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Pyramid King review

Theme and Story Line

Pyramid King puts the player into the role of an Ancient Egyptian merchant, travelling up the Nile from Thebes to Alexandria in a caravan of camels.

The reels are decked out with the various wares of the caravan, from religious masks of the jackal faced god, Anubis, to the ornate papyruses of educated scribes.

The background of the game shows the pyramids, mausoleums of the King to which the player hopes to sell their wares for a jackpot of gold stater coins.

Graphics, Sounds and Animations

The graphics of Pyramid King are pretty solid, especially in the often tacky realm of ancient Egyptian slot games. The symbols designs are a bit kitsch, but overall not too bad.

The animations for this slot are simple, and conform to the standards of most basic slots. Symbols get a bit bigger when they are part of a winning combo for example, but they also have a little flare in the form of little animated sparkles on the gold surfaces.

The soundtrack music is sufficiently ambient as to not grow tiresome, and it integrates perfectly with the additional musical loops for the spin and win sounds.

Gameplay

Pyramid King is a five reel slot. It has three rows and twenty-five win lines. There is a Free Spin Bonus and a Jackpot bonus (see below for details).

This is all rather straightforward, which is normally fine. However, in the realm of Egypt themed slots, which are a popular genre, a slot really needs to do something more interesting with its gameplay to stand out against classics like Book of Ra.

Pyramid King does not have a gamble feature.

Wilds, Bonuses and Free Spins

The Wild symbol substitutes for all symbols except the Bonus and Money symbols.

Three bonus symbols anywhere on the reels pay out one time the player’s bet and trigger the Free Spin Bonus. The player starts with 10 free spins.

During the Free Spins, a symbol is chosen to be an expanding symbol. When this symbol lands, it expands to fill the whole reel it is on. The Free Spin Bonus can be retriggered any number of times.

Money symbols have a randomised value attached to them. Whenever six or more Money symbols land on one spin, the Money Respin Feature is triggered.

During the Money Respin Feature, the only symbols on the reels are Money symbols and blank spaces. The player gets three respins to start with. All Money symbols are sticky for the duration of the Money Respin Feature. Each time a new Money symbol lands on a spin, respins reset to three again.

When the player is out of spins, they receive the total of the Money symbol values they have collected. If they get fifteen Money symbols, they also win the Grand Jackpot of one thousand times their bet.

Some Money symbols have the word Minor or Major on them. If the player lands one of these, they win the corresponding jackpot.

Money Respin Feature feature can be triggered during the Free Spins for even bigger payouts.

Bet Sizes, RTP and Variance

The return to player of this game is 96.50%, nicely over our yardstick for average of roughly 96%.

The range of bets on the site we tested ran from a minimum bet per spin of $/£/€0.20 up to a maximum of $/£/€200.00 per spin.

The volatility of this game is high, which makes it a solid match for our preferred slot machine strategies. Our slot strategies target the highest possible volatility.

Conclusion

Pyramid King is a pretty decent slot. However, it is located in a market segment that is oversaturated. There are a ton of ancient Egypt themed slots. So why choose this one?

Its main advantage over other slots is that its high(ish) RTP and high volatility make it work pretty well with our preferred strategies.

If you aren’t worried about these factors, then you may find it hard to distinguish this slot from the numerous other slots with similar gameplay mechanics and almost identical artwork and theme.