Rise of Pyramids Free Play in Demo Mode by Pragmatic Play

Rise of Pyramids review

Theme and Style

Rise of Pyramids is an Egyptian and sci-fi-themed slot designed and developed by Pragmatic Play. The slot mixes two genres, presenting an Egyptian queen in some sort of distant future.

Graphics, Sounds and Animations

The Rise of Pyramids slot certainly does a good job of getting your attention. Its fantastic design puts a great new spin on a genre that has felt very tired for a long time. The game’s reel are set in some sort of distant future where Ancient Egyptians appear to have risen again and taken over with new technology. Or perhaps they are a new alien race built on human history. Regardless of the tiny details, this is a game that looks awesome.

A futuristic Egyptian queen wanders by the grid, while the reels are populated with sci-spins on classic Egyptian imagery like the Sphinx and Anubis. The game’s grid has a symbol-falling animation reminiscent of Relax Gaming’s Cygnus slot games.

Gameplay

Rise of Pyramids has a very unique layout. The slot has seven reels, using a 3-4-5-6-5-4-3 layout. It is a cluster-pay slot, paying out for clusters of eight or more appearing anywhere on the grid. Symbols must be touching vertically or horizontally to be considered part of a cluster.

All of the standard controls are located under the reels including the stake options, the autoplay, and the paytable.

Wilds, Bonuses and Free Spins

Rise of Pyramids uses a Tumble mechanic. Whenever players land a win, the symbols disappear, and new ones fall into their place. This continues happening until no new clusters are formed.

Money Symbols can land on the grid on any spin, displaying prizes between 0.5x and 1,000x your stake. Whenever four or more symbols land at the same time, the Respin feature is triggered. All symbols are removed except the triggering symbols, and three respins are given. Whenever a new symbol lands, the spin count resets. The round ends when there are no more spins or the grid has been filled with Money symbols. All Money symbols are added together and paid out.

Landing four or more Scatter symbols on the grid triggers ten spins, with two additional spins for each Scatter after the fourth. During the round, a multiplier is applied to all wins. This increases by one with every Tumble.

Bet Sizes, RTP and Variance

The Rise of Pyramids RTP is 95.97%, putting it marginally below the industry average of 96%, but not alarmingly so. The game has been given a 4/5 volatility rating from Pragmatic Play, putting it in the medium/high range. Our slot strategy guide recommends playing high-volatility titles. The maximum win is 5,000x your stake.

Conclusion

At first glance, Rise of Pyramids looks like an exciting new direction for Egyptian-themed slots. Unfortunately, Pragmatic Play fails to match the innovation in design with innovation in gameplay. The game is pretty average across the board, featuring an uninspired math model and mediocre bonuses. The design is by far the game’s biggest selling point, but there is little of note beneath it.