Royal Easter

Royal Easter Slot Review

A palace garden in full spring, jewelled Faberge-style eggs resting in the grass at the edge of the screen, and a gold baroque frame around the reels. Most Easter slots decorate with the theme; Royal Easter commits to it so completely that the restraint underneath is almost a surprise – BGaming have built a game that gives money back more readily than almost anything else in the category.

That’s the claim worth arguing over. A 97% RTP on a 5×3 grid with low volatility is a full point above the industry norm, and the paytable narrows at every step rather than building towards one big prize. Sister titles like Fruit Million and Chicken Rush 2 cover the louder end of the BGaming range; this one isn’t competing. It’s a hunt for small finds, not one big discovery.

How Royal Easter Pays

Wins are paid by betting ways. Matching symbols on adjoining reels, running left to right, will pay wherever they sit on those reels – a symbol doesn’t need to be on a specific line, only on consecutive reels. A win needs at least three of the same symbol to land that way, starting from the leftmost reel.

The count matters as much as the placement. 3 of a kind is the entry point, 4 of a kind pays meaningfully more, and 5 of a kind is where the top prizes sit. Because the symbols can sit anywhere on their reels, a matching symbol stuck at the top of reel one and another at the bottom of reel two still count towards the same combination.

The Paytable

The symbol ladder runs from a lucky 7 at the top down to the card royals, with the decorated eggs filling the middle. The 7 is the joint richest symbol on the grid, a distinction it shares with the scatter, whose own prize ladder matches it at the top step. The ratios below are measured against the J, the smallest payer in the game.

• 7 – the top-paying symbol, worth 100 times the J at 5 of a kind and 10 times the J at 3 of a kind
• Red egg clock – second in the ladder, worth 20 times the J at 5 of a kind and 7 times the J at 3 of a kind
• Gold fleur-de-lis egg – the middle of the three premium eggs, worth 4 times the J at 5 of a kind and 5 times the J at 3 of a kind
• Purple and green eggs – the lowest of the premium tier, paying 20 to the royals’ 16 at 5 of a kind
• A, K, Q – grouped together on a shared, lower set of values, each paying the same at every step
• J – the smallest payer in the game, and the yardstick for everything above it

The prize gaps between tiers are modest, which fits the model. This isn’t a paytable built around one towering top symbol; it’s built around lots of small, frequent returns. At the 5-of-a-kind step the 7 pays five times the red egg clock, and every step in between narrows rather than widens. The premium eggs also compress as you descend: the gold fleur-de-lis egg pays a fifth of the red egg clock at the top, and the purple and green eggs pay half the gold again.

The Scatter and the Multiplier Coin

The scatter is a basket of eggs. It can land on any position, with a maximum of one per reel, and 3 or more in a single spin open the free spins round. Because only one can sit on each of the five reels, a full house of 5 scatters means one on every reel.

Beyond triggering the feature, the scatter carries its own prize ladder that pays alongside anything else the spin produces. It climbs steeply, and at the 5-scatter step the prize matches the game’s top symbol exactly.

The multiplier coin is the base game’s other trick. When one lands, a x2 multiplier is applied to that spin’s win, and if several coins appear together their values stack, up to a maximum of 5 coins in a single spin. 5 coins means the win is multiplied ten times over.

There’s no wild symbol in this game. The multiplier coin does the job a wild would otherwise do, turning an ordinary spin into something a little better.

Free Spins

3 or more scatters in one spin start the round, and the award scales with how many landed:

• 3 Scatters – 7 free spins
• 4 Scatters – 10 free spins
• 5 Scatters – 15 free spins

The scaling isn’t linear. Going from 3 scatters to 4 adds 3 spins; going from 4 to 5 adds 5 more. Landing the full set of five is rewarded disproportionately, which matters more than it sounds on a grid where each reel can only carry one scatter.

Inside the round, the pay mechanics change. Symbols pay anywhere on the reels rather than needing to sit on adjoining ones left to right, which loosens the whole game up considerably and gives every spin more ways to connect. A 5-symbol combination that would have needed careful positioning in the base game simply needs to exist.

The round can also retrigger. Landing 3 or more scatters in a single free spin awards the feature again, and the new spins stack onto whatever remains of the current total. On a round that started at 15, a full retrigger pushes the running total back up to 30.

The multiplier coin still has a part to play while the free spins run, applying its x2 bump to any winning spin it lands on. With symbols paying anywhere and coins stacking on top, a single free spin can turn into the best moment the game offers.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.2/10

The reason to sit down at Royal Easter is simple enough: it’s a genuinely beautiful Easter garden that hands your money back slowly while you look at it. Sessions here are long, quiet and dotted with small wins – a stroll, not a sprint – and the free spins round is the one stretch where the pace genuinely lifts.

Its strength is the return. 97% RTP is rare in any slot, and on this model it means the balance erodes very slowly indeed. Its weakness is the ceiling: every tier of the paytable narrows rather than climbs, so there’s never a moment where the game opens up and pays something you’ll remember.

Players who enjoy decorative, low-stakes spinning with the best returns going will get exactly what they came for, and the free spins pay-anywhere round gives them a real highlight along the way. Chasers of the one big hit should look elsewhere in the BGaming catalogue. For everyone else, it’s an easy slot to like – an egg hunt where every find is small, but there’s one in almost every patch of grass.

Royal Easter FAQs

• What is the RTP of Royal Easter?

  The RTP is 97%, which sits a full point above the industry average and makes it one of the more generous returns around.
• Is Royal Easter high volatility?

  No. Royal Easter is a low-volatility slot, built around frequent smaller wins rather than rare large payouts.
• How do you trigger free spins in Royal Easter?

  Land 3 or more scatter symbols (the basket of eggs) in a single spin. 3 scatters award 7 free spins, 4 award 10, and 5 award 15.
• Can free spins retrigger in Royal Easter?

  Yes. If 3 or more scatters appear in a single spin during the round, the feature is retriggered and the awarded spins are added to the remaining total.
• What does the multiplier coin do in Royal Easter?

  The coin applies a x2 multiplier to the win of the spin it lands on. Several coins in one spin are summed, and up to 5 can appear, for a maximum multiplier of x10 on a single win.
• How do wins pay in Royal Easter?

  Wins pay by betting ways: matching symbols on adjoining reels from left to right pay wherever they sit. During free spins, symbols pay anywhere on the reels instead.
• Is there a wild symbol in Royal Easter?

  No. There’s no wild in the game; the multiplier coin is the symbol that boosts ordinary spins, doubling the win of any spin it lands on.
• What is the grid size of Royal Easter?

  Royal Easter runs on a 5×3 grid – five reels and three rows.
• Who makes Royal Easter?

  Royal Easter is made by BGaming.