The Greek tale Leda and the Swan inspired Royal Swan, an avian-and-mythological September 2020 video slot from developer Ainsworth. It is in the Quad Shot game family, together with the: 2016 games Golden Lion, Gold Zone, and Mighty Panther; 2017 games Jade Emperor, and Soul Queen; 2018 games Run with the Wolves, Island Princess, Pearl River, and Big Thunder; and 2020 games Niulang and Zhinu, and Congo King.

Themes: classical Greek kingdom, bestiality, royalty, grace, shapeshifting, and jewelry. Royal Swan has: 50 adjustable and rightward lines; two eight-bet sets; two scatters; four non-progressive jackpots; fourteen symbols; and free games, with up to five ordinaries-turned-wilds.

Regular games: twelve symbols (A, K, Q, J, 9, 10, lotus, harp, goldfish, egg, princess, and palace) require a three-of-a-kind, or four-of-a-kind, or five-of-a-kind that pay from X0.20 to X100 for 25 lines and from X0.10 to X100 for 50 lines.

Free spins: twelve symbols (A, K, Q, J, 9, 10, lotus, harp, goldfish, egg, princess, and palace) require a three-of-a-kind or four-of-a-kind, paying from X0.20 to X20 for 25 lines and from X0.10 to X20 for 50 lines.

Royal Swan Game Characteristics

Leda and the Swan’s storyline: the sky god Zeus, who had shapeshifted into a swan, had a sexual act—alongside her Spartan king husband Tyndareus—with the Aetolian princess Leda; subsequently, Zeus fathered—through the swan’s hatchlings—daughter Helen of Troy and son Pollux, while Tyndareus fathered daughter Clytemnestra and son Castor.

There is a purple-hued Aetolian hill range—seemingly the Acarnanian Mountains—amid a mountain lake that background the Royal Swan’s partitioned and purple-reeled 5X3 grid, featuring a fancy and ruby-embedded golden frame.

Royal Swan has either 25 lines or 50 lines.
The 25 lines’ total bets: $1.00 (minimum bet), $2.00, $4.00, $6.00, $8.00, $12.00, $16.00, and $20.00.
The 50 lines’ total bets: $2.00, $4.00, $8.00, $12.00, $16.00, $24.00, $32.00, and $40.00 (maximum bet).

The Royal Swan’s three symbols: substituting wild swan god Zeus; free games-triggering winged white-and-golden Aetolian palace (scatter); and jackpot-facilitating blue-and-orange “Quad Shot” frame (scatter).

Eleven ordinaries: bejeweled Aetolian princess Leda; golden swan-framed brown egg; goldfish; golden harp; lotus; purple A; orange K; golden Q; blue J; green 9; and red 10.
Royal Swan has the regular payouts.
For the 25 lines: 10/Q/J pay X0.20, X0.40, and X2; K/Q pay X0.20, X0.80, and X4; A pay X0.20, X1.60, and X4; lotuses pay X0.20, X2, and X6; harps pay X0.20, X3, and X8; goldfish pay X0.20, X4, and X8; eggs pay X0.20, X3, and X8; Leda pays X0.20, X4, and X12; and palaces pay X5, X20, and X100.

For the 50 lines: 10/Q/J pay X0.10, X0.20, and X1; K/Q pay X0.10, X0.40, and X2; A pay X0.10, X0.80, and X2; lotuses pay X0.10, X1, and X3; harps pay X0.10, X1.50, and X4; goldfish pay X0.10, X2, and X4; eggs pay X0.10, X1.50, and X4; Leda pays X0.10, X2, and X6; and palaces pay X5, X20, and X100.

The crimson-reeled free games pay as follows.
For the 25 lines: 9/10/J pay X0.20 and X0.80; A/K/Q pay X0.20 and X1; harps/lotuses pay X0.20 and X1.20; goldfish/eggs pay X0.20 and X1.60; Leda pays X0.20 and X2; and palaces pay X5 and X20.

For the 50 lines: 9/10/J pay X0.10 and X0.40; A/K/Q pay X0.10 and X0.50; harps/lotuses pay X0.10 and X0.60; goldfish/eggs pay X0.10 and X0.80; Leda pays X0.10 and X1; and palaces pay X5 and X20.

3+ palaces offer ten free games, while 2+ re-appearing palaces offer +3 free spins. The free mode’s inner reels randomize the instant transformation of the Leda/goldfish, or Leda/goldfish/eggs, or Leda/goldfish/eggs/harps, or Leda/goldfish/eggs/harps/lotuses sets into swans.

A “Quad Shot”-framed symbol that coincides with a five-of-a-kind prompts a jackpot. If it coincides with a five-of-a-kind of Leda/goldfish/eggs/harps/lotuses: the unsubstituted combination yields a $10000.00 major jackpot; and the substituted combination offers a $160.00 minor jackpot.

If it coincides with a five-of-a-kind of A/K/Q/J/10/9: the unsubstituted combination yields a $1200.00 maxi jackpot; and the substituted combination offers a $40.00 mini jackpot.

The Royal Swan software: HTML5 technology; desktop/mobile versions; 10/25/50/75/100 auto spins; and bet history.

Sound effects: ambient mariachi instrumental; and retro, jingling, ringing, sloshing, and strumming. The animated 3D graphics: glittering, glowing, zooming, gushing, shaky grid, wriggling fish, plashing and flapping swan.

Luck in the Royal Swan

There are a 94.77% RTP rate and 5.23% house edge in Royal Swan, which is a game of chance.