7 Lucky Gods: Slot Overview

If you’ve ever been unable to decide between the chocolate chip cookie and the blueberry muffin, said “why not,” and eaten both, then you may relate to software designer AvatarUX’s YOLO vibe. That’s because it feels like the studio couldn’t quite choose between building a carnival-style 3×3 slot or an Asian-themed one, and ultimately opted to do both. To keep things moving, only the presentation has been changed, meaning the Asian slot here, 7 Lucky Gods, uses the exact same maths and features as the slightly earlier carnival release, King of Samba.

With less time needed for the engine and core gameplay, the studio has instead focused on crafting a nicely put-together Asian-inspired scene. 7 Lucky Gods’ visual approach is loosely MonkeyPop-like, and the background is close to artwork, showing a dragon boat, mountains, and a stylish sky. As in King of Samba, royal symbols don’t appear on the 3×3, 5-payline grid, so the theme stays clean and easy on the eyes. The same goes for the audio, so for anyone drawn to this kind of slot, 7 Lucky Gods is a pleasant one to look at.

By using the coins button, gamblers can set their stake across a broad range, starting from 1 c and going up to $/€300 per spin. Unlike much of AvatarUX’s catalogue, 7 Lucky Gods is strictly a base-game spinner, as there are no feature buys or ante bets included this time. Also a bit out of character for an AvatarUX slot, 7 Lucky Gods is low volatile with modest potential, although it carries the familiar, broadly acceptable default RTP of 96.16%.

If the faces on the symbols in 7 Lucky Gods really are 7 lucky gods, then 6 of them appear on the 6 standard pay symbols, while the remaining one is featured on the wild. Players who know the mythology might be able to identify them. The 6 pay symbols can only create wins with 3 OAK, and their payout values range from 1 to 3 times the bet. Wilds can land on any reel and substitute for all regular pay symbols. A 3-wild line returns 4 times the bet.

7 Lucky Gods: Slot Features

In reality, 7 Lucky Gods’ features are almost entirely centred around its wild symbols. The wilds are Walking Wilds that land on the top or middle row. After a spin, Walking Wilds go down by one position until they disappear from the reels. Walking Wilds can arrive carrying a multiplier value of x1, x2, x5, x10, up to x20. If more than one is involved in the same payline win, those multiplier values add together.

Wild Spree

Randomly, a spin can trigger 9 Walking Wilds, with every wild showing a multiplier of x2 or higher.

7 Lucky Gods: Slot Verdict

7 Lucky Gods is very much what it appears to be, and a game like this will struggle to wow players who prefer—and are now used to—slots with mouth-watering win potential, layered gameplay, and blazing-hot features. Instead, 7 Lucky Gods heads the other way, delivering a compact, easy-to-process, mentally light experience, which is likely exactly what AvatarUX intended. The studio has already shown it can produce slots packed with features, potential, and fresh themes. FloridaMan, LooneyPop, and Zombie aPOPalypse are three examples, and there are plenty more. So to appreciate 7 Lucky Gods, you probably need the right mood—or a more forgiving outlook—and it could suit players who specifically want small, easy-to-digest, mentally un-taxing games.

That said, 7 Lucky Gods does lose points for being a reskin. King of Samba didn’t exactly set the world on fire the first time, and 7 Lucky Gods doesn’t either. To be fair, it looks and sounds nice, but once its clone nature becomes clear, the motivation to properly put it through its paces does fade. From a mechanics standpoint, the same criticism aimed at King of Samba applies here as well. The fairly low symbol values really need as much wild multiplication as possible, while Wild Spree adds a quasi-jackpot feel. The max win is 1,200x, so while that number and the gameplay package may be ideal for some, AvatarUX regulars might find the whole thing simply too darn small.