Let’s clear this up before things get nutty: This NetEnt release is all about monarchs of the edible kind — cashews, almonds, and their royal kin, dressed in crowns and cloaked in attitude. The game walks a quirky line between regal and ridiculous, with talking nuts parading across the reels and a soundtrack that bounces between regal trumpets and dance floor euphoria. It’s an oddball theme, but NetEnt seems perfectly comfortable leaning into the absurd.
Set on a 5-reel diamond-shaped grid with a 3-4-5-4-3 layout, Royal Nuts offers 36 paylines that pay left to right from the first reel. Beneath the silliness is a solid core — structured gameplay, a good mix of symbol tiers, and a minimum stake of just 0.20. Wins pop regularly thanks to the active wild features, and the Free Spins round adds a more strategic layer through its gem collection mechanic.
NetEnt is no stranger to thematic curveballs, having built titles around everything from Finn and the Swirly Spin to Wilderland. While Royal Nuts isn’t a direct sequel to any previous game, it channels the same easy-going visual polish and cheeky mechanics the studio often applies when it's not chasing mythology or high drama. It feels like a side project someone had too much fun designing — and that works in its favour.
Here’s how you can get started and play Royal Nuts for yourself:
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The symbols in Royal Nuts are split between the usual card ranks and the three regal nut characters. Wins are potentially awarded for three to five identical symbols along any of the 36 paylines, starting from the leftmost reel. Check out the complete payable below:
Symbol | Payout for 3, 4, and 5 of a kind |
10 | 20x, 40x, 60x |
J | 20x, 40x, 80x |
Q | 40x, 60x, 100x |
K | 40x, 60x, 120x |
A | 40x, 80x, 160x |
Prince Royal Nut | 80x, 180x. 400x |
Queen Royal Nut | 160x, 400x, 1200x |
King Royal Nut | 200x, 600x, 1400x |
The special symbols include the Wild, which substitutes for all pay symbols and comes in three variants: regular, stacked, and expanding. Then there’s the Scatter, which triggers the Free Spins feature. Finally, there are the Gem symbols that only appear in free spins and are used to upgrade the wilds via collection meters.
In the base game, any spin may randomly activate the Golden Wild Nuts feature. When this happens, one of the Royal Nut characters on the side of the grid springs to life and transforms into a wild variant. There are three types of wilds that can appear:
This feature is random, offering quick visual feedback as the nuts jump into action and upgrade the grid for that spin.
Landing 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols anywhere on the grid grants 10, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively. During the Free Spins round, the slot introduces a gem collection mechanic. Red, green, and blue gems correspond to the three Royal Nuts and are collected in meters beside the reels.
A white gem boosts all three meters by +1. Scatters do not appear during the Free Spins round, so retriggers are off the table. Once you reach Expanding Wild status for a Royal Nut, that wild remains upgraded for the rest of the feature.
If the royal nuttiness of Royal Nuts tickled your interest, other playful titles like Spinata Grande or Royal Griffin might tickle your fancy. You can find all these popular titles at BetVictor.