Nights Of Egypt

Nights Of Egypt Slot Review

A pale moon over dark water, palm fronds leaning in from the left edge, and a pyramid silhouetted against the night: Nights Of Egypt puts nearly all of its real design effort into one collect-and-climb round, and the rest of the game is content to sit quietly under the stars waiting for it. That’s an honest way to build an Egypt slot, and the after-dark dressing makes the wait easier to look at.

Spinomenal built it, and it’s the original that the Expanded Edition later widened, sitting alongside Story Of Egypt and Times Of Egypt in the same corner of the provider’s range. It runs a 5×3 grid with 25 paylines at 96% RTP.

Two bonus rounds and a pair of random modifiers do the work under that sky. One of them is much better lit than the other.

The Base Game on 25 Lines

Wins are straightforward line hits across 25 fixed paylines, paid left to right on the 5×3 grid. There’s no cluster mechanic, no ways system, nothing exotic in how combinations form. That simplicity is deliberate, because the interest comes from what lands on the lines rather than how the lines work.

The wild is a Cleopatra symbol that counts as any regular symbol except doubles, free spins and bonus symbols. Five wilds on a winning line pay 200x the line bet, which is the best single line the game offers.

The rest of the paytable is short:

• Wild, five on a winning line: 200x the line bet
• First medium symbol, ten in combination: 300
• Second medium symbol, ten in combination: 260

Those medium values only become reachable at full strength when symbols land in their double form, which is where one of the two random modifiers comes in. Four symbols sit in the medium tier, and they’re the workhorses of every win that isn’t wild-driven.

Four things can interrupt an ordinary spin:

• Free Spins symbols – three or more scattered anywhere trigger the free spins round
• Bonus symbols – three or more scattered anywhere trigger the Bonus Game
• Stacked Wilds – wilds can appear stacked while the reels spin
• Only Double Symbols – at random, every symbol appears in its double form

Both scatters pay their feature rather than a line win, and both trigger during the main game only. Neither feature can retrigger from inside itself.

Stacked Wilds

While the reels spin, wilds can arrive stacked. They don’t change what a win is worth; they raise the odds of the wild completing several lines at once, which is where the bigger base-game results come from.

Only Double Symbols

At random, mid-spin, the Only Double Symbols modifier can fire. Every symbol on the grid appears in its double form, which is how those ten-of-a-kind medium pays become genuinely reachable rather than theoretical. It can trigger on any spin during the main game.

It’s the modifier that gives the paytable its teeth. A double symbol landing where a single one would have sat turns a near-miss into a combination, and when it fires alongside stacked wilds the base game produces its biggest non-bonus results.

Free Spins on the Wheel

Three or more scattered free spins symbols trigger the round. Before it starts, a wheel spins to award the spin count and pick the twist: 10 to 40 automatic free spins, with one of the game’s four medium symbols locked into its double form for the whole round.

The doubled symbol is shown on the wheel itself, so you know which one you’re hunting before the first spin lands. The wheel’s marked spin counts read:

• 10 spins
• 15 spins
• 20 spins
• 30 spins
• 40 spins

Bet per line stays exactly as it was in the game that triggered the feature, so the round runs at the same stake you were already playing.

Once the wheel stops, everything runs itself. The spins play out automatically, with no picking, no gamble and no decisions left to make – the wheel has already settled both the count and the doubled symbol. The range is generous on paper, though what sits under it is less so: the round is the base game with one symbol promoted, and nothing about the spins themselves changes, so a big award mainly means more of what the main game already does.

The Bonus Game Meter

Three or more scattered bonus symbols open the Bonus Game, and this is the round the game is really about. It plays out as a collect-and-climb ladder:

1. The round opens with three spins.
2. Collecting scattered winning symbols fills a meter: every five symbols collected fill one cell.
3. Each filled cell raises the reward on offer.
4. Scattered +1 spins symbols add extra spins to the counter.
5. Once the spins are used up, the pay is set by the last filled cell of the meter.

That final rule is the whole design. A cell completed on the last spin is worth exactly what the same cell completed three spins earlier is worth, so the +1 spins symbols aren’t decoration – they’re the difference between a low cell and the one above it. The ladder makes the closing spins genuinely tense.

Buy Feature

There’s a Buy Feature in the base game, its button sitting bottom-left of the reel frame alongside the spin controls. It skips the scatter hunt and puts you straight into the action, and it’s the quicker route to the Bonus Game if the three-scatter wait grinds. The price is set in the buy menu at the table you’re playing, so check it there before committing.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.1/10

The honest way to describe this game is patient. Twenty-five lines turn over under a lovely night sky, wins are modest, and the whole pull is the next scatter – and the sky really is lovely, which matters more than you’d think when the reels are this quiet.

The Bonus Game is the round worth the patience. Because the pay is set by the last filled cell, every collected symbol and every extra spin has a job, and the closing spins carry real weight. The Free Spins wheel is the weak half: the 10 to 40 range sounds generous, but the round underneath changes nothing, so a big award only means more of the same.

This is one for players after a collect-and-climb ladder wrapped in the best-dressed version of Egypt’s night sky, and the moonlit frame makes the quiet spells easy on the eye. Anyone who needs their free spins to do something new will find the pyramid dark on that side; the meter is where the light is.

Nights Of Egypt FAQs

• What is the RTP of Nights Of Egypt?

  Nights Of Egypt runs at an RTP of 96%.
• How many paylines does Nights Of Egypt have?

  Nights Of Egypt has 25 paylines across a 5×3 grid.
• How do you trigger free spins in Nights Of Egypt?

  Land three or more scattered free spins symbols anywhere on the reels. A wheel then spins to award between 10 and 40 automatic free spins, with one of the four medium symbols remaining double for the whole round.
• How does the Bonus Game work in Nights Of Egypt?

  Three or more scattered bonus symbols start the Bonus Game with three spins. Every five winning symbols collected fills one cell of the meter, and scattered +1 spins symbols add extra spins. The round pays according to the last filled cell of the meter once the spins are used up.
• What does the wild substitute for in Nights Of Egypt?

  The wild counts as any symbol except double symbols, free spins and bonus symbols. Five wilds on a winning line pay 200x the line bet.
• What does the Only Double Symbols feature do?

  At random while the reels are spinning, the Only Double Symbols feature can trigger and cause every symbol on the grid to appear in its double form, which is how the ten-of-a-kind medium symbol pays become reachable.
• Can you buy the bonus on Nights Of Egypt?

  Yes. The Buy Feature skips the scatter hunt and puts you straight into the round. Prices vary by table, so open the buy menu wherever you’re playing to see what it costs there.
• Who makes Nights Of Egypt?

  Nights Of Egypt is made by Spinomenal.