Fortunes Of Ra Slot Review
Fortunes Of Ra is an Egypt slot that trusts one free-spins round to carry the whole game, and the lavish frame around it, a sunset temple with hieroglyph columns and flame jets flanking a gold border, is the confidence that gamble rests on. Blueprint Gaming have made a bet here that most studios stopped making: that a single well-built bonus, wrapped in expensive artwork, is enough.
For all that dressing, this is a lean game underneath. It runs on a 5×4 grid at 97.01% RTP, pays up to 50,000x the total bet from a single game, and puts everything through one free-spins round. Sister titles Eye of Horus and Legacy of Ra Megaways cover similar ground.
Base Game & Features
The 5×4 grid sits against a wall of carved hieroglyphs lit warm brown, with the blue-and-gold FORTUNES OF RA logo resting on the gold border above. Painted sandstone columns flank the reels on both sides, banded with red, green and blue hieroglyphic panels and topped with little fortress-like capitals. Jets of flame rise in the gaps at either edge.
It’s a lush, high-gloss reading of a theme that gets a workout every year, and the detail holds up on close inspection rather than blurring into a generic Egyptian backdrop. There’s even a weathered parchment scroll hanging off the left pillar, plugging a jackpot promotion, which sits in the scenery rather than in the game’s own workings.
The reels carry a torch-bearing pharaoh figure, a red-and-teal phoenix, a pharaoh headdress, a scarab and the royals from 10 up to A. The wild substitutes for all symbols, with no exceptions for the scatter: the scatter pays and triggers from anywhere, so it never needs a stand-in. Wins are multiplied by the current line bet, so a spin’s full payout depends on how many lines connect at once.
Autoplay is available with configurable session settings, for anyone who’d rather watch the sandstone glow than click every spin. A malfunction voids all plays and pays, as ever.
Symbols and Pays
Symbol values, as multiples of the total bet:
- Pharaoh figure: 5x for two, 50x for three, 500x for four, 2,500x for five
- Phoenix: 2.5x for two, 20x for three, 200x for four, 1,000x for five
- Pharaoh headdress: 2.5x for two, 15x for three, 50x for four, 375x for five
- Scarab: 2.5x for two, 15x for three, 50x for four, 375x for five
- A and K: 2.5x for three, 20x for four, 75x for five
- Q, J and 10: 2.5x for three, 12.5x for four, 50x for five
- Fortunes Of Ra scatter: 1x for three, 10x for four, 100x for five
Only the highest combination per line counts, so a line holding five of a kind doesn’t also collect for the three inside it. The pharaoh figure is the rich symbol by a wide margin, and it pays from just two on a line, so even a pair isn’t dead money.
The two-of-a-kind pays are worth a second look, because they’re where the shape of this paytable shows. The pharaoh figure, phoenix, headdress and scarab all start paying at two, while the royals don’t pay at all until three land. It tilts the base game’s small wins towards the premium end of the reel set.
The drop from five premium symbols to five royals is steep. Five pharaoh figures pay 2,500x the total bet; five Qs, Js or 10s pay 50x. The royals are there to keep the meter ticking, not to move it.
The Fortunes Of Ra Scatter
The scatter is the symbol the whole game turns on. It pays from anywhere on the reels rather than on a line, and it’s the only route into the bonus round. Three of them also carry their own pay on top of the trigger, so an entry into free spins always arrives with something in hand.
The scatter’s own ladder steps hard: three pays 1x the total bet, four pays 10x, and five pays 100x. Five scatters at once is the outcome worth dreaming about, because it’s a 100x pay and the round in a single spin.
Fortunes Of Ra Free Spins
Free Spins
The round works like this, in the order the game lays it out:
- Trigger: three or more Fortunes Of Ra scatter symbols anywhere on the reels
- Award: ten free spins, plus a special symbol added for the round
- Wild: substitutes for all symbols throughout
- Retrigger: three or more scatters during the round
- Retrigger award: additional spins and extra special symbols
It’s a simple structure: one trigger, one round, one added symbol. The special symbol is what the round is built around, and each retrigger stacks another one into a round that’s already running. The wild keeps substituting for all symbols throughout, exactly as it does in the base game.
Retrigger
The retrigger is the same door you came in by: three or more scatters during the round, from anywhere on the reels. Each one adds both time and symbols to what’s already in play, and neither the spins nor the special symbols reset when it lands.
That’s the mechanic that gives a long round its shape. A round that retriggers twice is a materially different proposition from the one that started, because the special symbols accumulate rather than restart. The scatters that got you in are the same scatters that keep it going.
However far a hot round runs, a single game is capped at 50,000x the total bet, so there’s a hard ceiling on the top of it.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.7/10
Between bonuses, this is patient spinning: line wins, a wild doing steady work, and a scatter that at least pays for the privilege while you wait for the temple door to open. The reason to sit through that wait is the round itself, because it’s the only place this game spends its money.
The strength is the payback. At 97.01% this is among the most generous returns you’ll find anywhere near this theme, and a retrigger that stacks special symbols rather than resetting them means a good round genuinely grows. The weakness is the thinness around it: one bonus, no second mechanic, and a base game that leans entirely on the artwork to stay interesting.
It’s for players who enjoy the long build and want their patience repaid with a generous meter, and it isn’t for anyone who wants something new happening every few spins. The gold here is real, but there’s only one chamber behind it.
Fortunes Of Ra FAQs
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What is the RTP of Fortunes Of Ra?
It’s 97.01%, and that’s the total expected return over long-term play rather than a promise about any one session. -
What is the grid size of Fortunes Of Ra?
The game uses a 5×4 grid, meaning five reels and four rows of symbols. -
Who makes Fortunes Of Ra?
Blueprint Gaming. It’s one of the studio’s Egyptian-themed titles, sitting alongside games like Eye of Horus and Legacy of Ra Megaways. -
When was Fortunes Of Ra released?
Fortunes Of Ra was released on 30 July 2018. -
What is the maximum win on Fortunes Of Ra?
The maximum win from a single game is 50,000x the total bet. -
How do you trigger the free spins in Fortunes Of Ra?
You need three Fortunes Of Ra scatter symbols anywhere on the reels. That awards ten free spins plus a special symbol for the round. -
Can the free spins be retriggered?
Yes. Three or more scatters inside the round add extra spins and extra special symbols, and neither resets what’s already running. -
What does the wild do in Fortunes Of Ra?
The wild substitutes for all symbols, standing in for whatever you need to complete a winning combination, in the base game and the free spins alike. The scatter doesn’t need one, since it pays and triggers from anywhere on the reels.
