Viking Queen Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Viking Queen Review

At some point, each and every slot developer pays tribute to the Norse and comes up with a Viking-themed game, and GONG Gaming Technologies doesn't stay aside and joins the everlasting trend of the slots world. With its Viking Queen game, the studio invites players on an exciting reel adventure to the seas of Scandinavia, packed with awesome features and wonderful prizes of up to 2,000x the stake.

Viking Queen - Slot Outlook

Loading the game will take players onboard the ship of the Viking Queen, presented by a standard 5x3 reel setup, producing 25 fixed paylines. Behind it, an animated background image showcases vast Scandinavian seas with numerous Drakkars in the rear. It's quite a typical look that is often found in the Norse niche, so Viking Queen doesn't really differ from many other Viking-inspired games. However, it's worth mentioning that GONG Gaming Technologies has still put a lot of effort into the design, as the graphics are pretty cosmic and the animations are smooth and lovely. The sound aspect is also on spot - you hear an ambient sound of the sea while the reels are static, and once you press that spin button, a piece of classy Viking music blasts off your speakers, adding a final touch to the general atmosphere.

Viking Queen Slot - Reel Screen

Playable on any device, the Viking Queen slot comes with a betting range of €0.5 to €125 per spin, which should appeal to many. The volatility is medium, and the RTP is solid well above the average level at 96.92%, so returns should come pretty often.

The maximum winning potential is 2,000x the bet, which is €250,000 when playing with the max available stake option. Not a deal-breaking amount though, but still OK given the volatility rating of the game.

As we head over to the paytable, we see 11 regular symbols that are split into two categories, namely lows and highs. The lower section includes classic A-9 card symbols, and the higher-value lot comprises 5 more Viking-related symbols. Those include in ascending order cups, eyeteeth, panthers, wolves, and bears. All symbols pay for three-of-a-kind and more, except forbear, who needs only two.

Five-of-a-kind low symbol wins are worth from 2.4x to 8x the stake, and the premiums pay from 10x to 40x. The Viking Queen herself is Wild, and she can appear anywhere on the reels to substitute for any other regular symbols. On top of that, Wild symbols pay for two-of-a-kind and more and are worth 200x the bet for five instances on a line.

Viking Queen - Bonus Features

Viking Queen Slot - Free Spins

The Viking Queen slot relies heavily on the Free Spins feature, where most wins come from. However, unlike in most games, you'll surely want to stay in the base game for as long as possible in order to collect multipliers and get a much more rewarding bonus round.

Viking Queen Slot - Level UpTo the left is sitting a Map, which indicates your current multiplier for the next Free Spins session and tracks your progress on achieving the next possible multiplier. It starts at 1x and can grow all the way up to 10x. Whenever a shield symbol appears anywhere in view, it contributes to the so-called map, advancing the shield icon on the map, after which transforms into a Free Spins symbol. Collecting enough shield symbols will increase the total free games multiplier and update the map to show your progression towards the next multiplier. However, each multiplier spot is an increasing number of steps away.

That being said, reaching level 2 requires only ten shields, and that number is increased by 10 for each next milestone.

3 or more Free Spins symbols are needed to trigger the feature, which awards 10 free spins to start with. During the bonus, all wins are multiplied by the achieved Map multiplier, though, the Map itself isn't available, so it's not possible to raise the multiplier further while in free games. Each shield symbol gives you additional free spins, no limits, and 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 symbols appearing anywhere on the reels award +2, +5, +10, +20, or +50 extra spins respectively. Notably, the Map multiplier doesn't reset between each Free Spins round and is stored per each bet level.

Viking Queen - Slot Verdict

Although Viking Queen hardly offers anything new, it's still a decent slot with a well-balanced math model and exciting features. Once you get past the basic Viking looks, the gameplay lurking beneath is pretty amazing, especially when you collect enough shields to get a juicy Multiplier for the free spins feature. More importantly, those multipliers do not reset after you complete a bonus round and keep increasing once you return to the base game.

All said and done, Viking Queen is a nice option for those into the genre, and the rewarding Free Spins round is bound to be enjoyed by slotters.

Pros

• Great Viking art work
• Progressive Multiplier for the Free Spins
• Medium volatility and 96.92% RTP

Cons

• Relatively low max win of 2,000x the stake