Eternal Empress Freeze Time: Slot Overview

Ever stormed off after a fiery argument, only to think of the perfect comebacks days later and wish you could rewind time to deliver them? Sadly, for the moment, time travel is, in practical terms, basically off the table. Still, the enduring appeal of films like Back to the Future and Avengers: Endgame shows just how long the idea has captivated people. What about stopping time altogether? It’s not as famous as jumping forward or backward, but freezing everything in place could be just as handy. Here, we get a sort-of experiment with that concept in the online slot Eternal Empress Freeze Time from Pragmatic Play partner Wild Streak Gaming.

In real life, controlling time would probably demand a massive leap in understanding plus technology far beyond what we have. For now, anyway. In Eternal Empress Freeze Time, it’s much simpler: land the right symbols at the right moment and you can pull off a kind of time-stalling trick. The figure who seems to wield that power is the woman posed beside the reels—presumably the Eternal Empress herself. The action plays out in a metallic, electrically/magically charged setting with a near Art Deco vibe, looking like the perfect backdrop for an upscale cosplay gathering.

Eternal Empress Freeze Time is a highly volatile slot played on a 5-reel, 3-row grid. It uses a 243 ways to win system, with wins starting from the leftmost reel and continuing across consecutive reels. There’s a single way to play—choose a stake of 20 c to $/€100—and the maximum RTP is 96.5%.

Looking at the paytable, you’ll see 10-A card ranks alongside pocket watches, rings, spheres, masks, and the female character symbols. Five-of-a-kind royals return 0.5 to 2 times the stake, while a 5 OAK picture-symbol hit pays 2.5 to 7.5 times the bet. The wild symbol appears on the middle three reels in Eternal Empress Freeze Time, and it can substitute for any standard paying symbol.

Eternal Empress Freeze Time: Slot Features

At its core, Eternal Empress Freeze Time is a money symbol collect title, with a free spins feature bolted on that can freeze time—well, it effectively freezes certain elements.

Money Collect Feature

The wild symbol also functions as the game’s Money symbol, showing a random value whenever it lands. Values can range from 1x to 250x the total bet. In addition, Ruby symbols can appear on the far-left and far-right reels. Each Ruby symbol that lands awards the total value of any wild symbol values currently visible on the reels.

Free Spins

Landing 3 or more scatter symbols triggers the free spins feature and grants 10 free spins. In free spins, two extra symbols can show up. The Clock symbol appears only on the leftmost reel, and the Padlock symbol appears only on the rightmost reel.

When a Clock symbol and a Padlock symbol land at the same time, the game switches into Freeze Time mode. While Freeze Time is active, all Money symbols from the triggering spin stay on the screen until time resumes, and the game keeps respinning. Any new wilds that land during Freeze Time also lock them in place. Freeze Time spins are not deducted from the awarded free spins amount. The game pays out for winning combinations and Ruby symbol collections after each respin. If a Clock and Padlock land together again, Freeze Time ends. Free spins cannot be retriggered.

Eternal Empress Freeze Time: Slot Verdict

Whether the world truly needed yet another mid-range money-collect slot is up for discussion, but Eternal Empress Freeze Time ended up being a bit better than expected. Wild Streak Gaming releases aren’t exactly famous for redefining the genre, and at first glance this one looked like it might be disposable. In fairness, it still felt like a “take it or leave it” experience by the end, but the right type of player could still get some enjoyment out of it.

That “right type” probably isn’t someone obsessed with hunting the most jaw-dropping win potential around, since Eternal Empress Freeze Time tops out at a respectable 4,888x the bet. For what the game offers, it’s a reasonable ceiling—especially with Ruby symbols collecting cash prize values that can get fairly hefty near the top end. Repeatedly collecting a big number during Freeze Time was a nice moment. Mechanically, the main attempt to stand out is the Time Freeze concept, and that element was decent too. It may not be the next major innovation, but it does bring a small dash of difference.

Other games have played with time before—most notably 4ThePlayer’s 60 Second Heist, plus Push Gaming’s Joker Troupe and Land of Zenith. Eternal Empress Freeze Time doesn’t quite stick in the memory the same way, though it may suit a less demanding, more casual audience than the high-strung, chaotic energy found in some of Push Gaming’s bigger hitters.