Gorilla Kingdom Slot Review
Gorilla Kingdom pays its best symbol just 4x the total bet, and that’s the most honest thing about it: this is a slot that deliberately gives you almost nothing in the main game so the free spins round can matter. NetEnt built the whole jungle around that one bet, with a misty rainforest clearing, dark leaves crowding the frame and a golden gorilla head watching from the corner. The 5×4 grid runs at 96.03% RTP, hits around 36% of spins, and caps out at 1,700x the bet.
It sits in familiar company for the studio, alongside jungle-adjacent titles like Jungle Spirit Call of the Wild and Silverback Gold, with Serengeti Kings covering similar ground. What separates this one is the free spins round, where the gorilla himself starts changing shape. More on that below.
Symbols and Pays
The paying symbols are the animals of the kingdom and the card royals beneath them. Every value below is a multiple of the total bet, not the line bet, so the figures are smaller than they’d look on a line-based game.
Three animals form the top of the table. The gorilla is the premium symbol and one of only three that pay from two of a kind, which tells you where the game’s personality sits: it’s the gorilla’s kingdom in the paytable as well as the title.
- Gorilla – 0.5x for two, 1.5x for three, 2.5x for four, 4x for five
- Leopard – 0.3x for two, 1x for three, 2x for four, 3x for five
- Toucan – 0.2x for two, 1x for three, 2x for four, 3x for five
The middle tier pairs two animals on the same values. They don’t pay at all for two of a kind; the rewards start at three. Even so, five of either is worth 2.5x, which sits closer to the leopard and toucan than the gap in the table suggests.
- Deer/Antelope and Pangolin – 0.8x for three, 1.5x for four, 2.5x for five
The royals are A, K, Q, J and 10, and they pay in three distinct bands. The A and K share the top band, Q sits just below, and J and 10 bring up the rear with the lowest awards on the table.
- A and K – 0.5x for three, 1x for four, 1.5x for five
- Q – 0.3x for three, 0.7x for four, 1.2x for five
- J – 0.7x for four, 1.2x for five
- 10 – 0.5x for four, 1x for five
Notice the shape of those royal bands. J doesn’t pay for three of a kind at all, and 10 doesn’t either, so short royal runs are worth nothing. The A and K are the only royals that pay across all three visible tiers, which makes them the only card symbols worth watching for.
Wins land somewhere around 36% of spins, which is roughly one spin in three. That’s a steady rhythm for a game with this paytable shape, where even the top symbol only reaches 4x the total bet. The ceiling sits in the bonus round, not the base game.
The scatter is a blue crystal that doesn’t pay on its own. Its whole job is opening the free spins round, which it does from three anywhere on the reels. Stakes run from 0.1 to 350 per spin, a spread that comfortably covers both cautious budgets and high rollers.
Free Spins and the Gorilla Mask
Three or more scatters anywhere in the main game activate the free spins round. The award scales with the scatter count: three scatters pays 10 free spins, four pays 15, and five pays 20. Simple enough, and the round has two mechanisms stacked on top of it.
Symbol Transform
The round’s signature move happens to the premium symbol. On any given spin, the Gorilla symbol can be replaced by a Gorilla mask on the reels, changing what the game’s top payer looks like mid-round.
There’s no meter behind it and nothing to collect. The transform fires at random, spin by spin, so a round can go long stretches without one and then produce several in quick succession. It’s the game’s main source of variety inside free spins, and it only exists there; the main game has no equivalent.
Extra Free Spins
The round retriggers generously. Two or more scatters anywhere during free spins award extra spins, and the ladder is steep: two scatters pays 3 extra, three pays 10, four pays 15 and five pays 20. That matches the entry ladder exactly, which is unusual; most games cut the retrigger awards down.
There’s a second route to more spins. Filling an animal panel during the round adds two extra free spins. Between the scatter ladder and the panels, a round that starts at ten spins can keep extending itself for a long while, and that extension is where the game’s real win potential lives.
The two systems also work together. A longer round means more spins on which panels can fill, and every filled panel means more spins on which scatters can land. Rounds that get going tend to keep going, which is precisely the design a 1,700x cap asks for: the ceiling is reached through duration, not through a single headline combination.
Run the round from the top and the shape of it is clear. Land three scatters, take your ten spins, and watch for two things at once: masks swapping onto the reels and panels edging towards full. Two more scatters at any point and the counter jumps by at least three. It’s a round that rewards staying power more than any single spin.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7/10
Most of a session on Gorilla Kingdom is spent waiting for the mist to lift. The reels turn, small wins trickle in at about one spin in three, and the gorilla watches from his corner while you wait for three blue crystals. The one reason to choose this jungle over another is the free spins round, because it’s the only place the game actually moves.
Its best trick is the retrigger ladder, which pays full entry prices rather than the discounted awards most games offer. Land two scatters mid-round and the counter climbs by three; fill a panel and it climbs again. A round that finds its rhythm can run far past its starting ten spins.
The problem is what all that running is for. 1,700x is a small ceiling for a game that asks this much patience, and there’s no single big combination coming to rescue a quiet session. This is one for players who enjoy the build itself, watching a round stretch and stack, and it isn’t one for anyone who wants the jungle to pay before the bonus arrives. For the patient, the kingdom is worth the walk.
Gorilla Kingdom FAQs
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How do you trigger Free Spins in Gorilla Kingdom?
Three or more Scatter symbols appearing anywhere on the reels in the main game activate Free Spins. Three scatters award 10 free spins, four award 15, and five award 20. -
What does the Gorilla mask do?
In Free Spins, the Gorilla symbol can be replaced by a Gorilla mask on the reels. The swap happens at random on any spin; there is no collection or meter involved. -
Can Free Spins retrigger in Gorilla Kingdom?
Yes. Two or more Scatters during Free Spins award extra spins: two scatters give 3 extra, three give 10, four give 15 and five give 20. Filling an animal panel also adds two more spins. -
What does the Scatter symbol look like in Gorilla Kingdom?
It’s a blue diamond-shaped crystal. It doesn’t pay anything on its own; its only role is triggering Free Spins in the main game and Extra Free Spins during the round. -
How do the animal panels award extra spins?
Whenever a panel completes during the round, two more spins go onto the counter. This works alongside the scatter retrigger ladder, so a single round can extend itself through either route. -
What is the RTP of Gorilla Kingdom?
The RTP is 96.03%. -
What is the maximum win on Gorilla Kingdom?
The maximum win is 1,700x the bet. -
What is the grid size of Gorilla Kingdom?
The game runs on a 5×4 grid, five reels by four rows.
