Assassin Moon Slot Review
Sunset on a Mediterranean terrace, a stone lion watching over a pink-lit bay, bougainvillea spilling across the balustrade while an ornate palazzo glows behind the reels. Assassin Moon spends its charm budget on the view and hides its sharpest maths underneath it – the line wins here are pocket money, and everything worth chasing arrives on moon-shaped tiles. Triple Edge Studios have built that chase on a 5×3 grid with 25 fixed paylines.
It’s a high-volatility game running at 96.08% RTP, rising to 96.40% with the Win Booster active. Stakes run from 0.10 to 20.00 per spin. The studio’s catalogue spans Book of Oz to Lara Croft: Fortune of the Eclipse, though Assassin Star is this one’s closer cousin. The terrace looks expensive; the features need to pay like it.
Base Game & Features
Wins land on 25 fixed paylines, running left to right from the first reel. Matching symbols need to sit adjacent on a payline, and when several combinations land on the same line only the highest one counts. Scatter wins are the exception to the pattern: they pay in any position and are added to line wins.
The Wild substitutes for every symbol except the Link&Win symbols and the Scatter, and it can appear on any reel. It’s a standard sub, nothing more. Scatters land on reels two, three and four only, and three of them trigger the free spins round while paying 1x the total bet.
Bet maths is worth a sentence, because it explains the payouts. The bet multiplier is 10, and payline wins are calculated on the initial bet – your total stake divided by the paylines played – rather than on the full amount. A combination’s paytable value is therefore relative to that per-line figure, not the number in the bet window.
The total payout for a spin is every payline win plus every scatter win, combined. The basics, in short:
- Grid – 5 reels, 3 rows
- Paylines – 25, fixed
- Win direction – left to right from reel one
- Multiple wins on a line – only the highest pays
- Scatter pays – any position, added to line wins
- Wild excludes – Link&Win symbols and Scatters
- Hit rate – 30.33% of spins
Win Booster
The Win Booster is a player choice in the base game: switch it on and extra Link&Win symbols are added to the reels, raising the chance of triggering the feature. The cost is an additional bet equal to 1.5x your current stake, so a 1.00 spin costs 2.50 with the booster running.
It’s the only bet mode on offer, and it lifts the RTP from 96.08% to 96.40%. It may not be available above a certain bet threshold, or in every region. The uplift is real but modest, and whether it earns its cost is a bankroll question more than a maths one.
Assassin Moon Link&Win and Free Spins
Two features carry the game. Here’s what sets each one off:
- Link&Win – 6 to 14 Link&Win symbols landing on any reels, in the base game or free spins
- Free Spins – 3 Scatter symbols on reels two, three and four
- Free Spins retrigger – a scatter Jumbo Block landing during the round
Link&Win
Land six or more Link&Win symbols anywhere on the reels and the feature triggers. Up to 14 can start it. Every triggering symbol locks in place, and the round opens with three respins on special reels carrying nothing but Link&Win symbols and blanks.
Each unlocked position spins individually. Any new symbol that lands locks too, and resets the respin counter back to three. That reset is the engine of the whole round: one symbol keeps you alive, a blank burns a respin.
The feature ends when the respins run out or all 15 positions fill. Every locked symbol then reveals a cash prize or a jackpot. Wilds can’t substitute for any of it.
The symbols themselves are moon-shaped tiles carrying cash values, with separate tiles labelled for each jackpot tier. What a locked tile reveals is decided when the round resolves: every one of the 15 positions either shows a cash amount or one of the four jackpot names. A single round can therefore mix cash prizes with several different jackpot drops at once.
The jackpot ladder sits on screen throughout, quoted here at a 1.00 stake:
- Mega – 5,000x the bet
- Major – 750x the bet
- Minor – 150x the bet
- Mini – 50x the bet
The Mini, Minor and Major jackpots are paid for every Link&Win symbol they appear on, so multiple drops of the same tier all pay. The Mega works differently: it’s added on top of the sum of every cash prize already locked, and filling all 15 positions with symbols guarantees it. Those ladder values scale with the stake, so they’re multiples rather than fixed amounts.
Free Spins
Three Scatters on the middle reels award 10 free spins plus 1x the total bet. The round keeps things simple otherwise:
- Centre reels – merge into one 3×3 Jumbo Block, acting as 9 individual symbols
- Retrigger – a scatter Jumbo Block pays 10 extra spins plus 1x the total bet
- Win Booster – state carries over from the triggering spin, locked for the round
- Bets – fixed at the triggering spin’s stake
- Link&Win – can still trigger inside the round
The Jumbo Block is where the round’s potential sits. A full block of any symbol pays across a wide swathe of lines at once, and because it acts as nine individual symbols, a scatter block pays the retrigger as well as the symbol win.
One wrinkle on the booster: because its state carries over from the triggering spin, there’s no switching it on mid-round to chase more moons. The decision has to be made before the Scatters land, and it holds for the full ten spins – plus any retriggers stacked on top.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7/10
Playing Assassin Moon is a long drink on a very pretty terrace: mostly quiet, occasionally interrupted by the sound of moons locking into place. You come for that one moment, not the session around it, and the base game exists to keep the glass topped up while you wait.
The best thing here is how generously a good Link&Win round can snowball. Every fresh symbol resets the counter, and because the lower three jackpots pay on every tile they appear, a single hot run stacks up far more than the ladder suggests on paper. Free spins feel like an afterthought beside it – the Jumbo Block is a decent idea doing modest work.
That’s the honest weakness too: it’s a one-feature game wearing an expensive suit. Jackpot hunters and respin-round regulars will feel at home on this terrace; anyone who wants variety between the waits will be checking their watch before the Mega even glimmers.
Assassin Moon FAQs
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What is the RTP of Assassin Moon?
Assassin Moon runs at 96.08% RTP in its standard configuration. With the Win Booster active, the RTP rises to 96.40%. -
How does the Link&Win feature trigger in Assassin Moon?
Six or more Link&Win symbols landing anywhere on the reels trigger the feature, with up to 14 able to start it. The triggering symbols lock in place and the round begins with three respins, resetting to three whenever a new symbol lands. -
Can free spins retrigger in Assassin Moon?
Yes. Landing a scatter Jumbo Block during free spins awards 10 additional spins plus 1x the total bet. The centre three reels combine into a 3×3 Jumbo Block for the duration of the round. -
How do you win the Mega Jackpot in Assassin Moon?
Fill all 15 reel positions with Link&Win symbols during the feature. The Mega Jackpot, worth 5,000x the bet, is then added to the sum of every cash prize locked on the reels. -
What does the Win Booster cost in Assassin Moon?
The Win Booster adds an extra bet equal to 1.5x your current stake. In exchange, additional Link&Win symbols are added to the base reels, increasing the chance of triggering the Link&Win feature. -
Is Assassin Moon high volatility?
Yes. Assassin Moon is a high-volatility slot, so wins tend to arrive less frequently but with the potential for larger payouts, particularly through the Link&Win jackpot ladder. -
What are the minimum and maximum bets in Assassin Moon?
Bets start at 0.10 and reach 20.00 per spin. With the Win Booster active, the total cost is your bet plus an additional 1.5x, so the effective range is higher. -
Who makes Assassin Moon?
Assassin Moon was created by Triple Edge Studios. The studio’s other titles include Book of Oz and the Lara Croft series of slots.
