The Wolf’s Bane (NetEnt): Overview

With Spinsane still fresh in our minds, we loaded up The Wolf’s Bane and hoped for a more respectable take on the Canis Lupus clan. Thankfully, the visuals are miles ahead of Spinsane, and the game’s straightforward design feels like a welcome breather after reviewing the far more complex Conan slot.

As you’ll see, The Wolf’s Bane is built from familiar, long-proven components, from the industry-standard 5×3, 10-payline setup to the features and even the werewolf theme. Put simply, originality takes a back seat in favour of basic, easy-to-grasp, and enjoyable video slot gameplay that most players can jump into. Or does it deliver? We’ll find out. With stakes ranging from 0.10 up to €/$100 per spin, this low to medium variance, 96.74% RTP NetEnt title includes a Pick & Click bonus offering instant prizes of up to 50x. It also comes with a free spins round where you’ll play with standard wilds, plus expanding, spreading, and multiplier wilds.

Set in a medieval village tormented by werewolves, the atmosphere is dark and unsettling. Dominated by grey tones, the background shows crumbling houses, empty streets, and lifeless trees, while eerie music and distant howls crank up the tension. On the transparent reels, you’ll find blood-splattered J to A royals along with 4 higher-paying characters: a nurse, a gravedigger, a clairvoyant woman, and a scarred soldier. The soldier is the top payer, awarding 50 times your stake for five across a full payline. The man mid-transformation (therianthropy) acts as the wild – it can land on all reels and substitutes for all regular symbols.

The Wolf’s Bane (NetEnt): Features

There’s just one base-game feature in The Wolf’s Bane – the Pick And Click bonus. It triggers when the Bonus symbol, shown as a man holding a crossbow, lands on reels 1, 3 and 5. After that, you pick one of the three bonus symbols, which then reveals a cash prize ranging from 5x – 50x.

Next up is the Free Spins feature, activated by the full moon scatter symbols –  landing 3, 4, or 5 anywhere on the reels awards 10, 20, or 30 free spins respectively. When it starts, you’ll be taken to the Wild Board screen showing 4 wild types: Regular Wilds, Expanding Wilds, Spreading Wilds, and 2x Multiplier Wilds.

A selector then moves randomly between the wild options until you press the ‘stop’ button. When you do, it locks in and highlights one wild type to be used throughout the free spins round. During free spins, an overlay wild symbol appears at random on reels 1-3 on every spin and behaves according to the chosen wild feature. Unfortunately, you can’t land a full screen of wilds and the 2x multiplier wilds don’t multiply each other. On the plus side, the free spins feature can be retriggered in the same way it’s activated, with no cap.

The Wolf’s Bane (NetEnt): Verdict

If it isn’t obvious by now, The Wolf’s Bane is essentially a reskin of another NetEnt slot called Wild Wild West which is, frankly, a bit of a let-down. With that out of the way, there isn’t a great deal to dissect. What you get with The Wolf’s Bane is a good-looking, uncomplicated, and fairly entertaining low to medium variance slot that often seems to deliver wins around 50-100x during the free spins round.

Because it’s so straightforward and since the maximum win tops out at 100x per payline and 500x overall, this isn’t one for purists or anyone chasing massive, adrenaline-fuelled hits. If you want a slot that’s useful for wagering or offers solid value through longer play time, The Wolf’s Bane is a strong pick.