Groovy Knights Dream Drop

Groovy Knights Dream Drop: Slot Overview

Combining two topics you don't often see together in one place, software provider Relax Gaming has concatenated knights of the Middle Ages with a disco fashion circa 1970s. The occasion is Groovy Knights Dream Drop, and since the studio has released a ton of these jackpot slots by now, it might have been motivated to dig deep to find original subject matter. Joining a bunch of gyrating knights of the realm is a back-and-forth respin feature to keep players busy while waiting for the Dream Drop bonus round to, hopefully, trigger.

A quick look at Groovy Knights Dream Drop is all it takes to confirm the game delivers what it says on the tin. A castle is where the party takes place, where stone work and vast windows sit side by side with disco balls and a group of cool cats crowding the game grid. The Knights are the main stars, and not only are they groovy, they're sporting moves almost as impressive as their moustaches.

Groovy Knights Dream Drop has been designed to be played on a 5x4, 20-payline gaming area, where players can bet a minimum of 20 c per spin up to a maximum of $/€100, while keeping in mind that the higher the bet, the greater the chance of triggering a jackpot win. With a volatility rated as medium, the game has an RTP of 94%, whether regular betting or buying features.

Spades, clubs, diamonds, and hearts line the bottom of the paytable, awarding 2 times the bet for a 5 OAK winning combination. Up from there are swords, shields, trumpets, and morning stars worth 10 to 15 times the bet for 5 OAK. There are two wilds in Groovy Knights Dream Drop, both substitute for any regular paying symbols and are 1x4 in dimension.

Groovy Knights Dream Drop: Slot Features

The game gets its groove on via a Disco Knight respins feature, feature buys, and six Dream Drop progressive jackpots.

Disco Knight Feature

Landing one or more fully stacked wild Knights triggers a Knight Respin. When a Knight is partially in view, there is a chance it is nudged to cover the reel. Respins can display the following symbols above the main reels:

• Move Left - the Knight below this symbol moves one reel to the left, and it will leave the grid if it is on the leftmost reel.
• Add Knight - another Knight is added to the rightmost reel. Only one Knight can be added at a time.
• Add 1x, 2x, 3x - increases the bonus multiplier by +1, +2, or +3, respectively.

A second chance may trigger during a standard Knight respins bonus, when a regular Knight leaves from the leftmost reel, adding a new regular Knight on the rightmost reel. If two Knights overlay, as in one moves to the left on top of another Knight, the two form a Wild Disco Knight stack.

During respins with a Wild Disco Knight stack, depending on the symbols above the main grid, the stack can move left or right (also leaving the grid if it is on the leftmost or rightmost reel) or expand to two reels wide. It is also able to add greater values to the bonus multiplier of +3 to +100. Disco Knight Respins end when no more Knights are on the reels.

Feature Buy

Three options are available from the feature buy. They are respins triggered by a Single Knight, a Double Knight, or a Disco Knight for 25x, 70x, or 150x the bet, respectively.

Dream Drop Bonus

The Dream Drop Bonus is triggered by landing the word 'DREAM' on the top-most row above the main reels before any standard spin. When this occurs, players are awarded a prize from a prize wheel. Six progressive jackpots are up for grabs in Groovy Knights Dream Drop, where the biggest one, the Mega, has a starting value of €1.5 million.

Groovy Knights Dream Drop: Slot Verdict

Knights in slots are nothing new, but Groovy Knights Dream Drop gives the trope a disco twist, tossing chainmail and chivalry onto the dancefloor. It’s a curious mashup that at least tries to stand out visually and thematically among the many Dream Drop titles out there.

Unfortunately, once you look past the novelty, Groovy Knights Dream Drop struggles to hold attention. The respins feature, while dressed up with merging wilds and multipliers, is a variation on mechanics we've seen before - serviceable, but far from groundbreaking. Outside the Dream Drop jackpot, there’s not much depth here. The gameplay gets repetitive quickly, and the potential, capped at 10,000x, feels more theoretical than realistically achievable in standard play.

For jackpot chasers, it might be worth a spin or two. For everyone else, Groovy Knights Dream Drop is a decent-looking but otherwise shallow experience that loses its groove sooner than expected.