The Freya Valhalla Queen slot is a 5 reel by 3x4x4x4x4 row 8 payline game by Microgaming with the highest paid symbols, Freya, showing up as a mega symbol and paying 20,000x your bet if she covers all 8 paylines.
You have a choice of two free spin bonuses, both of which allow you to collect instant cash prizes and multipliers. There are no wild symbols, but the buy bonus is one of the most affordable around, at just 26.10x your bet.
All the numbers line up in your favour, as it’s not just the top win that is impressive. Freya Valhalla Queen slot RTP is set at 96.07%, and the volatility is high, giving you those big moments that will have you jumping out of your seat.
The slot theme is well crafted, the free spins are plentiful, and Freya is all over these 5 beautiful reels. It’s hard to fault it, but we will try because otherwise, we won’t be a very good slot game review website.
Considering games with bigger wins (The Possessed slot) and more interesting mechanics (Gears of Horus) got only 4 stars, what makes this Microgaming slot exceptional?
In one word: balance.
Despite being a high volatility slot, the wins here are frequent enough that you don’t feel like you are wasting your time playing the base game. That’s because the paytable matters. Freya is the highest-paying symbol, and she appears on reels 2-5 as a single symbol, up to 4×4 symbols, potentially covering all 4 reels.
Reel 1 is a little different as it only has three rows and almost acts independently from the other reels—Freya shows up here but only as a 1×1 or 1×2 symbol. Still, all but the two lowest-paying symbols pay over your bet back. It’s not death-by-a-million bets like in so many Megaways type slots.
Freya herself is entertaining enough in the base game, but in the free spins, you get a little extra magic as you get to choose whether the Valkiries give you multipliers on all your wins or Freya gives you multipliers on the Rune symbols which now come with instant cash wins.
We generally hate recommending buy-bonus slot machines because we feel they can be dangerous, especially if you are new to gambling. Generally, these costs anywhere from 100x to 200x your bet, and you rarely get the money back.
Not in this Freya Valhalla Queen slot, for:
You will rarely see such a generous buy bonus anywhere, and for the most part, you generally (at minimum) tend to get your bed back, sometimes a little less, sometimes a little more, so it doesn’t feel like an irresponsible gamble.
Not always, of course. We bought the bonus five times—twice, we got less than our bet back; once, we got barely any wins (5x our bet); and twice, we got over our bet back (130x our bet and 90x our bet). It’s still dangerous, but it’s a great place to familiarise yourself with a generally dangerous gambling feature.
At the end of the day, you can’t forget that this Freya Valhalla Queen game is capricious. But with some well-balanced mechanics, wins, and features, you’ll have fun no matter what.
Mobile Slot released | 4th March 2024 |
Slot type | Video Slot |
Software | Microgaming |
Slot reels / paylines | 5 Reels / 8 Paylines |
House edge / RTP | 3.93% / 96.07% |
Slot volatility | High |
Min/Max bet | 0.10 / 10 |
Max win | 20,000x your bet |
Free spins | 5 to 19 Free Spins / Various Multipliers |
Bonus rounds | Mega Symbols, Scatters, Free Spins, Multipliers, Instant Win Symbols |
Slot Themes | Vikings |
Big Freya: The highest paid symbol on the reels is Freya. She appears as a single symbol on reel 1, but can appear as a 3x3, 3x4 or 4x4 on reels 2-5.
If you cover all reels with the Freya symbol you will win 20,000x your total bet.
Free Spins: Land 5 scatter free spins symbols to win free spins. You get the number of free spins equal to the number of free spin symbols that triggered the feature - the minimum is 5 up to a maximum of 19. The only paying symbols during the free spins are Lunxes, Falcon, Necklace and Flower. The runes now have a cash value.
You then choose your mode:
The Rune symbols are only active during the free spin bonus round.
Buy Bonus: There are two types of buy bonuses.
The Freya Valhalla Queen slot game is strangely refreshing. It's refreshing because this game wears its wins on its sleeve—in other words, it tells you exactly how to get the max win of 20,000x your bet.
When you turn the slot upside down and play on a blue moon, there's no hypothetical multiplier that needs to multiply each other over 3 reels of wilds.
All you need to do is line up Freya as a mega-symbol on all 5 reels - yes, it may feel challenging, but not impossible. And that's the sign of a good slot machine.
When you open it, you get excited every time you see that special feature because you know that today is the day.
The Valahlla Queen is open to your prayers today at all good Microgaming casinos.
Review by Lucky Mobile Slots, last updated: March 10, 2024 - Rating