Frozen Gems Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Frozen Gems Review

Play’n Go takes you on a sub-zero winterland adventure with Frozen Gems, which clearly follows in the footsteps of last year’s Perfect Gems. You can place bets between 20p and £100 per spin here, which is a fairly standard bet range. The symbols split mechanic is something Play’n Go has “played with” in a few games now, but they seem to struggle with finding a formula that truly connects.

The top bonus reel delivers all the goods here, but you need to unfreeze it by landing cascading wins. It will hand out wild reels, as well as split symbols into 2 or 3 versions of themselves. The progressive win multiplier is really helpful, and you need it because of the rather low symbol values. Visually, this game is not the most impressive we’ve seen, and overall the gameplay comes across as a bit confusing before you get the hang of it.

A screen of the Frozen Gems playing space

Frozen Gems slot Features

The Cascading Wins feature removes winning symbols from the reels, and a fresh batch will then drop from above to fill the gaps. This process will repeat as long as you keep landing new winning combinations.

You will notice a horizontal Bonus Reel that sits on top of the regular reel set, and it comes with 5 symbol positions. The symbols on the bonus reel are frozen by default, but you can unlock them by landing winning combos or scatters on the corresponding regular reels. Here is what the bonus reel offers:

• Bonus wild - turns all symbols on the corresponding reel into wilds.
• 2x Splitting Scatter - splits all symbols on the corresponding reel into 2.
• 3x Splitting Scatter - splits all symbols on the corresponding reel into 3.

When you unlock the splitting symbols mechanic, you also increase the number of win ways. At the most, you can benefit from up to 8,748 win ways here, and there is also a Win Multiplier in play. The progressive multiplier starts at 1x, and it will increase with +1 for each cascading win with no upper limit.

You trigger the bonus round by landing 3 scatters anywhere on the same spin, and this also gives you a 5x scatter win. You will then be awarded with 9 free spins, and any extra scatter above the minimum of 3 awards an additional 5x win.

Keep in mind that scatter wins are not affected by the win multiplier.

Speaking of, the progressive win multiplier from the base game is carried over into the free spins round. The multiplier does not reset between spins in the bonus round, which means that it will only grow. You ger 1 extra spins per scatter you land on a free spin, and there is no cap on how many spins you can get this way, nor on the multiplier.

The 200 Spins Frozen Gems slot Experience

It might sound a bit confusing when you read about these features, but you can see how it all works in the edited highlights video below. We land a decent win via the symbol split mechanic and the wild reel feature at first, and then we trigger the bonus round at 0:45 into the video.

Review Summary

Frozen Gems is a follow-up to last year's Perfect Gems, and both the style and features are similar. The symbol values are rather low in this game, so you really need the symbol split mechanic to work in your favor along with the progressive multiplier. That being said, Play’n Go has doubled the potential from the predecessor game, and you can now win up to a respectable 10,000x your stake.

There is enough going on here to keep the base game interesting, but bigger wins will most likely come in the bonus round. This is how it usually works, of course, and the non-resetting multiplier is key to success in this game. Visually, Frozen Gems remind us of Disney’s Frozen franchise, not least since the logo uses the very same font.

Pros

• Top reel unlocks wild reels and symbol split mechanic
• Expand the number of win ways up to 8,748
• Bonus round where the win multiplier doesn’t reset
• High volatility and 10,000x max win potential

Cons

• Beware of customizable RTP ranges

If you love Frozen Gems slot you should also try:

Perfect Gems - is the predecessor game that Frozen Gems follows up on, and it plays out on 6 reels and up to 21,609 win ways.

When you land a matching symbol on the top reel and the regular reel below, the symbol will split to increase the number of win ways. You will also benefit from a progressive multiplier here, which can lead to payouts up to 5,000x.

Jungle Gorilla - is all about wilds and multipliers, and a special gorilla coin increases the multiplier value. You need to land a win with a wild involved to benefit from the progressive multiplier, and you can win up to 2,500x your stake on this medium variance title.

Grand Galore - plays out on 6 reels and 4,096 win ways, but each win expands the reels upwards with up to 10 rows and a whopping 1 million ways to win. You will also benefit from a synced reels feature here, and up to 50 free spins can give you payouts up to 10,000x your stake.

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