Shaman’s Dream Slot Review
A prairie sunset burns behind a stretched hide, the reels lashed inside a frame of crossed timber poles like a tipi mid-build. Strip away the theme and Shaman’s Dream is really a two-symbol game: the Wolf does nearly all the paying, the Dreamcatcher does the rest, and the other ten symbols are scenery. Eyecon built it that way, and the faded, airbrushed Great Plains dressing is a big part of why it still gets played.
It runs on a 5×3 grid with 25 paylines at 95.436% RTP, in the same family as Fluffy Favourites, Irish Luck and Enchanted Prince. What it lacks in ambition it makes up for in clarity, and the free games round still pays triple. The dream, it turns out, is a modest one.
Base Game & Features
The base game is a classic lines setup. Wins pay left to right across the five reels, and the value of each line win scales with the stake you’ve put on it. Just the top win on each payline counts, with wins from different lines stacking into the total.
It’s a dated-looking game, and unapologetically so. The reel panel reads as painted buckskin, the symbols are airbrushed rather than animated, and the palette leans on that orange dusk glow. There’s charm in it if you grew up on this era of slots, and nothing here pretends to be modern.
The reel set stays on theme throughout. Two character symbols lead the paytable – a Native American man with a spear and a Chief in full headdress – followed by a feathered woman, an eagle and a polar bear. Below them come the theme objects: a teepee, a staff, a grey wolf head in a circle, crossed axes, a headband and a dragonfly.
Symbols sit in three tiers, with the character symbols paying from two of a kind and everything below them starting at three. Each value below is a multiple of the total bet:
- Native American man and Chief – 4x for two, 50x for three, 300x for four, 1,900x for five
- Woman – 4x for two, 40x for three, 200x for four, 900x for five
- Eagle and Polar bear – 4x for two, 20x for three, 150x for four, 500x for five
- Teepee and Staff – 20x for three, 50x for four, 250x for five
- Grey wolf head and Crossed axes – 10x for three, 40x for four, 200x for five
- Headband and Dragonfly – 10x for three, 30x for four, 200x for five
Pairs of the Wolf and the two top character symbols already return four times your total stake, which is unusually generous at the bottom of a paytable. It means even two-reel near-misses carry some value.
The Wolf Wild
The white Wolf is the substitute and stands in for everything except the scattered Dreamcatcher. It’s also the richest symbol on the reels by a distance. Better still, any line win the Wolf completes is doubled, which quietly makes it the most valuable regular event in the game.
Its own paytable, again as multiples of the total bet:
- Two Wolves – 20x the total bet
- Three Wolves – 400x the total bet
- Four Wolves – 4,000x the total bet
- Five Wolves – 19,000x the total bet
Dreamcatcher Scatters
The Dreamcatcher is the scatter, and it pays anywhere on the reels rather than on a line. Scatter wins are worked out against your whole stake, not a single line. Where more than one scatter combination lands, only the best one counts.
The scatter ladder, as multiples of the total bet:
- Two Dreamcatchers – 4x the total bet
- Three Dreamcatchers – 10x the total bet
- Four Dreamcatchers – 40x the total bet
- Five Dreamcatchers – 900x the total bet
Scatters are also the route into the free games, which is where the real money in this game sits.
Shaman’s Dream Free Games & Bonuses
Land three or more scattered Dreamcatchers anywhere and the Free Games round begins. There’s no pick’em, no wheel, no choice of volatility: this is a straight award of 15 free games, played on the same paylines and the same wager as the spin that triggered them.
Every prize during the round is tripled, and because the Wolf already doubles any win it completes, the two effects stack. A Wolf-substituted line win in free games pays six times its normal value. With the Wolf alone worth up to 19,000x at base, that’s the arithmetic the round is built around.
Retriggers are generous. Free Games can be retriggered up to a maximum of 15 times, so a lucky round can keep stretching well past its original 15 spins. There’s no bonus buy and no alternate feature mode; the Dreamcatchers are the whole show.
The round works like this:
- Three or more Dreamcatchers land anywhere on the reels
- 15 free games begin on the same paylines and wager as the triggering spin
- Every prize pays triple, with Wolf-substituted wins paying six times their base value
- More Dreamcatchers retrigger the round, up to 15 times over
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6.2/10
This is a slow slot with a sunset mood, and you play it because of that rather than despite it. There’s something restful about spinning reels painted on buckskin while the Wolf quietly gets on with the work. You’re here for one thing: those free games, and the six-times punch a Wolf-substituted win carries inside them.
The stacking is the best thing here, because a round that retriggers up to 15 times can genuinely snowball. The worst thing is the long middle: between bonuses there’s very little happening, and 95.436% won’t reward your patience as generously as the theme suggests.
It suits players who like an old-fashioned, no-nonsense scatter slot and don’t need modern production to stay interested. Anyone chasing layered features or slick animation will find the plains a lonely place. For Eyecon loyalists, the dream still holds up.
Shaman’s Dream FAQs
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What is the RTP of Shaman’s Dream?
Shaman’s Dream runs at 95.436% RTP, a shade under what most modern five-reel slots return. -
How do you trigger the free games in Shaman’s Dream?
Land three or more scattered Dreamcatcher symbols anywhere on the reels and you’ll be awarded 15 free games. There’s no other route in, and no bonus buy. -
What do the free games pay in Shaman’s Dream?
Every prize during the free games is tripled. The round plays out on the same paylines and wager as the triggering spin. -
Can free games be retriggered in Shaman’s Dream?
Yes. Free Games can be retriggered up to a maximum of 15 times, so a single round can grow considerably beyond its original 15 spins. -
What does the Wolf symbol do in Shaman’s Dream?
The Wolf is the wild and substitutes for every symbol except the scattered Dreamcatcher. Any line win it helps complete is doubled, and it’s also the game’s top-paying symbol at up to 19,000x the total bet for five. -
Does the Wolf substitute for the Dreamcatcher in Shaman’s Dream?
No. The Wolf stands in for every symbol except the scattered Dreamcatcher, so the scatter only ever pays for itself. -
How are scatter wins calculated in Shaman’s Dream?
Scatter wins pay anywhere on the reels and are multiplied by the total wager rather than a single line’s stake. Where more than one scatter combination lands, only the highest one is added to the line wins. -
Who makes Shaman’s Dream?
Eyecon, the studio behind Fluffy Favourites and a long run of similarly simple, scatter-driven five-reel slots.
