Noche de Almas Slot Review
Soul flames flicker in a candlelit crypt doorway, marigolds piled against stone pillars and mist rolling over the floor, the Day of the Dead done in warm gilt and deep shadow. Here’s the thing about Noche de Almas: the paytable is almost a formality, because every win that matters comes not from what the symbols pay but from what lands in the cells a winning cluster leaves glowing behind it.
It’s BGaming‘s Day of the Dead release, built on a 5×5 cluster grid at 97% RTP with a 10,000x maximum win, which puts it in the same scatter-and-cluster territory as Wild Clusters and Witchcraft Riches. The base game and the bonus round run on the same machinery either side of the trigger, so the question is really whether that machinery pays often enough to carry both.
How the Base Game Pays
Wins form through cluster pays: land five or more identical symbols in connected adjacent cells and they pay out, burst, and let new symbols fall from above. Chains can stack several wins into a single spin, and only properly connected cells count, diagonal contact alone doesn’t form a cluster. A nine-cell burst on one spin is therefore worth more than the cluster size alone suggests, because each cascade gets a fresh shot at the grid.
Clusters scale by size, and the jump between the top tiers is steep. Payouts are multiples of the total bet:
- Catrina Woman: 1x for 5, 1.5x for 6, 2x for 7, 3x for 8, 10x for 9-10, 30x for 11-12, 100x for 13+
- Skeleton Musician and Dog: 0.5x for 5, 0.7x for 6, 1x for 7, 1.5x for 8, 5x for 9-10, 15x for 11-12, 50x for 13+
- Marigold and Butterfly: 0.3x for 5, 0.4x for 6, 0.5x for 7, 0.7x for 8, 2.5x for 9-10, 7.5x for 11-12, 25x for 13+
- A, K, Q, J, 10: 0.1x for 5, 0.2x for 6, 0.3x for 7, 0.5x for 8, 1.5x for 9-10, 5x for 11-12, 15x for 13+
The paytable splits into two halves. Catrina Woman sits alone at the top, worth double what the next tier pays at every cluster size, while the royals are the filler that keeps small clusters ticking over. A five-symbol Catrina cluster returns exactly the stake; a five-symbol royal cluster returns a tenth of it.
The middle tiers matter more than they first look. The Skeleton Musician and Dog pay 50x for a 13-symbol cluster, and the Marigold and Butterfly pay 25x for the same size, so a big grid of almost anything is worth having. The real money at the top of the ladder, 30x, 50x and 100x for 13 or more symbols, is a long way from the 10x ceiling of a nine-symbol cluster, which is part of why the coin system carries so much of the game.
The wild substitutes for any paying symbol to complete a cluster, except for the Candle, Coins and Special symbols. Scatters pay nothing themselves; three or more of them open the bonus game. Higher total bets scale every win proportionally.
Highlighted Cells and the Coin System
The middle of the game is the highlighted-cell system, and it works as a chain. Every cell that takes part in a winning cluster stays lit for one spin. That’s the setup; what lands in the lit cells next decides how far a spin can go.
Win Flash and the Candle
Win Flash is the mechanic that keeps winning cells highlighted for the next spin. If a Candle symbol is on the reels, everything sitting in those highlighted cells disappears and is replaced with Coins or Special symbols. A Candle arriving after a decent cluster can turn a modest win into the start of something much larger.
Coins
Coins come in three types and each carries a multiplier. When the dust settles on a spin, the multipliers of every Coin on the reels are summed and applied to the bet, so a grid carrying several Coins pays their combined total rather than the best one.
Top Hat
The Top Hat appears in highlighted cells and collects all Coins on the reels, clearing their positions so new symbols can fall in. It’s the chain-extender: collect the Coins, refill the grid, and the cells can light up all over again. A Top Hat landing mid-chain banks the Coin total while keeping the spin alive for whatever drops in next.
Heart
The Heart also appears in highlighted cells and carries a multiplier of between 2x and 10x that applies to all adjacent Coins. A Heart sitting next to a big Coin is where the sums get interesting, and a grid with several Hearts and Coins working together is the realistic route towards the game’s ceiling.
Put together, the special symbols hand the game its step-by-step shape:
- A winning cluster lights its cells for one spin (Win Flash)
- A Candle on the reels clears the highlighted cells and drops in Coins or Special symbols
- Hearts multiply every adjacent Coin by 2x to 10x
- A Top Hat collects all Coins and frees their cells for new symbols
- Remaining Coin multipliers are summed and applied to the bet
The order matters. A Candle that clears a bank of lit cells into Coins, followed by a Heart in the refill and a Top Hat after that, is a single spin paying three times over, and each stage of it needs the one before. Break the chain early and the Coin total that lands is all the spin has to show.
Free Spins
Three or more Scatters trigger the bonus game, and there are three types of Free Spins: Soul Awakening, Soul Fiesta and Soul Frenzy. Which one you get depends on how many Scatters triggered the round, so bigger scatter counts buy into the stronger variant rather than just more spins.
All three rounds run on the same highlighted-cell and Coin machinery as the base game, which means the bonus is less a change of rules than a concentration of them. The name of the game in every variant is keeping cells lit and Coins flowing, with the Top Hat collects and Heart multipliers doing the heavy lifting.
A bonus round here doesn’t hand you a different game to play, it hands you more spins of the game you’re already in. The gap between a good round and a flat one is the same gap as in the base game: whether the Candles, Coins and collectors line up on the grids that count.
There’s also a buy route into the bonus. A purchase control sits in the interface, and the buy runs at the same 97% RTP as the base game, so nothing is given away or charged for on the return side.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.2/10
Sitting down to Noche de Almas is an exercise in delayed gratification, and that’s precisely its pull. You spin for the lit cells, not for the symbols, and when a Candle lands and the whole chain starts trading, it’s the most alive this Day of the Dead grid ever gets.
The strength is the coin system, which is layered without being fussy: three specials, each doing one clean job, all of them feeding the same sum. The weakness is everything around it. With the paytable capped at 100x and the bonus running the same rules as the base game, there’s no second gear, so a spin that doesn’t catch the chain is usually just a spin.
This one’s for players who like a slow burn and a grid that has to be worked, not for anyone chasing frequent payouts or a bonus round that changes the rules. The spirits here reward patience, and they don’t apologise for it.
Noche de Almas FAQs
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What is the RTP of Noche de Almas?
97%, and the bonus buy runs at the same figure. -
What is the grid size of Noche de Almas?
A 5×5 grid with cluster pays. There are no paylines; wins form from five or more identical symbols in connected adjacent cells. -
Can you buy the bonus on Noche de Almas?
Yes, there’s a buy control in the interface, and the buy runs at the same 97% RTP as the regular game. -
When is Noche de Almas released?
Noche de Almas’s release date is 20 October 2026. -
Who makes Noche de Almas?
BGaming. -
What is the maximum win on Noche de Almas?
10,000x the bet. -
How do wins form in Noche de Almas?
Landing five or more identical adjacent symbols forms a winning cluster. The symbols pay out and burst, new symbols fall from above, and winning cells stay highlighted for one spin. -
What does the Heart symbol do?
It lands in highlighted cells and boosts every adjacent Coin by its multiplier, which runs from 2x up to 10x. Pair one with a big Coin and the single-spin total climbs quickly.
