Evil Eyes: Slot Overview

People often say the eyes are the windows to the soul. If that’s the case, then the spirit lurking inside Hacksaw Gaming’s slot, Evil Eyes, feels like a grim, swirling fog of pure dread—set up by the short intro line, ‘The Shade has trapped you in their gaze, and for you there is no escape.’ If you’re not sprinting to the bathroom in panic and are instead tempted by the idea of pairing a jolt of horror with online slot play, then Evil Eyes could be your kind of game. Alongside unsettling visuals, the gameplay brings the tension too, thanks to mechanics like the Evil Spread, plus bonus rounds—Wicked Night and The Graveyard.

Evil Eyes clearly belongs to the shadowier corner of Hacksaw Gaming’s catalogue, sitting near titles like Rotten, Hand of Anubis, and Dark Summoning, to name a few. A skull-faced presence—presumably The Shade—looms beside the reels in a cold blue, foggy cemetery filled with twisted trees and gravestones. It’s classic spooky material, something Hacksaw Gaming regularly excels at, and it’s a stark contrast to the cute, playful style the studio can also deliver, like the Canny the Can games and similar releases.

When Evil Eyes starts up, a meter showing 4 H’s out of 5 suggests medium-high volatility. After loading in, the paytable lists the RTP, with the top possible return at 96.24%, although alternative, lower RTP versions also exist. Next comes the bet setup, where stakes range from 10 c to $/€100 per game round, and five bonus buys are only a click or two away. Built on a 5×5 gaming grid, Evil Eyes uses a ways-to-win format, offering a total of 3,125 ways to form winning combinations.

The five greyed, smudged icons act as Evil Eyes’ low-paying symbols, while the higher-value set includes skeletons, crows, wolves, spiders, and a character symbol. Landing 5 OAK of low symbols pays 0.5 times the bet, while 5 matching premium symbols return 0.8 to 4 times the bet. There may be no wilds to help build wins, but the game does feature Evil Eye symbols—quite literally.

Evil Eyes: Slot Features

The sinister toolkit in Evil Eyes includes The Evil Eye symbol, the Evil Spread, Wicked Night, Wicked Epic Drop, The Graveyard free spins, and bonus buys.

The Evil Eye and the Evil Spread

Whenever the Evil Eye symbol lands underneath a winning symbol, it sets off the Evil Spread feature. To begin, the Evil Eye highlights every symbol involved in the win. Then it points up, down, left, or right, and the win spreads all the way to the edge of the grid in that direction, replacing symbols along the route with the winning symbol. If the Evil Spread passes over the Evil Eye, the Evil Eye turns into the winning symbol. If the Evil Spread triggers to the right, there’s a chance it activates again downward. The Evil Eye symbol can only land on the middle reel, and only one may appear at any given time.

Wicked Night

Landing 3 scatter symbols in the base game starts this feature with 3 lives to begin with. During Wicked Night, the grid contains only non-paying symbols, Evil Eye symbols, and multiplier scatters. Each time an Evil Eye lands, it looks up, down, left, or right, gathering every multiplier symbol in the direction it stares. These multiplier symbols are then added to the reel multipliers shown above the grid. Evil Eyes may land anywhere, and more than one can appear at once. If an Evil Eye looks at another Evil Eye, it reveals an adding multiplier that applies to all reel multipliers above the grid. Every spin uses up one life, but hitting a new Evil Eye resets the count. Once all 3 lives are used without a reset, the reel multiplier totals are paid out. Multiplier symbols may be additive at x1 to x100, or multiplicative at x2 to x10.

Wicked Epic Drop

This feature can randomly trigger at the beginning of any base game spin. When it happens, the game jumps into the Wicked Night feature for a single spin only. That spin guarantees at least 3 Evil Eyes and 4 multipliers, and at least 1 multiplier will be collected.

The Graveyard

Landing 4 FS scatter symbols grants 10 The Graveyard free spins. In this mode, low symbols that have contributed to a win and were spread via the Evil Spread are removed from the reel strips for the remainder of the round. Hitting 2 FS scatter symbols adds +2 free spins, while landing 3 FS scatters awards +4 extra free spins.

Bonus Buy

Evil Eyes offers five bonus buys:

• BonusHunt FeatureSpins – 3x the bet, each spin is 5 times more likely to trigger a bonus game.
• I Spy With My Evil Eye FeatureSpins – 50x the bet, at least 3 Evil Eyes and 4 multipliers land. At least 1 multiplier will be collected.
• An Eye For An Evil Eye FeatureSpins – 50x the bet, guarantees a win that an Evil Eye lands on every spin.
• Wicked Night – 100x the bet.
• The Graveyard – 200x the bet.

Evil Eyes: Slot Verdict

Evil Eyes throws a lot into the mix. It’s like a bubbling cauldron of familiar concepts, fresh twists, and unsettling eyeball imagery, all combined to rattle unsuspecting players. It’s funny how certain mechanics spark memories, and Evil Eyes brought to mind Chaos Crew through the Wicked Night round, Cursed Crypt with its spreading behaviour, and even Octo Attack thanks to the Ink Stain-style feel. Players will likely make their own comparisons too. As is typical for Hacksaw Gaming, it’s not simply recycling ideas—the studio reshapes them into something that still feels different, and while there are nods to older games, none of them are quite the same as Evil Eyes, making it worth a look for fans of the developer.

And again, in true Hacksaw Gaming style, Evil Eyes can go off without warning. The fact that the 12,500x max win is available in all game modes shows just how brutal its features can be. Much of the time it manages this without leaning on a multiplier system (outside of the Wicked Night section), instead focusing on flooding the grid with premium symbols through the Evil Spread mechanic and then connecting them via thousands of ways to win. A lot depends on where the spreading symbols start and which direction the Evil Spread chooses. Sometimes it heads somewhere unhelpful and the result is minimal. Other times it sweeps across a large chunk of the grid. Wicked Night can feel slightly detached from the rest, but since it’s built around the Evil Eye’s gaze, it still ties in reasonably well while adding extra substance to the overall package.

In the end, Evil Eyes is yet another polished Hacksaw Gaming release—one that respects what came before, while pulling players (willingly or not) into darker, more unsettling new ground.