Trap That Cheese

Trap That Cheese Slot Review

There’s a sheriff in this Western, and he’s about four inches tall. A grinning mouse in a tan hat, neckerchief and red boots stands beside the reels, lanterns swinging on the timber crossbeam above him while mesas and cactus fade into an orange dusk. Trap That Cheese leans harder on the joke than most rodent-Westerns bother to, and it’s the last original thing about the game – which, depending on your appetite for Hacksaw-style multiplier wilds, is either a comfort or a problem.

Clutch Gaming haven’t hidden the borrowing. Fifteen fixed paylines, a 96.01% RTP, very high volatility and a 10,000x max win, all riding on expanding wild multiplier reels in the mould Hacksaw made their name on. The duel-pick multiplier and the persistent Cheese Meter are the local twists, and they’re good ones.

Base Game & Features

The base game runs on 15 fixed paylines across a five-reel grid, with stakes from 0.10 to 10 per spin. Wins are thin on the ground – the hit frequency is 15.92% – which is what you’d expect from a game sitting at the top of the volatility scale. Most spins are waiting, and the Cheese Reel is what you’re waiting for.

There are exactly three things to track in the base game, and the paytable keeps them tidy:

• 15 fixed paylines across a five-reel grid
• The Cheese Reel expanding wild with a random multiplier
• Bonus symbols – three or four open the bonus rounds

The Cheese Reel

When a Cheese Reel symbol lands, it expands to fill its entire reel and acts as a wild reel. Two multipliers then appear above it and one is selected at random, applying to every payline the Cheese Reel takes part in. The possible values run wide:

• 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x, 9x, 10x
• 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x, 75x, 100x, 200x

Where several Cheese Reels join the same winning connection, their multipliers are added together rather than multiplied. A full board of wilds with decent values is where the big results live. The random pick is the tension: watching a 100x and a 2x drawn, then losing the duel, happens plenty.

The duel isn’t the only place the values matter. Which of the two numbers wins decides the difference between a token win and a proper one, so every Cheese Reel landing carries a small drama of its own before the win even counts.

Bonus symbols can land in every game mode except Cheese Spins. Three or four of them open the two bonus rounds. That’s the whole base game: paylines, wild reels, and a scatter to chase.

The 15 paylines themselves are fixed, so there’s nothing to configure at bet level beyond the stake itself. That keeps the game readable – every win is one of 15 patterns, and the paylines screen spells each one out.

Trap That Cheese Bonus Features & Free Spins

Cheddar Chase

Land three Bonus symbols and you’re into 10 free spins with an increased chance of Bonus symbols landing throughout. Retriggers are live, so a round that starts quietly can grow. You begin from nothing, though, and build whatever you earn.

Lasso That Cheese

Land four Bonus symbols and you get the super version: 10 free spins, the same increased Bonus symbol chance, and one guaranteed Cheese Reel on the very first spin. Where that reel sits matters more than you’d think.

On reel one or two it feeds most connections. Parked out on reel five it needs a lot of help to earn its keep, because a wild reel only pays when a winning line actually runs through it.

The Cheese Meter

Both bonus games display a Cheese Meter above each reel with three segments. Every Bonus symbol that lands on that reel fills one segment, and a full meter creates a Cheese Reel on that reel. Cheese Reels built this way are persistent: they hold for the entire rest of the bonus game.

This is the progressive heart of the round. Filling one or two meters isn’t rare, and each persistent wild reel compounds the next – by the back half of a good round you can have three, four or five Cheese Reels stacked, their multipliers adding together on shared wins.

The two bonuses differ in how they reach that stack. Cheddar Chase climbs from nothing; Lasso That Cheese starts one rung up and lets the meters do the rest.

Feature Buys

Four options sit behind the CART button, all running at the same 96.01% RTP. Availability varies by operator and jurisdiction.

• Bonus Boost – 2x bet, roughly 3x the chance of landing Bonus symbols
• Cheese Spins – 50x bet, at least two guaranteed Cheese Reels
• Cheddar Chase – 100x bet, instant entry to the standard bonus
• Lasso That Cheese – 300x bet, instant entry to the super bonus

Bonus symbols cannot land during Cheese Spins, so that 50x tier is a closed feature: two wild reels, no progression, medium-volatility action. The Boost is the cheap way in, and the scatter frequency change is obvious when it’s on.

Cheddar Chase at 100x is the value pick, because the round still builds naturally from scratch. Lasso at 300x is straight to the deep end.

Our Honest Verdict

This is a game that does one thing and asks you to enjoy watching it. You’ll sit through stretches of nothing in the base game, then the meters start filling, reels lock in, and a quiet round turns into something without warning. That build, in a Wild West staffed entirely by mice, is the reason to pick it over the dozen other multiplier-wild games on the shelf.

The Cheese Meter is the best idea here, because persistence gives every bonus round a shape instead of a coin flip. The weakness is that nothing else is an idea at all – the duel-pick wild is borrowed wholesale, and if you’ve played a Hacksaw slot in the last three years you already know exactly how this plays.

Play it if you want a familiar build with a real 10,000x ceiling and don’t need novelty; skip it if a mechanic you’ve seen before bores you. It lands in the solid middle – well built, honest, and a little too comfortable.

Trap That Cheese FAQs

• What is the RTP of Trap That Cheese?

  The RTP is 96.01%, and it stays at 96.01% across all four feature buy options.
• How volatile is Trap That Cheese?

  It’s a very high volatility game with a hit frequency of 15.92%, so wins are infrequent and the feature buys or patient triggering carry most of the potential.
• What is the maximum win in Trap That Cheese?

  The maximum win is 10,000x your stake, typically reached through multiple Cheese Reels combining their multipliers on shared paylines.
• How do you trigger free spins in Trap That Cheese?

  Three Bonus symbols trigger the Cheddar Chase bonus of 10 free spins, while four Bonus symbols trigger Lasso That Cheese, which awards 10 free spins plus one guaranteed Cheese Reel on the first spin.
• How does the Cheese Reel multiplier work?

  When a Cheese Reel symbol lands it expands into a full wild reel, then two multipliers are shown and one is picked at random. Values range from 2x up to 200x. When multiple Cheese Reels join the same win, their multipliers are added together.
• What does the Cheese Meter do in the bonus rounds?

  Each reel has a Cheese Meter with three segments. Every Bonus symbol landing on that reel fills one segment, and a full meter creates a Cheese Reel that stays locked in place for the rest of the bonus game.
• What do the feature buys cost in Trap That Cheese?

  Bonus Boost costs 2x your bet, Cheese Spins costs 50x, Cheddar Chase costs 100x and Lasso That Cheese costs 300x. All four run at 96.01% RTP, though availability varies by operator and jurisdiction.
• Can bonus symbols land during Cheese Spins?

  No. Bonus symbols cannot land during Cheese Spins, so that mode is limited to the two guaranteed Cheese Reels and can’t build any further.
• How many paylines does Trap That Cheese have?

  There are 15 fixed paylines on a five-reel grid, so every spin covers all 15 patterns automatically with no way to reduce the count.