Hand of Anubis Slot Review

Hand of Anubis Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Hand of Anubis slot is played on a 5×6 grid using Cluster Pays. You need to match 5 or more connecting symbols anywhere on the grid to land a winning combination. The more matching/connecting symbols, the bigger the payout naturally.

Bet levels vary between 10p to £100 a spin. As with all Hacksaw Gaming slots, use the up and down arrows to the right of the Bet box to change your stake to your pocket. In countries outside the UK, you will find an Autoplay option where up to 1,000 autospins and single win and loss limits can be selected. There’s also a Turbo Mode for faster spin speed.

The Hand of Anubis RTP is 96.24%. There are 94.32% and 92.28% versions though but the former rate will be the one offered at most UK casinos. The volatility is very high (5/5) with the hit frequency rate at 36.92%. This means a winning cluster will land every 2.7 spins on average.

In terms of wins, you can win up to 10,000 x your total bet. The bigger wins will come from the 2 free spins features where multipliers up to 9,999x and special blocks are in play.

Theme – welcome to the Afterlife

With an ancient Egyptian theme, the Hand of Anubis slot welcomes you to the Afterlife. It’s based on Anubis, who is the god of death, mummification, embalming, the afterlife, cemeteries, tombs and the Underworld. The jackal god is usually depicted in black which represents many things as well as the discoloration of the corpse after embalming.

Hacksaw Gaming, as a result, have produced a stunning slot visually which is very dark in colour. With a blue and red eyed jackal either side of the grid, black is the predominant colour. It looks amazing and is a welcome change from the usual brown and gold tones found in most other slots with the same theme. The guitar chord soundtrack is odd but is serious and works rather well.

Hand of Anubis means business and that strikes you the moment you load up the game. On the grid, you will see low value A, K, Q, J and 10 royals. The higher value symbols include scarab beetles, the Eye of Ra, pyramids, cobras the Ankh crosses all in gold and with a gemstone. The Ankh Cross is the best paying symbol which 11 or more paying 60 x your total bet.

There are 2 Soul Orb wild symbols, one red and one blue. These wilds absorb power from all cluster wins and contain stacking multipliers. Other symbols you’ll come across include Pharaoh Skull Free Spins symbols, green Soul Orbs, Skulls, Epic Skulls, Anubis Skulls, Epic Anubis Skulls and ice blocks. More details are available below.

Symbol	Payouts/Info
10	11+ pays 15 x bet
J	11+ pays 15 x bet
Q	11+ pays 15 x bet
K	11+ pays 15 x bet
A	11+ pays 15 x bet
Scarab Beetle	11+ pays 20 x bet
Eye of Ra	11+ pays 20 x bet
Pyramid	11+ pays 40 x bet
Snake	11+ pays 40 x bet
Ankh Cross	11+ pays 60 x bet
Blue Soul Orb	Substitutes + increases multiplier by 1 per winning cluster
Red Soul Orb	Substitutes + increases multiplier by 1 per winning symbol
Pharaoh Skull Free Spins	3 or 4 will trigger Free Spins features

Hand of Anubis Mobile

Hand of Anubis uses HTML5 technology. With Hacksaw Gaming focuses on mobile players, it’s available to play on iOS, Android and Windows operated smartphones. The game is also playable on laptop, PC and tablet devices. The grid slot is ideal for mobile devices in my opinion.

Hand of Anubis Bonus Features

The Hand of Anubis slot benefits from 5 bonus features. With cascading wins and Soul Orbs which give you stacking multipliers, there are 2 free spins features. One gives you up to 25 free spins with multipliers up to 9,999x. The other awards respinning free spins with various special blockers.

Cascading Wins feature

When a winning cluster lands on the grid, the Cascading Wins feature applies. The winning symbols are removed from the grid and new ones drop in. The cascades continue until there are no more new wins on the grid. This probably the most feature found in grid slots.

Soul Orbs feature

As mentioned above, there are 2 different Soul Orb symbols, a red one and blue one. On every spin, there’s a chance that 1 or both Soul Orbs can land, or neither. Both wild, they come with increasing stacking multipliers that absorb power from the winning cluster:

These multipliers will then be applied to any win the Soul Orbs are part of. The multiplier values then reset with each new spin. If both Soul Orbs are part of a winning cluster, the Soul Orbs multipliers multiply each other and are then applied to the win.

Underworld Bonus feature

The Underworld Bonus feature is played when you land 3 Pharaoh Skull Free Spins symbols anywhere on the grid. A more sinister setting awaits with 10 free spins awarded. You will also see 5 numbers below the grid which start at zero.

When you land a winning cluster, the number of winning symbols per reel is added to the multiplier below it. Look out for the Anubis Skull multiplier symbol as the multiplier value is multiplied by 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x or 10x. The multipliers are only activated when the green Soul Orb symbol lands.

The green Soul Orb symbol activates the multiplier for the reel it lands on. The sum of all activated multipliers will then be applied to each winning cluster. The maximum value per multiplier can reach 9,999x.

Finally, every time a multiplier is activated, 3 extra free spins are awarded. This means you can win an extra 15 free spins which takes your potential tally to 25 free spins.

Judgment Bonus feature

The Judgment Bonus feature is triggered when landing 4 Pharaoh Skull Free Spins symbols during a base game spin. The base game symbols are replaced with special ‘block’ symbols.

With 3 refilling free spins awarded, you will also see multipliers above each reel. The multipliers increase when landing Multiplier Modifier Blocks which can either add or multiplier the number. This is similar to how the Free Spins feature works in Chaos Crew. There are 4 different variations of these symbols to look out for:

Look out for Ice Blocks dropping onto the grid. It’s crushed and a Multiplier Block will drop from the multiplier above the reel to occupy the vacated space. The value is the value of the reel multiplier. The Multiplier Block drops to the bottom of the grid at the end of each drop. They then stick and stack on top of each other to fill up the grid.

Crusher Blocks can land which smash Multiplier Blocks in its path to make room for more Multiplier Blocks to drop in. When the Crusher Block reaches the bottom of the grid, it transforms into a Multiplier Block with the value of all crushed Multiplier Blocks.

When a Multiplier Block, Multiplier Modifier Block or Crusher Block lands, the free spins tally resets to 3. When you run out of spins, the sum of all Multiplier Blocks will be awarded.

Buy Bonus feature

Outside the UK, you can buy your way into the 2 main bonus features. Known as the Buy Bonus feature, you have 2 options. These range from 129 to 200 x your total bet:

Hand of Anubis Review Summary – an ancient Egyptian adventure you won’t forget easily

The Hand of Anubis slot is on a different level to what you’ll see from any other ancient Egyptian game. The dark and  sinister take on the theme is brilliant and really makes this game stand out. There is also no special expanding symbol and free spins combo we’ve come to expect from this genre of slots.

In terms of the gameplay, Hands of Anubis has a lot going for it. Being a Cluster Pays game, cascading wins are a given but the Soul Orbs sees multipliers increase for decent wins. They can really pay well if both Soul Orbs land together which sees the multiplier values multiply each other.

The Underworld Bonus feature comes with Anubis Skull multipliers which increase the reel multipliers. You need the green Soul Orb to activate the multipliers as well as give you additional free spins. The fact you can build 9,999x multipliers is great and puts it on par with Nolimit City’s Tombstone RIP.

Then you have the Judgment Bonus feature which is a more complex version of the free spins in Chaos Crew. The Epic Skull and Anubis Skull modifier blocks can lead to huge wins. I like that Hacksaw Gaming have added Ice Blocks and Crusher Blocks which collect multipliers and give you room for more to land.

In summary, Hand of Anubis is another superb slot from Hacksaw which is visually excellent and amongst the best I’ve ever come across. It offers enough variation in the gameplay to make it stand out in a crowded ancient Egyptian genre. With 10,000 x bet max wins, I’m sure this game will prove to be a big hit.