Five thousand years ago, China was born on the shores of the Yangtze River with the founding of ancient Liangzhu. Now a ruin, this late Stone Age site is believed to be one of the first urban areas in the world. China has had lots of time to develop its mythology, meaning there are plenty of places for casino developers to find inspiration. Of course, Asia, as a great cradle of our civilisation, is home to almost fifty other countries, including India, Thailand, Korea and Japan.
Asian-themed slots tend to feature themes of luck, beauty and fortune, as well as historical figures like samurai and geisha. There are cats here, too, and gold-hoarding dragons. So, keep an eye out for popular titles like Mystery of Long Wei, Moon Princess, Sumo Sumo and Big Win Cat. We’ve also asked the LeoVegas staff to come up with a few of their personal favourites.
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Let’s see what Asian slots are popular around the office.
Best Asian-Themed Online Slots
We're going to travel from west to east, across the steppes of Asia Minor to China, Japan and beyond. So, what better place to start our journey than with a famous train?
Orient Express
The original Orient Express took to the tracks of Europe back in 1883, giving it something of a mythology of its own. This Yggdrasil slot is a classic 5x3 game with a host of special features based on real-life places.
Released back in November 2017, Orient Express melds an art deco character with cartoonish people, each wearing their wealth on their sleeves. It’s one of our Western Asian slots (the real train stopped in Istanbul), offering a max win of 115,000 coins.
Orient Express lives up to the splendour of its namesake without being so exclusive. This is an easy slot for everyone to play.
Oriental Prosperity
Now we're getting into Asia Major, and heading for China. PGSoft's Oriental Prosperity comes with a story about a maid who falls in love with a painter only to die of a broken heart when he's forcefully betrothed to another.
Oriental Prosperity is a rare, vertically aligned slot featuring hand-drawn characters (the artist and the maid) and backgrounds. Play with PGSoft's Wilds-on-the-Way feature and try for a max win of 100,000 coins.
There's a host of bonus features to discover in Oriental Prosperity. Try the Free Spins mode, pick up multipliers, and take in the avalanche of falling symbols.
Asian Beauty
Asian Beauty is a celebration of all things aesthetic and Far Eastern. Made by popular developer Microgaming, this is another one of our 5x3 Asian slots. Meet four princesses beneath the trees, amidst a garden of lotuses and blossoms, and try not to lose your teeth as you nibble at the cookies presented on each reel.
Microgaming has embedded Asian Beauty with the 243 Ways payline mechanic, as well as a chance to get up to 25 free spins. There are 2,000 tokens up for grabs in the Free Games bonus but the real prize comes in the mirror minigame. Find a trio of identical ladies to claim a 9,000 coin win.
Designed to be a simple experience, Asian Beauty is a must-play for fans of Asian-themed slots.
Asian Diamonds
Similar to Asian Beauty, Asian Diamonds offers a showcase of princesses, flowers and special modes, in this case, the Xtra Stax reel feature. Play on 30 lines, five reels and three rows in this golden slot.
Developed by Novomatic, Asian Diamonds arrived in the casinos in mid-2018, offering players a royal ransom of free spins. You can claim up to 32 in the Free Games mode. Watch out for the golden orb to start this rewarding detour.
Just two identical symbols are required for a win in this slot, with a max jackpot of 1,000x awaiting the right suitor for the green, blue and pink princesses.
Asian Fortunes
Another treat from Novomatic, Asian Fortunes stars China's roly-poly mammal, the panda bear, as its mascot. The game has a host of traditional iconography on the reels, too, such as the fan, fortune cookie and the Qing-dynasty coin with a hole in it, the qian or cash.
Similar to Oriental Prosperity, Asian Fortunes is a vertical slot. This time, though, it's a 5x3 game. Asian Fortunes takes its moniker literally, featuring the Enchanted Fortunes Linked Jackpot worth up to 5000 coins. There's a standalone progressive jackpot thrown in there, too.
Asian Fortunes arrived on the first day of 2019, making a name for itself in land-based casinos before moving online.
Three Samurai
Here we come to our Asian-themed slots dedicated to Japan’s noble warriors, the samurai. Let’s start with a newcomer.
Made by Slot Mill, a Swedish developer founded in 2019, Three Samurai continues the trend of female-fronted Asian slots. It stars Midori, Akane and Sumire as the eponymous samurai, all of whom have an associated multiplier bonus.
Three Samurai includes a random Dragons Luck feature, adding a fourth row, as well as the Samurai Free Spins mode. In turn, this introduces Golden Wilds, stacked wilds and a nudge function. Three Samurai is a beautifully painted slot with a top win of 10,000x.
Spirit of the Samurai
Finally, it's the boys' turn. Inspired's Spirit of the Samurai tells the story of three warriors known as Chugen, Busho and Taisho. This trio possesses a similar mechanic to the girls in Three Samurai, adding free spins and triggering a different kind of bonus round when their scatters are found. Complete this feature four times, filling the bar at the top of the screen, to get up to 20 free spins.
Spirit of the Samurai, which came out in May 2015, has something else in common with the Asian-themed slots above, namely that it's a 5x3 game and it's possible to win with just two symbols. This colourful slot has traditional imagery on its reels, including crossed katanas, a geisha, a mountaintop castle and the samurai's helmet and mask, known locally as kabuto and men-yoroi.
Silent Samurai Mega Cash Collect
A stern-looking samurai adorns this Playtech slot. Featuring an uneven set of reels and rows (3-5-5-5-3), Silent Samurai Mega Cash Collect leans less on the traditional elements of Japan and more on the slot's secondary theme - cash. A calm, sunset background offers a contrast to the chaos on the reels, however.
Playtech has packed Silent Samurai Mega Cash Collect with bonus features, such as Free Games, Dropping Wilds, Cash Spreader and Sticky Cash. The samurai shows up randomly to add wilds, collect cash values and reward the player in some way or another.
Play for a 6,500 token jackpot along 30 paylines in Silent Samurai Mega Cash Collect, a game released online at the end of 2023.
Dragon Warrior
Up next, it’s everyone’s favourite ornery lizard, the dragon, or, to be more specific, a man dressed up like one.
Made by the lesser-known developer Green Tube, Dragon Warrior is one of our Asian-themed slots that takes its cues from history. The game tasks you with joining one of three different clans headed by a warrior. It boasts a Free Games mode, activated by collecting seven, eight or nine Red Door symbols (and giving up to 32 free turns), as well as a Mega Stacks expanding symbol.
The dragon is wild, as you might expect, while the other symbols offer a mix of standard slot fare (e.g. a treasure chest) and Japanese icons, like the hand fan.
Dragon Palace
Lightning Box brings this one to us. Dragon Palace (5x3) rejoices in its discovery of China's ancient castles and mythology. Two of China's "spiritually endowed" creatures, the dragon and turtle, are present here. The first acts as a wild. The turtle, on the other hand, serves as a high-paying symbol.
Dragon Palace uses the same 243 payline system as some of the other Asian slots above. It also includes a palace scatter that starts the game's sole bonus round. Start with eight free spins and earn a multiplier every time you put together a winning combination. Dragon Palace is every bit a traditional slot game that marvels with realistic artwork.
So, that's your lot for today. Check out our full collection of Asian-themed slots in LeoVegas' dedicated Casino section. You'll also find a host of games popular in Asia, such as baccarat, in our Live Casino lobbies, also at the top of this page.