Regal Beasts: Slot Overview

Players are invited to swear loyalty to a house banner in developer Red Tiger’s medieval-themed slot Regal Beasts. Thanks to a clever twist, full payline wins can stretch anywhere from 5 to 15 symbols. This Symbols Strength mechanic is supported by Regal Wilds and Regal Spins which may not deliver huge overall potential, but when the right pieces line up, full-screen wins can be sizeable.

“Understated” fits Regal Beasts’ presentation, with a 5-reel, 10-payline layout set in front of a heraldic background. Red Tiger’s fondness for Au is on show, with plenty of gold trim alongside sweeping blue and crimson ribbons. It’s clean but classy, and it matches the regal concept well. There’s also a Game of Thrones feel to it, which is difficult to avoid when leaning into coats of arms and heraldry. Martin’s stories were packed with medieval ceremony, binding entire peoples to lords, kings, and banners.

Regal Beasts runs smoothly across devices and provides stake options of 10 p/c to $/€40 per spin. Looking at the stats, it feels more like a modest coat of arms than one representing a sprawling empire. Volatility is rated 4 out of 5, or medium-high, while the default RTP is 95.73%. What really makes it feel closer to house Tarly than Lannister is the game’s potential, which we’ll cover in the verdict.

Heraldry became widely adopted among European nobility around the 12th century. The idea spread quickly, lending extra weight and status even to lesser nobles and would-be lords. Before long, anyone above commoner status seemed to need a coat of arms or risk being overlooked, sparking a boom in designs. That’s why many feature surprisingly odd imagery—unicorns, dodos, or even men sporting snake neckties—simply to stand out. Red Tiger keeps Regal Beasts’ heraldry familiar by focusing on recognisable creatures.

The “beasts” in the name show up as the four top-paying symbols: lions, dragons, Cerberus, and eagles. Working out payouts is slightly trickier than usual because of the Symbol Strength feature. As a guide, five premium symbols pay 2 to 4 times the stake. But if you manage to land 15 of a kind, that rises to 80-160 times the stake. Rounding out the paytable are the low symbols, from 10 down to A.

Symbols can appear stacked, so full-screen results are definitely possible. A full grid of standard single symbols isn’t particularly thrilling—the best return in that case is only 40x the bet—but Symbol Strength can upgrade icons and massively change their worth. There are three versions: single, double, and triple. A double counts as two symbols, while a triple counts as three. And yes, with triple symbols, landing just one will result in a payline win.

Regal Beasts: Slot Features

Alongside the Symbol Strength mechanic, players get support from Regal Wilds in both the base game and the bonus, plus Regal Spins which can create some of the game’s most pulse-raising sequences when they retrigger.

In the base game, watch the golden orb beneath the reels, as it can randomly activate on any spin. When it triggers, a number of Regal Wilds are added to the reels, giving the hit rate a noticeable boost.

Like the standard symbols, the scatter also appears in single, double, and triple versions. When you land the equivalent of 3 single scatters, you receive 9 Regal Spins. If you hit more than 3, each extra single scatter adds +3 free spins, up to a maximum of 45. On the initial trigger, all single symbols are upgraded to doubles. If Regal Spins retrigger, then regular symbols and wilds are all upgraded to triple symbols. In addition, during free spins the golden orb activates every spin, and Regal Wilds are upgraded to doubles at the minimum.

Regal Beasts: Slot Verdict

Regal Beasts is a visually appealing Red Tiger slot with a theme that’s not overly common, paired with a handful of enjoyable features. NetEnt explored the double-symbol idea back in 2013 with Flowers, so it’s not entirely fresh, although triple symbols are still relatively rare. The result is that a single triple symbol can pay, and full lines of them deliver a satisfying jolt. The progression from singles to doubles and then triples also looks good, as the artwork becomes more imposing with each step. The idea of packing more symbol value into the same space is somewhat reminiscent of Megaclusters, just in a more restrained format.

Regal Beasts’ main weakness shows up when you look at its max win. It’s significant enough to be a deciding point for some players, especially those who chase big ceilings. Most of the time, payouts are fairly modest unless you manage to land lots of triple-upgraded symbols, which is when things can get lively. The Regal Beasts max win is 2,078x the bet, yet full screens can still deliver tasty rewards when triple symbols fill the grid. In that situation, a screen of triple premium symbols pays 800 to 1600 times the bet. Wilds can pay even more (2,000x), though a full screen of triple wilds seems extremely unlikely to land with any regularity. Until a big moment hits, the base game is occasionally lifted by a Regal Wild or two, but it can feel like it runs out of steam at times.

Regal Beasts is another sharp-looking Red Tiger release, featuring a solid Symbol Strength mechanic that’s worth trying to see if it clicks for you. The low max win may put some players off, but individual spin payouts can still be strong, particularly if you manage to retrigger free spins.