Nightfall Slot Review

Nightfall Slot Overview

When I first loaded up Nightfall, the gothic city skyline and that giant moon grabbed me straight away. Push Gaming have gone for a spooky gargoyle vibe, with bats flapping across the screen and crunchy rock music in the background. Underneath the atmosphere you get a pretty focused setup, with 5 reels, 3 rows and 20 paylines, where the whole show revolves around fiery orbs smashing instant prize slabs.

Nightfall Slot Information

From a mechanical point of view, Nightfall keeps things tight. You spin a compact 5x3 grid with 20 fixed lines, paying from the leftmost reel when three or more matching symbols land in a row. Wins trigger the cascade mechanic, so winning icons explode and new ones drop in. Stakes run from 0.10 up to 100 per spin, which lets me use it for both testing and serious sessions.

On the numbers side, Nightfall runs at medium high volatility, which I really feel in the long dry spells between big slab hits. The default RTP sits at 96.36 percent, though I have seen lower versions at 95.38, 94.23 and even 88.43 depending on the casino. The stated max win is 20,000 times the stake, so in theory the game can hit very punchy payouts.

Theme and Symbols in Nightfall

Theme wise, Nightfall drops you into a cursed village where gargoyles cling to gothic towers and fog drifts through the streets. The reels sit in front of pointed arches and stained glass windows, while a full moon glares down and bats swoop past between spins. The rock soundtrack suits the darker mood, giving the game that slightly aggressive feel I expect from Push Gaming when they go down this route.

The pay table fits the mood. Low paying symbols are the card suits, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades and Clubs, which pay up to five times the stake for five of a kind. Premiums are a blue dragon, green owl, orange ram and the lady in gold, paying between fifty and one thousand times the bet for a full line. The Fire Orb window with a golden W works as both wild and scatter.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Scatter, Wild
	5	x1000
	4	x50
	3	x5
	5	x1000
	4	x50
	3	x5
	5	x100
	4	x10
	3	x2
	5	x75
	4	x7.5
	3	x1.5
	5	x50
	4	x5
	3	x1
	5	x5
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.1
	5	x5
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.1
	5	x5
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.1
	5	x5
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.1

Betting Options and Features in Nightfall

Above the reels in Nightfall you have the instant prize slabs, which carry values from two times up to five thousand times the stake. Each spin can drop Fireball icons that shoot up and strike the slab above their reel. Three hits on the same position award that slab prize. When you are lining up two hits and hunting the third, the base game can feel very tense and very streaky.

Things really open up once Fireball Multiplier symbols join the party. These land with values of two, three, five, ten, twenty five or fifty times, applied directly to the slab they target. After the multiplier has done its work, the icon turns into a regular Fireball and fires at the slab, counting as another hit. Chaining multipliers on already decent slab values is where I have seen the best spikes.

Betting Options and Features in Nightfall also means you get the choice to shortcut straight to the action via the Buy Bonus. For 113.5 times your stake you trigger the Free Spins round, with the RTP nudged to 96.17 percent. I like that the base stakes remain at the standard 0.10 to 100 range here, so it scales whether you are grinding at low stakes or firing high.

Nightfall Slot Features

The wild window symbol in Nightfall substitutes for all regular icons, helping to complete lines with those dragons, owls and rams, but it does not stand in for Fireball or Fireball Multiplier symbols. At the same time it acts as a scatter. Hitting three or more in view triggers the Free Games feature. In my play this usually comes from cascades chaining into extra wilds rather than a straight up three drop.

You start the bonus with six free spins and can add one more for every extra wild scatter that lands in the trigger. During the round, only wild scatters, Fireballs, multiplier Fireballs and dud icons appear, so every spin feels very focused. Progress on the instant prize slab no longer resets between spins. Three Fireballs on a slab position still claim its value, but now you can keep working on them.

Nightfall gets interesting when you start collecting wild scatters during the feature. Every set of three adds two extra free spins and pushes you deeper into the bonus, with no official cap on how many spins you can string together. All wins come from the slabs in this mode, so if the board is full of chunky numbers and multipliers it can be electric. When it is bare, the round can die quickly.

Wrapping Up Nightfall

Wrapping Up Nightfall from a player’s angle, I see a slot that mixes a punchy instant prize system with a very stylised horror look. The cursed village, gargoyles and fire orbs give it plenty of character, while the slab mechanic offers more than one way to hit those bigger numbers. On mobile Nightfall runs smoothly and keeps the animations sharp, which suits quick fire late night sessions.

Nightfall Slot Final Thoughts

Having put a fair few sessions through Nightfall, I feel Push Gaming have nailed the link between theme and features. Hot Fireballs smashing slabs above the reels match the moody visuals and rock soundtrack. The base game can be frustrating when you keep landing one or two Fireballs then watching the slabs reset, but once the bonus locks progress between spins the pace steps up and the game finally breathes.

The mix of 96.36 percent top RTP, wide stake range and a 20,000 times max win makes Nightfall attractive if you chase high potential, but you do need the bankroll to ride the medium high swings. For my taste it sits nicely as a session slot when I am in the mood for instant prize ladders rather than traditional line hits. If you like fireball style action, this one is worth a spin.

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