Mermaid Queen

Players seeking out the best video slots won’t want to miss out on Mermaid Queen, the ocean beauty game from Scientific Games.

In this title, the high seas provide the setting for treasure and beauty both: wilds provide double win multipliers in base play while mermaid symbols award 15 free spins with all wins tripled!

Theme

Mermaid Queen…

… might have been a great title for a Freddie Mercury solo album, but in this case, the royal in question is literal: legendary beauties of the sea promising wealth and pleasure to sailors lucky enough to discover them. 

Players who discover these damsels of the deep will find solid payouts waiting for them.

This game is built by SG, a heritage brand with roots all the way back to pinball game manufacture in 1943. Recently, they’ve been acquiring notable slot design firms such as Red7 Mobile and WMS, creating a powerhouse in the online gaming sector.

Gaming symbols include many maritime wonders: dolphins leaping, tall ships with all sails puffed, treasure chests, oysters revealing pearls, and treasure maps. The playing card values ace through nine act as lower-value symbols. 

A handsome young sailor acts as wild, substituting for all other symbols to form wins while adding a double win multiplier.

This game’s most important symbols, fittingly…

… are the mermaid scatter symbols. Her fins are tastefully not shown to preserve her modesty. open the way to as many as 25 free spins! 

Betting Options and Functions

There are 10 fixed paylines, all paying from left-to-right. 20 paylines are active during the Big Bet feature.

The overall per-spin bet is set simply from 0.10–500.00 times the betting currency…. quite a broad range! High rollers should be aware of a maximum possible win of 250,000.00 times the betting currency. Autoplay is available for up to 200 spins, with optional win/loss limits available.

Player options, payline information, game rules, and more are available via a pop-up menu. The theoretical return to player (RTP) is listed as below the industry average at 95.09%.

Features

• The appearance of three mermaid scatter symbols on the reels triggers the Free Spin bonus.
• 15 freebies will be awarded.
• All wins are tripled during the feature.

Our Take

SG has released a solid game here. Experienced players may note the minimal bonus feature, slightly below-average RTP, and conclude that this slot falls short of the promise indicated by its title… and perhaps that’s the case. Nonetheless, solid gaming fundamentals and a winning theme make this title well worth a voyage or two.