Lunar Alchemy by Nocturn Play: Game Review

By Soft of Games editorial team · Updated 2026-10-07

Lunar Alchemy is a cluster-pays slot released by Nocturn Play on 3 October 2026. Each drop moves the moon one phase on, the full moon upgrades cheap potions into crystals, and multiplier bombs wait on the grid until the chain is over.

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The background is part of the maths

In most slots the scenery is wallpaper. In Lunar Alchemy the moon in the laboratory window is a game mechanic. The alchemist Selene Vaux and a small winged companion work at the bench, and the sky outside decides how rich the grid gets.

Eight, touching, diagonals allowed

The board is 7 columns by 5 rows. Eight or more identical symbols touching each other form a group, and diagonals count. That last rule changes more than it sounds. Ragged shapes that would be dead on a strict cluster slot connect here, so groups appear in places players do not expect.

Groups pay, vanish, and new symbols fall in. The chain continues until nothing new connects. Four coloured vials make up the low end; small, medium and large crystals sit above them.

The moon turns with every drop

Each drop pushes the moon forward: new moon, crescent, full moon. At full moon, every winning group gives up one simple potion, the one most present on the grid, and it becomes a precious crystal. Put simply, a long chain improves its own board as it goes. The third and fourth drops of a sequence are richer than the first.

Bombs that wait

Bombs land with a value from x2 to x100 and then sit there. They do not explode on arrival. They ride through every drop and go off only when the chain ends, at which point their values are added and the sum multiplies the sequence win. A x4 and a x10 still standing make x14. This makes the end of a long chain a small event of its own, with players counting bombs while symbols are still falling.

The Great Work

Four or more Philosopher’s Stones pay instantly and start 10, 12 or 15 free spins. Three more stones add 5. In the bonus, bombs turn up far more often and the moon keeps its phase from one spin to the next, so a full moon reached early stays full. The bonus can be bought outright.

Who it is for

Players raised on tumble-and-multiplier slots will feel at home, but the moon adds a slower layer of anticipation that the genre usually lacks. Players who want a fixed “spin, result, next” rhythm should look at a line game instead.

In lobby terms it slots straight into the busy cluster category that dominates many Latin American, Turkish and Eastern European casinos, with a theme that is calmer than candy and fruit. Operators connected to SoftAggregator found it in their game list on release day.

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