Greatest Catch: Ice Wheel Slot Review
An aurora ripples pink and green over a frozen shelf, a cheerful fisherman in a red knit hat reclines against his bucket, and beneath the waterline the reels sit inside walls of blue glass with bubbles rising past them. Greatest Catch: Ice Wheel is built so that almost nothing it truly pays happens above that waterline: the base game is thin by design, and every Fish symbol floating past is money you can’t touch until the free spins open the ice. Evoplay have fished this water before, and here they’ve put a random wheel on top of it.
It runs on a 5×4 grid with 12 fixed paylines, a 96.02% RTP, and a 10,000x bet ceiling in the free spins. Stakes run from 0.10 to 7,500.00 per spin. Elsewhere in the studio’s waters, Sea of Wealth and The Easter Catch swim closest, with Mega Greatest Catch Blue Marlin sharing this one’s name. The pond is familiar; the water’s colder.
Fishing Under the Ice: The Base Game
Wins form the traditional way: identical symbols running left to right across a payline, with only the highest combination per line paid and simultaneous line wins added together. It’s a familiar setup, and the grid doesn’t fight it.
The paytable is weighted towards the top, with a steep drop after the first two symbols. All values are multiples of the total bet:
- Tackle box chest: x5 for three, x20 for four, x200 for five
- Red knit hat: x3, x15, x100
- Seal or boot: x2, x10, x50
- Fish (blue ice tile): x1, x5, x20
- Royals (A, K, Q, J, 10): x0.5, x2.5, x10
The fisherman is the Wild. He substitutes for everything except the Bonus symbols, appears only during free spins, and pays the same as the tackle box chest at x5, x20 and x200 when he lines up himself.
Fish symbols are where the real money sits. Each carries a value multiplied by the bet: x1, x2, x3, x5, x7, x10, x15, x20, x25, x50 and, at the top of the ladder, a Golden Fish worth x500.
In the main game they’re decoration waiting for their moment.
The Bonus Wheel
The Ice Wheel of the title is a random event that can interrupt any spin, in the main game or the free spins. It stops before the reels land and reveals which feature fires, and only one feature activates at a time.
In the main game the wheel can serve up three things:
- Extra Bonus: one to three Bonus symbols drop onto the reels, pushing you towards the free-spins trigger
- Ice Crack: the values of all Fish symbols on the reels are collected and paid as a win on the spot
- Super Bonus: a Super Bonus symbol is added to the reels
During free spins the wheel changes its menu:
- Extra Wild: an additional Wild lands on the reels
- Extra Fish: additional Fish symbols join the reels
- Fish Respin: all Fish symbols lock in place for a respin, and the wheel can trigger again during it
Free Spins and the Fishing Feature
Three, four or five Bonus symbols in the main game award 10, 15 or 20 free spins respectively. Bonus symbols appear on any reel, but only in the main game, so the round itself retriggers through the Wilds rather than the scatters.
The Fishing Feature
When at least one Fish and one Wild land on the same spin, each Wild collects the values of every Fish symbol on the reels. More than one Wild can appear, and each one takes the full collection. The total is added on top of any regular payline wins from the round.
Wild Multiplier and Extra Spins
The round starts with an x1 Wild Multiplier. Every fourth Wild that lands does two things: bumps the multiplier and awards 10 additional free spins. The steps are x2 after the fourth Wild, x3 after the eighth and x5 after the twelfth.
The extra spins arrive immediately; the new multiplier kicks in from the next spin. It applies only to Fish values collected by Wilds, not to payline wins. That’s the whole engine of the round: a grid filling with fish, a multiplier climbing every four Wilds, and the x500 Golden Fish lurking under the ice.
Dynamite
A Wild landing with no Fish on the reels triggers Dynamite, which replaces three to six regular symbols with Fish symbols that the Wild can then collect. It’s a tidy insurance policy: no spin with a Wild on it goes to waste.
Super Free Spins
Trigger the round with the Super Bonus symbol among the Bonus symbols and you get Super Free Spins: same rules as the standard round, but with an increased chance of landing the x500 Golden Fish. Only one Super Bonus symbol can appear on the reels, and it acts as a regular Bonus symbol with that one extra effect.
Bonus Chance and Bonus Buy
Bonus Chance is a toggle in the main game. Switch it on and your stake is multiplied by 1.50x, doubling the natural chance of triggering free spins and adding more Bonus symbols to the reels. Wins still pay according to the original bet, not the increased one.
The Bonus Buy menu offers two purchases, available in the main game only:
- Free Spins: 68x total bet, RTP 96.27%, randomly lands three, four or five Bonus symbols for 10, 15 or 20 spins
- Super Free Spins: 312x total bet, RTP 96.08%, the same random spin count but with the Super Bonus symbol and more x500 Golden Fish
Both buys sit within a whisker of the base game’s return, so the choice between them is about appetite for the Golden Fish rather than value. Availability varies by market.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
Most of your time here is spent staring through ice at money you can’t reach. That’s the honest shape of it: the base game is a scatter hunt with a thin paytable, and the Fish symbols drifting past only become cash once the free spins crack the surface. Mega Greatest Catch Blue Marlin played the same waiting game, and this one inherits its bones under colder paint.
The free-spins round is the strength, and it’s a real one. The Wild Multiplier ladder gives every fourth Wild two jobs at once, climbing the multiplier and refuelling the spins, so a good round builds instead of counting down to nothing, and Dynamite means no Wild ever lands useless. The weakness is that everything depends on that door opening, and patience is the whole price of admission: between triggers, the surface is quiet.
It suits players who enjoy a long build and don’t need the base game to entertain them while the fish gather. Anyone who wants regular action above the waterline will find the shelf bare. For patient anglers, though, there’s plenty below.
Greatest Catch: Ice Wheel FAQs
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What is the RTP of Greatest Catch: Ice Wheel?
96.02% in normal mode. The Bonus Buy alternatives run at 96.27% for free spins and 96.08% for Super Free Spins. -
How does the Wild Multiplier work in the free spins?
The round begins at x1. Every fourth Wild that lands raises the multiplier and adds 10 extra free spins: x2 after the fourth Wild, x3 after the eighth and x5 after the twelfth. The extra spins arrive straight away, with the bigger multiplier kicking in from the next spin. It only boosts Fish values collected by Wilds, not payline wins. -
What does the Bonus Wheel do?
It’s a random event that can trigger in the main game or the free spins, stopping before the reels land to reveal one feature. In the main game it can add Bonus symbols, collect all Fish values as a win (Ice Crack) or add a Super Bonus symbol. During free spins it can add a Wild, add Fish symbols, or lock all Fish for a respin. -
How do you trigger Super Free Spins?
Land three or more Bonus symbols with the Super Bonus symbol among them. The Super Bonus works like any other Bonus symbol except that it upgrades the round it triggers. Super Free Spins play by the same rules as standard free spins but with an increased chance of landing the x500 Golden Fish. -
What does Bonus Chance cost?
Turning it on multiplies your bet by 1.50x and doubles the natural chance of triggering free spins, with more Bonus symbols on the reels. Payouts are calculated against your original stake, never the boosted one. -
Can you buy the bonus on Greatest Catch: Ice Wheel?
Yes. Free Spins cost 68x your total bet and Super Free Spins cost 312x. Both buys randomly land three, four or five Bonus symbols, awarding 10, 15 or 20 spins. The Bonus Buy can only be used in the main game and may not be available in all markets. -
What is the maximum win on Greatest Catch: Ice Wheel?
The maximum win in the free spins is capped at 10,000x your bet. -
How many paylines does Greatest Catch: Ice Wheel have?
12 fixed paylines.
