Released in 2016, Snow Queen Riches is an arctic-themed video slot designed by 2 BY 2 Gaming. Wintry conditions, arctic kingdom, and royalty are among the themes. Other relatable games from 2 BY 2 Gaming include Festival Queens (June 2014) and The Sand Princess (February 2018).
The rival games include Snow Queen from Alfaplay, Frozen Queen (October 2018) from Tom Horn Gaming, and Ice Queen (December 2012) from Novomatic. The snow queen herself lacks a regular payout. The icy kingdom requires three combinations. The other eleven symbols require three, four, or five winning combinations.
Snow Queen Riches Game Characteristics
The Snow Queen Riches has a 5X3 grid, eleven symbols, 25 fixed pay lines, a bonus wheel, up to X100 win multipliers, dynamic payouts, expanding snow queen, two bonus game rounds, free respins, and free games plus extra free games. The regular payouts are between $0.04 and $1280.00.
The are two special symbols namely: a scatter comprising of an icy castle with a full moon in the background that unlocks the free games via the bonus round; and the Wild and substituting symbols (also a win multiplier) is the snow queen herself who has flaxen hair, turquoise tiara, and is dressed in a pink gown.
The ten Snow Queen Riches ordinary symbols: a boy dressed in red sweatshirt and gray hat; a smiling golden red-haired girl in a lemon yellow blouse; a white reindeer; a round golden-framed mirror; a red flower in a white vase; a snow white A; a snow white K; a snow white J; a snow white Q; and a snow white 10.
Upon loading, the Snow Queen Riches players press a muted or unmuted speaker icon to play with(out) sounds.
These are the thirteen Snow Queen Riches are: $0.01, $0.02, $0.04, $0.06, $0.08, $0.10, $0.16, $0.24, $0.32, $0.48, $0.64, $0.80, and $1.60. These are the thirteen possible bets in Snow Queen Riches: $0.25 (minimum bet), $0.50, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $4.00, $6.00, $8.00, $12.00, $16.00, $20.00, and $40.00 (maximum bet).
Based on the $40.00 maximum bet, the following are the Snow Queen Riches payouts. Three icy castles pay $40.00. Three, four, and five winning combinations: the boy pays $64.00, $240.00, and $1280.00; the girl pays $48.00, $160.00, and $640.00; the reindeer pays $40.00, $80.00, and $320.00; either the mirror, or the flower vase pays $24.00, $48.00, and $160.00; either A, or K pays $16.00, $40.00, and $80.00; and either J, or Q, or 10 pays $6.40, $16.00, and $40.00.
The win multipliers associated with the snow queen are X2 and X4. Winning combinations that include the snow queen also offer a respin before expanding, thereby transforming a full reel into a Wild. Furthermore, winnings resulting from the respins are subjected to the X4 win multiplier instead of X2.
Three icy castles unlock the bonus round, wherein the players are prompted to choose: the lowly risky but averagely rewarding bonus wheel, or the highly risky but highly rewarding ten free spins. The win multipliers associated with the bonus wheel are as low as X4 and up to X100. There are ten free games that can be retriggered, resulting to a possible total of 20 free games. The non-progressive jackpot of Snow Queen Riches is $80,000.
Although it lacks an autoplay, the Snow Queen Riches software is good, with its unpartitioned grid seemingly suspended on an arctic lake. The sounds are magical. The animated 3D graphics awesome, including the sparkling symbols, the queen eying suggestively, the hail, and the picturesque wintry landscape against a starry sky in the background.
Luck in Snow Queen Riches
A game of chance, the RTP rate of Snow Queen Riches is 96.021% and the house edge is 3.979%.