Carnival Queen Slot Review

How to play

The Carnival Queen slot comes with a colorful theme backed by a danceable soundtrack which creates a premium game experience. This 4,096-paylines video slot opens with a 4x6 grid in a busy street with spectators waiting for the party to get started.  In the Carnival Queen slot, you need at least three identical symbols from the left to collect a payout. As mentioned, the Avalanche Mechanic is at work here and winning symbols are replaced by new ones that drop from above.  This process continues as long as you create a new pay win.

The available bets in the Carnival Queen slot start at €0.10 which you can increase up to a maximum of €100.00. You can click the ‘Coins’ button to bring up the Betting Menu and select your preferred wager before the start of the game. After setting your bet, click its ‘Spin’ button to play. On the left side of the ‘Spin’ button is the ‘Autoplay’ which allows players to set up to 5,000 spins in advance or set a stop when a feature is won.

Symbols and payouts

The Carnival Queen slot offers an exciting party on the reels with several fun characters as the game’s paying symbols. You will find four Carnival-Goers, a Crown, and the standard low-paying symbols like Aces, Kings, 10s, 9s, Js, and Qs. The Crown is the game’s most important symbol which can pay up to 20x your bet. Among the four Carnival Goers, the Lady with Red Hair is the most lucrative as it awards you up to 7.50x your bet. She’s followed by the other three Carnival Characters which pay anywhere from 2x up to 2.50x your bet when landing five matching symbols.

Among the low-paying symbols, the Aces is the best which pays up to 1.70x your bet. There’s  Carnival Queen Wild too that’s designed to substitute for other symbols except for the Scatters. As mentioned, a winning combination triggers the Avalanche Mechanic which sets you up for bigger wins. More than the payout, you can also enjoy the Multiplier which increases one level for every successful Avalanche.

Best Carnival Queen bonus feature

The game’s party becomes more exciting when the Bonus Scatters appear on the screen.  Collecting at least three Bonus Scatters on the screen will start the Carnival Queen bonus round. With this winning combination, you instantly earn 12 Carnival Queen Free Spins.  An additional Scatter awards you with four more Free Spins. So when you manage to land four or five Bonus Scatters, you win 16 or 20 Free Spins respectively. 

When playing this round, collecting at least two Bonus Scatters awards additional spins starting with three Free Spins.  An additional symbol will add three more spins to the Free Spins count. In case of a non-winning spin, the Wild symbol explodes and will remove all symbols except for the Scatters. An explosion of the Wild helps trigger the Avalanche Feature which serves as your key in enjoying the Infinite Multiplier and hopefully win the top jackpot of up to 22,700x your bet! However, the Multiplier counter will not reset during the Carnival Queen bonus.

RTP & Volatility

The Carnival Queen slot by Thunderkick is another exciting slot that takes inspiration from the street parties of Rio. Although it shares some thematic elements with many slots, this game still impresses with its Avalanche and Infinite Multiplier. This Thunderkick slot machine comes with a medium volatility and the Carnival Queen RTP is set at 96.1%.