Queen of the Pharaohs

In Queen of the Pharaohs, Skywind Group’s design team throws its hat into the ring of that most popular of slot themes: Ancient Egypt. The five-reel, 30-payline format is as classic as can be, though up to 50 free spins (with win multipliers) can be won at a time, keeping things both interesting and lucrative.

Theme

The immersive aesthetic of Ancient Egypt rules over every element of design here. The five reels stand amidst the golden desert sands, with pyramids, the Sphynx, and palm trees in the background. Gaming symbols include the Eye of Horus and bejeweled scarabs, ankhs, great birds, and purple brooches, as well as the playing card values ace through nine. A pyramid acts as scatter, and the titular queen acts as wild, while also offering a royal payout of 10,000x for five-of-a-kind. Low flutes play in the modalities long associated with foreign lands, giving this slot a sonic vintage feel.

Betting Options and Functions

Ancient Egypt-themed slots are so ubiquitous at this point that seasoned players can reliably assume that a slot with these themes will follow the designers usual formulas, rather than attempting to try something new. This is not always a bad thing, however: Skywind’s usual formula is a good one! There are 30 fixed paylines, all paying from left to right. Coin value can be adjusted from 0.01–10.00 for a very broad overall per-spin betting range of 0.30–300.00 times the betting currency. Autoplay is available for up to 99 spins at a time, or without limit until a bonus feature is won – players should be careful, however, as there are no loss limits available. Turbo mode can be engaged, should players wish for a quicker game tempo. Game rules, paytable information, and player settings are available on separate screens. In a major oversight, the design team has neglected to provide RTP information… most slots by this designer feature above-average RTP, but one can’t know for sure that this will be the case in Queen of the Pharaohs.

Features

The fabled wealth of Ancient Egypt is one reason why this theme is so popular among players, and when it comes to this game’s bonus feature, the Skywind design team invokes that wealth in a big way. The appearance of three or more of the pyramid scatter symbols on the reels will award 15, 25, or a whopping 50 free spins to players. During the feature, all wins receive a randomly-selected win multipliers between 2x and 8x. Furthermore, free games can be retriggered, this time with the Queen wild symbol substituting for all symbols, including scatter. The possibility of 50 free spins (and possibly more), with all wins multiplied, is sure to make players salivate.

Our Take

Queen of the Pharaohs may not break new ground, but it does a lot of things right – design is solid, attention to detail is excellent, and the prospect of 50 free spins with win multipliers will pique much interest among gamers. The lack of RTP information is a massive oversight, however… there’s no way to fully recommend a game without reliable information on the odds.