Kingdoms Rise: Shadow Queen

By Matthew Kennedy | Updated 10 June 2026

Kingdoms Rise: Shadow Queen is the latest progressive slot released in 2020 by software developer Playtech. This fantasy-themed slot offers three progressive jackpots, increasing multipliers and free spins with guaranteed wins. The slot was developed in collaboration with Ash Gaming and is another one to add to the Kingdom Rise series of slots. The jackpots can be triggered at random, and features include increasing multipliers, expanding wilds and free spins with guaranteed wins.

Slot details

Kingdoms Rise: Shadow Queen is a 5 reel, 25 fixed payline progressive slot with high variance with an RTP of 94.36%. It is playable across all devices, and wagering starts at 10p and goes up to £500 per spin. The game opens up with the reels set on a gold wheel with a patterned stone backdrop. Lower value symbols are green, pink, turquoise, purple and blue gemstones, a spell book, a bottle of potion, and 3 characters on green, blue and red backgrounds, the latter has the highest value, 5 on a payline will payout x25 of your wager. The wild symbol is the Shadow Queen and she can replace all other symbols bar the wheel scatter.

Gameplay

Landing 3 wheel scatters on the 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th reels on the same spin will trigger the Magic Wheel feature which will decide on how many free spins you collect.

The wheel has 4 levels and you need to land on the arrow to progress to the next level, you can win from 3-10 Magic Win spins depending on the level you reach. The number of free spins you collect will only reduce if you land a winning combination, and a progressive multiplier will also be active and increase by x1 on every spin, whether it is a winning spin or not. There are three progressive jackpots to be won: the Epic, the Power Strike and the Daily Strike. These are triggered at random, the Daily Strike must be won by a certain time, the Power Strike must be won before it reaches a certain amount, and the Epic has no limits.

Kingdoms Rise: Shadow Queen is an engaging game with quality HD graphics. You can win up to x6,250 of your wager with the help of the Win Spins and progressive multipliers, so it is certainly worth a go.

Matthew Kennedy

Co-founder & Technical Director at Play Cash Games

Matthew Kennedy co-founded Take Marketing Limited in 2008 alongside Becky Mosley and has worked in the UK online gambling industry ever since. He runs the technical side of the operation, building and maintaining the platforms that power Play Cash Games and the wider Take Marketing portfolio.

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