Halloween is almost here, and you can already feel the chaos brewing. Across the US, neighbourhoods are locked in a silent arms race over who can max out their credit cards on inflatable skeletons and twelve-foot-tall demons, while parents are desperately trying to wrangle a costume after their kid changed their mind for the fourteenth time.

Meanwhile, in the rest of the world, it’s just an excuse for adults to dress up, get drunk, and make questionable life choices. Honestly, it’s a win-win on both sides of the Atlantic.

As we approach Halloween, slot providers are pulling out all the stops to create horror-themed slots for the holiday. The latest entry to the list is the Midnight Hunt slot from AvatarUX.

It’s a full moon tonight

Betting on the Midnight Hunt slot starts at just $0.10 and tops out at $40 per spin. At $40 per spin, you’ll have a shot at winning up to $400,000 thanks to the 10,000x max multiplier. The slot features very high volatility, with gameplay leaning heavily toward less frequent big wins and fewer small, consistent winning opportunities. It offers an RTP of 96.03%.

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The slot features cascading reels, which remove symbols involved in winning combinations, allowing new symbols to fall into the empty spots. It also includes an expanding reels function, where any reel containing a symbol involved in a winning combination will expand by one row. This, in turn, increases the possible ways to win up to a maximum of 16,807.

The reels can grow up to five symbols high in the base game and up to five symbols high during a round of the slot’s free spins feature. Both features continue until no new winning combinations are formed.

During base gameplay, the reels reset to three rows high. However, during a round of free spins, the rows reset to the height of the shortest reel at the beginning of each spin.

A round of the slot’s free spins feature is triggered with three or more Bonus symbols. Before your round begins, you will have the option to gamble your spins for a chance at more. If you lose, however, you forfeit all of your free spins. During free spins, the global multiplier is activated and applied to every winning combination.

The multiplier also increases as multiplier symbols appear on the reels.

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If you’re not keen on waiting around in a spooky cemetery in the dark, you can also choose to purchase a round of the slot’s free spins bonus.

Is the Midnight Hunt slot a perfect Halloween accompaniment?

The Midnight Hunt slot is polished, on-theme, and full of interesting bonus features. So, why don’t I like it? There’s something intangible. There is a soullessness to the game that I can’t quite articulate. Everything is there, but it just feels like it was created with a checklist with no real love for the horror genre.

That being said, it’s still a solid slot for Halloween this year. It’s not my cup of tea, but it will likely appeal to many. I give it a seven out of ten.

If you’re looking for a few AvatarUX slots that I do recommend, try out Reel Warriors and Duck Hunt 500.