Queen of Alexandria Wowpot! : Slot Overview

Microgaming’s massively popular Wowpot! jackpot network heads back to scorching ancient times with Queen of Alexandria Wowpot!, created by partner studio Neon Valley Studios. The network keeps expanding its game selection, and the prize pools are climbing to genuinely huge levels. With the lure of multi-million Euro wins, titles like Queen of Alexandria Wowpot! are easy to sell. Take the jackpots away, though, and it’s hard not to see Queen of Alexandria Wowpot! as essentially NetEnt’s legendary Starburst, simply reworked with an Ancient Egypt coating.

Visually, it’s polished enough, even if it also feels fairly standard. A semi-transparent 5-reel, 10-payline layout sits in front of a familiar Giza backdrop of columns, palm trees, pyramids, and similar scenery. Still, that’s largely secondary to the panel on the right side of the screen, where the real spectacle is: 4 jackpots, including a Wowpot! that can climb to eye-watering amounts. The audio is a routine Arabic-tinged loop that matches the game’s generally safe approach. Put together, it has a bit of that physical cabinet vibe, which some players may enjoy.

Chasing Queen of Alexandria Wowpot!’s headline wins is possible on anything from desktop to mobile, with stakes ranging from 10 p/c to $/€200 per spin. As is typical for jackpot slots, higher bets improve your chances of triggering a spin on the jackpot wheel. Away from the progressive element, the numbers are less impressive. The RTP is predictably low for this style of game at 92.5%. With Medium volatility, it aims for broad appeal, delivering a win every 4.61 spins (21.69% of the time) to keep things ticking over.

Since the gameplay leans heavily on Starburst, wins pay in both directions, effectively giving you twice the opportunity to connect a combination. You’ll be paid when 3 or more identical symbols land left to right or right to left, beginning from reel 1 or 5, which adds a nice twist. The symbol set also feels very familiar. The first 5 are luminous crystals featuring Egyptian-style icons; after that come lucky 7s and a golden cat marked with the word ‘BAR’. Five-of-a-kind wins award between 2.5 to 25 times the stake. Because the game is bidirectional, those totals can be doubled, since full lines pay twice—once in each direction.

Queen of Alexandria Wowpot! : Slot Features

Cleopatra, the Queen of Alexandria, appears as the wild symbol. Wilds can land on reels 2, 3, or 4, and when they do, they expand to fill the entire reel. Along with substituting for standard paying symbols, wilds also activate a respin. During the respin, the full-reel wilds remain sticky. If more wilds land while respinning, you earn another respin. Up to 3 respins can happen in a row, allowing all three middle reels to become wild.

Small diamond icons act as the progressive trigger symbols, and they can appear on any position except wilds. These symbols are found on reels 2, 3, or 4 only. When progressive symbols land, they are collected and may set off a spin of the progressive wheel. A wheel spin guarantees a win from 1 of 4 jackpots: the mini, minor, major, or Wowpot! with minimum seed values of €10, €100, €50,000 or €2 million respectively. One small caveat is that progressive trigger symbols do not appear during respins.

Queen of Alexandria Wowpot! : Slot Verdict

Starburst transplanted to the Nile and topped with a jackpot is a fair summary of Queen of Alexandria Wowpot!—and to be fair, it’s a very large jackpot. Borrowing the blueprint of someone else’s blockbuster slot and pairing it with a very familiar theme doesn’t exactly scream creativity. Still, even if Queen of Alexandria Wowpot! isn’t particularly original, dedicated jackpot hunters are unlikely to mind as long as there’s a shot at a massive payout. And massive is right: Wowpot! has grown dramatically. At the time of writing, the top jackpot had reached an 8 figure amount, even exceeding its fellow progressive, Mega Moolah, for context.

If we’re hunting for positives, Queen of Alexandria does come across as more sparkly than the game it imitates, with bright, punchy effects that highlight the pay-both-ways setup. The resemblance runs so deep that it’s difficult to decide whether Queen of Alexandria Wowpot! is a respectful nod to a classic or simply uninspired development.

Either way, it’s doubtful the average player chasing two million bucks (or more) will be too concerned. The action flows smoothly, but regular wins are on the smaller side, with a full screen of cats paying 500x the stake. Starburst was never famous for huge base-game payouts, and Queen of Alexandria Wowpot! won’t be either unless the jackpots land.

For anyone primarily interested in multi-million Euro jackpots, Queen of Alexandria Wowpot! is about as fun as the next option. It’s even better suited to players who enjoy old-school mechanics. Naturally, without the jackpots, Queen of Alexandria Wowpot! wouldn’t turn many heads—but with them in place, it’s well positioned to attract hopeful players and keep that prize pot climbing.