Gems of Egypt (Bluberi)

Gems of Egypt Review

With Gems of Egypt, players explore ancient pyramids and tombs to uncover mysteries and hidden riches. With an iconic theme and action-packed gameplay, the slot offers jackpots over 10,000x the bet.

We’ve seen quite a few Egyptian slot games, and Gems of Egypt isn’t the best-looking one out there. In terms of design, it sticks to a common formula, utilizing familiar images, symbols, and sounds. However, the production values are fairly low, and the graphics create a dated feel. Anyway, the actions take place across a standard 5x3 reel matrix, and players have 30 ways to play on each spin.

The Gems of Egypt slot comes with a betting range of £0.3 to £120 per spin. Highly-volatile, the game is supplied in five different RTP settings, ranging from 88.49% to 96%. The payback value also slightly affects the hit frequency and max win capability. By default though, wins occur with a rate of 31.67%, and payouts up to 10,524x are possible.

As alluded to above, the game makes use of traditional symbols that we’ve seen countless times before in many other Egyptian-themed machines. Here, the pay symbols start at the lower end with classic A-J card ranks, which are followed by six premiums, including in ascending order cats, eagles, scrolls, ankhs, pyramids, and scarabs. At least 3 of the same kind are required to score a payout. Five-of-a-kind low symbol wins are worth from 1.66x to 2.5x your bet, and the higher lot pays from 3.33x to 16.66x your bet for five-symbol wins.

Gems of Egypt Slot Features

Wild symbols are included as well, which help you to achieve wins by substituting for any other regular symbols in winning combinations. By default, they are available only on reel 1, but in the free games Wilds can appear on all of the reels.

Additionally, Wild symbols can appear from the random Mystery Wild feature in the base game. Once activated, 3 to 9 Wilds are added to the three middle reels. Plus, low symbols are removed during the feature, and the grid consists solely of high-paying symbols, producing bigger winning opportunities.

Most wins in the Gems of Egypt slot come from the Free Spins feature, which is triggered when 3 Scatter symbols appear simultaneously on reels 2, 3, and 4. Besides, only two Scatters on reels 2 and 3 may randomly award the free games.

The feature starts with 8 spins, and you can win extra spins by landing another combination of Scatters on the reels. During the bonus, whenever scarab symbols appear, they turn into pick symbols. Players need to select one to reveal their prize, which can be either 1x the current bet or a gem, which corresponds to one of the fixed jackpots. Plus, an extra pick may be awarded randomly when there is more than one scarab in view.

When 3 gems of the same color are collected, players receive the respective prize. There are five different jackpots available, with the following values:

• Mini jackpot - 10x the stake.
• Minor jackpot - 30x the stake.
• Maxi jackpot - 60x the stake.
• Major jackpot - 500x the stake.
• Grand jackpot - 10,000x the stake.

Review Summary

All said and done, Gems of Egypt is a fairly decent slot despite its basic looks. The features lurking beneath the surface are highly entertaining, and most importantly can lead to massive payouts, especially when the free spins kick in and huge jackpots up to 10,000x appear within reach. Thus, the game is definitely worth a spin or two.