| Feature | Fire Joker (2016) | Fire Joker Freeze (2021) |
|---|---|---|
| RTP | 96.15% | 96.18% |
| Max Win | 800× | 1,000× |
| Max Multiplier | ×10 | ×20 |
| Wild Symbols | 1 (Fire Joker) | 2 (Fire + Ice Joker) |
| Re-Spin Types | 1 (Fire only) | 2 (Fire + Ice) |
| Wheel Tiers | 1 tier | 4 tiers |
| Volatility | Medium | Medium |
| Grid | 3×3 | 3×3 |
| Paylines | 5 | 5 |
Fire Joker Freeze vs Fire Joker — What Changed in 5 Years
Fire Joker (2016) was one of Play'n GO's biggest hits. Fire Joker Freeze (2021) keeps the same 3×3 grid, same 5 paylines, same fruit symbols — but adds an Ice Joker wild with her own respin feature and upgrades the multiplier wheel from one tier to four. Here is exactly what changed and what stayed the same.
The original Fire Joker had one wild and one respin type. Fire Joker Freeze adds the Ice Joker — a second wild that, on a non-winning spin, expands to fill her entire reel and triggers a respin. This single addition changes the flow of the game. You now have two separate paths to the Wheel feature, and the Ice Joker path can skip you to higher tiers. In the original, reaching the Wheel required a full screen of matching regular symbols. In Freeze, Ice Joker stacks on the triggering spin push your starting tier up — potentially landing you directly on Tier 4 where ×6, ×10, and ×20 multipliers sit.
If you played Fire Joker and wanted a bit more potential on the multiplier side, Freeze delivers that. The max win went from 800× to 1,000× and the wheel multiplier doubled from ×10 to ×20. The trade-off is minimal — RTP is nearly identical (0.03% higher), volatility is the same, and the base game feels very similar. The Ice Joker respin adds a feature that triggers more often than Re-Spin of Fire, which means the base game has less dead air. For players who liked the original, Freeze is a strict improvement with no real downside.