720 ways, both directions, and a bonus that makes you earn it.
Siberian Storm Slot Strategy: 720 Ways That Pay Both Ways
The short answer
Siberian Storm is an IGT MultiWay Xtra game on an unusual 3-4-5-4-3 hexagonal grid: 720 ways paying both directions plus stacked symbols and stacked wilds on the middle reels. It's a legitimately high-volatility machine — the free spins trigger less often than similar games, so sessions are defined by how long you can afford to wait.
In this article
Siberian Storm looks wrong the first time you see it: five reels in a 3-4-5-4-3 hexagon instead of a rectangle. That shape powers IGT's MultiWay Xtra system — 720 ways to win, paid left-to-right AND right-to-left, with the white tiger stacking symbols across the middle reels.
Why 'both ways' isn't double the fun
Paying both directions effectively doubles hit frequency compared to a one-way 720-way engine, but IGT compensated with a noticeably steeper trigger requirement for the free spins: the scatter-eyed tiger eye bonus needs symbols in specific positions, and it shows up less often than bonuses on comparable games. Net result: constant small action in the base game, and a bonus you'll wait for.
- Stacked wilds live on reels 2, 3 and 4 — the middle of the hexagon — so the biggest screens come when stacks converge there.
- Both-ways pay means wins from either edge; watching only the left reels misreads half the screen.
- The trigger is genuinely rare by design: budget for 150-250+ spins per expected bonus, not the 50-80 of friendlier games.
Free spins are the payoff
The bonus awards 8 initial free spins with retriggers, played on a richer reel set where the stacked tigers do more damage. Because the trigger is expensive to reach, the round is weighted to pay: a good bonus covers many base-game cycles of losses, which is the whole Siberian Storm proposition.
As always: RNG memory is zero. The storm isn't brewing because it's been quiet — it doesn't know the weather.
