Overview
Ever fancied yourself as a roguish archaeologist searching the bowels of pyramids looking for Indiana Jones type adventures? If the answer to that question is an emphatic yes, then this slot game is for you. The game takes us to the exotic desert plains of Egypt on a mission to find hidden and perhaps cursed ancient treasure. This exciting offering comes from consummate game designers Pragmatic Play and is a 5-reel, ten pay-line video slot. To win players must match the Egyptian symbols across these pay lines from left to right. Bonus features are quite restricted in this game, but Pragmatic Play have made sure to make the ones that they have included count. These include a Free Spins feature as well as expanding symbols which make a big difference to the size of your wins throughout the game. Wagers for this game range between 10p and £250. The maximum win for Return of the Dead is an incredible 20,000x your stake. Return of the Dead is a high volatility slot game from the sandy dunes of an ancient land with a return to player percentage of 96.71%.
Graphics and Theme
Although Egyptian themed slots feel a little passé, Pragmatic Play have injected the genre with new life thanks to a crisp finish and the implantation of some beautiful symbols. As you might expect the background for this game looks to be an early morning vista looking out over the pyramids of Giza, complete with flying white storks and solemnly marching camels. The symbols are a collection of luminescent letters interspersed with representations of the Egyptian gods like Ra. The board is a hieroglyphic tablet with the pay lines marked at its borders. The music is a slow and peculiar number created to imbue the game with a sense of exploration and mystery. However, if you win big, you are transported out of the realm of ancient Egypt and very much back to the world of slot machines with conventional slot machine music indicating the exciting victory.
Game Promotions
Bonuses for this game are straightforward and revolve around free spins and expanding symbols bonuses.
To trigger the Free Spins round, players must land 3, 4 or 5 of the magic Return of the Dead book symbols on the same spin. Your reward for this stroke of luck is ten free spins with added multipliers of 2x, 20x or 200x your stake depending on the number of symbols you land.
Before these free spins start, one regular symbol is selected at random to be the special expanding symbol. After each spin, the regular payout sequence plays out. If you manage to get any special symbols on the reels, they will expand to fill the whole of that reel. This can often lead to the creation of bigger wins.
Special symbols do not have to appear on the same pay line to form a winning combination. As an example, say that you land special symbols on reels 1, 3 and 5, this still means that a winner can be found. This feature (the Free Spins round) can also be retriggered with no limit as to how many times this can happen.
Game How to Play
Once the game has loaded on your chosen device, the first thing you need to do is click on the āIā symbol to review the paytable. Next, you need to adjust your bet size, so you know how much you are wagering per spin.Ā You may also want to look at the autoplay options and set up auto spins if you desire. Once these settings have been established, you may spin the reels using either the manual button or the previously mentioned autoplay option.
Return of the Dead on Mobile
Return of the Dead can be played on all mobile platforms and is optimised for Apple and Android software