Thunder Screech Slot Review

Thunder Screech: Slot Overview

Thunder Screech drops me straight into Play'n GO's outdoor fantasy, a slice of North American countryside bathed in autumn light. The 5 reel, 3 row, 10 payline layout sits between totem poles and rustling trees, with birds of prey circling above and a hint of Native American mysticism. It feels like one of those rural places where you can actually hear your thoughts while the reels keep ticking over.

For me, Thunder Screech is very much a peaceful slot rather than an all out screamer. You can play it on any device, staking anywhere from 10p up to 100 quid a spin, and the medium rated maths model suits that laid back setting. It is not a brutal high variance grind, yet the mix of features means there is still enough bite when the game wakes up.

Max win, RTP and Information for the slot Thunder Screech

In numbers, Thunder Screech keeps things simple. You get 5 reels, 3 rows and 10 fixed paylines, with a minimum bet of 0.10 and a maximum of 100 per spin, so it fits both cautious sessions and more ambitious moods. The default RTP sits at 96.20 percent, though operators can tweak it, while volatility comes in at a medium 6 out of 10 and top wins reach 5000 times stake.

There are four different wild symbols in the slot Thunder Screech

In Thunder Screech the paytable leans heavily on the woodland theme. The low paying symbols are 10, J, Q, K and A carved from nailed together planks, while the premiums are a beaver, otter, badger, fox and raven, each perched in a wooden frame with one to five feathers marking their values. Landing five of a kind premiums pays from ten to seventy five times your stake, which feels generous for a 10 line setup.

The wilds in Thunder Screech come as carved thunderbird totems that only land on reels two, three and four. A regular wild shows a W on its belly, while Thunder Wilds arrive branded with 1x, 2x or 3x and carry the multipliers that drive the game. All wilds stand in for regular symbols apart from the dream catcher scatter, which appears on reels one, three and five to trigger the bonus round.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x75
	4	x15
	3	x7.5
	5	x50
	4	x10
	3	x5
	5	x30
	4	x6
	3	x3
	5	x20
	4	x4
	3	x2
	5	x10
	4	x2
	3	x1
	5	x3
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.3
	5	x3
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.3
	5	x2
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	5	x2
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	5	x2
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	Scatter
	Wild

When the free spins end, the respins kick in on Thunder Screech

When I land scatters on reels one, three and five in Thunder Screech, I know the free spins feature is coming. Three dream catchers award five free spins, and every wild is upgraded to a Thunder Wild for the duration. On each free spin at least one Thunder Wild is guaranteed to drop in, so the screen rarely feels empty, and you are almost always lining up multipliers for the next part of the bonus.

Once the free spins in Thunder Screech run out, the feature does not stop if Thunder Wilds are still sitting on the reels. Instead the game shifts into respins, with those birds sticking in place until their multipliers climb from x1 to x3 and then fly off. It can turn five free spins into a much longer stretch of action, though scatters never appear during these features, so you cannot retrigger extra spins.

Thunder Screech: Slot Features

In the base game Thunder Screech leans on its wild mechanics to keep things moving. At random, the Call feature can swoop in and drop between five and nine extra wild symbols onto the central reels. Wins are counted after the birds land, so if the timing lines up with a strong setup of premiums, that single spin can carry the kind of hit you usually only see in a bonus round.

The Strike feature in Thunder Screech is where the multipliers really start to sing. Triggered at random, it upgrades every regular wild in view into a Thunder Wild, each starting with a x1 multiplier. These special wilds stick for respins and climb to x3 before dropping off. When more than one Thunder Wild joins the same winning line, their values add together, so lining up three of them can reach a tidy x9.

From my sessions, Thunder Screech can drift along for stretches, then suddenly spark when Call and Strike collide with the free spins. Medium volatility means you do not get the brutal dead streaks some Play'n GO titles throw at you, yet the sticky Thunder Wilds still have teeth. When you stack a few multipliers and see premiums framed across those 10 paylines, the slot proves it has more to offer than simple filler.

Thunder Screech: Slot Verdict

For me, Thunder Screech sits in that sweet spot between switch off spins and full on adrenaline. The calm woodland artwork, the slightly grumpy animals and the steady 10 line setup make it a slot I reach for when I want a session that still has potential without wrecking the balance. Sticky Thunder Wild multipliers and those extended respins keep it interesting enough that I rarely feel short changed.

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