Online Slot of the Year 2025

We present to you the 2025 Shortlist for the Online Slot of the Year award, sponsored by Imagine Live.

Greentube - Piggy Prizes™ Wish of Riches™ - Piggy Prizes™ Wish of Riches™ took the reels by storm with more than 565,000 unique players and 142 million rounds since its release in June 2024, culminating in a total GGR of €10.8m. The game stands out with feature-filled gameplay, meticulously crafted visuals and unique environments. With 15 individual reels filled with swords, genies and coin symbols, this slot offers exciting modifiers, a Free Games feature, and the chance to win four jackpots up to 1,000x the bet.

Wazdan - 36 Coins™ - Featuring a unique 36-reel format, 36 Coins™ eliminates traditional base game wins, focusing entirely on Bonus symbols and Bonus rounds. With Hold the Jackpot™, Sticky to Infinity™, and Cash Infinity™ features, it offers an exciting, immersive experience. The game's innovative design keeps players engaged, offering continuous anticipation with every spin. It has driven a 131% rise in GGR and a 139% increase in active players, proving its commercial success and wide appeal.

Swintt - Law of Gilgamesh - Featuring breathtaking visuals, engaging features and a cascading reels mechanic, this is one of Swintt’s most ambitious releases with players able to win up to 10,188.50 x the bet. Its appeal was immediately evident. Since its launch, Law of Gilgamesh has maintained its momentum, achieving a remarkable 271% increase in the number of rounds played compared to other Swintt titles and an impressive 535% uplift in its average conversion rate.

BGaming - Aztec Clusters - Aztec Clusters by BGaming and Casinolytics, is a data-driven slot game designed for streamers and players, which came as a result of analysing over 10,000 hours of casino streams. Data-driven insights into streamers' preferences resulted in the inclusion of features like Sticky Wilds and random hidden bonuses, such as Scatter, Booster, and Destroyer. Featuring innovative cluster-pay mechanics, high multipliers, and engaging bonuses, Aztec Clusters quickly became a hit. Within a week of its release, it ranked among the top 5 most streamed games, with over 170 streamers showcasing it and achieving 20 million minutes of total viewership. 

Habanero - Jump! 2 - Jump! 2 draws players into its world, making it not just a game, but an experience. The five-reel slot offers a minimum of 243 ways to win, which can climb up to 3,125 as players unlock the top and bottom reels when a joker symbol lands. The game is designed with player engagement in mind. With mega symbols, respins and a bonus round centred on sticky wilds, there’s plenty to appeal to both casual gamers and seasoned slot enthusiasts. The development team showed a commitment to enhancing the game post-launch, implementing updates and new features based on player feedback. 

Relax Gaming - Ancient Tumble - Ancient Tumble is Relax Gaming’s most feature-packed game in the entire Tumble series to date, featuring five free spins modes and a maximum prize of 10,000x. Ancient Tumble has performed exceptionally well since its release in June 2024, with a total of 775,082 unique players and more than 133,054,245 game rounds. During these game rounds, more than 6,580,496 free spins occurred, ensuring players picked up healthy wins whilst enjoying the game. The slot is currently live with 108 operators and 312 brands, whilst its 94% RTP variant is live with 146 operators and 378 brands. Ancient Tumble features a strong protagonist - beloved adventurer, Pencho Printz who engagingly interacts with the game, adding a layer of depth to its compelling narrative and immersive gameplay.

Light & Wonder - Squid Game: One Lucky Day - In collaboration with Netflix, Light & Wonder developed a slot based on the popular series, Squid Game: One Lucky Day. The game became the company’s second-best release since 2021, with 678,000 players across the UK and Europe and 55,000 players in its exclusive two-week launch with Bally’s. The game’s popular IP-inspired origins were a hit, redefining the possibilities of branded content in gaming by allowing players to experience the show’s iconic challenges.

Push Gaming - Razor Returns - Razor Returns is the much-anticipated sequel to Razor Shark, one of Push Gaming’s most popular and successful games of all time, notorious for its highly volatile gameplay. With 40 paylines and larger reel set for the action to play out on, the features and the 100,000x multiplier take the volatility and win potential of the original and elevate them to new heights. Razor Returns' accounted for 28% of all bets placed on Push Gaming titles throughout the entire 2023. This impressive performance secured its position as the studio’s second-best-ever performing game. It became the top-rated title ever with affiliate site Slot Gods, with BigWinBoard awarding the slot a perfect 10/10 score – its first ever. 

Play’n GO - Rich Wilde and the Tome of Insanity - With Rich Wilde and the Tome of Insanity, Play’n GO has built an instant classic combining an engaging narrative, renowned IP, intuitive gameplay and world-class audio/visuals into one blockbuster game. The 5x5 title elevates grid slots to another level, and builds upon the most legendary slots series in the world. Since launching, the game has become a hit across more than 30 regulated markets, and is set to enter Play’n GO’s list of highest performing games of all-time.

Yggdrasil - Valley of the Gods - Valley of the Gods has firmly established itself as a standout slot in Yggdrasil’s portfolio, captivating players across the EMEA region with its innovative gameplay and rich, immersive theme rooted in ancient Egyptian mythology. This game has consistently drawn high engagement and impressive player retention, making it one of Yggdrasil’s best-performing slots to date. The respin mechanic keeps players at the edge of their seats. The system of destroying blockers adds an extra layer of excitement, as players progressively clear the reel area to reveal potential for even greater rewards. The unique lives and win multiplier features bring additional excitement to the game.

The Online Slot of the Year award is sponsored by Imagine Live.

Imagine Live is a live casino game provider poised to entertain and captivate its partners' audience by bringing new playing experiences to classic games with innovative new features. The team offers a fresh take on some of the best premium live dealer games, such as Blackjack, Baccarat, Roulette, and game-show style content, such as "Robin The Fair" and ''Roulette Rouge''.