Kong Even More Money Slot Review

If you've been playing Blueprint Gaming's King Kong Cash series lately, you probably know the drill: big 6x4 grids, thousands of ways to win, a 10,000x max win, and a pretty standard 95% RTP (Return to Player).

Well, throw that blueprint out the window. Kong Even More Money is a total pivot. Blueprint shrank the board down to a standard 5x3, ditched the "ways to win" for 10 fixed paylines, and dropped the RTP to a stingy 94%. It's part of a new studio trend we've seen lately, but honestly? It feels like they're asking us to take a mathematical downgrade just to try out a new mechanic.

Let's talk about the vibe of this game, which I can only describe as "visible frustration." The game loves to wave money in your face and then snatch it away.

Your screen will constantly fill up with bananas stamped with juicy cash values. But here's the catch: they mean nothing unless a specific "Collect" symbol lands on the 5th reel to sweep them up. You will sit there watching spin after spin drop piles of cash, one board here showing 20.50x of bananas at once, only to get paid zero because reel 5 ghosted you. It's a game of constant, deliberate teasing.

Under the hood, it's a medium-volatility slot with a 10,000x max win. But the base game is tough. Regular line wins are terrible, you need five Kongs just to win 100x, and three-of-a-kind royals pay out half your bet. To make matters worse, wild symbols don't even land on the first reel.

There's no Bonus Buy feature here. Instead, Blueprint gives us the "Express Bet." You can pay 50% extra per spin to increase your chances of hitting the bonus. Honestly, because the base game is so dry, paying this extra "tax" feels almost mandatory if you want to see any action. As you play, scatter symbols drop gems into red, blue, and green pots, which upgrade your eventual bonus round (adding rows, multipliers, or extra cash).

When you finally do trigger the bonus, the game actually gets really cool.

You get three free spins, and a giant 2x2 "Colossal Kong" drops onto the grid. The catch here is that you only collect the cash prizes that physically land on him. But every time a crown symbol drops, your spins reset to three, and Kong grows. He goes from 2x2 to 3x3, 4x4, and eventually 5x5. And if the red pot has been filling during the base game, the grid itself comes up taller and Kong keeps climbing past 5x5, through 6x5 and 7x5 to a final 8x5. Watching this giant ape physically take over the screen while your spins keep resetting gives the game a real shot of adrenaline.

The Verdict: Is it worth it?

Here's the reality check: a 94% RTP is a tough sell right now. You can go play Rowdy Rabbits Collect & Win with the exact same layout, double the max win, and a much better 96.20% RTP. Or you can play 3 Lucky Monkeys Hold & Win at a super generous 97%.

What Kong Even More Money does right is the physical escalation of its bonus round, it's genuinely fun to watch Kong grow. But that 10,000x max win feels like a pipe dream when the base game is so punishing. That is exactly how it went here: the Express Bet tax, a long run of dead spins, the bonus finally landing, and a round that closed at 29x because Kong only ever got as far as 3x3 before the crowns dried up.

TL;DR: It's a really fun, creative bonus round trapped behind a mean math model and a frustrating base game. Play it for the giant monkey, but keep an eye on your bankroll.