Scarab Kingdom Slot Review

Scarab Kingdom Slot, Details & Wager Limits

The Scarab Kingdom slot is played on 5 reels, 4 rows and 30 fixed paylines. Landing 2, 3, 4 or 5 matching high value symbols or wilds on a payline results in a winning combination. For the lower value royal symbols, you’ll need a minimum of 3 matching symbols.

Stakes here range from between 20p and £25 per spin. To adjust, click on the coin and choose from the options shown. Changing your bet has an impact on the scatter collection for Cleo’s Bonus so bear that in mind.

The Scarab Kingdom RTP is 96.13% which is slightly above average. The hit frequency rate of 30.99% means that on average, you’ll create a winning combination on just under a third of spins. This can vary wildly over the short term, especially given this slot’s variance.

The volatility is very high. The maximum win is a none too shabby 5,000 x your total stake from a single spin. This can be won from the Cleo’s Bonus feature.

Theme – Audio and Design features – head on an Arabian adventure

We’ve taken countless virtual trips to ancient Egypt but not many of them feature design as classy as what you’ll find in the Scarab Kingdom slot. With an ancient Egyptian theme, the visuals here are terrific. Complementing the action is a traditional Egyptian-style soundtrack which is an ideal fit for the theme. You won’t play many better looking and sounding slots than this.

Set against a backdrop of lush green gardens, a waterway and the Pharaoh’s palace, the deep blue reels are made up of A to J royals, 3 Egyptian hieroglyph icons and the Pharaoh queen. The Pharaoh is the most lucrative standard symbol, paying 10 x your x stake if you land 5 across a payline.

Both the Pharaoh and the Pharaoh queen can spin in stacked formation up to 4 symbols high. There’s also a wild that can land on all 5 reels and substitute for all the standard symbols. It offers the same payouts as the most rewarding Pharaoh. The other symbols to look out for are the blue scarab scatter and the red free spins beetle, both of which can trigger a feature.

Scarab Kingdom has been fully optimised for play on all devices including desktop computers, tablets and mobiles. Produced using HTML5 technology, the Scarab Kingdom mobile slot is perfect for play on the go.

Scarab Kingdom Bonus Features

The theme here might be very familiar but the 3 bonus features on offer in Scarab Kingdom deliver something rather fresh. There are wild extras galore as well as free spins and a chance to land 4 fixed jackpot prizes worth up to 5,000 x stake.

Wild Scrolls feature

Above each reel is a Scarab Collector. Each time a scarab scatter lands, it’s added to the collector for that reel. When you have 3 scarab scatters in a holder, you’ll activate the Wild Scrolls feature.

Once activated, a wild scroll will fill the whole of that reel. That wild then shifts down 1 position at a time on the spins that follows until it drops off the bottom of the reel. The Scarab Collector for that reel resets to zero and you’ll start collecting again. You can still see free spins bonus symbols behind the wild scrolls here.

Pharaoh’s Free Spins feature

Land the free spins scatter symbol on reels 2, 3 and 4 on the same spin and you’ll trigger the Pharaoh’s Free Spins feature. An undefined number of free spins are awarded. The round begins with a fully stacked Wild Scroll on reel 3. Just like in the base game, this drops down 1 position on each free spin.

The free spins also starts with a 1x multiplier. The multiplier increases by 1 with each free spin. If a new wild symbol lands during the feature, it turns into a Wild Scroll and fills the whole of the reel before dropping down on the following free spins. The round ends when all the wilds have dropped off the reels.

Cleo’s Bonus feature

As well as being collected in each reel’s Scarab Collector, every scarab scatter symbol that lands is added to the Bonus Bar at the top of the reels. When you have collected 100 scarab scatters, you’ll trigger Cleo’s Bonus feature.

You’ll then head to a new screen when you’ll be offered a selection of gold coins. Pick to reveal a hieroglyph which is related to 1 of 4 fixed jackpot prizes. Keep on picking until you uncover 3 matching hieroglyphs. You’ll then win the associated jackpot prize.

The Jackpots are worth 15, 40, 200 or 5,000 x your total stake. After you’ve completed the picks round, the Bonus Bar resets to 0 and you’ll start collecting scarab scatters once again.

Scarab Kingdom Review Summary – another Egyptian adventure

With so many Egyptian-themed slots already available, was the world crying out for another one? In the case of the Scarab Kingdom slot, the answer should be a resounding yes. Visually, it’s superb.

The features stack up well here too, offering plenty of variety. The biggest wins will come from the Cleo’s Bonus feature as the top jackpot of 5,000 x stake is up for grabs. The free spins is also decent with the increasing multiplier.

Does it do enough to make it stand out from the countless other Egyptian slots? I personally don’t think so. There are much better alternatives out there such as Pharaoh’s Fortune and Cleopatra 2 (both by IGT). They are also land-based favourites.