Alchemy Redux Slot Review & Free Play

Alchemy Redux: Battle the Forest Wizard With Herbal Potions and Expanding Wilds

Face off against a wild hermit sorcerer in Merkur Gaming’s Alchemy Redux, where herbal potions bring cascading reels, a progressive free spins feature, and expanding wilds. As I stood before the ancient wizard in his lair, I knew this battle was not going to be easy. Here's what unfolded in that mystical showdown. 

A green mist surrounds the wizard abode with 5 reels, 3 rows, and 15 or 30 paylines running among them. Interestingly, the bottommost row is dubbed the wild line and any wild symbols landing in it expand out to cover the entire reel they spawned into. Although the game brings cascading reels, the small grid doesn’t make much of a difference. 

In my experience, winning combinations took around three to five spins to land and usually resulted in returns between 0.5x to 2.66x. Each win also offered the option to gamble it in a card-based mini-game or a ladder-based one. I preferred the card game, as it seemed to have better odds and even helped me boost my wins up to 10.66x my bet on a few occasions. 

The feature was easy to trigger, as I managed to land it three times during my short playthrough. The first time, I received eight free spins for landing three scatters. During that round, I made only two wins, but the second one was substantial thanks to high-paying symbols and a single wild, resulting in a 31.33x win. This brought my total win from the round to 32.3x my bet. 

To be honest, the Alchemy Redux slot felt like a mix of features that didn’t have much impact on my playthrough. The small grid made it tough to get wins from cascades, and the expanding wilds usually landed on the fourth or fifth reel, making them largely ineffective since they couldn’t connect with symbols on the left. The free spins were a refreshing change, but the progress bar was extremely difficult to fill. 

I will not be revisiting the Alchemy Redux slot and it sadly doesn’t get my recommendation either. If you still want to check it out, why not try the free demo above and see if the game is up to your speed?