The Knight King Demo & review

Any spin of The Knight King can turn one symbol into cash. A dragon, a horse or even the Wild becomes the Special Money symbol for that spin, and every copy that lands pays its value whether it sits on a line or not. Pragmatic Play released this 20-line, low-volatility game in March 2023. It suits short-session players who like a random twist on an ordinary line game.

The base game before a spin, with the empty Special Money banner on the left. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.

How The Knight King works

Wins run along 20 fixed lines, read from the leftmost reel, and the shield Wild stands in for all of them apart from the scatter. The dragon leads the paytable, with the Wild paying most of all:

Symbols arrive in stacks, and that matters more than the table suggests. On spin 71 princesses stacked across three reels with shield Wilds, and seven separate lines paid $18.75 between them.

How the features connect:

1. On any spin, one paying symbol or the Wild can become the Special Money symbol with a cash value.
2. Every copy of it that lands that spin pays the value.
3. Three scatters, which land only on the first, third and fifth reels, start the free spins.
4. In free spins one Special Money symbol is chosen for the whole round, and its value rises after every collection.

The Special Money symbol carries the game, and the free spins are a longer version of it.

Spin 71 settled: stacked princesses and two Wilds made seven line wins. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.

How the Special Money symbol works

At random, one of the paying symbols or the Wild is picked and given a value, up to 20x the bet, shown in the banner on the left. Every copy of that symbol on the screen then pays the value, on a line or off it. So the pick decides the spin: a symbol that lands stacked pays its value many times over.

Spin 90 shows it at its best in our session. The horse became the Special Money symbol at $7.00, and four horses landed. Each paid its value for $28.00, with no line win needed.

Spin 90 settled: the horse picked as the Special Money symbol, four copies on screen. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.

Free spins: how they trigger

Three scatters start 7 free spins and pay 3x the bet as they land. Two scatters during the round add four more spins.

Before the round starts, one paying symbol or the Wild becomes the Special Money symbol for every spin of it. A paying symbol starts at 1x to 7x the bet. The Wild starts higher, from 11x up to the same top value as in the base game. Every copy that lands is collected, and after each collection the symbol's value rises by a random amount. Special reels are used in the round.

The rules page for the Special Money symbol, free spins, max win and the buy, not our play. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.

Buy Free Spins

Buying the round costs 80x the bet. The Special Money symbol is still drawn at random, so the price buys the round, not a good symbol.

RTP, volatility and max win

The game returns 96.05% by its rules, and the buy has its own slightly lower figure in the table. One review site rates the volatility High, but the game's own rules say Low, and that is the label here. Nothing pays beyond 5,000x the bet, in base spins or in free spins. If free spins hit that ceiling, the round stops on the spot and any spins left are lost.

The Knight King demo test: 100 spins at $1

The Special Money symbol was the base game's engine. It paid on four spins, and the horse on spin 90 gave the session its best win. Line wins filled the gaps, with 25 winning spins in all, and no dry stretch ran longer than ten spins.

Free spins did not trigger naturally, and neither a Wild as the Special Money symbol nor a retrigger appeared, so this page describes them from the rules. The bought round showed the other side of the mechanic. The princess was picked at $2.00 and landed rarely, and the seven spins paid little beyond the scatter pay. A session this short shows the game's rhythm, far too few spins to judge its return.

The end of our bought round, with the princess as the round's Special Money symbol. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.

Is The Knight King worth playing?

Yes, if you want low volatility with a random twist. The Special Money symbol gives an ordinary 20-line game a reason to watch every spin, and it pays without needing a line. The free spins are short, though, and their value hangs on which symbol the game draws.

Pick Big Bass Bonanza if you want cash symbols that a fisherman Wild collects in free spins, at a lower 2,100x cap. Pick The Knight King for cash that can turn up on any base spin, and a higher ceiling.

In the demo, watch the banner at the left: when it shows a symbol, count how many of that symbol are stacked on the reels. For us, that count is the most fun part of the game.