The Count Slot Review

The Count Slot Game

As soon as I loaded The Count from Hacksaw Gaming, the black-and-white vampire cartoon style hit me straight away. The action plays out on a 5x5 grid with 19 fixed paylines set inside the Count’s gloomy mansion. The vampire himself and his headless skeleton mate bob beside the reels, while a spooky yet playful soundtrack keeps things light rather than grim, both on desktop and mobile portrait play.

In terms of numbers, The Count runs with a default 96.36% RTP and a medium to high volatility profile rated 4 out of 5. The hit rate sits around one win every three spins, helped by sticky stretches of Wild Bats and Bloody Wilds. Max win caps out at 12,500 times your bet, reachable in both the base game and any of the three free spins rounds.

Symbols and Payouts in The Count

When I checked the paytable in The Count, the low symbols were the washed-out 10, J, Q, K and A royals, each paying up to 1x your stake for five of a kind. Premiums fit the spooky castle setting nicely, with hammer and stake, headstone, coffin, skull and spider icons. Land five high symbols on a payline and you are looking at returns between 2x and 5x your bet.

Special symbols are where The Count starts to feel dangerous. The Blood symbol expands into a Bloody Wild, while Wild Bat and Epic Wild Bat tiles also count as wilds, each paying 5x the stake for five across a line. All three wild types substitute for pay symbols, and the bloody FS scatter opens the door to the bonus rounds when you land three or more in view.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x5
	4	x2.5
	3	x1
	5	x5
	4	x2.5
	3	x1
	5	x2
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	5	x2
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	5	x2
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	Wild
	5	x5
	Scatter

The Count Slot Bonus Features

Bonus play in The Count revolves around Expanded Bloody Wilds and Wild Bats. When a Blood symbol lands as part of a win, it spills down the reel to create a full Bloody Wild column that may carry a multiplier from 2x up to 500x. Wild Bats mirror that idea, dropping with additive multipliers in the same 2x to 500x range on winning lines, and values from different Bloody Wilds or bats stack before payout.

When an Epic Wild Bat shows up, its multiplier is shared with every Bloody Wild and Wild Bat on the grid, so even modest lines can jump. Free spins come in two main flavours at first. Bat to the Bone triggers from three scatters and gives ten spins with more Wild Bats. Rest in Pieces needs four scatters and adds a Symbol Counter that can convert low cards into permanent bats.

The top round, Count on Blood, lands when five scatters hit and keeps the Symbol Counter while ramping up Epic Wild Bat appearances and guaranteeing at least five Wild Bats per spin. In all three bonuses, two or three scatters give you two or four extra spins. Outside the UK you can shortcut things with BonusHunt spins at 3x stake, Fangtasia at 50x, or straight buys of 100x and 300x for the two main features.

How to Win at The Count Slot

Winning in The Count is straightforward. You need three or more matching symbols from the leftmost reel on one of the 19 fixed paylines, with only the highest line win paid. I usually pick a stake between 10p and £5 per spin in the UK version, though the wider build runs from 0.10 to 75. From there it is about landing Blood symbols and bats together and letting multipliers stack.

The Count Slot RTP & Volatility

From a stats point of view, The Count sits on a default RTP of 96.36%, which is slightly above the market average, though operators can run lower settings such as 94.28%, 92.34% or even 86.19%. The hit rate hovers just over 31%, so in practice I tend to see a line win roughly every three spins, with the larger chunks of value coming when multipliers align.

The volatility is rated medium to high at four out of five, and it feels that way. Many sessions grind along on small card hits until a Bloody Wild or Epic Wild Bat lands with a meaningful multiplier. With both Expanded Bloody Wilds and bats capable of carrying values up to 500x and combining, the 12,500x cap looks realistic, though you do need the game to line up in your favour.

Final Verdict on The Count

After plenty of sessions, The Count slots neatly into Hacksaw Gaming’s darker catalogue for me. The monochrome cartoon style, bouncing characters and Halloween vibe give it a cheeky charm, while the Expanded Bloody Wilds and bat multipliers keep the gameplay sharp. It is not the most original layout from the studio, yet the mix of three distinct bonuses and a 12,500x ceiling keeps me coming back for another crack.