Queen Has Risen Slot Review
Egyptian priests watched a beetle roll a ball of dung across the sand and saw the sun being pushed across the sky. So the scarab got carved in stone, tucked into burial wrappings, and made to stand for coming back.
Queen Has Risen sets three of them above the reels in blue, red and green. NowNow Gaming built it, and it reaches casinos through Hacksaw Gaming‘s OpenRGS platform.
The layout’s a plain 5×3 grid, volatility lands at medium, three out of five, and the ceiling is 10,000x. That clears the 2,500x and 5,000x brigade without going anywhere near the 25,000x crowd.
RTP arrives on the familiar three-tier setup of 96%, 94% or 92%, whichever one your casino has switched on, and the build we played was set to 94.3%.
Hacksaw’s Hold & Win shelf is already well stocked, and 3 Cursed Chests Hold & Win works much the same coins-and-respins ground from a different angle.
Egypt’s been done there too, in Le Pharaoh. So an Egyptian Hold & Win reads like ground long since covered. What’s worth testing is that all three relics can turn up at once.
Base Game & Features
Queen Has Risen runs on a 5×3 grid with 17 fixed paylines, which puts it closer to the traditional end of the market than most current releases. Stakes run from 0.10 to 100 per spin.
Wild Symbols
The Wild substitutes for every symbol on the paytable. Bonus symbols land in the base game only, and during the bonus rounds dead symbols can appear that pay nothing and do nothing.
The Scarab Relics
Three coloured Scarab Relics sit above the reels in blue, red and green. Bonus symbols collected in the base game feed into them, and each relic is tied to one version of the Divine Bonus.
One point matters more than the animation suggests. The rules state that the bonus trigger is independent of how many symbols have been collected, so the relics aren’t progress gauges. A relic can look busy and do nothing, and a feature can arrive with barely any build-up behind it.
Coin and Jackpot Symbols
Coin symbols carry a multiplier of the current bet and pay that value when collected. The full range is wide:
- 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 10x, 15x, 20x, 25x
- 50x, 75x, 100x, 150x, 200x, 250x, 500x
That spread of 1x to 500x is why two rounds of the same feature can end up nothing like each other. Jackpot symbols behave the same way once locked, and the MINI, MAJOR and MEGA tiers can land in the base game, though they’re only paid out if a bonus game triggers.
Queen Has Risen Bonus Features
Every bonus here is a Hold & Win round. Coins and Jackpots lock in place, re-spins count down, and the round ends when the counter empties or all 15 grid positions are filled. The total of everything locked is then paid out.
What changes is which relic sets it off. Each of the three applies its own modifier, and they can also arrive together.
Extra Re-Spin Bonus (Blue Relic)
The blue relic runs the Hold & Win on four re-spins rather than the standard three. Every new Coin or Jackpot that lands resets the counter back to four, so a round can extend well past its starting length.
Multipliers Bonus (Red Relic)
The red relic runs three re-spins and adds random multipliers of 2x, 3x or 5x, which can attach to any Coin or Jackpot on each spin.
Where two or more land on the same Coin they multiply together rather than add, so a 2x and a 5x on one position makes 10x. Once attached, a multiplier stays fixed until the round ends.
Double Reels Bonus (Green Relic)
The green relic opens a second grid identical to the first and duplicates the triggering symbols onto it. Across the three re-spins, new Coins and Jackpots can land on either grid, and both share a single re-spin counter.
Multiple Divine Bonus
Two or all three of the relic bonuses can activate from a single spin. The mechanics are unchanged, they simply run at the same time, so extra re-spins, multiplier Coins and a second grid can all be in play at once.
Jackpot Tiers
Four fixed Jackpot prizes are tied to the current bet:
- MINI: 10x
- MAJOR: 100x
- MEGA: 1,000x
- MAX WIN: 10,000x
The MAX WIN tier is awarded for filling all 15 positions on a reel set during a bonus game. In a Double Reels round, either grid counts.
Bonus Buy and FeatureSpins
The BUY BONUS button opens three purchase options, each with its own return figure. Costs are set against your current bet level.
- BonusHunt FeatureSpins: RTP 94.23%
- Single Divine Bonus: RTP 94.27%
- Multiple Divine Bonus: RTP 94.25%
FeatureSpins guarantee certain features on each spin rather than dropping you straight into a Hold & Win round.
Our Honest Verdict
The base game’s fine and not much more. Line wins rarely amounted to anything; what kept us watching was Bonus symbols landing and the guesswork over whether a relic would go off. Long stretches without one started to drag.
Blue kept rounds alive without making them pay, and one of ours simply took longer to arrive at an ordinary result. Red was the pick of the three, because a modest Coin catching a second multiplier suddenly mattered.
Green looked spectacular and sometimes just spread low Coins over twice the space. Red and Green together gave us our best round of the session, the two doing real work on each other rather than filling more screen.
We never saw all three at once, which is exactly what would drag us back. The 10,000x is signposted plainly and stayed just as plainly out of reach.
Hold & Win regulars wanting more than one respin setting will get something out of it. Anyone tired of Egypt, or after a busy base game, should keep walking.
Overall Rating: 6.9/10
Queen Has Risen FAQs
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What is the maximum win in Queen Has Risen?
The maximum win is 10,000x your bet. This is achieved when all 15 grid positions are filled during a bonus game, triggering the MAX WIN tier. -
How many RTP options does Queen Has Risen have?
Queen Has Risen offers three main RTP tiers: 96%, 94% and 92%, with each operator choosing which tier to activate. The bonus-buy features carry their own figures: BonusHunt FeatureSpins at 94.23%, Single Divine Bonus at 94.27% and Multiple Divine Bonus at 94.25%. -
What are the Divine Bonus features in Queen Has Risen?
Three bonus types can trigger individually or in combination: Extra Re-Spin (blue relic, four re-spins), Multipliers (red relic, 2x/3x/5x multipliers) and Double Reels (green relic, dual grids). A Multiple Divine Bonus runs two or all three of them together. -
Do the Scarab Relics fill up towards a bonus?
No. Bonus symbols are collected into the blue, red and green relics on screen, but the game’s rules state that the bonus trigger is independent of how many symbols have been collected. The relics are presentation rather than a progress gauge. -
What is the volatility of Queen Has Risen?
Queen Has Risen has medium volatility, rated three out of five. That means a balanced mix of frequent smaller wins and occasional larger payouts. -
Can you buy bonus features in Queen Has Risen?
Yes, the BUY BONUS button offers three options: BonusHunt FeatureSpins (94.23% RTP), Single Divine Bonus (94.27% RTP) and Multiple Divine Bonus (94.25% RTP). Each is priced against your current bet level and gives a different bonus experience. -
What bet range does Queen Has Risen offer?
Queen Has Risen allows bets from 0.10 to 100 per spin, giving a wide range of stake options to suit different budgets. -
Who makes Queen Has Risen, and what is its release date?
Queen Has Risen is developed by NowNow Gaming and distributed through Hacksaw Gaming’s UKGC-licensed OpenRGS platform, so you’ll find it at UK-licensed casinos that stock Hacksaw titles. Queen Has Risen’s release date is 26 October 2026.
