9 Dragon Kings

9 Dragon Kings Review

Some developers can certainly deliver good games, but sometimes fail to deliver slots of the right quality. With 9 Dragon Kings, they tried to do something a bit unorthodox, so we simply couldn’t pass over it without a complete slot review. There’s probably no better place to start than the game’s setup, which has 3 reels, 1 row and 1 payline. Yes, that’s right, there’s only one payline in the mix, which is as simple as things could possibly be!

The dragon theme of 9 Dragon Kings is sprinkled with Asian style, so there aren’t any fantasy dragons to look forward to. Instead, it’s those mythical dragons from Chinese mythology, which is something that we’ve already seen a couple of times. Despite that, we like the slot’s above average production values, and its overall technical quality is high as well.

We don’t have any official info about the slot’s volatility, but we reckon that it’s about medium. The jackpot clocks in at 1,776x your bet, which is decent enough. You can go for many different bet sizes, too, with the min bet being just £0.01. The max bet is then £100, though both values can be different. The theoretical RTP of 9 Dragon Kings is then 95%, so exactly one percent below the 96% standard.

9 Dragon Kings Slot Features

There are four regular and one special symbol in 9 Dragon Kings. The regular symbols show twin dragons of different colors and they can be worth as much as 100x your bet for a combination. The twist here is that you can even mix the dragons together for a reasonable 8x payout, you just need to find any combination on the slot’s payline. But wait, doesn’t that mean that you’re guaranteed a win? No, it doesn’t, since there are also plenty of blanks on the reels!

The special symbol shows a lone red dragon and it works as the Bonus symbol. If you find a set of three, you’ll get a payout worth 888x your bet, but that’s rather hard to do. Even one Bonus symbol is enough to trigger the Respin feature, however.

If you trigger the feature, you’ll get exactly one respin. During that respin, all dragon symbols are guaranteed to be of the same color, which improves your chances of winning big. That’s where the slot’s gameplay ends, though, as there are no other features that we could talk about in this section. We can tell you how you can win the game’s jackpot, however. To win it, you need to find a set of 3 Bonus symbols and then hit another one in the Respin feature!

Review Summary

9 Dragon Kings is a stylish yet overly simple slot that will please only a small minority of players. If you want a game for a brief session or two, you might want to give it a shot – it certainly has enough class. The lack of depth becomes evident rather quickly, though, and we can’t see anyone wanting to return to this experience over and over again. In short, 9 Dragon Kings is as niche as it gets!