We certainly haven’t been short of Egyptian themed online casino games lately, with countless ones dropping this year so far. Now, we have another to add to the review collection with Scarab Gold. We often give a groan whenever another of these slots land on the scene. However, this one has quite a few features to help us overlook the repetitiveness of the look and feel. There are cascading reels for increased winning chances, while you’ll also find free spins and multipliers that increase with win reactions added to the total sum of your win. Could this be the title to bring you the treasures of the proverbial desert you’ve been roaming? Let’s take a look.
Scarab Gold is winning already in this review as it has cascading reels. This sees symbols drop into the reels, and if a win occurs, then the symbols that created it will disappear while those remaining will fall into the empty spaces. New symbols then drop to fill the reels, and if another win happens, then the sequence is repeated. Without going into the detail of the theme, which is one, you’ve seen more times than we care to ask, Inspired Gaming has done a great job with the clarity of the graphics. This casino software studio continues to impress in this regard, following on from recent top online slot games such as Reel Lucky King Megaways and Bonus Island.
All the action is available to players using mobile devices, meaning the action can go with you wherever. There’s also auto-spin available if you like to leave the game going while you step away for a bit. On the wagering front, you’ll be able to wager as low as 10p, while the players looking for some serious thrills can go as high as £60 per bet. Scarab Gold has an industry-standard jackpot of £250,000. You can’t win any higher than that, but that amount alone would be something you could tell grandkids about one day should you manage to win it.
You can find online slots here that look very much alike, and that’s because of themes that have been run into the ground. As we noted above, the Egyptian theme is one of them, so all the symbols look almost identical to other slots of the same genre you will have played. The lower paying icons are playing card royals J, Q, K and A. The symbols then increase in value with some medium paying ones that consist of a bull, a crocodile, a cat, an ibis and a jackal. The highest paying symbol is, we assume, Cleopatra.
You won’t find a wild symbol in Scarab Gold, and this is because the slot game instead makes use of mystery symbols. You’ll recognise these as scarab beetles landing as symbols. There’s also a scatter symbol which is the pyramid.
Landing 3 scatter symbols on the same spin will award you ten free spins. Every extra scatter that triggers the feature adds an extra two spins on top of the initial 10. You’ll still have cascading reels during the feature, and every consecutive win adds a win multiplier. This accumulating multiplier is limitless, so the eventual win from free spins could be massive. Landing a blue scarab beetle during this feature will turn the drop into paying symbols or coins. The coins landing sees the coin feature start where cash prizes and extra free spins are awarded.
Coming back to the mystery symbols, they’ll transform into symbols of the same kind if the colourful scarab beetle lands on the same spin.
Scarab Gold is a very capable slot. There’s definitely winning chances to be had, and the free spins feature is very much on a level above. The multipliers and the mystery symbols included in the feature make it one of the best we’ve seen, and exactly where in Scarab Gold you want to be spending most of your time.