Aviamasters X-Mas review: the aviamasters xmas edition a year on

Seasonal editions usually earn a shrug: repaint the board, put a Santa hat on the logo, ship before the first snow. BGaming did precisely this for Aviamasters on December 1, 2025, and that refusal to touch anything else turned out to be the smartest decision of the release. Ten and a half months later the aviamasters xmas edition sits exactly where it started — a faithful holiday reskin of the original crash hit, with the same low-volatility heartbeat underneath the snow. Our verdict is short: if you already know the series, the Season edition changes nothing about your results, only about your view from the cockpit. If you are new, start with the original or head straight for the sequel; the winter version will still be waiting in December.

Now the criteria worth checking in any seasonal release.

What actually changes: Santa, a sleigh, and ice instead of rockets

One formal swap carries the whole skin: the red plane gives way to Santa and his sleigh, stacked with presents, and the aircraft carrier deck becomes a landing ice floe. The flight path stays random and unreadable; the multiplier counter still ticks above the sleigh; a clean landing sweeps every collected number into your balance, while a splash into the water ends the round. There is no cash-out, no rescue button, no negotiation with the RNG.

The list of mechanics that carried over untouched is short, which is exactly why it matters:

• the additive +1, +2, +5, +10 pickups and the ×2, ×3, ×4, ×5 multipliers on the flight path;
• ice obstacles that cut the accumulated balance in half — a dressed-up twin of the original's rockets;
• the pop-up celebrations at ×20 (Big), ×40 (Mega) and ×80 (Super Mega) in a single round;
• four viewing speeds with the walking-icon default in second gear;
• the movable Spin button and full mobile optimization.

Everything else is scenery. Snow, gift boxes, snow-capped islands under the flight line — pleasant, seasonal, harmless. Players coming from hundreds of rounds in the original recalibrate in one flight, because "rocket halving" and "ice halving" are the same reflex under different paint.

The math sheet: same numbers, different paint

Here is the part worth reading slowly. The official X-mas sheet holds five numbers: RTP 97%, volatility Low, maximum multiplier ×250, maximum win €250,000, and a "hit rate" of 2 with no stated unit — BGaming does not spell out what the 2 counts, so read "every second round pays" only with that caveat attached. Every one of those figures matches the original game dated July 2, 2024. The press release does not even try to argue otherwise; it leans on the sameness.

The practical translation: your expectation in the aviamasters xmas edition is identical to the original game, no festive RNG adjustments, no December generosity. Some readers will hear that as a disappointment. The rest will recognize it as the point — predictability is the product. Note what the Season does not have, because the sequel introduced it later in March 2026: boosters, a buy bonus, an island finish.

Live data backs the framing. On BGaming's Players Hub, the 7-day live RTP for X-mas read 95.90% as of October 21, 2026, against a monthly top win of €182,217 paid at a ×250 multiplier. For reference, the original game has been observed at 93.85% in weekly windows on the same hub and at 93.35% across 21,078 tracked rounds on the gamstat tracker. Same declared ceiling of 97%, same below-declaration weekly dip, same slow drift back up. The winter skin rode the identical curve.

The family tree and its knockoffs

By winter 2025 the Aviamasters brand had grown loud enough that major operators launched their own adaptations — BGaming's anniversary release documents Shuffle's "Happy Bird" and RainBet's branded version, alongside half a million social mentions a month. Seasonal releases sit at the center of that gravity: they get searched by predictable December queries, and predictable queries attract fakes describing the mechanic with enthusiasm and error.

The two-step filter is the one we keep repeating in family vs knockoffs: check the publisher line on the game screen for BGaming, and open the demo through the provider's own network site. Any "aviamasters xmas" page promising predictors, winter signals or a guaranteed Santa landing is not the Season edition — it is somebody else's storefront with somebody else's rules. The studio behind all of this is covered in its own material — read who makes it for the full picture: one developer, one network, no mysterious co-author.

Spec sheet: three games side by side

The asterisks are not decoration: BGaming publishes no official bet ranges, and the starred rows are affiliate-reported figures that we treat as reviewer data, not facts. Everything else on the table traces back to the official pages.

Read the table in both directions. Horizontally, X-mas is v1 with shifted aesthetics — same cap, same low profile, same water-loss share. Vertically, you can see the family's route: the sequel did not reroute the flight, it added layers above a preserved core. That is why the question "which one for December — the Season or the sequel" now sounds different from "which one — original or X-mas". The version differences deserve their own comparison: a seasonal variation and a mechanical evolution are different weight classes.

What the Season cannot do that the sequel can

Two entries, both significant. First: no purchase mode. The round guarantee sold in Aviamasters 2 as the 50x buy bonus simply does not exist in X-mas — the winter game inherits v1 math with no buy mechanics at all. That also means no guaranteed landings and no separate purchase-mode RTP. Players arriving from the sequel looking for the "Activate Bonus" button will keep looking; it was never on this screen.

Second: boosters. The four sequel mechanics — the multiplier-pulling Magnet, the rocket-clearing Laser Gun, rocket-immune Nitro and the water-rebound Life Buoy — appear in neither of the two older games. If you like the idea of a round where a collected symbol changes the trajectory itself, the sequel is the only address.

Verdict: who should keep flying the Season route

The math is a mirror of v1, so the decision comes down to three arguments for and one against. Atmosphere: if winter scenery appeals to you year-round, X-mas works in June as well as in January, because it returns the identical game dressed differently. Orientation: for a first-time player the seasonal edition teaches nothing faster than the original; the snow-covered landscape builds no transferable habits worth keeping. Availability: Season appears in significantly fewer lobbies than the two permanent versions — many BGaming operators carry only the original and the sequel and rotate the winter game in around December, so check the specific lobby rather than the provider list. Our operator shortlist covers where the X-mas edition runs, with the caveats spelled out.

Compressed to a line: the aviamasters xmas edition is a quality skin with an honest "we touched nothing" attitude, built for three reader profiles. Those tired of the original get novelty on screen without relearning anything. Those auditing seasonal releases get a clean control case — identical core, different landscape — that separates marketing noise from substance. Those entering the family for the first time and wanting the most mechanics per session should look at the sequel and keep the winter game as a December option. In both last cases, our long-running page answering the common X-mas questions is worth having open: counters, pop-ups, limits and the odd hit-rate unit are all sorted there.

Everything players love about the original Aviamasters™ remains in place — casual, low-volatility action, and its mobile-friendly design.— Julia Alekseeva, Chief Product Officer, BGaming

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