Honey Hunters (Print Studios) – Review & Demo Play

Honey Hunters - Slot Overview

I approached Honey Hunters as a 5x3, 243 ways game from Print Studios that mixes a stone giant setting with a hive full of features. Stakes run from 0.10 to 100, and volatility sits in the mid to high bracket. The base play uses ways pays on consecutive reels, starting left. What pulled me in is the Honey Forge sitting beside the grid, the honey-coated wild behaviour, and a bonus path that lets a single premium symbol dominate free spins while you climb stages.

Symbols and Paytable in Honey Hunters

On the paytable, lows are the blue, yellow, orange, and purple flowers. Five of a kind with any flower pays 0.4x the bet. Highs are character-led premiums: Stinger Steve, Aphid Alan, Petal Paladin, Nectar Nomad, and Cardinal Chief. Hitting five premiums pays from 1x up to 20x. Wins land when three or more match on adjacent reels from the leftmost position, as the 243 ways model ignores fixed paylines. Payouts shown in the prize table reflect the stake you set.

Any symbol covered in honey acts as a wild, standing in for all pays, and wild winning ways carry the same value as the top premium. The Bee Scatter is the bonus trigger and can deliver its own prizes on larger counts, up to 100x for five, while three or more launch free spins. What ties it together is the spreading mechanic on wilds that hold a premium inside, as those can replicate the matching symbol across random positions.

Honey Hunters Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x20
	4	x10
	3	x2
	2	x1
	5	x10
	4	x2
	3	x1
	5	x2
	4	x1
	3	x0.8
	5	x1.5
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.4
	5	x1
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	Wild
	5	x20
	4	x10
	3	x2
	2	x1
	Scatter
	5	x100
	4	x20

Honey Forge in Honey Hunters

Symbols carrying honey feed the Honey Forge meter on the left, filling one feature button at a time. When a button fills, I can press it to activate that feature at the cost of the saved honey. Only the most recently filled button is available, and anything already collected towards the next button remains. Every Honey Forge feature is priced at 1x the bet to activate, which makes timing matter when you are edging towards a stronger setup.

The available buttons can be a Spreading Feature with a guaranteed wild plus one to four spreading frames, standard free spins, or free spins with Petal Paladin, Nectar Nomad, or Cardinal Chief active. I like banking honey through base play, then firing the button when the meter reaches a tier that suits my plan. That agency gives the base game purpose while you wait for scatters, since a well-timed Spreading Feature spin can set the board up beautifully.

Free Spins and Spreading Feature in Honey Hunters

Three or more Scatters trigger the free spins. In this mode, only one premium symbol type appears on the reels, which tidies up the hit profile. By collecting honey during the bonus, you move through stages. Each new stage adds four extra spins and upgrades the premium that is present, so the higher faces take over as you advance. It feels like climbing a beehive, with the pay table improving step by step as the meter fills.

When a wild lands in free spins, you get plus one spin and the Spreading Feature triggers. The wild leaves a spreading frame where it landed for the rest of the current stage. Any wild that holds a premium inside can spread a random number of that premium across the grid. If a spread reaches a spreading frame, extra matching symbols are added as well, letting the window for a big way win open wider with each interaction.

In practice, this ramp-up mirrors what I felt in base play when a spreading setup hit. With only one premium in circulation, the board can snowball fast, and the frames help hold momentum across spins within a stage. It is a clean loop where you collect honey, level up, add spins, and chase the top symbol upgrade. When it clicks, those 243 ways light up in a very direct, satisfying pattern that keeps the feature lively.

Wheel Feature in Honey Hunters

During base play, collecting honey can randomly trigger the Wheel Feature. The wheel spins and respins as long as it lands on a sector with a prize to highlight. When it stops on a blank, all highlighted prizes are paid. Possible prizes include Honey added to the Honey Forge meter, with a Max outcome filling it completely, Coins that award their value times the bet, and Spreading Frames that award a Spreading spin with a guaranteed wild and active frames.

RTP, Volatility & Max Win in Honey Hunters

Honey Hunters runs on a medium to high volatility model with a max win of 10,000x the bet. The return varies slightly with progress, landing between 96.09% and 96.61% depending on your Honey Forge state, with a commonly quoted 96.55% level in standard play. The setup is a 5 reel, 3 row machine that uses 243 ways to win. Stakes span 0.10 to 100 per spin, and the ways system pays for matches on consecutive reels from the left.

If you prefer straight access, the Feature Bet lets you buy the free spins for 80 times the total stake. That option carries an RTP of 96.4% in the quoted material. I used it when the meter sat low and I wanted a crack at the one-premium setup without waiting on Scatters. Otherwise, base play has enough texture through honey collection, wild spreading and the wheel to justify grinding towards a preferred Honey Forge button.

Honey Hunters – Slot Verdict

I rate Honey Hunters as a respectable foray into 243 ways from a studio that likes to mix math and flavour. The progressive honey meter gives me agency over when to fire features, and the one-premium bonus can snowball when frames start stacking. It did not blow the doors off for me, yet the package is polished and the 10,000x cap keeps the ceiling interesting. When patience meets timing, this sweet machine can pour on proper moments.