King of Alexandria

King of Alexandria Slot Review

Under a cold moon, at the foot of a pyramid, King of Alexandria puts almost everything it has on the middle three reels. That narrowness is the point: wilds land there, expand, lock and respin, and the whole game is built around making that one loop as sharp as it can be. Where most Egyptian slots bury a respin under a pile of side features, this one refuses to.

Neon Valley Studios keeps the frame classical rather than inventive – a simpler cousin of Arctic Enchantress and Genie’s Arabian Riches, with something of 333 Piggy POWER COMBO’s collect-and-trigger feel.

It runs on a 5×3 grid with 10 paylines that pay both ways, at 96.00% RTP, medium volatility and a 22.00% hit frequency, with stakes from 0.10 to 100.00 per spin.

Base Game & Features

The base game is classic Egyptian fare. The winged scarab BAR is the top payer, followed by the 7, a gold coin and ankh disc, and three gems. Wins land on 10 fixed paylines that pay left to right and right to left, starting from the first and last reel respectively. Total bet is 10x the bet per line, and all line wins are multiplied by the bet per line.

Where multiple winning combinations land on a single payline, only the highest counts, and the total payout is the sum of all winning lines. The paytable, as a multiple of stake per line:

• BAR (winged scarab): 5x for three, 20x for four, 25x for five
• 7: 2.5x / 6x / 12x
• Gold coin and ankh disc: 1x / 2.5x / 6x
• Red gem: 0.8x / 2x / 5x
• Purple gem: 0.7x / 1.5x / 4x
• Blue gem and green gem: 0.5x / 1x / 2.5x

The drop from the BAR to everything beneath it is steep. Five scarabs pay 25x, while five of either top gem returns just 2.5x, so the smaller symbols mostly exist to keep the hit frequency ticking over between wild-driven wins. That shape is normal for a jackpot game, where the headline prizes sit on the wheel rather than in the line pays.

Expanding Wilds

The wild appears only on reels two, three and four, substitutes for everything except the Jackpot Trigger symbol, and fills its whole reel whenever it lands. Line wins are paid after the expansion, so a single wild can complete combinations across every row at once. Both-way lines make that sharper still: one expanded wild sits in the middle of every left-paying and right-paying line on the board.

That’s the entire base-game toolkit. There are no scatter pays, no free spins round and no multiplier symbols – just ten both-way lines, three wild reels and whatever the Jackpot Trigger symbols are doing on top of them.

King of Alexandria Bonus Features

Respin Feature

One or more wilds landing anywhere on the middle three reels starts a respin. The expanded wilds lock in place while the remaining reels spin again, and any new wild expands, locks and awards another respin. The sequence runs like this:

• A wild lands and expands – one free respin is awarded, automatically
• The expanded wild locks while the other reels respin
• Each new wild that arrives during a respin expands, locks and adds another respin
• Up to two extra wilds can arrive after the first, for a ceiling of three successive respins
• No new wild on a respin ends the feature, and all wins are then paid together

Bets and lines stay the same as the triggering spin throughout. Because wilds only exist on the middle reels, a full chain locks reels two, three and four completely, and the first and fifth reels do the rest of the work. Jackpot Trigger symbols can’t land during a respin, so the wheel and the respin chain never overlap mid-feature.

Jackpot Wheel

Jackpot Trigger symbols land over any symbol except the wild, and only on the middle three reels. Collecting them grants a chance of spinning the Jackpot Wheel – the four-coloured wheel from the left of the screen – where the landing segment awards its associated prize. The four tiers, each guaranteed to somebody when the wheel spins:

• Mega jackpot
• Major jackpot
• Minor jackpot
• Mini jackpot

Only the triggers gathered on the current spin count towards that chance, so nothing carries between spins, and the collection pot in the corner is pure decoration. When the chance does land, a Jackpot Chance overlay appears over the reels before the wheel itself spins.

If a single spin sets off both the wheel and a respin, the wheel resolves first, then the respin plays out, and both sets of wins are added together. Autoplay players get win and loss limits as usual, and triggering the wheel stops autoplay automatically.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.1/10

This is a game you play for the lock-in moment: a second wild arrives, the reel freezes, and the pyramid glow means nothing for a few seconds because you’re watching the last two reels. Sessions are steady rather than dramatic – medium volatility, wins arriving roughly a fifth of the time – and the respin chain gives them a shape even when they’re small.

The respin loop is the strength, and it’s a real one, because triggering it on any wild rather than a scatter means the feature is always live rather than something you wait for. The paytable is the weakness: a 25x ceiling on the top symbol leaves even a perfect three-wild chain paying like a decent spin rather than a memorable one, with the wheel picking up the difference.

Anyone after a clean, repeatable mechanic in handsome Egyptian dress will be well served here. Anyone who wants free spins, elaborate bonus rounds or a number worth chasing should look elsewhere. With the moon on the pyramid and modest aims, this one rewards them gladly.

King of Alexandria FAQs

• What is the RTP of King of Alexandria?

  King of Alexandria runs at 96.00% RTP.
• How does the Respin Feature work in King of Alexandria?

  Any wild landing on reels two, three or four starts a respin, with the expanded wild locked while the rest of the reels spin again. New wilds lock and add further respins, capped at three in total.
• How do you trigger the Jackpot Wheel in King of Alexandria?

  Jackpot Trigger symbols show up on the middle three reels, on top of any symbol except the wild. Gather enough on one spin and you get a shot at the wheel, which pays out one of four guaranteed jackpots: Mega, Major, Minor or Mini.
• Can Jackpot Trigger symbols land during a respin?

  No. Jackpot Trigger symbols cannot land during the Respin Feature, so the wheel is only in play on the spin that starts it.
• What does the wild symbol do in King of Alexandria?

  Wilds only show up on the middle three reels, stand in for every symbol except the Jackpot Trigger, and take over their whole reel when they land. Any win is calculated once they’ve expanded.
• How many paylines does King of Alexandria have?

  King of Alexandria has 10 fixed paylines, and they pay both left to right and right to left.
• Is King of Alexandria high volatility?

  No, it’s a medium volatility slot, with a hit frequency of 22.00%.
• What is the minimum and maximum bet on King of Alexandria?

  You can stake anywhere from 0.10 up to 100.00 per spin on this one.