A little unusually for a Novomatic powered slot, Pumpkin Power uses a 243 ways to win game engine - winning combinations are formed by landing the same symbol on adjacent reels rather than the usual payline structure.
The visuals have a light-hearted, comic horror feel - stylised playing cards make up the lower value symbols. They're joined by a ring (complete with bat motif), a burning candle, a black cat and a creepy old house that's not unlike the Bates Motel from the cult movie Psycho. The house is the top payer, awarding 80 times your total stake if you manage to land a 5 symbol combination.
As is often the case in the online slots world, the witch is about as far away from a green faced old hag you can imagine! This pouting sorceress is the game's wild, appearing on the middle 3 reels only and substituting for all other symbols bar the pumpkin.
The pumpkin is the scatter - it only hits on the odd numbered reels. Land 3 on the same spin to trigger the Free Games feature and with it 12 free spins. Look out for the pumpkin on reel 3 during the feature as it will roll prompt a dice roll. The symbol the dice land on will be boosted by a 3, 4 or 5 of a kind win. If the dice land on the pumpkin, you'll be granted an extra 3, 4 or 5 free spins.
Pumpkin Power is typical Novomatic fare - visually, it doesn't stand comparison with the slick video slots produced by the likes of Yggdrasil Gaming. That doesn't really matter too much though. What Novomatic slots typically deliver is volatile, simple to play action. That's the case here.
It won't win any beauty contests (even if the witch herself is glammed up to the nines) but Pumpkin Power offers solid gameplay and some medium to high variance thrills that fans of the horror genre should enjoy. If you like witches, Playtech’s Halloween Fortune is a must.