Queen Of Ice Winter Kingdom Slot Review
An ice palace glows at the right edge of the reels, its walls lit blue-white against a pale winter sky, while frosted spires fade into the haze behind the silver-grey frame. Queen Of Ice Winter Kingdom hides its money well: the prettiest thing on screen is the scenery, and the base game pays like it knows it.
The interesting part is where the money sits. The base game’s symbol pays are modest almost across the board, and everything with real weight is held back for the special rounds that follow. It runs on a 5×4 grid with 25 fixed lines, and the RTP is 91.72%. Spinomenal know this territory well, from Majestic King to 3 Shadow Wolves and Tiger Charms, and the frost here runs deep.
Synced Reels and Symbol Pays
Synced Reels
Every base-game spin syncs two random reels so they display identical symbols, which lifts the odds of landing matching stacks across the 25 lines. It’s a constant rather than an event: there’s no trigger to wait for, because it’s simply how the game plays.
Expanding Wild
When a wild lands inside the synced pair, it stretches to cover every position on its reel. That’s the base game’s best moment: a fully wild reel sitting next to a matching symbol is where the bigger line wins come from, and whether the pair holds a wild comes down to the spin.
Wilds and Winning Lines
The wild counts as any symbol except the free spins and bonus symbols, and five wilds on a winning line pays 2,000x the line bet. All symbols pay left to right from the leftmost reel, only the highest win on each line is paid, and multiple line wins in one round add together.
Getting around the game is straightforward. The bet per line is set with the plus and minus buttons, and during free spins those are disabled so the triggering bet holds. Autoplay opens a configuration screen where you choose a number of automatic spins at your current stake, and a pause button stops it at any point.
Turbo Mode shortens each round to the minimum possible spin animation, toggled by the rabbit button at the bottom left on desktop or through the settings menu on mobile. It can also be switched on from the autoplay configuration screen.
Symbol Values
Pays are multiples of the total bet for three, four and five of a kind:
- Teal/Green Crystal Icon: 160x, 800x, 4,000x
- Wolf: 120x, 480x, 2,400x
- Owl: 80x, 160x, 800x
- Blue Crystal: 60x, 120x, 400x
- A: 40x, 60x, 200x
- K, Q: 20x, 40x, 160x
- J, 10: 20x, 40x, 120x
The gap between the top symbol and everything below it is steep: the crystal icon pays more than double the wolf at five of a kind, and the royals trail far behind. Line wins of note will almost always involve the wild standing in for the premium pictures.
Free Spins and the Gamble
Two symbols open the special rounds, and a third waits inside one of them. Here’s what triggers what:
- Free spins: 3 or more scattered free spins symbols, base game only
- Bonus game: 3 or more scattered bonus symbols, base game only
- Expanding wild: a wild landing in the synced reel pair
- Gamble: offered automatically after the free spins trigger
- Extra bonus-game spins: scattered +1 Spins symbols, collected during the round
Free Spins
Three or more scattered free spins symbols award 10 free spins, with the bet per line carried over from the triggering round. The trigger only lands during the base game, so there’s no retriggering from inside the round itself.
Stacked Wilds
During free spins, one to three stacked wilds are placed on random reels for each spin, and the placement is re-rolled every time. That’s the round’s whole engine: more wild coverage per spin than the base game ever offers, without the synced reels to help it along.
Gamble Feature
Triggering free spins opens a gamble screen with a chance to win up to 50 free spins. You can collect what you have or risk a portion of it for more. A successful gamble awards the indicated amount and lets you gamble again, or collect.
Reach 50 spins and gambling stops. An unsuccessful gamble pays the amount shown on the losing coin, and that’s final: no further gambles for that round.
The Bonus Game Meter
Three or more scattered bonus symbols trigger the bonus game, base game only. The round starts with 3 spins, and the job is to collect scattered winning symbols: every five collected fills one cell in the meter and raises the winnings.
Scattered +1 Spins symbols add extra spins along the way, with no stated cap. When the spins run out, you’re paid according to the last filled cell on the ladder.
That ladder runs from x1 up through x2, x3, x5, x7, x9, x12, x20, x50 and x100 to a top cell of x200 the stake. It’s a patient climb: filling the top of the meter takes a long run of collections, and the round pays out wherever the meter stopped.
The two bonus rounds reward opposite instincts. Free spins want the gamble taken early and pushed hard towards 50, while the meter wants persistence and a steady supply of +1 Spins symbols to keep the collection window open.
Buy Feature
A Buy Feature lets you purchase a free spins round outright and trigger it immediately. Clicking the button opens a window where you set the bet the round will play at, and the buy price is set according to that bet.
It buys the free spins round only: the bonus game meter still has to be triggered the ordinary way, with three or more scattered bonus symbols.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6.3/10
Playing this is a lot of waiting in a very beautiful room. The synced reels keep every spin mildly interesting and the expanding wild occasionally lights the place up, but you’re really here for the two bonus rounds, and everybody who sits down at this game knows it.
The gamble is the best thing in it. Turning 10 free spins into as many as 50, entirely on your own nerve, is a proper decision rather than a spin-and-hope, and the meter round backs it up with a climb that keeps paying better the longer it runs. The ceiling is the problem: the ladder stops at x200, and the RTP is 91.72%, which is a poor pair of numbers for a game this patient.
This is one for players who enjoy the build and trust the journey more than the destination: Spinomenal regulars and anyone who likes a gamble screen will feel at home. Big-ceiling chasers will find this kingdom’s treasury frozen over. For everyone else, the frost is warm company.
Queen Of Ice Winter Kingdom FAQs
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What is the RTP of Queen Of Ice Winter Kingdom?
The RTP of Queen Of Ice Winter Kingdom is 91.72%. -
How many paylines does Queen Of Ice Winter Kingdom have?
The game is set to 25 fixed lines, so every spin covers all 25 and you can’t adjust the count. -
How do Synced Reels work?
On every base-game spin, two random reels are synced and show identical symbols, which increases the chances of landing winning combinations. A wild that appears in the synced pair stretches to cover its whole reel. -
How does the Bonus Game meter work?
Three or more scattered bonus symbols start a round of 3 spins. Every 5 winning symbols you collect fills one cell in the meter and increases your winnings, while scattered +1 Spins symbols add extra spins. When the spins finish, you’re paid according to the last filled cell, with the ladder running from x1 up to x200 the stake. -
What does the Gamble Feature do?
After triggering the free spins feature, you can gamble your 10 free spins for a chance to win up to 50. A successful gamble awards the indicated amount and lets you gamble again or collect; an unsuccessful one pays the amount on the losing coin and ends the gamble. -
Can you buy the bonus on Queen Of Ice Winter Kingdom?
Yes. The Buy Feature lets you purchase a free spins round and trigger it immediately, with the buy price set according to the bet you choose for the round. -
When is Queen Of Ice Winter Kingdom released?
Queen Of Ice Winter Kingdom’s release date is 18 December 2023. -
Who makes Queen Of Ice Winter Kingdom?
Spinomenal. It’s one of a large catalogue of titles from the studio, alongside games like Majestic King and 3 Shadow Wolves.
