Evil Eyes (Hacksaw Gaming) – Review & Demo Play

Evil Eyes Slot Overview

Staring into Evil Eyes, I got that hair‑raising graveyard vibe straight away: a cool blue mist, gnarled trees, and The Shade lurking by the reels. The slot runs on a 5x5 grid with 3,125 ways to win, paying on adjacent reels from the left. The meter points to medium‑high volatility, about 4/5, which fits how the game swings. The default RTP shows 96.24%, though ranged models exist, so I always check the info page. Stakes run from 10p up to £100 per spin.

Max potential lands at 12,500x the bet in every mode, so the ceiling feels very real when the grid fills with premiums. A hit rate around 29% kept base play ticking along for me, with stretches of nothing broken by bursts when the Eye did its thing. There are no wilds, which puts more weight on positioning and the spread mechanic. It’s a darker Hacksaw piece for sure, yet the maths keeps it engaging rather than punishing between features.

Evil Eyes Slot Information

Evil Eyes uses smudgy stone‑like low pays and five premiums: skeleton, raven, wolf, spider, and the main character. Five of a kind lows pay 0.5x, while five premiums land between 0.8x and 4x the bet. Wins form from the leftmost reel on adjacent reels, needing at least three matching. The FS scatter handles entry to bonuses. I liked how clean the ladder feels; values look small on paper, yet the spread can blanket a board and turn middling hits into proper payers.

There are no wild symbols at all, which is unusual on a 3,125‑ways engine. Instead, the Eye insert takes centre stage and does the heavy lifting when it lands beneath a win. I found the difference stark: without the Eye, you’re on tidy, steady lines; with it, those same symbols swell across the matrix. That contrast keeps the base game interesting while you wait on scatters or a random drop to spice things up.

Evil Eyes Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x4
	4	x2
	3	x1
	5	x1.5
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	5	x1.5
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	5	x0.8
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.3
	5	x0.8
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.3
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.1
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.1
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.1
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.1
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.1
	Scatter

The Evil Eye and the Evil Spread Mechanic in Evil Eyes

When the Evil Eye lands under a winning symbol, The Evil Eye and the Evil Spread Mechanic fires. The Eye highlights the win, then looks up, down, left, or right and spreads that symbol to the edge, replacing everything in its path. If the spread crosses the Eye, it converts too. When it points right, there’s a chance it activates again downward. Only one Eye can appear, only on the middle reel, and it can’t land on the top row.

Wicked Night in Evil Eyes

Wicked Night pops when three scatters land, starting me with three lives on special reels. Only blanks, Evil Eyes, and multiplier scatters show up. Each Eye gazes in one direction and collects every multiplier in its line of sight, stacking values to reel multipliers above the grid. Multiple Eyes can land at once, which is where things get spicy. If an Eye stares at another Eye, it reveals an adding value that applies across all reels in one go.

Adding multipliers range from x1 up to x100, while multiplying multipliers come as x2 to x10, and the lot can snowball when several paths cross. Every time an Eye collects something, lives refill to three, so momentum really matters here; spins with no collection knock a life off. When the count runs out, the feature totals the reel multipliers and pays bet multiplied by that sum. It’s a collector, but the gaze mechanic gives it a fresh edge.

I’ve had rounds that fizzled when Eyes looked the wrong way, and others that went off when two gazes overlapped and fed all reels. The difference is night and day. It doesn’t need wilds or line wins here, just good drops and angles. Because it can hit hard, I tend to lower stakes before chasing it, then let the refilling lives carry the run if the first collects land. It’s tense, punchy, and well worth a trigger.

Bonus Buy Feature

BonusHunt FeatureSpins
Feature Cost:	x3 Bet
RTP:	96.36%
Volatility:	Extra
I Spy With My Evil Eye FeatureSpins
Feature Cost:	x50 Bet
RTP:	96.26%
Volatility:	High
An Eye For An Evil Eye FeatureSpins
Feature Cost:	x50 Bet
RTP:	96.28%
Volatility:	High
Wicked Night
Feature Cost:	x100 Bet
RTP:	96.36%
Volatility:	High
The Graveyard
Feature Cost:	x200 Bet
RTP:	96.26%
Volatility:	Extra

The Graveyard in Evil Eyes

The Graveyard arrives with four scatters for 10 free spins. During this bonus, any low symbol that has been in a win and spread by the Eye is removed from the strips for the rest of the round, thinning the pack and letting premiums breathe. Extra scatters can top up spins: two add +2 and three add +4. When this cooks, the board cleans up nicely across later spins, and those 3,125 ways feel a lot more meaningful.

Wicked Epic Drop and Bonus Buy in Evil Eyes

Wicked Epic Drop can randomly trigger at the start of a base spin, switching the screen into a Wicked Night layout for a single go. You’re guaranteed at least three Evil Eyes and four multipliers, with at least one collected, and there are no lives to manage. After the tally, play jumps back to base. It’s a sharp jolt that breaks up sessions, and I rate it for showing the collector flavour without needing scatters.

If you’re outside the UK, the Bonus Buy menu offers five picks: Bonushunt FeatureSpins at 3x bet; I Spy With My Evil Eye at 50x with at least three Eyes and four multipliers; An Eye For An Evil Eye at 50x with a guaranteed win and Eye; Wicked Night at 100x; and The Graveyard at 200x. I dip into the 50x options when I want constant Eye action; the 200x is spicy but aimed at purists.

Evil Eyes Slot Verdict

Evil Eyes is a proper witch’s cauldron of mechanics: a board‑blanketing spread in base, a gaze‑driven collector, and a symbol cull in free spins. It can explode out of nowhere, with 12,500x on the cards in any mode, yet much rides on where the Eye lands and which way it looks. Sometimes it misfires; other times it paints half the grid. For my money, the mix hits the mark, and the theme ties it all together.