Pharaoh's Empire Slot Review

How to play

This game has the most common setup for video slots with five reels, three rows, and 25 fixed paylines. You’ll need to choose your line bet first, which is the basis for most prizes awarded in this Platipus slot. Line bets range from €0.01 to €2.00. Multiplied by 25 lines, the minimum stake per spin is €0.25, and the maximum stake is €50. This betting range is flexible enough that new gamblers and experienced gamblers on a budget can enjoy it.

There are a handful of options to optimize the game. Autoplay is available and will run from 25 to 100 spins each time. Win and loss limits are also available, but the win limit for Autsopin defaults to the lowest end of the scale. You’ll need to manually adjust it to claim bigger prizes. Turbospin will increase the animation speed. Finally, you can turn off the sound effects and music, and see the game history (in paid mode only).

Symbols and payouts

There are Egyptian hieroglyphs for most of the symbols, and each has a complex, elegant design. Those lowest in value are 9, 10, J, Q, K, and A, and each of them has a small embellishment. Next is a shen ring (eternal protection), a lotus flower (unification), a scarab beetle (power), Ankh (the key of life), and the Eye of Ra, a sign of the gods and sun. Both the Ankh and the Eye being paying out with just two consecutive symbols, and five Eyes are worth 750x. These prizes are multiplied by your line bet and only pay from left to right.

There are two special symbols as well. First is the wild, which is represented by the Pharaoh. Landing five on a payline will award you the top prize of 3,000x your line bet. In addition, any wilds that complete a winning line will automatically double the prize of that line. The other special symbol is the scatter, which is represented by a pair of purple pyramids. Landing three or more in any position will trigger the bonus feature discussed below. Five scatters will pay out 100x your total bet.

Best Pharaoh’s Empire bonus feature

The Pharaoh’s Empire bonus feature combines free spins and multipliers for excellent win potential. When you’ve landed three scatters in any position, you’ll be shown a vast desert with four identical purple pyramids. Choose the one you’d like to reveal what combination you’ll receive. The four options are: five free spins with a 10x multiplier, 10 free spins with a 5x multiplier, 15 free spins with a 3x multiplier, or 20 free spins with a 2x multiplier. Once your combination has been awarded, the free spins will begin.

You can retrigger this bonus with three additional scatters. If you do, you won’t be asked to pick a pyramid again. You’ll simply be credited the same number of spins as the initial round, which will be paid out at the same multiplier. In theory, you could land five wilds during free spins with a 10x multiplier. This makes the maximum payline prize 30,000x – a treasure worthy of a Pharaoh indeed. During our test run, we received 1,200x our line bet with this feature. We can’t guarantee the same results, but big wins are entirely possible.

RTP & volatility

The Pharaoh’s Empire Return To Player is 95.02%. This is right at the average RTP for similar video slots. Most players probably won’t be swayed either way based on this factor alone. The volatility of this Platipus game is low. You can expect to receive a very consistent stream of wins, with the majority of prizes being lower in value. Big prizes typically occur with special features in play.