King of Ghosts Slot Review

King of Ghosts - Slot Overview

King of Ghosts is a 5x3, 20 payline video slot from Endorphina, released in February 2022. The theme follows Chinese mythology, with Zhong Kui taking centre stage as the hero facing evil spirits. I play it both in demo and for real money, and the game keeps the classic Endorphina feel with modern graphics, sharp animations and a solid soundtrack that fits the tense ghost‑hunting atmosphere.

King of Ghosts sits in the adventure style of Asian slots that Endorphina do well. The layout is simple, but the maths model is anything but soft, and you can see that as soon as the balance starts swinging. Spins feel quite volatile, yet the potential is obvious when the wilds line up and the feature hits, especially once the random multipliers start working in your favour.

RTP, Volatility and Bets in King of Ghosts

On the numbers side, King of Ghosts runs on a 96.01% RTP setting with high volatility, so I treat it as a swingy option in my session plan. The max win is a massive 25,000x your total bet, which is rare even for this provider. Bets start from just 0.01 per line and climb right up to heavier stakes, across the fixed 20 paylines and five reels.

Wild Symbol and Expanding Wilds in King of Ghosts

The wild symbol in King of Ghosts is Zhong Kui, the master of ghosts from Chinese legend. In the base game this wild substitutes for all regular symbols except the scatter, so it helps to complete and improve winning lines. When I see several Zhong Kui land at once, the payouts jump fast, because the wild has its own high pay prizes on top of the substitution role.

In King of Ghosts free games the wild takes things further by becoming expanding. When Zhong Kui forms part of a winning combination during the feature, he grows to cover the entire reel, but only if that expansion creates or increases a win. This keeps dead spins a bit lower than they might be and adds real drama when you land him on the central reels during a strong multiplier.

Free Games with the King of Ghosts Feature

The main bonus in King of Ghosts is the Free Games with the King of Ghosts feature. Three or more scatter symbols in any position award 12 free spins, played with the same bet and lines as the triggering spin. Scatters feel fairly rare on this high volatility setup, so when I land the third one, I know the bonus can cover a lot of cold spins in one hit.

During free games, any winning spin that includes Zhong Kui will trigger his expanding wild behaviour. That means he fills the reel and then the game checks the cages above the reels, each holding a different multiplier value. Ghosts fly up and occupy random cages, leaving one multiplier behind, which is then applied to the current win. Values range from x1 right up to x10, so swings can be wild.

The free games in King of Ghosts can be retriggered with another scatter set, giving extra spins but not changing the multiplier distribution. The random multipliers never apply to the number of extra games, only to the spin that caused them. When everything lines up you get expanding wilds on several reels and a high multiplier, which is where that 25,000x potential starts to look surprisingly realistic for a lucky session.

King of Ghosts Symbols and Paytable

The paytable in King of Ghosts starts with the wild itself, which pays up to 500x for five of a kind on a line. The scatter symbol pays up to 100x total bet for five anywhere, and also triggers the free games. High value regular symbols follow with top awards of 100x or 50x for full lines, so stacked hits with wilds can reach some very healthy totals even without big multipliers.

Lower tier symbols in King of Ghosts cover medium and small wins, with lines paying down to 0.25x for three of a kind and climbing through 5x, 12.5x and 25x steps depending on the icon. I like to scan the paytable before spinning, because it shows clearly how much of the game’s power is loaded into the wild and scatter, which explains the punchy feel when those symbols land together.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Wild
	5	x500
	4	x125
	3	x12.5
	2	x0.5
	Scatter
	5	x100
	4	x20
	3	x5
	2	x2
	5	x100
	4	x25
	3	x2.5
	5	x100
	4	x25
	3	x2.5
	5	x50
	4	x10
	3	x1.5
	5	x25
	4	x5
	3	x1
	5	x25
	4	x5
	3	x1
	5	x12.5
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x12.5
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x5
	4	x1
	3	x0.25
	5	x5
	4	x1
	3	x0.25
	5	x5
	4	x1
	3	x0.25
	5	x5
	4	x1
	3	x0.25

My Verdict on King of Ghosts

From my perspective, King of Ghosts is one of the stronger high variance slots in the Endorphina catalogue. The expanding wilds, random multipliers and 25,000x cap give real chase value, while the gamble feature after a win lets me push smaller hits when I feel brave. The slot runs smoothly on mobile and desktop, and I come back to it whenever I want tense, swingy sessions with a clear top prize.

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