What's Up? Witches Slot Review — NetEnt

This is a Specifications Review based on official pre-release data from NetEnt. We have not yet had hands-on time with a playable demo. This article will be updated with a full score and gameplay analysis when the game officially launches on May 14, 2026.

Between Acing Exams and Crushing Demons, the Average Tuesday Is a Total Nightmare

NetEnt brings a fresh, irreverent energy to the fantasy slot space with What's Up? Witches, a game built around three teenage witches — Isadora, Sage, and Sabrina — juggling high school survival with battling the Great Darkness consuming their city, all while keeping their social media game strong. Beneath the playful premise sits a mechanically dense feature set built around the Arcane Feature, a nine-spell chain reaction Wild system, and a Free Spins round powered by nine Magic Orb features and multipliers reaching up to 100x. The exclusive release window opens May 7, 2026, with wide release following on May 14.

Key Specifications & Features

Based on official pre-release data from NetEnt.

Core Gameplay: The Arcane Feature and Nine Spells

The Arcane Feature is the primary base game mechanic, built around nine distinct Spell types that can appear on the reels during the initial spin. Up to three Spells can appear on a single spin, each positioned on the main grid. Grimoire symbols on the horizontal reel activate Spells within their reach — a Normal Grimoire activates only Spells on adjacent reels and triggers a chain reaction outward, while a Super Grimoire activates all Spells on the reels simultaneously regardless of position.

When a Spell activates it transforms into a Wild symbol, also converting surrounding symbols into Wilds according to its specific pattern. The nine Spell types each cover a different area of effect — Simple (position only), Vertical (above and below), Horizontal (left and right), Plus-pattern (all four adjacent positions), Downward (entire column below), Upward (entire column above), Omni-directional (all adjacent positions), Rightmost (all positions to the right), and Leftmost (all positions to the left).

Wilds affected by activated Spells gain a +1 multiplier, becoming 2x Wilds, and can increase further up to a maximum of 3x. Multiple Wild multipliers on the same bet way are multiplied together. Bet ways consisting entirely of Wild symbols are only paid when the Wild chain runs all six reels from leftmost to rightmost.

Free Spins: Magic Orb Features and Climbing Multipliers

Four or five Scatter symbols anywhere on the reels award 10 or 15 Free Spins respectively, played on a 5x5 grid. During Free Spins, multiplier values of 1x, 2x, 5x, 10x, 20x, 50x, and 100x can land on the reels, and one of nine Magic Orb features activates randomly each spin to manipulate those multipliers.

The nine Magic Orb features are: Doubler (randomly doubles 3 multipliers), Collector (collects 2–6 multipliers), Upgrader (upgrades 3 multipliers by 1), Compressor (sums multipliers on a line and places the total on the last position), Adder (adds a random value up to 200x to 3 multipliers), Generator (places 3 new multipliers with values up to 500x on empty positions), Convertor (finds the highest adjacent multiplier value and converts five positions to that value), Sweeper (removes all 1x multipliers from the reels), and +3 Spins (awards three additional free spins).

Feature Access: Elevate Options

Four Elevate purchase options are available for eligible jurisdictions. Bonus Hunt at 3x bet increases the natural Free Spins trigger rate. Arcane at 10x bet activates the Arcane Feature directly. Free Spins at 100x bet skips straight to the Free Spins round without requiring a base game trigger. Arcane + Free Spins at 300x bet activates the Arcane Feature first and then forces 4 or 5 Scatters to appear, guaranteeing entry into 10 or 15 Free Spins.

Next Steps for This Review

What's Up? Witches arrives as one of the more mechanically ambitious NetEnt releases in recent memory — nine Spell types with distinct Wild conversion patterns, a chain reaction Grimoire system, and nine Magic Orb features all operating within a single title. Key questions heading into launch are what the RTP and volatility profile look like, how frequently the Super Grimoire fires relative to the Normal Grimoire, and how the Magic Orb Generator and Convertor features interact when high multiplier values are already present on the grid. Full gameplay analysis and a final score will follow the May 14, 2026 launch.