We have always been quite big fans of Sweden’s Thunderkick. The company opened its doors in 2012 in Stockholm and has consistently created quality interactive gaming content available in multiple highly-developed markets, like the UK, tested and certified by eCOGRA. Hence, when we heard they had a new holiday-themed title making sizeable waves in the sphere, we immediately jumped at the chance to present it to you.

Midas Golden Touch: Christmas Edition is a new take on Thunderkick’s 2019 Midas Golden Touch release, and it does not stray much from its predecessor. It delivers reel-spinning action on a 5x3 with 15 paylines where the max prize can grow up to 10,100x. The RTP in play here can range dramatically, with a default value of 96.17%, which is not bad for a high-volatility game.

Released on November 22, 2023, this X-mas slot faces fierce competition in the holiday season, as almost all top-shelf providers seek to unleash their Christmas spinners, as they vie for players who want to get a taste of some festive cheer at top rated online casinos. The Christmas Edition of Midas Golden Touch can remain competitive in this sea of aggressive positions thanks to its free spins with sticky wilds, wild multiplier boosts, and substantial win potential.

The Midas Golden Touch: Christmas Edition slot, in our eyes, looks great. It uses the same setting as the initial game but adorns it with various Christmas decorations. In this version, two X-mas trees flank the golden symbol grid, the time has been modified from day to night, and snow falls in the backdrop. The game has a richer feel, and the soundtrack contributes greatly to this, as you get bombarded with gold and red here. 

As mentioned in the intro, the grid here is the standard 5-reel 3-row, which dominates the online slotsverse, and the number of paylines is 15. The low-pay tokens here are 9 to A royals in different colors, paying out wins of x5 to x7.5 for five-of-a-kind combos. The premium tokens of this game are five images. They are a chest of jewels, a blue chalice, a golden crown, Midas, and two hands holding a ball of light between them. Getting five identical tokens from this batch will yield rewards of x15 to x75. 

The latter premium (the light ball between two palms) is also the wild in the Christmas Edition of the Midas Golden Touch slot, and you also get a different crown acting as the bonus symbol, and the scatter is a temple door.

We are here to assure you that The Midas Golden Touch: Christmas Edition slot is 100% compatible with all tablets and smartphones that function using the Android and iOS operating systems. That means you can enjoy it on all instant-play platforms without hassles. 

Midas Golden Touch: Christmas Edition allows stake sizes that begin at $0.10 and end at $100 per spin. That is the industry standard range for most run-of-the-mill spinners from top providers and an excellent one for a slot with a max exposure setting of 10,100x. 

Wins are awarded when you hit three to five matching tokens on one of the game’s fifteen paylines. We must tell you that only the highest line pays out, and the tokens count from left to right here. 

In Midas Golden Touch: Christmas Edition, when wins form containing wilds, a corresponding multiplier is given based on the participating reward-combo wilds, up to x32 for a line filled with wilds.

In the Christmas Edition of Midas Golden Touch slot, you have a free spins bonus round equipped with a unique respin mechanic. How does it work, you ask? Landing three, four, or five scatters supplies ten, fifteen, or twenty on-the-house reel rotations. 

During these spins, wins activate a respin sticky feature where winning tokens remain in place while the others respin. Also, in this round, a random wild is introduced at each free spin, enhancing the gameplay of this feature. And we should add that hitting three scatters in this mode grants an extra ten free spins. 

The Midas Golden Touch: Christmas Edition slot has a return-to-player setting that can be 87.17%, 94.13%, or 96.17%, depending on your chosen site. The volatility remains fixed everywhere, and the same goes for the top prize, 10,100x, on a game-high wager of $100.

We think that you would agree that it is somewhat odd to celebrate Christmas with a character from ancient Greece, a Phrygia king who predates Jesus. Yet, that is what we get in this Thunderkick variant of the title - Midas Golden Touch. We would call this game a pretty straightforward slot that seeks to capture gamblers' attention through its slightly above average RTP (in most cases) for its volatility level, enticing max win of over a million bucks, and respin-boosted free spins. 

Despite the theme here not making much sense, we would advise casual gamblers to jump onto this game and try their holiday luck on digital reel spins. Who knows, maybe the season has more prizes in store for you than standard gifts, like socks you'll never wear.