Novomatic Slots & Casino Games
Novomatic has added 6 new releases to the SlotRanker catalogue over the past 90 days, bringing the studio's indexed total to 64 slots. The portfolio returns an average of 94.3% to player across its full lineup. Recurring themes across the studio's output include Fantasy, Fire and Fruit, reflecting where the team most often invests its creative effort. Top-paying titles can reward up to 7,814x stake when their flagship features fire at full strength.
In brief
Novomatic: casino-floor discipline recast through books, coins and hold-and-win grids
Novomatic is an Austrian gaming-technology group whose slot identity was built on land-based machines before extending into digital distribution. The current catalog pairs that traditional reel discipline with feature-heavy releases such as Rock and Riches: Hold and Win, Book of Flames Extra, Jackass Gold Hold & Win, Bonsai Gold 2: Age of Prosperity and Poseidon's Realm.
Wilds, scatters, bonus games and fixed jackpots remain central, while hold-and-win and Hotfire variants define much of the newer output.
Curated picks·20 of 64 games
Best Novomatic Games
| Slot | Score | RTP | Volatility | Max Win |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rock and Riches: Hold and WinNovomatic | 74 | 96% | High volatility | x5000.00 |
 Book of Flames ExtraNovomatic | 69 | 96% | — | x7500.00 |
 Jackass Coins Hold & Win Buy BonusNovomatic | 64 | 94% | High volatility | x1388.00 |
 Jackass Gold Hold & WinNovomatic | 63 | — | Medium volatility | x1346.00 |
 Bonsai Gold 2: Age of ProsperityNovomatic | 63 | 94.02% | High volatility | x5000.00 |
 Poseidon's RealmNovomatic | 62 | 94.05% | High volatility | x7814.00 |
 Bonsai Gold Hold and WinNovomatic | 62 | — | — | x5000.00 |
 Colossus FortuneNovomatic | 62 | — | — | x5000.00 |
 Phoenix Hotfire XpandNovomatic | 61 | 94% | — | x3000.00 |
 3 Merry Pines Hold and WinNovomatic | 61 | 94% | — | x5000.00 |
- NovomaticRTP96%Max Winx5000.00High volatility
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- NovomaticRTP94%Max Winx1388.00High volatility
- NovomaticRTP—Max Winx1346.00Medium volatility
- NovomaticRTP94.02%Max Winx5000.00High volatility
- NovomaticRTP94.05%Max Winx7814.00High volatility
- NovomaticRTP—Max Winx5000.00
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- NovomaticRTP94%Max Winx3000.00
- NovomaticRTP94%Max Winx5000.00
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Novomatic: casino-floor discipline recast through books, coins and hold-and-win grids
- Specialization: land-based gaming technology and reel slots adapted for modern digital casinos.
- Recognizable games: Book of Ra heritage alongside Book of Flames, Jackass Gold and current hold-and-win releases.
- Core mechanics: fixed jackpots, bonus games, free spins, expanding symbols, lock-and-spin and hold-and-win grids.
- Release model: established slot families return through Symbol Select, Hotfire, Xpand and hold-and-win editions.
- Catalog character: direct, machine-like and grounded in fixed-line casino-floor design even when features become denser.
Character
- Land-based DNA. Reel clarity and immediately legible paytables remain visible beneath the newer bonus layers.
- Persistent families. Book, Hotfire and hold-and-win naming turns familiar structures into long-running product lanes.
- Jackpot emphasis. Fixed prize tiers and coin-collection rounds appear across much of the current selection.
- Conservative core. Novomatic generally extends traditional slot math instead of rebuilding it around clusters or cascades.
History and positioning
Johann Graf founded Novomatic in Austria in 1980. From that base, the company grew into a multinational supplier of gaming machines, video lottery terminals, systems and casino operations, with locations in about 50 countries and equipment exports reaching more than 130 countries.
Its slot reputation was established on physical casino floors through enduring games such as Book of Ra, Sizzling Hot, Lucky Lady's Charm and Dolphin's Pearl. Digital distribution developed through Greentube, allowing familiar reel formats and expanding-symbol bonuses to move online.
The SlotRanker catalog reflects a later phase: fewer bare-bones conversions and many more hold-and-win, Hotfire, Symbol Select and jackpot variations. The presentation has evolved, but the mechanical lineage remains easy to trace.
Known games
Flagship lines
Hold and Win
Jackass Gold Hold & Win, Bonsai Gold Hold and Win, 8 Bullets Hold and Win and Pirate Queen Hold & Win show how extensively Novomatic applies the coin-locking format. Theme changes provide variety while the grid-based collection structure stays familiar.
Book games
Book of Flames, Book of Flames Extra, Book of Flames Multichance and Book of Ra Symbol Select extend the company's expanding-symbol heritage. New modifiers adjust selection or bet structure without discarding the recognizable book-bonus framework.
Hotfire
Phoenix Hotfire Xpand, Devils Hotfire Xpand, 10 Devils Hotfire and Three Hotfire use fire imagery as a wrapper for classic symbols, feature expansions and jackpot play. It is a product family defined as much by cabinet-style branding as by theme.
Classic digital lane
Irish Coins (Greentube), Coin Spinner (Greentube) and Mega Chance preserve the directness of Novomatic's older reel design. They provide a useful contrast with the denser branded feature packages in the newer catalog.
Mechanics and product systems
- Hold and Win: coin or value symbols lock on a separate grid while respins attempt to fill additional positions.
- Expanding symbol: book-style free spins designate a symbol that can expand across complete reels.
- Symbol Select: newer book and ocean-themed releases add player-facing or randomized symbol selection to established bonus structures.
- Hotfire and Xpand: these wrappers add expanding behavior, feature tiers or jackpot framing to conventional reel math.
- Fixed jackpots: named prize levels recur across coin collection and bonus-game formats.
Market influence
Novomatic is not simply an online slot studio; it is a major international gaming-technology group whose machine business predates the commercial online-casino era. That scale gives its digital games a casino-floor lineage that smaller digital-only providers cannot readily reproduce.
Its strongest market influence lies in durable formats: clean fixed-line reels, expanding-symbol book bonuses and straightforward gamble or jackpot structures. The current hold-and-win catalog shows the company adapting to contemporary lobby demand without abandoning that heritage.
Questions & Answers
Novomatic FAQ
Novomatic is best known for its land-based gaming heritage, Book of Ra, Sizzling Hot and a broad family of classic reel and book-style slots.
Johann Graf founded the Austrian company in 1980.
Hold-and-win grids, fixed jackpots, bonus games, free spins, expanding symbols and Hotfire variants dominate the current selection.
Its digital slot distribution developed through Greentube, carrying established machine formats and brands into online casinos.