Top 5 Egyptian-Themed Slots of All Time
Egypt has always had a fairly accommodating attitude toward gambling. It’s legal for foreigners to stake when they travel here, while locals can also play with real money, providing this involves horse racing betting or playing the national lottery.
Meanwhile, online slot designers will often use ancient Egypt as inspiration for many of their games. The ancient world is a popular category for players, and you’ll find some of the best slots involving your favorite Egyptian gods, such as Anubis, Ra, Isis, and Horus.
Book of Dead
Released by Play’n Go in 2016, Book of Dead is arguably the most popular of all the Egyptian-themed slots. It taps into the realms of exploration, with base game symbols including the adventurer Rich Wilde, along with the gods Anubis and Horus.
Book of Dead, with its 94.25% RTP, has 10 paylines in operation, and beyond the base game, there is a bonus round with free spins and expanding symbols.
Cleopatra
Even those with just a passing interest in ancient Egypt will be aware of Cleopatra. This first-century queen has endured through modern film and she has now been immortalized in an online slot.
The Cleopatra slot game is one of the oldest to carry the Egyptian theme. Developed by IGT, it carries an RTP of 95.7% and first appeared in 2012. Cleopatra herself is the highest-paying symbol, while other icons include hieroglyphics, a lotus, a scarab, and the Eye of Horus. It was quite an advanced slot for its time, with wild symbols and a free spins round.
Hand of Anubis
A 2022 release from the Hacksaw Gaming stable, Hand of Anubis has all the stunning graphics of a newer slot. Another modern twist means that it works on the cluster pays system, where symbols ‘cluster’ together to form a win, rather than lining up along a traditional payline.
Hand of Anubis comes with a 94.32% RTP, and along with the cluster pays system, there are additional ways to win. The game carries two separate free spins features, while the green soul orb symbols can trigger multipliers that can rise all the way up to 9999x coin stake.
Book of Ra
Several different sequels have followed since the original Book of Ra slot arrived on the reels in 2005. Developed by Greentube, it’s the oldest game on this list and has a confirmed RTP of 92.13%.
Book of Ra was one of the first slots to carry bonus features, and the original version has expanding symbols, free spins, and a gamble option when wins land. The Egyptian theme is maintained by the game’s images, which include the goddess Isis, a scarab, an explorer, and the Pharaoh’s mask.
Eye of Horus
The original Eye of Horus slot was produced by the developers at Merkur and released onto the reels in 2016. Sequels have followed, but many players consider this to be the best in the series.
The game is laid down on a 5×3 reel grid, and there are 10 paylines in operation. In a slot where the RTP is listed at 96.31%, the images to line up include a scarab, the key of life, and the god Horus. Eye of Horus features a tomb that acts as the scatter and leads to a free spins round.
