Egyptian Rebirth II

Egyptian Rebirth II Slot Review

A moonlit temple courtyard, carved hieroglyph columns framing the reels, gold coins heaped on sand under a violet haze. This is Egypt done in shadow rather than sunlight, and the gloom suits how Spinomenal have built the thing: Egyptian Rebirth II is a game where almost everything of consequence happens on just three of its five reels, running a 5×3 grid across 50 fixed paylines at 96.3% RTP.

It’s an arguable way to build a slot, and the argument is worth having. The hourglass wild, the scarab flips, the free spins trigger and the wild placements you configure before the round all route through the odd-numbered reels, which makes the 50-line frame busier than it first looks – and busier than its ten-line sibling, Egyptian Rebirth II 10 Lines, with an RTP that holds up anywhere in the family.

Symbols and Paylines on the 5×3 Grid

Wins pay left to right from the leftmost reel, and only the highest win on each line counts. The 50 lines are fixed, so every spin covers them all. Line wins multiply by the bet per line, and multiple qualifying lines in one round add together into the total.

The wild substitutes for every symbol except the free spins and bonus scatters, and five wilds on a winning line pay bet per line x1,000 – the biggest prize anywhere on the board. Beyond that, it’s a familiar Egyptian cast:

• Pharaoh – 50x, 200x, 1000x the bet per line for three, four, five
• Cleopatra – 40x, 160x, 500x
• Cobra – 40x, 160x, 400x
• Cat statue – 30x, 120x, 300x
• Pyramid – 30x, 120x, 300x
• A – 20x, 80x, 200x
• K – 10x, 80x, 200x
• Q and J – 10x, 40x, 100x each

Countdown Wilds and Respins

The hourglass wild is the game’s signature trick. Whenever a countdown wild stops on the reels, the game drops straight into a respin mode: the wild locks in place, its counter ticks down by one on each respin, and the mode keeps running until no countdown wild remains with a count of one or more.

It can only land on reels one, three and five, in both the base game and the respin mode itself. That means every trigger already sits on a paying path across the 50 lines, which is a sensible place to put a sticky wild.

Mystery Symbols

Scarab mystery symbols reveal themselves after the reels stop. Any mystery symbol on the grid uncovers and shows one random symbol – never a bonus, wild or free spins symbol. It’s a base-game feature only.

It won’t build you a jackpot on its own. What it does is quietly push mediocre spins towards something better, and stacked scarabs turning over in unison are the game’s best visual moment outside the bonus rounds.

Free Spins With a Choice of Five Wild Placements

Three or more scattered free spins symbols trigger the round. The scatter lands in the base game only, and only on reels one, three and five – the same three reels the countdown wild calls home, so everything in this game routes through the odd-numbered reels.

Once triggered, the choice is the best decision the game asks you to make. There are five options, and in each one the stacked wild sits on a different reel for the whole round, with the spin count changing to match. The wild expands on its chosen reel and stays there until the free spins end.

Where the wild sits changes the round you play, which is more than most pick-a-feature screens can say.

The Three-Level Wheel of Fortune

Three or more scattered bonus symbols – base game only – open the bonus game, a wheel of fortune with three levels and three attempts at spinning it. Segments carry multipliers, extra spins or a level up.

Level up moves you to an inner ring of the wheel where the prizes are higher, and it awards an extra spin once you’ve used all your attempts. When the wheel finishes, you’re paid the sum of everything you collected along the way. There’s a real climb built into the structure: reach the inner level with spins still in hand and the collected total compounds quickly.

What Triggers What

• Countdown wild – any countdown wild on the grid after the reels stop, base game and respin modes, reels 1, 3 and 5 only
• Mystery symbols – any mystery symbol on the grid after the reels stop, base game only
• Free spins – three or more scattered free spins symbols, base game only, reels 1, 3 and 5 only
• Bonus game – three or more scattered bonus symbols, base game only
• Buy Feature – a button in the base game that purchases the free spins round outright

Buy Feature

The Buy Feature skips the scatter hunting entirely. Pressing Buy opens a window where you can adjust the bet you’ll play the free spins round at, and the buy price sets itself according to that bet. One click on Buy and the round starts immediately.

It’s a free-spins purchase rather than a bonus one, so the wheel of fortune still has to be earned the traditional way. If the five-option wild choice is what you came for, the Buy Feature is the quickest route to it.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.6/10

This is a tomb that keeps you busy. Nearly every spin has a system ticking under it – a wild counting down, scarabs turning over, three reels quietly carrying all the important symbols – and the reason to choose it over plainer Egypt slots is that none of that is decoration; each mechanic feeds the 50 lines rather than sitting beside them.

The free spins choice is the best thing here, because five wild placements with different spin counts is a decision that genuinely changes the round. The weak spot is the door it all sits behind: the scatters only land on reels one, three and five, so the game’s best moments arrive on its schedule, not yours, and the base game can feel like a long corridor between them.

It’s a strong pick for anyone who likes a 50-line machine with several small systems running at once and is content to wait for the odd-numbered reels to cooperate. Anyone chasing fast bonus action or a headline ceiling will find the lamp burns slow here. For patient players, the gold on the temple floor is still worth the walk.

Egyptian Rebirth II FAQs

• What is the RTP of Egyptian Rebirth II?

  Egyptian Rebirth II runs at 96.3% RTP.
• How many paylines does Egyptian Rebirth II have?

  The game is set to 50 fixed lines, all active on every spin. Wins pay left to right from the leftmost reel.
• What is the grid size of Egyptian Rebirth II?

  It’s a 5×3 grid: five reels and three rows, with 50 fixed paylines running across them.
• Can you buy the bonus on Egyptian Rebirth II?

  Yes. The Buy Feature purchases an immediate free spins round. A window opens first where you can adjust the bet, and the buy price is set according to that bet.
• When is Egyptian Rebirth II released?

  Egyptian Rebirth II’s release date is 9 January 2020.
• Who makes Egyptian Rebirth II?

  Egyptian Rebirth II is made by Spinomenal. The studio also publishes the wider Egyptian Rebirth family, including the 10 Lines and Frozen Flames editions.
• How does the Countdown Wild work?

  When a countdown wild lands, the game enters a respin mode. The wild stays in place and its count drops by one on each respin. The mode ends when no countdown wild has a count of one or more left, and the wild can only appear on reels 1, 3 and 5.
• How do you choose your free spins option in Egyptian Rebirth II?

  When free spins trigger, you pick one of five options. Each option places the stacked wild on a different reel for the entire round, and the number of free spins changes depending on which placement you choose.
• What is the biggest win on Egyptian Rebirth II?

  The top prize on the paytable is five wild symbols on a winning line, which pays the bet per line x1,000. The Pharaoh matches that, paying 1,000x the bet per line for five of a kind.
• What do mystery symbols do in Egyptian Rebirth II?

  Each scarab mystery symbol flips over once the reels settle and becomes a single random paying symbol – never a bonus, wild or free spins symbol. They only appear in the base game.