Out of the Woods launched on 9 July 2026. The theme is a group of campers dressed in animal costumes, lost in a dark forest and trying to find a way out while owl-worshipping cultists close in. It is funnier than it sounds. The carved wooden grid, glowing owl totems, and hooded characters give it personality that most Pragmatic Play releases skip.
The mechanic is the main reason to play. Wild multiplier stacks can cover entire reels. Each winning combination moves the stack down and adds new, higher-value wilds to the top. The values keep climbing with every respin. In the free spins, each new stack that lands starts where the previous one left off rather than resetting. Medium volatility, 96.52% RTP, 10,000x max win.
Out of the Woods at a Glance
| Feature | Detail |
|---|---|
| Provider | Pragmatic Play |
| Release Date | 9 July 2026 |
| Grid | 5x4 |
| Paylines | 25 fixed |
| RTP | 96.52% (top), 95.46%, 94.53% |
| Volatility | Medium |
| Min Bet | €0.25 |
| Max Bet | €250 (€1,250 with Ante Bet) |
| Max Win | 10,000x |
| Bonus Buy | 100x (Free Spins), 500x (Super Free Spins) |
| Feature Buy | 10x (guaranteed Wild Stack per spin) |
| Ante Bet | 5x stake, 13x more likely to trigger free spins |
The Theme
Five campers in bear, deer, and bird animal costumes are trying to escape through a dark forest. Totems with glowing owl eyes sit on either side of the grid. Pay symbols are the campers at the premium end and survival gear at the lower end: axes, knives, ropes, and lanterns alongside card royals. The humour is in the characters and the situation, it is not trying to be genuinely scary.
How the Stacked Wild Multiplier Works
This is the mechanic that drives Out of the Woods. Wild multipliers only ever land as a full stack that covers the entire reel, all four rows. They cannot land as single symbols.
When a stack first lands, the multiplier values from bottom to top are 1x, 2x, 3x, and 4x.
Respins and Climbing Values
Any winning combination where the wild stack is present awards a respin. During the respin, the entire stack moves down one or more positions. New wild multipliers appear at the top of the stack, each with a value increased by 1x for every position the stack moved down.
So if the stack moves down one position: the 4x slot at the top becomes 5x, a new wild appears above it at 5x (or higher depending on positions moved). If it moves down two positions, two new wilds appear at the top, each increasing by 2x.
The stack keeps moving down and adding higher-value wilds at the top for as long as winning combinations keep appearing on each respin. The multipliers keep climbing.
The Gold-Rimmed Wild
A special gold-rimmed wild can appear anywhere in the stack. When it reaches the bottom row of the reel and another winning combination fires, the stack does not move down one position, it jumps between two and ten positions. All the new wilds revealed at the top carry multipliers increased by that many steps. One gold-rimmed wild hitting at the bottom with a long jump can push the top multiplier values significantly higher in one move.
Multiple Stacks
More than one wild stack can be on the grid at the same time. When multiple stacks contribute to the same winning combination, their multipliers apply separately to that win.
Free Spins
Triggering
Three to five scatter symbols trigger the free spins:
- 3 scatters: 10 free spins
- 4 scatters: 15 free spins
- 5 scatters: 20 free spins
Landing 3-5 scatters during the feature awards 10-20 more spins.
How the Stacks Work in Free Spins
The first wild stack that lands starts at 1x-4x, same as the base game. But here is what changes: when a new stack lands after the first one, it does not start fresh from 1x-4x. It starts from the highest multiplier value that was achieved during any previous stack or respin in the feature, placed at the top of the new stack.
The values do not reset between spins. Each successive stack in the feature picks up where the last one left off at its peak and climbs from there. A feature with multiple stacks across many spins builds multiplier values progressively throughout the entire round.
Super Free Spins
The 500x bonus buy delivers Super Free Spins, where the first wild stack starts at 10x at the bottom and goes up to 13x at the top. From there, the same progressive climbing mechanic applies, wins move the stack down, new wilds appear at the top with higher values, each new stack starts from the peak of the previous one.
Starting at 10x-13x instead of 1x-4x means the multiplier values are in significantly stronger territory from the first stack that lands.
Bonus Buy and Feature Options
| Option | Cost | What You Get |
|---|---|---|
| Ante Bet | 5x per spin | 13x more likely to trigger free spins |
| Super Spin (Feature Buy) | 10x stake | Guaranteed Wild Stack on every spin (free spins cannot trigger) |
| Free Spins Buy | 100x stake | Direct entry into the free spins bonus |
| Super Free Spins Buy | 500x stake | Free spins starting with a 10x-13x stack |
At €0.25 minimum the 100x buy costs €25 and the 500x Super Free Spins buy costs €125. The Ante Bet at 5x per spin takes the minimum effective stake to €1.25.
The Super Spin Feature Buy at 10x guarantees a wild stack on every spin but blocks free spins from triggering while it is active. It is a pure base game multiplier climbing session without the bonus route.
RTP and Volatility
Top RTP is 96.52%, one of Pragmatic Play's stronger rates in their July 2026 releases. Three settings available: 96.52%, 95.46%, 94.53%. Check which version your casino runs.
Medium volatility with 25 fixed paylines means base game wins arrive at a regular rate. Small wins from payline combinations are common. The interesting sessions happen when a wild stack lands during a hot run and the multipliers keep climbing through several consecutive respins, particularly when the gold-rimmed wild fires and jumps the stack several positions at once.
Max Win
10,000x your bet. At €0.25 minimum that is €2,500. At €250 max bet it reaches €2,500,000.
The route there runs through the free spins with multiple progressive stacks building across the round, the gold-rimmed wild triggering large jumps multiple times, and the top-of-stack multiplier values reaching a level where a solid payline win becomes a very large combined payout.
Our Verdict
Out of the Woods has a mechanic worth paying attention to. The stacked wild system with values that climb through respins and then carry into the next stack during free spins creates a genuine progression feeling, each good run builds on the previous one rather than starting from scratch. The gold-rimmed wild adding a random jump element means the progression is not purely linear.
A solid slot with a clear idea behind it.