Book of Tut Megaways Slot Review
An explorer’s dig sits wedged between two carved columns, the desert sky going violet-to-peach behind him, and the whole frame boxed in gilded hieroglyphs. Book of Tut Megaways spends its money on that paintwork and almost none of it on ideas: Pragmatic Play has bolted a bigger engine onto the plain Book of Tut chassis and left the rest untouched.
In a format drowning in Egyptian temples, refusing to add a single new mechanic is a genuine position, and here it’s the right one. The figures carry over unchanged: 96.00% RTP (96.01% on the Ante Bet, 96.06% through the buy), high volatility, a 10,000x cap on a round and up to 117,649 ways across six reels. Siblings such as Curse of the Werewolf Megaways and Buffalo King Megaways show the studio’s taste for big engines in old clothes.
Base Game & Features
Six reels carry between two and seven symbols each, and every spin reshuffles the count. Wins pay left to right for adjacent symbol combinations of any size. Only the highest combination on each way counts, and wins across multiple ways are added together.
The way count on a given spin ranges from a few dozen into six figures, so the shape of the grid matters more than any fixed payline would. All wins are multiplied by the bet per way. Stakes range from 0.20 up to 240.00.
The wild substitutes for every symbol except the scatter and lands only on reels two to five. It’s a workhorse rather than a headline, bridging gaps in the mid-reels while the books do the real work.
Symbols and Pays
John Hunter leads the paytable, with the Pharaoh, a cat and a scarab behind him, then the royals. Values below are shown at the game’s 2.00 demo stake.
- John Hunter: 1.00 for three, 1.50 for four, 2.00 for five, 4.00 for six
- Pharaoh: 0.80, 1.20, 1.50 and 2.00 from three to six
- Cat: 0.60, 1.00, 1.20 and 1.50
- Scarab: 0.50, 0.80, 1.00 and 1.20
- A, K: 0.40, 0.60, 0.80 and 1.00
- Q, J, 10: 0.20, 0.50, 0.70 and 0.80
The Book is both scatter and trigger, and it appears on every reel, paying wherever it lands. Its own ladder sits above the symbol pays:
- Three Books pay 3x the total bet, and four lift that to 15x
- Five Books are worth 100x the total bet, and a full set of six pays 500x
Special Expanding Symbol
At random points in the base game, one paying symbol is picked as the special expanding symbol for that spin. The round of play resolves in a fixed order: first the regular winning combinations on the screen are evaluated and paid.
Then the chosen symbol expands to fill every reel it appears on, provided the expansion would produce at least one win. Once expanded, it pays left to right anywhere on the screen, without needing to sit on adjacent reels.
That’s the detail that does the heavy lifting: a symbol that only has to appear on a reel, not line up with its neighbours, can turn a scattered handful into a full grid of paying copies. Any paying symbol can be chosen, from John Hunter down to the 10.
A premium symbol covering three or four reels this way is where the base game’s real money lives. A low royal expanding pays a fraction as much.
Ante Bet
Two bet multipliers are on offer. At 20x, it’s normal play. At 25x, the stake rises, more scatters sit on the reels and the natural trigger chance for free spins improves, but the buy option switches off while it’s active.
The Ante Bet runs at 96.01% RTP against the standard game’s 96.00%. The choice is about trigger frequency, not value: a 25x multiplier costs a quarter more per spin and returns it as scatter presence on the reels rather than as cash value.
Book of Tut Megaways: Free Spins and Bonus Buys
Free Spins
Three or more scatters trigger the round and award 10 free spins. Before the first spin resolves, a special expanding symbol is selected at random and stays fixed for the whole round, with special reels in play throughout.
The mechanic is the one every book slot runs on: land enough of the chosen symbol and it expands across its reels, paying anywhere rather than on adjacent positions. When the chosen symbol is a premium, a single loaded spin can cover most of the grid.
The scatter pays on the trigger land first, then the spins run. Three or more scatters during the round retrigger it for 10 additional spins, and there’s no stated limit on retriggers.
The round’s total win is awarded once it completes, with the free spins result added to any payway wins from the triggering spin.
Buy Free Spins
The round can be triggered instantly from the base game for 100x the current total bet. On the triggering spin, four, five or six scatters can hit at random, so a bought round can open on a scatter pay of up to 500x before a single free spin plays out.
Bought rounds run at 96.06% RTP, a fraction above the standard figure. With the Ante Bet running, the buy button disappears until it’s switched back off, so the two routes to the feature are mutually exclusive.
One cap governs everything: a round that reaches 10,000x the bet ends at that moment, the win is banked and anything still in play is forfeited.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
You dig for a long time in this desert. The spins between expanding symbols are quiet ones, and the single reason to sit through them is that a premium symbol covering three or four reels pays like a bonus round that never announced itself. That’s the whole attraction, and on a good day it’s enough.
What the game gets right is restraint: nothing clutters the free spins round, and a fixed premium expander with no cap on retriggers can genuinely run away with itself, all the way to 10,000x. What it gets wrong is the dice roll at the heart of that round. Draw a royal as your expander and ten spins go by with almost nothing to show, and no amount of play changes the draw.
It’s for anyone who already loves the book format and wants the cleanest, widest-gated version of it on the shelf. Anyone chasing new mechanics under the sunset won’t find them here. The tomb is old, the torch still lights, and for the right player that’s exactly the comfort.
Book of Tut Megaways FAQs
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What is the RTP of Book of Tut Megaways?
The RTP is 96.00% in the standard game. It rises fractionally to 96.01% with the Ante Bet active and 96.06% when buying the free spins round. -
Is Book of Tut Megaways high volatility?
Yes, it’s a high volatility game. Wins come less often on average, but the chance of a large win in a short session is higher. -
How many paylines does Book of Tut Megaways have?
It uses Megaways rather than fixed paylines. Wins pay for left to right adjacent symbol combinations of any size, with up to 117,649 ways to win on a single spin. -
What is the grid size of Book of Tut Megaways?
Six reels, each carrying up to seven symbols, with the row count changing from spin to spin. -
What is the minimum and maximum bet on Book of Tut Megaways?
Bets run from 0.20 to 240.00 per spin. -
Can you buy the bonus on Book of Tut Megaways?
Yes. The free spins round can be bought from the base game for 100x the current total bet, and on the triggering spin four, five or six scatters can hit at random. Buying isn’t available with the Ante Bet switched on. -
How does the special expanding symbol work in the free spins?
Before the round starts, one paying symbol is chosen at random as the special expanding symbol for all free spins. It expands to fill the reels it appears on, provided that would create a win, and then pays left to right anywhere on the screen. Three or more scatters during the round retrigger it for 10 additional spins. -
What is the maximum win on Book of Tut Megaways?
The maximum win is 10,000x the bet. Hitting the cap ends the round at once, with the win banked and any features still in play forfeited.
