The Ripper (Skywind) – Review & Demo Play

The Ripper: Slot Overview

The Ripper runs on a 6-reel, 4-row engine with 4,096 ways to win. It leans medium volatile and ships with three RTP settings, topping out at 96.5%. Stakes range from 20p to 200 per spin, or you can pay 80x stake to buy free spins. The action plays out in Victorian London with moody audio and a butcher’s frontage by the grid. The maths holds up across long sessions, striking a balance between steady tumbles and punchy features.

Pays hit when at least three matching symbols land on adjacent reels from the left. When a win lands, the cascading wins mechanic removes those symbols, drops new ones into the empty spaces, and keeps rolling until no new wins appear. The setup sits in an archway on a cobblestone street, Big Ben looming in the distance. The tone is serious, with slashing animations and thick fog effects that make the theme feel heavy without going overboard.

Symbols and Paytable in The Ripper

Low pays are 10 to A royals, worth 0.4x to 1x the bet for six of a kind. Highs are a coil of rope, a blood-spattered coin, gloves, a ring, and a policeman, paying 1.5x to 5x for six. Wins need at least three adjacently from the left. Wilds, showing Jack the Ripper, land only on reels 3 and 4 and expand to fill the reel, helping build ways. Scatters trigger free spins when three to six land anywhere.

The Ripper Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Scatter
	3+	x6
	6	x10
	5	x5
	4	x3
	3	x2
	6	x6
	5	x4
	4	x2.5
	3	x1.2
	6	x5
	5	x3
	4	x2
	3	x1
	6	x3.5
	5	x2.5
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.7
	6	x3
	5	x2
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	6	x2
	5	x1.2
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.3
	6	x1.5
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.2
	6	x1.2
	5	x0.8
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	6	x1
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.8
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	Mystery
	Wild

The Ripper: Slot Features

Chaos Multipliers can attach to any symbol except scatters on reels 2 to 5 during the base game. Values range from x2 to x5. If more than one multiplier sits in a winning way, the values are added together for that payout. When a winning symbol carries a multiplier, another multiplier is added to a symbol on the next cascade. Multipliers apply only to the combination they’re on, so hits without a tag pay as normal under the ways system.

Wilds land on reels 3 or 4 and expand to cover the full reel, making long ways possible. In the base game they cascade off when used in a win. Killer Mystery Symbols can drop 2 to 5 at a time on reels 2 to 5. They do not cascade off; they stick through the sequence and reveal the same symbol on each step, never wilds or scatters. This pairing can set up chunky chains when the grid cooperates.

Free spins drop in when 3, 4, 5, or 6 scatters land, awarding 10, 15, 20, or 25 spins, with retriggers adding 5, 10, 15, or 20 more. The round starts with x2 Chaos Multipliers on the reels, and once used, the next one to land comes in at +1 higher, capping at x10. Expanding Wilds do not cascade off during free spins, and if a multiplier tags a wild, it increases by +1 on each cascade. Mystery symbols are active as well.

The Ripper: Slot Verdict

Once I settled in, The Ripper grew on me. The atmosphere is heavy and serious, but the combo of Chaos Multipliers, cascades, full-reel Expanding Wilds, Killer Mystery Symbols, and a scaling free spins round gives it a proper engine. The RTP ranges mean it depends on where you spin, while the medium volatility keeps the pace reasonable. It won’t shock for gore, and it doesn’t try to. It plays like a measured horror slot with enough bite to keep sessions engaging.