires.
Once it triggers, every Bonus symbol on the reels pays out the money value or jackpot it displays. Multiple Bonus symbols in one trigger all pay, so a full middle grid with Dante on both flanking reels is where the ladder gets interesting.
The twist is in the pairing. If Dante symbols appear on reels 1 and 5 in the same round, every Bonus symbol’s value or jackpot is awarded twice – that’s the feature’s whole ceiling, and it’s a good one.
Hells Bells can trigger in the main game and in Free Spins, and it plays at the same bet as the spin that set it off. There’s no separate round to sit through; the payout lands on the triggering spin and the game carries on.
Free Spins and the Bonus Buy
Three or more Scatter symbols anywhere on the reels trigger Free Spins, and the number awarded depends on how many Scatters landed. Five Scatters are worth 18 Free Spins; land fewer and the award steps down accordingly. Scatters count from any position, so the uneven reels don’t hinder them the way they might a left-anchored ways win.
What Free Spins change is the board itself. The ways count rises from 576 to 1,944 Win Ways, which is more than a threefold jump and the main reason the round matters. Hells Bells stays live throughout, so Dante and the Bonus symbols keep doing their work on the wider grid.
That expansion does more than widen the wins. More positions on the middle reels means more room for Bonus symbols in a single trigger, and more ways for Scatters to land and keep the round rolling. Free Spins is where every system in the game runs at once.
The game also carries a Bonus Buy feature, reachable from a button beside the reels in the base game. It skips straight to the feature round, buying the bells and the ladder at their most active on the expanded 1,944-ways board.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.3/10
Playing this one is mostly watching the middle reels load up and waiting for Dante to turn up at either edge – the belfry looks good while you wait, and the setup itself is the entertainment. The reason to choose it is that doubling: when Dante guards both flanks, everything in the middle pays twice, and it’s a rarer and cleverer structure than the usual ladder game.
The Free Spins board is the best thing here. Tripling the ways exactly when Hells Bells is live gives the round a sense of occasion the base game deliberately withholds. The weak spot is the ladder’s lower rungs: MINOR at 26x and SUPER at 66x are thin rewards to chase, and low volatility makes the 1,666x ULTRA a distant bell rather than a ringing one.
This is a game for players who enjoy the long accumulation, the steady small wins and the jackpot sitting quietly in view. It isn’t for anyone chasing big, fast swings. For a patient player, though, the belfry stays warm the whole session.
Belfry Bliss FAQs
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What is the RTP of Belfry Bliss?
The RTP is 96.00%, which sits right on the industry benchmark. -
Is Belfry Bliss high volatility?
No. Belfry Bliss is a low volatility slot, so wins tend to be smaller and steadier, with the jackpot ladder providing the bigger prizes. -
How many paylines does Belfry Bliss have?
The game uses Win Ways rather than paylines: 576 Win Ways in the main game, rising to 1,944 Win Ways during Free Spins. -
How do you trigger the Hells Bells feature in Belfry Bliss?
Land a Dante symbol on reel 1 or reel 5 together with at least one Bonus symbol. Every Bonus symbol then pays its displayed money value or jackpot, and Dante symbols on both flanking reels in the same round double every payout. -
What do the jackpots pay in Belfry Bliss?
The MINOR jackpot pays 26x your bet, the SUPER pays 66x, and the ULTRA pays 1,666x. The credit amounts shown on the ladder scale with your stake, but those multipliers are fixed. -
Can you buy the bonus on Belfry Bliss?
Yes. A Bonus Buy button sits alongside the reels in the base game, and using it takes you straight to the feature round on the expanded 1,944-ways board without waiting for Scatters to land. -
What is the grid size of Belfry Bliss?
It’s a five-reel game with an uneven layout: reels 1 and 5 show three symbol positions each, while the middle three reels show four. That shape is what produces the 576 Win Ways. -
Where do Bonus symbols land in Belfry Bliss?
Only on reels 2, 3 and 4, in both the main game and Free Spins. They carry money values from 1x to 15x the total bet or the MINOR, SUPER and ULTRA jackpots, and they only pay during the Hells Bells feature.
