The Dog House – Royal Hunt Slot Review

Introduction to The Dog House Royal Hunt

I have followed this Muttley Crew since the original The Dog House landed in 2019, and The Dog House Royal Hunt fits straight into that line-up. Pragmatic Play has taken the pooches to an idyllic countryside setting in a Victorian style, dressing them up as blue-blooded aristocrats. The result is a playful royal hunt where monocle-wearing Rottweilers and tweed-clad Dachshunds hold court on the reels.

The Dog House Royal Hunt plays on a 5x3 grid with 20 paylines that pay from the leftmost reel. Bet levels run from 0.20 up to 240 per spin, so it suits penny players and high rollers alike. High volatility keeps things tense, and the top RTP hovers around 96.5 percent. With an advertised max win of 8,000 times the bet, the multipliers can really pay off.

Theme, Gameplay, & Payouts in The Dog House Royal Hunt

Everything in The Dog House Royal Hunt leans into a tranquil royal atmosphere. The action takes place on lush green meadows dotted with flowers, butterflies and bounding bunnies, while a fairy-tale castle looks down from a hill in the distance. The warm soundtrack has a familiar ring if you have played the earlier games, giving the whole thing a cosy, feel-good flavour rather than a stiff court drama.

Under the cute exterior, the gameplay in The Dog House Royal Hunt sticks close to the first game. Wins land when three or more matching symbols hit on adjacent reels from left to right, paying between 1.25x and 37.5x for five of a kind. Multiplier wilds up to 3x sit on the three central reels, so a single good spin can spike the paytable without any bonus round in sight.

Symbols and Payouts in The Dog House Royal Hunt

The paytable in The Dog House Royal Hunt carries eleven regular symbols and two specials, wild and bonus. At the low end you get 10, J and Q paying from 0.1x up to 1.25x the bet for five of a kind, with K and A nudging that up to 2.5x. Mid-tier icons are the Bowl of Bikkies and the Collar, worth up to 5x and 7.5x the stake.

Premium symbols are the aristocratic dogs with coloured frames. The yellow dog pays up to 10x, the red dog up to 15x, the green dog up to 25x and the blue top dog delivers 37.5x the bet for five across a line. I like how the paytable updates dynamically with your stake, so it is easy to befriend it and see exactly what each combination is worth.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x37.5
	4	x7.5
	3	x2.5
	5	x25
	4	x5
	3	x1.75
	5	x15
	4	x3
	3	x1.25
	5	x10
	4	x2
	3	x1
	5	x7.5
	4	x1.25
	3	x0.6
	5	x5
	4	x1
	3	x0.4
	5	x2.5
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.25
	5	x2.5
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.25
	5	x1.25
	4	x0.25
	3	x0.1
	5	x1.25
	4	x0.25
	3	x0.1
	5	x1.25
	4	x0.25
	3	x0.1
	Scatter
	Multiplier

The Dog House Royal Hunt Slot Bonus Features

Bonus action in The Dog House Royal Hunt revolves around wild multipliers and free spins, just as regulars will expect. The Dog House itself is the wild symbol, appearing only on reels two, three and four. On every spin all wilds on the same reel share a random 2x or 3x multiplier. When a wild helps form a win, that value applies, and if several wilds join the same payline they are added together.

The bonus symbol is a paw print landing on the odd-numbered reels. When three appear, you get 5x your bet and the free spins feature. At random, if bonus symbols can move down one row without leaving the screen, the reels nudge and a respin plays, which often helps land the missing symbol. Before the round starts, a 3x3 grid spins, each cell awarding one, two or three free spins.

Adding up all nine cells gives between nine and twenty-seven free spins in The Dog House Royal Hunt. During the feature, any wild that lands on reels two to four becomes sticky, keeping its 2x or 3x multiplier until the end. Scatters do not appear so you cannot retrigger. There is a feature buy menu offering standard free spins for 100x or Royal free spins for 500x with 10x and 20x sticky wilds, though not for UK players.

Bonus Buy Feature

Free Spins Pay 100x total bet to trigger the FREE SPINS feature with 3 BONUS symbols.
Feature Cost:	x100 Bet
RTP:	96.51%
Volatility:	-
Royal Free Spins Pay 500x total bet to trigger the ROYAL FREE SPINS feature.
Feature Cost:	x500 Bet
RTP:	96.51%
Volatility:	-

How to Win at The Dog House Royal Hunt Slot

Winning in The Dog House Royal Hunt is straightforward, which I like when the volatility is this high. You need at least three matching symbols on adjacent reels starting from reel one across one of the twenty fixed lines. I tend to pick a bet level that lets me ride out the swings, then lean on the multiplier wilds and sticky wild free spins rather than chasing every buy feature.

The Dog House Royal Hunt Slot RTP & Volatility

On the numbers side, The Dog House Royal Hunt comes with a default RTP around 96.5 percent, though some operators use reduced settings of roughly 95.5 or 94.5, so I always check the info screen. Volatility is rated very high, with a hit frequency of 28.82 percent and free spins averaging once every 179 spins. The official max win stands at 8,000 times your bet.

The Final Thoughts on The Dog House Royal Hunt

I came away from The Dog House Royal Hunt feeling like I had spent time with an old friend in a fresh outfit. Mechanically it is close to a reskin of the original, with the same multiplier wilds and sticky wild bonus, but the royal countryside theme carries plenty of charm. Dogs in ruffs and top hats, a castle backdrop and the familiar soundtrack combine into a very inviting slot.

From a grinder's perspective, the game leans hard on those sticky wild multipliers during free spins, so you either land a strong cluster or you are left with scraps. The Royal free spins option with 10x and 20x wilds looks tasty on paper but the 500x price tag and the fact you cannot trigger it naturally mean it suits deep-pocketed bonus buyers. For me, the regular mode already gives enough tail-wagging moments.

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