Stack a reel, freeze it wild, and chase up to 45 free spins
When a reel fills with a matching high-value symbol, it lights up and turns fully wild on the following spin. Multiple reels can go wild on the same turn, boosting the chance of a big payout.
Landing 3 or more polar bear symbols across different reels triggers the free spins round. Collecting up to 20 scatter symbols can award as many as 45 free spins.
The more scatter symbols that land during the feature, the more free spins are added, starting at 10 spins for 3 symbols and climbing with each extra hit.
The Ice Princess is the top-paying regular symbol, awarding up to 500 times the line bet when enough of her appear on a payline.
Wild symbols substitute for every other symbol except the bonus scatter, helping complete winning lines across the 50 paylines.
Coin values in Icy Wilds range from 0.50 up to 1000.00, letting you scale your stake across the 5 reels and 50 paylines.
Launch a spin and watch for stacked high-value symbols, which can flip an entire reel wild for the next turn.
Landing 3 or more polar bear symbols across different reels triggers the free spins bonus.
Collect more scatters during the feature to boost your free spins total, up to a maximum of 45 free spins.
Icy Wilds builds its free spins round around the polar bear scatter symbol, which needs to land on 3 or more different reels to get things started. From there the payout scales with how many scatters show up: three scatters bank an initial 10 free spins, and every additional scatter after that adds more spins on top, with a maximum haul of 20 scatters translating into a headline-grabbing 45 free spins. During the base game, stacked symbols are the other engine driving the action — when a high-value icon fills an entire reel, that reel is marked to turn fully wild on the next spin, and because more than one reel can be primed this way at once, the feature can stack multiple wild reels together for outsized wins.
IGT’s Icy Wilds arrived at a time when many providers had leaned heavily on their existing hit libraries rather than pushing out fresh titles. Icy Wilds stood out as a genuine new release from one of the industry’s established names, even if IGT’s games have historically prioritized mechanics over flashy visuals. This one at least makes an effort on the presentation front, wrapping its 5-reel, 50-payline setup in a snow-and-aurora aesthetic that plays like a nod to the Frozen-style winter fantasy look.
The reel set mixes standard card royals (10 through Ace) with an icy cast of snow leopards, snow owls, ermine, crowns, pendants, and rings, topped off by the Ice Princess as the game’s premium symbol worth up to 500x the line bet. Wilds substitute for everything except the bonus scatter, and the game’s signature trick is letting stacked symbols freeze an entire reel into a wild reel for the next spin — sometimes across multiple reels at once. Pair that with a free spins round that can climb as high as 45 spins once enough polar bear scatters show up, and Icy Wilds delivers a medium-to-high volatility experience built around chasing those bigger wild-reel moments.
The game runs instantly in any modern browser on desktop and mobile, with coin values stretching from 0.50 up to 1000.00 to suit a wide range of betting styles. It’s not a game that reinvents the wheel visually, but the stacked wild mechanic and generous free spins ceiling make it a solid pick for players who enjoy IGT’s typical bonus-heavy design philosophy.
Icy Wilds runs on 5 reels with 50 fixed paylines, giving plenty of ways to line up wins on every spin.
Landing 3 or more polar bear scatter symbols across different reels starts the free spins bonus, which can award up to 45 free spins depending on how many scatters appear.
When a reel fills with a stacked high-value symbol, it’s marked to turn completely wild on the next spin. More than one reel can be primed this way at the same time, increasing the odds of a big win.
The Ice Princess symbol pays the most, awarding up to 500 times the line bet when enough of them land on a payline.
Yes, Icy Wilds runs instantly in any modern browser on desktop, Android, and iOS devices without any extra downloads.
Coin values in Icy Wilds range from 0.50 up to 1000.00, allowing for a wide spread of betting options.
Icy Wilds free play is for entertainment only. If gambling is a problem, call the National Problem Gambling Helpline at 1-800-GAMBLER. Must be 18+ to play.