Snow Queen

The winter is never passing in the Snow Queen slot. The frozen castle is ruled by the cold hand of her majesty, but she will be your biggest alley in the quest to gain some nice winnings.

Forge the alliance with her, and she will use her powers to transform all symbols into her image, significantly increasing the winning potential.

If you activate the bonus round, the prizes might be even bigger with transforming scatters and multipliers joining on the reels.

It seems like CQ9 Gaming created a very engaging and entertaining slot, but let’s review it and discover all its secrets.

Theme

The story of a queen with the power to wield ice at will is hundreds of years old. It never ceases to be an inspiration for the movie industry and game makers. There is something intriguing about women with the magical powers that can make the whole world tremble from the cold – legends like this never go out of style and keep us interested for decades. 

While the theme of this slot is a clear rip off of the ancient tale, it is executed perfectly. In the background, you can see the snow-covered landscape with the ice castle. The Queen herself is the highest paying symbol as well as the Wild.

Different animals roaming in the snow are some other symbols spinning on the reels. That’s where the theme loses its track – the leopard certainly isn’t a predator you’ll expect to encounter in the frozen environment.

On the other hand...

…the leopard, as well as other symbols, have a very nice design. It’s a mixture of cartoonish and realistic style that goes very well together in this case. The graphics and animation are on a solid level of quality that doesn’t diminish when you play on gadgets with smaller screens since this release is optimized for mobile devices.

Betting Options

Consisting of 3 rows, 3 reels and 5 paylines, the grid looks like the ones found in most of classic slots, but because of its special feature, this title does belong in the modern slots category.

Due to a number of paylines, the betting starts on the low side, with a minimum of ¥1. The maximum bet you can place is ¥2000.

When it comes to symbols...

…the ones with the highest payouts ranging between ten and 100x the bet are:

• The Queen herself (also doubles as wild)
• Leopard
• Wolf
• White horse
• Owl

Standard royals are the symbols that produce the lowest winnings.

Snow Queen Slot Features

On the contrary to many other CQ9 Gaming titles, the one bonus game is the only special feature in this game. It is extra spins round, but not the ordinary one.

There aren’t scatters that usually activate it – to trigger this round you will need to land 9 identical symbols. It might seem hard to start it, but the Queen Wild who substitutes for all symbols and appears quite often can help you a lot with this matter.

While there aren’t scatters to begin with...

…once the special feature is activated, the symbol that triggers it transforms into scatter. Each of the transformed scatters will pay out the prize associated with it.

Furthermore...

…every card that lands on the reels will stay on its landing place and receive an increasing multiplier. Meaning the first symbol will bring the basic prize, the third one double, and the ninth one 128 times the normal prize.

The feature starts with 8 extra spins, and that’s the maximum the player can get since there isn’t the retriggering option.

Our Take

Snow Queen slot is a simple title, with simple gameplay. However, that doesn’t make it less fun. Especially when the special feature with multipliers and sticky symbols is active. It is the main attraction of this release which with a dash of luck can bring you some big wins. While it isn’t the most elaborate slot out there, the entertainment factor is spot on.