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THE CHRISTMAS CHART 2023 Fig 1 shows our top 20 new Christmasthemed casino games , limited as per last year ( and our Halloween / Easter charts ) to the top title per studio . Games are ranked by distribution across all pages of 3,000 operators globally .
Overall , we considered 523 Christmas titles , of which 141 were launched this year . A bumper festival again , compared with the 111 releases in 2022 and 98 the year before . For Pragmatic Play , it ’ s its 2021 Big Bass Christmas that tops the chart from Invading Vegas released this year from Play ’ n GO . But it ’ s not just the usual suspects as Booming Games , Relax Gaming and Endorphina also make the cut .
A third of our Christmas performers were new releases , thus back catalogues made up the majority as per last year . Our second chart ( Fig 2 ) looks exclusively at the new Christmas-themed games , where the six from Fig 1 are joined by some fresh gifts .
It ’ s heartening to see some new names such as SpinPlay Games and Max
Win Gaming alongside old favourites like Greentube and Inspired Entertainment .
The most prolific developer of Christmas slots is still Spinomenal . Its product pipelines are well aligned to the calendar , launching both new seasonal titles and variations of existing games . Games Global is also well represented , while Wazdan doubled down on its Christmas Editions strategy , taking it into third spot .
There ’ s plenty of diversity within the Christmas theme itself , from rock stars to aliens . This year ’ s special mention goes
Fig 1 : Christmas Chart 2023 Fig 2 : Christmas-themed games 2023
Game ( Studio )
Christmas Big Bass Bonanza ( Pragmatic Play )
Year launched
2021 1
Rank
Game ( Studio ) |
Rank |
Sugar Rush Xmas ( Pragmatic Play ) |
1 |
Invading Vegas : Las Christmas ( Play ' n GO ) |
2 |
Invading Vegas : Las Christmas ( Play ' n GO ) |
2023 |
2 |
Secrets Of Christmas ( NetEnt ) |
2020 |
3 |
Holly Jolly Bonanza ( Booming Games ) |
2023 |
4 |
Jingle Bells Power Reels ( Red Tiger ) |
2020 |
5 |
Xmas Drop ( Hacksaw Gaming ) |
2023 |
6 |
Amazing Link Christmas ( SpinPlay Games ) |
2023 |
7 |
Buffalo Power Christmas ( Playson ) |
2021 |
8 |
Holly Jolly Bonanza ( Booming Games ) |
3 |
Xmas Drop ( Hacksaw Gaming ) |
4 |
Amazing Link Christmas ( SpinPlay Games ) |
5 |
Jingle Balls ( Nolimit City ) |
6 |
Jingle Bells Bonanza ( NetEnt ) |
7 |
Sweet Candy Christmas ( 1X2 Network ) |
8 |
Team Santa Power Combo ( Aurum Signature Studios ) |
9 |
Fishin ' Christmas Pots Of Gold ( Gameburger Studios )
9 Gifts Of Christmas Epic Strike ( Aurum Signature Studios )
2022 9
2022 10
Cops ' N ' Robbers Big Money Christmas ( Inspired Entertainment ) 10 A Christmas Full Of Wilds ( Greentube ) 11 Million Christmas 2023 ( Red Rake Gaming ) 12
Stay Frosty ( Betsoft Gaming ) 2021 11 Piles Of Presents ( Just For The Win ) 2022 12 Jingle Balls ( Nolimit City ) 2023 13 Christmas Bonanza ( Big Time Gaming ) 2022 14
Santa ' s Big Bash Megaways ( Iron Dog Studio )
2021 15
Sweet Candy Christmas ( 1X2 Network ) 2023 16 Fat Santa ( Push Gaming ) 2020 17 Book Of Santa ( Endorphina ) 2020 18
Fiona ' s Christmas Fortune ( Gold Coin Studios )
2022 19
Santa ' s Stack ( Relax Gaming ) 2021 20
Fishin Frenzy Christmas ( Blueprint Gaming ) |
13 |
Christmas Catch ( Big Time Gaming ) |
14 |
Rock Star Santa Multimax ( Yggdrasil ) |
15 |
Wild Wild Bass 2 Christmas Special ( Stakelogic ) |
16 |
Wild Santa 3 ( Spinomenal ) |
17 |
Book Of Yuletide ( Quickspin ) |
18 |
Christmas Multihops ( Max Win Gaming ) |
19 |
Santa ' s Puzzle ( Endorphina ) |
20 |
Midas Golden Touch Christmas Edition ( Thunderkick ) |
21 |
Christmas Krampus Wonder 500 ( SG Digital ) |
22 |
Cleopatra Christmas ( IGT ) |
23 |
Stampede Rush Speedy Santa ( RubyPlay ) |
24 |
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