Shou Xin Slot Review & Free Play

Shou Xin: Walk Among the Sacred Cranes and Deer for 64x Multipliers

Shou Xin by CQ9 Gaming takes you on a heavenly journey where multipliers can climb as high as 64x your bet. Legendary creatures like golden deer, royal white cranes, purple gourds, and peaches fill the reels, while a bald old sage serves as the wild. And I spent more than 200 spins exploring this made-up heaven.

This five-reel, three-row slot operates on 25 paylines. One thing I noticed was that the scatter symbols only appear on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th reels, making the bonus feature noticeably harder to trigger. During my session, I was landing wins every 4 to 5 spins, with average returns between 2x and 3x my bet. My biggest base game payout came when four wilds lined up across the reels, rewarding me with 20x my bet.

The multipliers, however, are reserved entirely for the bonus round, so they play no part in the base game. And it took me nearly 50 spins before I finally got to see them in action.

Landing three scatters unlocks a choice between three free spin options. The first starts with a 2x multiplier and offers 15 free spins, with the multiplier capable of climbing to 32x your wager. The second begins at 3x with 10 free spins, reaching up to 48x your bet.

The final option is the riskiest, starting at 4x and offering only 5 free spins, but with multipliers climbing as high as 64x your bet.

During my first bonus round, I played it safe with 15 free spins and finished with a disappointing 12.80x return. The second time around, I gambled on the 64x multiplier option, and that decision paid off with a 55x return on my bet.

There are very few games where I genuinely miss having a bonus buy option, and Shou Xin is one of them.

Overall, Shou Xin has enough potential in both the base game and the bonus feature. That said, the base game can become quite heartless during its longer dry spells, so you must be patient. Other than that, I see very little stopping me from taking another trip through this heavenly realm.