Fat Santa

The Brothers' take on Fat Santa

Fat Santa is the Push Gaming Christmas slot that turned into a cult classic. A literal Santa wild that grows from 1×1 up to 5×5, covering the entire grid, fed by collecting pies dropped from his sleigh. Yes, really.

Five reels, five rows, 50 paylines, North Pole visuals with reindeer, snowmen, and elves as the high-paying symbols. The signature mechanic is the Growing Santa Wild: at random during base play, Santa flies across the screen on his sleigh and drops Christmas pies on the reels. The pies act as wilds, but they also count toward a Santa Wild meter — every five pies collected grows the Santa Wild by one position, from a starting 1×1 size to a maximum 5×5 (covering the entire grid). Three Santa Sleigh scatters trigger free spins, where the wild collection accelerates.

Default RTP is 96.45% (with a 94.15% lower variant — verify before you sit). Volatility is medium-high. Max win caps at 10,223× the stake — solid for the volatility level. Bet range is unusually narrow for a modern slot: 25¢ to €/$25. This was Push Gaming's first Buy-A-Bonus slot, with the bonus-buy priced at 80× the stake.

The Brothers come back to Fat Santa specifically for the Growing Santa mechanic. There's something genuinely funny about watching a 5×5 Santa cover the entire grid and pay out across every line on the screen at once. The 10,223× cap is reachable through a fully-grown Santa hitting during free spins. The €25 bet ceiling is restrictive for high-stakes players but matches the slot's casual character.

The Brothers' takePush Gaming's silliest mechanic and one of their best slots — Growing Santa is the rare Christmas slot we'd play in summer.