Coins of Egypt Slot Review
A golden scorpion curls its tail on cracked, sun-baked rock while a temple pylon catches the last of a desert sunset, all of it painted by hand rather than stamped from the usual Egyptian template. This is NetEnt treating Coins of Egypt as a gentle game rather than a spectacular one, and that’s the honest read of it: a slot that pays you a little, often, in a way that doesn’t depend on the paylines at all.
It runs on a 5×3 grid with 20 fixed bet lines, an RTP of 96.97%, a hit rate of 29%, a maximum win of 200x the bet and stakes from 0.2 to 200. Quieter than stablemates like Gonzo’s Quest and Divine Fortune, but the coins are why it’s still worth a look.
The Main Game
Coins of Egypt is played on five reels and three rows, with wins paying left to right across 20 fixed bet lines. Only the highest win per line counts, and simultaneous wins on different lines are added together. A line win in coins is the paytable value multiplied by the bet level, and the currency win is that figure multiplied by the coin value.
Stakes are set through two controls. The bet level runs from one to ten and sets how many coins sit on each line, with 20 coins wagered per level, and the coin value sets what each of those coins is worth.
At the highest bet level, MAX BET plays a round at maximum lines and the current coin value. At any lower level it must be clicked twice to confirm, a small safeguard against accidental big stakes. AUTOPLAY runs the game automatically for a chosen number of rounds, with optional stop settings.
The Wild is a gold winged scarab, and it substitutes for everything except the Scatter, the chest seal and the Collect symbol, always completing the highest possible combination on its line. It’s also the richest symbol on the reels in its own right, out-paying every regular symbol when five land together.
Symbols pay as multiples of the total bet, with values for three, four and five of a kind. The top of the ladder belongs to the wild, with the Gold Winged Figure and Egyptian Queen close behind, and a run of scarabs and beetles filling out the lower tiers.
- Wild (Gold Winged Scarab): 50x / 300x / 3000x
- Gold Winged Figure: 30x / 150x / 1500x
- Egyptian Queen: 25x / 120x / 750x
- Green-bordered Figure: 25x / 80x / 500x
- Anubis: 20x / 70x / 400x
- Scorpion: 20x / 60x / 300x
- Red Scarab: 15x / 50x / 250x
- Teal Scarab: 10x / 40x / 200x
- Green Beetle: 10x / 35x / 150x
- Blue Scarab: 5x / 30x / 120x
- Purple Orb Scarab: 5x / 25x / 100x
The ladder falls away steeply below the top two rows. A hit rate of 29% means fewer than a third of spins return something, which is steady rather than generous.
The flat 200x ceiling keeps expectations modest no matter what lands. Even the best possible line of wilds stops well short of it, so the headline combination and the maximum win are two different things in this game.
Pharaoh Coins Win Feature
This is the mechanic that sets the game apart, and it runs on every single main-game spin. Here’s how a round plays out, step by step.
- One to three Pharaoh coins appear on reels one, two and three, one coin per reel, each stamped with a value of between 2x and 15x the bet.
- The reels spin and any bet line wins pay as normal, left to right.
- If a Collect symbol lands on reel five, every coin visible that round is gathered up and added to the line winnings, irrespective of bet lines.
- If no Collect symbol lands, the coins vanish with the spin and fresh ones arrive on the next.
The coins do nothing on their own. They wait. But because they arrive every spin, there’s always something riding on that fifth reel, and a spin can pay twice over: once through the paytable and once through the collection.
Because the coins sit on the first three reels and the Collect symbol on the fifth, the whole round’s fate funnels through that single right-hand column. A spin can miss every line and still collect, or connect nicely and bank nothing extra. The coin values are modest multiples of the bet rather than ladders to anything bigger.
The Collect symbol is the gate for the whole feature, and it only exists on reel five in the main game. It can’t appear alongside a free spins trigger on the same round, so the two features never compete for the same spin.
Free Spins and Chest Seals
A Scatter symbol triggers the free spins round, and once inside it the collection mechanic changes shape. The Collect symbol disappears from reel five, and in its place chest seal symbols appear there instead, available only during the bonus.
Free spins run at the same bet level and coin value as the round that activated them, so there’s no reduction in stake while the bonus plays out. Wins continue to pay left to right across the 20 lines, with only the highest combination per line counting and simultaneous line wins added together.
The chest seals are the round’s currency, collected off reel five in the same spirit as the main game’s coins. The two halves of the design mirror each other neatly: collect coins in the main game, collect seals in the bonus, and the fifth reel is the hinge of both.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7/10
Playing Coins of Egypt is a lot like sitting by that temple pool at dusk: warm, unhurried, with something small happening most spins. You’d choose it for exactly that – a slot where the main game is the entertainment, not the queue for the bonus.
Its best trick is the collection loop, which gives the fifth reel a job on every single spin instead of a handful of them. Its worst is the upside: 200x is the whole mountain, and the free spins round, built around the same collect idea with nothing added, doesn’t give you a reason to chase it.
This is one for players who enjoy steady sessions, painted scenery and mechanics that reward patience rather than luck. It won’t satisfy anyone hunting a four-figure multiple. The scorpion guards modest treasure, and it’s honest about that from the first spin.
Coins of Egypt FAQs
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What is the RTP of Coins of Egypt?
The RTP is 96.97%, comfortably above the typical online slot average. -
How often does Coins of Egypt pay out?
The hit frequency is 29%, so fewer than a third of spins return a win. Combined with the coin collection mechanic, plenty of spins still give you something to watch. -
What is the Pharaoh Coins Win feature?
On every main-game spin, one to three coins with values of 2x to 15x the bet appear on reels one, two and three. If a Collect symbol lands on reel five, all visible coins are added to that round’s winnings regardless of bet lines. -
How do the Free Spins in Coins of Egypt work?
A Scatter symbol triggers the Free Spins round. Inside it, chest seal symbols appear on reel five in place of the Collect symbol, and the round plays at the same bet level and coin value as the spin that activated it. -
Can the Collect symbol and Free Spins trigger together?
No. The Collect symbol and Free Spins cannot be triggered simultaneously, so the two features never land on the same round. -
What does the Wild symbol substitute for in Coins of Egypt?
The Wild, a gold winged scarab, substitutes for all symbols except the Scatter, the chest seal and the Collect symbols. Wild substitution always pays the highest possible winning combination on the bet line. -
How many paylines does Coins of Egypt have?
The game is played with 20 fixed bet lines, and wins pay in succession from the leftmost reel to the rightmost. -
What is the maximum win on Coins of Egypt?
The maximum win is 200x the bet, so this is a game of steady returns rather than big-win potential.
