Times Of Egypt Pharaoh S Reign Slot Review
Purple light falls through the haze of a carved stone chamber, catching gold dust as it drifts past a pharaoh statue watching from the back wall. Spinomenal have done the artwork properly here, but the interesting thing about Times Of Egypt Pharaoh S Reign is how little of the game that artwork has to carry: a 5×3 grid, five fixed paylines, an RTP of 95.94%, and one bonus round that asks you a question before it starts.
That question is the whole game. Three scatters offer a choice between two versions of the same round, and on a grid this small the answer genuinely changes what your spins look like. Times Of Egypt Egyptian Darkness posed the same pick on a roomier 30-line layout; this is the tighter, purer edition of the idea.
Base Game Symbols and Pays
Five fixed lines is a small canvas, and the game knows it. All symbols pay left to right from the leftmost reel. Only the highest win on each line is paid, and wins are multiplied by the bet per line.
You set your stake with the plus and minus buttons, which adjust the bet per line; those controls lock during free spins. Multiple line wins in one round are added together into the total for that spin, so a lucky grid can stack several small prizes into one respectable figure.
Spinning is a one-click affair, or a space-bar one if you prefer the keyboard. All wins in a round are displayed in the win field as they land, and the full set of combinations sits in the paytable if you want to check a prize mid-session. The help and settings buttons lock while the reels are moving.
The symbol set splits into three tiers: Egyptian artefacts as the medium payers, card royals below them, and the two specials above everyone. The paytable prints these values as follows:
- Ankh – three pays 40, four 200, five 1,000
- Hourglass – three pays 30, four 80, five 400
- Scarab – three pays 25, four 50, five 200
- Blue Amulet/Eye – three pays 20, four 40, five 120
- A – three pays 15, four 25, five 50
- K and Q – three pays 10, four 20, five 40
- J and 10 – three pays 5, four 10x, five 30
Those artefact values are the ones the free spins round works with, since the stacking mechanic applies to the medium tier. The royals are filler in the classic sense: they keep the five lines ticking over between the interesting symbols, and little more.
Even the top artefact is modest in isolation. Five ankhs at 1,000x the line bet is a genuinely useful hit on a five-line game, but it needs all five reels cooperating on a single line to get there, and there are only five lines to try.
The Pharaoh wild is the richest symbol on the grid. It counts as any symbol except the free spins symbol, and five wilds on a winning line pay the line bet x2,000, twice what five ankhs manage.
Because the wild substitutes for everything except the scatter, it’s also the symbol most worth watching during the bonus. A wild completing a line of stacked medium symbols pays the artefact rate, not a reduced one, and on a grid where whole reels can fill with one symbol that substitution carries real weight.
Free Spins: Choose Your Stack
Three or more scattered free spins symbols trigger the bonus game, and before a single spin plays out you pick one of two options:
- 20 free spins, where all medium symbols appear as 1×2 stacked symbols
- 10 free spins, where all medium symbols appear as 1×3 stacked symbols
The stacking is the whole mechanic. Medium symbols arrive as 1×2 or 1×3 blocks depending on your pick, and a stacked symbol always pays the same as its 1×1 version, so nothing is diluted by the size. What the block changes is how much of the reel each medium symbol occupies.
On a 5×3 grid those dimensions matter more than they’d suggest. A 1×3 block fills an entire reel top to bottom, so one medium symbol landing in effect covers a whole column. A 1×2 block covers two of the three rows, leaving a gap the rest of the grid has to fill.
Taller stacks fill more of the grid per spin, which matters on a five-line game where a full stack can complete the same line a single symbol would. Twenty spins of shorter stacks spread the same idea across more reels, at a gentler per-spin pitch. Neither option changes what anything pays.
The distinction matters for the ankh above all. At 1,000x the line bet for five, it’s the one medium symbol whose stacked arrivals can build a prize worth the wait, and a 1×3 ankh reel next to two more of them is the shape this round’s best moments take. The hourglass and scarab stacks pay respectably at 400x and 200x for five, so the tier below still has teeth when it fills a reel.
Once the round is running, the bet controls stay locked at the stake that triggered it, and the option you chose governs every spin, including the added ones. You’re never mixing stack heights within a round.
Retriggers
The round can extend itself. Land another three or more scattered free spins symbols while the bonus is running and you’re given five more spins, always drawn from the option you picked at the start.
There’s no re-pick and no escalation – just more of what you chose, which keeps the ten-spin and twenty-spin options honest relative to each other. A retriggered ten-spin round stays a 1×3 round to its last spin.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6.3/10
This is a game of waiting in a beautiful room. You sit in the violet haze, the five lines tick over on royal symbols, and every so often a Pharaoh wild reminds you the ceiling exists. The reason somebody settles here rather than at a flashier Nile slot is the round that follows the scatters, and the fact that you get to shape it yourself.
The two-option bonus is the strength, and it’s more than cosmetic: the ten-spin round with full-reel stacks can cover an entire column in one symbol, which on five lines is a genuinely different experience from twenty gentler spins. The weakness is everything either side of that choice. There’s no second feature, the base wins are small, and Egyptian Darkness already showed how much better this structure breathes with 30 lines underneath it.
It’s for players who enjoy a sparse, classic layout and one well-made decision per bonus, not for anyone who wants something happening on every spin. The chamber rewards patience, and it looks lovely while you wait.
Times Of Egypt Pharaoh S Reign FAQs
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What is the RTP of Times Of Egypt Pharaoh S Reign?
The RTP is 95.94%. -
How many paylines does Times Of Egypt Pharaoh S Reign have?
The game runs on 5 fixed paylines. Every winning combination pays left to right from the leftmost reel, and only the highest win on each line is paid. -
What is the grid size of Times Of Egypt Pharaoh S Reign?
The game plays on a 5×3 grid: five reels and three rows, crossed by the five fixed paylines. -
How do you trigger the free spins in Times Of Egypt Pharaoh S Reign?
Three or more scattered free spins symbols anywhere on the reels trigger the free spins game. -
What are the two free spins options?
Before the round starts you choose between 20 free spins where all medium symbols appear as 1×2 stacked symbols, or 10 free spins where all medium symbols appear as 1×3 stacked symbols. Stacked symbols pay the same as the 1×1 version. -
Can free spins retrigger in Times Of Egypt Pharaoh S Reign?
Yes. Landing another three or more scattered free spins symbols during the bonus awards five more spins, always from the option you originally selected. -
What does the wild symbol pay in Times Of Egypt Pharaoh S Reign?
The Pharaoh wild counts as any symbol except the free spins symbol. Five wilds on a winning line pay the bet per line x2,000, making it the game’s richest symbol. -
Can you buy the bonus on Times Of Egypt Pharaoh S Reign?
Yes, a Buy Feature button sits in the game’s interface, so you can purchase direct entry to the free spins round without waiting for scatters to land.
