Burning Blaze

Burning Blaze Slot Review

Giant golden horseshoes crowd in at the corners of Games Inc‘s Burning Blaze, and the gilt and flame around the reel frame are working harder than the reels inside it. This is a game where the paytable barely matters: no symbol on it returns more than 2.5x for a full line, so every win worth having lives in the bonuses stacked around the fruit. What you’re really spinning for is horseshoes.

It runs on a 5×3 grid with 25 paylines, paying left to right from the leftmost reel, at an overall theoretical RTP of 96.04%. The shape is as traditional as they come. The engine underneath it is not, and that gap is the whole point of the game.

Base Game & Features

The setup is a conventional one. Five reels, three rows, 25 fixed paylines, and wins formed by matching symbols on adjacent reels starting from the left. Only the highest combination on each line counts, and line wins are multiplied by the bet per line.

The wild is a straightforward substitute that can appear on reels 2 to 4, expanding to fill its reel when it lands and helping to complete wins across up to 25 lines. It never appears on the outer reels, so it can’t form a line on its own from the leftmost reel, but a single expanded wild in the middle of the grid can complete several combinations at once.

The paying symbols are pure fruit-machine stock, and the paytable reads in multiples of your line stake:

• Watermelon: 0.15x for three, 0.5x for four, 2.5x for five
• Bell: 0.1x for three, 0.25x for four, 1x for five
• Strawberry and Plum: 0.05x for three, 0.15x for four, 0.5x for five
• Orange and Lemon: 0.5x for five
• Grape/Blueberry: 0.15x for three, 0.5x for four

It’s a modest ladder. Even the top symbol returns less than three times your stake for a full line, so the base game’s job is to keep the reels turning while the bonuses do the paying. The mid-tier symbols share their values in pairs, and the Orange and Lemon only pay for a full line of five, which tells you where the regular wins are coming from.

Scatters pay anywhere in view rather than on lines, and they’re a side payout rather than a feature trigger:

• 3 Scatter symbols: 0.5x your total bet
• 4 Scatter symbols: 2.5x your total bet
• 5 Scatter symbols: 25x your total bet

Note that scatter values are multiples of your total bet, not your line stake, so five of them is worth more than it first looks against the symbol list above. It’s the single biggest instant payout the base game can produce without a jackpot or bonus symbol involved.

Burning Blaze Bonus Features

Four separate features hang off the base game, each with its own trigger. In brief:

• Hold n Spin: 5 or more Lucky Horseshoe or Jackpot symbols in one base game spin
• Jackpots: 3 of a kind of the same named jackpot symbol anywhere in view
• Bonus Symbol Pick: 3 of a kind Bonus symbols in the base game
• Scatter pays: 3 or more Scatters anywhere in view, paid instantly
• Buy Bonus: available for 50x stake where offered

Hold n Spin Bonus

The headline bonus is the Hold n Spin round. It triggers when five or more Lucky Horseshoe or Jackpot symbols land in a single base game spin, and the symbols that triggered it lock into the reel positions they occupy. Everything else on the grid clears away.

You start with three spins, and each spin uses one. Land a new coin symbol and the counter refills to three; the round continues until either all fifteen positions hold coin symbols or you run out of chances. A full grid is the dream outcome, since every locked position carries its own value.

The tension sits in the empty positions. If the horseshoes arrived clustered on one side of the grid, there’s more room to fill and more spins needed to do it, and a run of blanks burns through lives quickly. One coin per refill is all it takes to keep the round alive.

At the end, every jackpot symbol that didn’t win its named prize is converted to a cash value, and all coin values on the screen are added up and paid. Nothing on the grid goes to waste.

Jackpots

Four fixed jackpots sit above the reels: Grand, Major, Minor and Mini. Landing three of a kind of the same named jackpot symbol anywhere in view claims that prize, in the base game or during Hold n Spin. The confirmed values:

• Mini: 100x your bet
• Minor: 250x your bet
• Major and Grand: higher tiers stepping up from the Minor

Because the trigger counts symbols anywhere in view rather than on a payline, jackpot symbols that land scattered across unrelated reels still count. Any jackpot symbols left on the grid when Hold n Spin ends pay out as random cash values, so a near-miss isn’t a total loss.

Bonus Symbol Pick

Three Bonus symbols in the base game open a simple pick game. You’re shown three money bags and choose one, revealing a prize of 25x, 50x or 75x your bet. There’s no skill to it, just a one-in-three shot at the top prize.

It’s over quickly and it pays immediately, which makes it a pleasant interruption to the reels rather than a destination. The 75x top prize is also better than anything the base paytable can manage on a single line, though it doesn’t approach the jackpot ladder.

Buy Bonus

If waiting isn’t your style, the Hold n Spin round can be bought outright:

• Cost: 50x your stake
• What you get: guaranteed entry into the Hold n Spin bonus
• RTP when buying: 96.05%

That’s a fair price for a guaranteed entry compared with the trigger’s five-symbol requirement, and the buy’s RTP sits fractionally above the standard game. It isn’t available in every territory.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7/10

Time on Burning Blaze is mostly horseshoe-spotting. The line wins are pocket change by design, the reels are a corridor, and the Hold n Spin round is the destination, wrapped in enough gilt and flame to make the walk there pleasant.

That round is the best thing in the game, and it’s a good one: a single coin keeps the lives ticking back to three, so a run that starts badly can still build, and losing jackpot symbols convert to cash at the end rather than evaporating. The weakness is everything around it. Between bonuses there’s very little to win and even less to decide, and the pick game is a guess dressed as a choice.

It’s for players who love the old fruit-machine look but want one serious chase underneath, and it isn’t for anyone who wants the reels themselves to pay their way. As a shiny horseshoe hunt with a proper finish line, it earns its fire.

Burning Blaze FAQs

• What is the RTP of Burning Blaze?

  The overall theoretical RTP is 96.04%.
• How do you trigger the Hold n Spin bonus in Burning Blaze?

  Landing five or more Lucky Horseshoe or Jackpot symbols in a single base game spin starts the Hold n Spin round. The triggering symbols lock in place and you begin with three spins, which refill to three whenever a new coin lands.
• What does the Bonus Symbol Pick pay in Burning Blaze?

  Three Bonus symbols in the base game open a pick between three money bags, revealing a prize of 25x, 50x or 75x your bet.
• What are the jackpots in Burning Blaze?

  There are four jackpot levels: Grand, Major, Minor and Mini. The Mini pays 100x your bet and the Minor pays 250x, and three of a kind of the same named jackpot symbol anywhere in view claims that prize.
• Can you buy the bonus on Burning Blaze?

  Yes. The Hold n Spin bonus can be purchased for 50x your stake, running at an RTP of 96.05%. The buy option isn’t available in some territories.
• What do Scatter symbols pay in Burning Blaze?

  Scatters pay anywhere in view: 0.5x your total bet for three, 2.5x for four and 25x for five. Unlike line symbols, they don’t need to sit on adjacent reels or a payline.
• Can the Hold n Spin round be retriggered in Burning Blaze?

  The round doesn’t retrigger in the usual sense. It runs on a lives system: you start with three spins, and every new coin symbol that lands refills the count to three. The round ends when the grid is full or the lives run out.
• Where do the wilds appear in Burning Blaze?

  Wilds can appear on reels 2 to 4 and expand to fill their reel, substituting for other symbols to complete wins across up to 25 lines. They don’t appear on the outer reels.
• Who makes Burning Blaze?

  Burning Blaze is made by Games Inc. Its release date is 17 September 2026.