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FrançaisTaco Brothers Saving Christmas Slot
ELK's festive follow-up keeps the 243 ways and 1,500x cap of the original, then lifts the hit frequency to 30.0%. Snow falls on Santa Maria, Captain Diaz prowls, and the brothers run from reel to reel in the Wild Escape Bonus Game.
Taco Brothers Saving Christmas Demo
Count how often wins land, because that 30.0% is the clearest difference from the first game. Once the Wild Escape Bonus Game starts, see what Captain Diaz and the Señorita actually do to the brothers.
What Saving Christmas adds to the Taco Brothers formula
Numbers first: three spins in ten pay here, against 24.0% in Taco Brothers, on the same 243 ways. The rest of the change is seasonal, with Santa Maria under gentle snow, and ELK says its graphics team spent at least 146 hours on the festive dressing.
ELK describes the game as designed Mobile First, so a phone is a sensible place to try the demo. The demo build publishes no rules file, and where ELK's web page and data sheet stay silent, this review does too.
Taco Brothers Saving Christmas game data
| Studio | ELK Studios |
|---|---|
| Released | Nov 2016 |
| RTP | 96.4% |
| Volatility | 7 of 10 |
| Max win | 1,500x bet |
| Hit rate | 30.0% |
| Bet range | 0.10–50 EUR |
| Grid | 5 reels |
| Ways to win | 243 |
| X-iter™ | No |
| Free demo | Yes |
Volatility is 7 of 10 on ELK's web page and 4 of 10 on its older data sheet, so use the headline as a guide; both sources rate this game one point above the original. The 96.4% RTP is a theoretical long-run return, and a single session can stray far from it.
How Taco Brothers Saving Christmas plays
You choose a bet from €0.10 to €50, and the game pays across 243 ways on 5 reels. ELK's summary lists Wilds, running Wilds, multipliers, respins and free spins, though it attaches no trigger to any of them.
The destination is the Wild Escape Bonus Game, where ELK's story has the brothers saving as many tacos as possible while running from reel to reel.
The festive features, from ELK's own description
ELK publishes a story and a one-line summary, and these entries go no further.
Wild Escape Bonus Game
In ELK's telling, Paso, Pepe and Pico try to save as many tacos as they can, running from reel to reel. That is where the story and the reels clearly meet. The page names no trigger, payout or length for the bonus, so those stay unstated. In the demo, note how the brothers move and what seems to count as a saved taco.
Captain Diaz and the Señorita
The bonus has a villain and a rescue built in. Captain Diaz lurks, eager to put the brothers behind bars, while his daughter unlocks them whenever she can. How often either happens, and what a locked brother costs you, is not published. Read this as the story ELK tells, then let the demo show how much of it reaches the reels.
Wilds and running Wilds
Both sit in ELK's feature summary, with running Wilds named separately from the ordinary kind. Given the reel-to-reel running in the story, it is tempting to assume the brothers are those running Wilds, but the page never says so. The first game's page also lists sliding wilds, which this summary leaves out, so do not assume the two games match on every detail.
Respins, free spins and multipliers
All three appear in ELK's summary and nowhere else, with no counts, values or triggers attached. One contrast with the first game's page: it ties respins to extra chances of entering the bonus, and this page makes no such claim. The link may well carry over, but nothing here confirms it, so check it in the demo before treating it as fact.
What a 30.0% hit rate and a 1,500x cap mean here
With RTP almost level with the original's, at 96.4% against 96.3%, more frequent hits imply a smaller average win per hit. That need not mean smoother sessions, since both of ELK's sources rate this game a point higher on volatility.
The cap stays at 1,500x, which ELK's data sheet gives as 150,000 coins, or €75,000 at the highest €50 stake. The RTP is also the best figure in this guide, shared with Wild Toro, which launched the same month.
Where this game sits in the Taco series
Taco Brothers came first, in September 2015, and matches this game on ways and cap while hitting less often. This sequel arrived in November 2016, again with no X-iter. A third game, Taco Brothers Derailed, came out in June 2022 with X-iter and is still waiting for its page here.
Taco Brothers Saving Christmas pros and cons
What works
- 96.4% RTP, level with the highest in this guide
- A 30.0% hit frequency, the highest of any game covered here
- A full winter makeover of Santa Maria, if seasonal art appeals
- Minimum bet of €0.10, and ELK built it Mobile First
What to watch
- The 1,500x cap is unchanged from the original and the joint lowest here
- Frequent hits come with a smaller average win, given the near-identical RTP
- Two published volatility ratings make the game's character hard to judge on paper
Who should try Taco Brothers Saving Christmas
Try it if you want wins landing more often and a seasonal skin, and do not mind learning the details by watching. Pass if you would sooner read exact rules first, or want a cap above 1,500x.
Taco Brothers Saving Christmas questions answered
What RTP does Taco Brothers Saving Christmas have?
It is listed at 96.4% on ELK's data sheet. That number is a theoretical return over the long run, not a forecast for a session.
How big can a win get in Taco Brothers Saving Christmas?
Wins stop at 1,500x the bet, which ELK lists as 150,000 coins. Reaching that cap should not be expected.
Can I try Taco Brothers Saving Christmas for free?
Yes. Play credits stand in for money in the free demo on this page.
How does the Wild Escape Bonus Game start?
ELK's sources for this game do not say what triggers the Wild Escape Bonus Game, and this page does not guess.
How is it different from the original Taco Brothers?
It keeps 243 ways and the 1,500x cap, adds a winter theme, raises hit frequency from 24.0% to 30.0% and lifts RTP from 96.3% to 96.4%.
