Pray for Three

The whole thing is in black and white, with a rubber hose style, inspired by the first American cartoons of the 1930s, such as those from Fleischer Studios or the early days of Disney. But here, this retro style is subverted to create a feeling of discomfort. We’re not in a cheerful cartoon, but in a kind of bizarre and slightly unhealthy dream, a bit of which we already had in the SixSixSix slot machine.

The two sisters in Pray For Three constantly appear on the screen, on either side of the reels. One, hands clasped as if in prayer, stares at the player. The other, suspended in the air like a fake little angel, holds a threadbare teddy bear, has tattoos on her arms, and displays a fixed smile accompanied by empty black eyes, without pupils. Their design is deliberately ambiguous: they seem cute at first glance, but something is wrong. The contrast between their childish appearance and the disturbing details creates a constant tension, a bit like Esther, if you’ve seen the film, that devil’s child with the face of an angel.

The soundtrack also plays a role, with a mix of squeaky jazz and gloomy cabaret, giving the impression of being stuck in a loop of a haunted cartoon, as creepy as the old music boxes where Grandma kept her jewelry. Added to this are the varied and sometimes contradictory symbols, designed to be disturbing without being outright shocking. In addition to the eerie visual ambiance, the multipliers offered by the Wheel of Sins and the three bonus features will surely interest players.

Now that you know where you’re going, let’s find out more about the features of Pray For Three. First, the grid includes 5×5 reels and 3,125 ways to win. The RTP is 96.33%, the volatility is high, and the two sisters can win up to 13,333x the maximum bet.

This extra feature, activated by Prayer Hand symbols, introduces combinable multipliers that can generate truly explosive wins.

Start by choosing your bet, which must be between $0.10 and $100 per spin. To win, you’ll need to align at least three identical symbols, from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel. Each winning combination of identical symbols will create a winning path. A diverse set of symbols allows you to win prizes of varying sizes. The crying girl, the sheep, the snake, the crow, and the cup can pay between 4x and 0.20x the bet. Lower-paying symbols like the tombstone, the hourglass, the whip, the candle, and the nails will pay between 0.10x and 0.30x the bet. A Wild symbol can also replace any symbol on the paytable. Each win triggers the cascade mechanic, which causes winning symbols to disappear and new ones to appear, potentially creating multiple wins in a row.

Pray For Three’s features are rounded out with the Total Win Bar, which collects all wins during each spin, the Wheel of Sin, which distributes multipliers, and three Free Spins bonuses with their purchase options.

Wheel of Sin

Located outside the main grid, the Wheel of Sin is activated during certain winning combinations and represents one of the most unpredictable dynamics of the game.

The wheel is divided into three sections, each with different types of multipliers. The first section can show additional multipliers of value: 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 10x, 25x, 50x, 100x, 200x or 333x. The second section includes the same additional multipliers but can also present multiplying multipliers, indicated with signs such as x2, x3, x4, x5, x10, x20 or x33. The third section, finally, is dedicated exclusively to multiplying multipliers, offering the same increasing values: x2, x3, x4, x5, x10, x20, x33.

The feature is activated by the presence of a Prayer Hand or Divine Prayer Hand symbol in a winning combination. When a Prayer Hand appears, it will display a number between 1 and 3, representing how many sections of the wheel will be activated.

After activation, the symbol itself and the other symbols involved in the win are removed from the grid, making room for new falling symbols. If another Prayer Hand appears during this cascade, the process can repeat. However, there cannot be more than one Prayer Hand symbol at the same time.

The Divine Prayer Hand symbol, on the other hand, has a special effect: it always activates all three sections of the wheel. When there are multiple multipliers on the Wheel of Sin, they are combined in order from left to right, and the resulting final value will be multiplied by the total accumulated in the win bar, thus defining the overall payout.

Wicked Ways Bonus

This bonus is triggered by landing 3 FS symbols in the base game and awards 10 free spins. The mechanics remain similar to the main game, but with more Prayer Hands and wild symbols appearing. During this bonus feature, FS symbols can reappear on reels 1, 3, and 5. Landing two additional symbols grants +2 free spins, while landing three grants +4 free spins.

Living On A Prayer Bonus

This bonus feature is activated with four FS symbols and also grants 10 free spins. It uses the same mechanics as Wicked Ways, with the following difference: it increases the chances of spawning Divine Prayer Hands, not including the classic versions.

Flames of Fortune Bonus

This requires 5 matching symbols to be triggered and also grants 10 free spins. In addition to following the basics of the Wicked Ways mode, this bonus guarantees a Divine Prayer Hand on each spin, while increasing the chances of seeing wild symbols appear.

Pray for Three vs. 4 different slots from provider Hacksaw Gaming

Bonus Buy

Several bonus purchase options are available. The BonusHunt FeatureSpins feature increases the chances of triggering a bonus by five times at a cost of 3x the stake per spin. The Hail Mary FeatureSpins feature, meanwhile, costs 50x the stake and guarantees a win accompanied by a Prayer Hand or Divine Prayer Hand on each spin. The Wicked Ways and Living on a Prayer bonuses can also be purchased directly for 100x and 225x the stake, respectively.

Pray for Three: Should We Follow These Girls to Hell?

Full of audacity and carried by two endearing and strange little girls at the same time, the Pray for Three slot machine from Hacksaw Gaming offers us a gameplay that is once again based on multiplier mechanics. You will have to succeed in taking advantage of the Prayer Hand and Divine Payer Hand which, combined with wins, activate up to three multipliers allowing you to potentially reach the maximum win of 13,333x the bet. It’s ultimately a formula that works quite well for the studio, a monochrome decor and effective features like we have been able to experience in previous Hacksaw Gaming titles.