Royal Gems Dice Slot Review
Teal mosaic tiles shimmer behind a gold-framed grid, the reels resting on deep navy like velvet in a jewellery box, everything polished to a gleam. The prettiest thing on screen is also the most useful: the gold Star Dice is the only symbol here that doesn’t care where it lands, and it’s the one idea in Royal Gems Dice you haven’t seen in a hundred classic line-payers. Everything else is crowns, rings and gems doing exactly what you’d expect.
GameArt have kept this a five-reel, three-row game with 10 fixed paylines, a 96.02% RTP and low volatility, in the same traditional vein as 40 Splendid Sevens and Bursting Crowns 20. Whether a scatter that ignores the lines is enough of a twist to carry a game this familiar is the fair question, and the paytable has the answer.
Reels, Lines and the Jewellery on Them
Play runs across 10 fixed paylines on a 5×3 grid, and every line is in play on every spin. Wins come from adjacent symbols of a kind on a played line, and only the highest combination on each line pays. Wins on different lines are added together, and line wins are multiplied by the bet multiplier, so the paytable figures scale with whatever stake you’ve chosen.
Because all ten lines are fixed, there’s never a decision about coverage. The only question is how much each spin costs, and that brings us to the stake.
Setting a stake is a two-step idea done in one step: you pick a coin value, and the total bet follows from it across all ten lines. Spin and the reels do the rest, or press the space bar if you’d rather keep your hands off the mouse. Autoplay runs a chosen number of games in succession, and fast or turbo modes cut the animations down between results so the reels settle almost instantly.
There’s no wild symbol in this game. Substitution isn’t part of the design; what you see on the paytable is what pays, and the scatter is the only symbol that breaks the line rules. It’s an old-school arrangement, and the game doesn’t dress it up.
The Paytable
Eight symbols fill the reels, split into a high-paying group and a low-paying group. Several of them share a tier, which is why they’re grouped below. Values are shown at the base stake:
- Crown: 5 for three, 50 for four, 500 for five
- Ring and 7: 3 for three, 15 for four, 50 for five
- Green Gem and Blue Teardrop Gem: 1.50 for three, 5 for four, 20 for five
- Pink Heart and Orange/Red Round Gem: 1 for three, 2.50 for four, 15 for five
The shape of that ladder matters more than it first appears. The crown’s jump from 50 to 500 between four and five is where all the real money sits, and everything below the ring pays modestly by design. Low volatility means the smaller tiers do most of the work.
Two symbols sharing a tier is worth a second glance, because it changes what a winning line looks like. A ring and a 7 don’t combine to form a win, so the pairing only means each is equally likely to be the useful half of a high-paying line. The same holds for the two gem pairs further down: a green gem and a blue teardrop are separate symbols with identical value, not two halves of one symbol.
What that sharing does do is fatten the effective frequency of the middle tiers. Four distinct symbols occupy what would otherwise be two slots, so a line that needs a ring, a 7, a green gem or a blue teardrop in the right place has more ways to fill than the paytable’s eight rows suggest. It’s a quiet piece of design, and a low-volatility game leans on it.
The Scatter Dice
The one symbol that plays by its own rules is the gold dice with a star. It pays in any position on the reels, on any spin, regardless of how many lines are in play. Scatter wins are added on top of line wins rather than replacing them.
- Three Star Dice anywhere: pays 2 at the base stake
- Four Star Dice anywhere: pays 10 at the base stake
- Five Star Dice anywhere: pays 50 at the base stake
Because the dice don’t need to sit on a line, they’re the game’s only escape from the payline geometry. A die in each corner and one in the centre pays exactly the same as five on a single row would. Five of them return fifty, the same as five rings or five sevens on a line, which is a tidy return for a symbol that ignores the lines entirely.
That comparison is the interesting one. The scatter matches the second-richest line symbols without having to align with anything, so its practical value sits above its raw numbers. The crown is the only symbol that clearly outranks it, and the crown needs all five reels to cooperate on a single line to get there.
Worth knowing when the reels fill up: only the highest win on each line counts, so a reel of matching symbols pays once, not five times. Wins land, get totted up across the lines, and the scatter money goes on top of the total. Malfunctions void all pays and plays, as ever.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6.1/10
This is a slot you play with one eye on something else. The reels tick along, small wins arrive often enough to keep the balance breathing, and the one moment of genuine tension is watching the Star Dice stack up wherever they please. That scatter is the reason to choose it: five of them pay as much as five sevens without ever having to line up, and on a grid this conventional that small liberty feels bigger than it looks on paper.
Its strength is that everything is legible at a glance, which the shared paytable tiers quietly reinforce by giving the middle of the board more ways to connect than eight rows suggest. Its weakness is the flatness underneath the polish: below the ring, the symbols pay pocket change, and there’s no feature beyond the scatter to break up the rhythm.
It’s a lovely thing to look at and an undemanding thing to play, and that combination has a real audience: players after a calm, pretty line-payer will be content here for an evening. Anyone who wants a bonus round to dig into should keep browsing. The gems shine; there’s just not much to unwrap.
Royal Gems Dice FAQs
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What is the RTP of Royal Gems Dice?
The theoretical return to player is 96.02%. -
Is Royal Gems Dice high volatility?
No, it’s a low volatility slot. Wins tend to be smaller and steadier rather than rare and large. -
Is there a wild symbol in Royal Gems Dice?
No. There’s no wild anywhere in the game, so no symbol substitutes for another. The scatter is the only special symbol, and it pays in any position rather than substituting. -
How does the scatter work in Royal Gems Dice?
The gold Star Dice scatter pays in any position on the reels, on any spin, and its wins are added to any line wins. Three scatters pay 2, four pay 10 and five pay 50 at the base stake. -
Do wins on different paylines add together in Royal Gems Dice?
Yes. Wins on different lines are added together, and scatter wins are added on top of the line wins. Only the highest win on each individual line is paid, so a single line can’t pay twice. -
What is the top-paying symbol in Royal Gems Dice?
The Crown is the richest symbol, paying 500 for five of a kind at the base stake, with the Ring and the 7 next at 50. -
When is Royal Gems Dice released?
Royal Gems Dice’s release date is 14 November 2023. -
Who makes Royal Gems Dice?
Royal Gems Dice is made by GameArt.
