Temple of Akhet

Temple of Akhet: Slot Overview

Despite the widespread ubiquity of ancient Egypt in online gambling, the culture was so deep that casino game makers are able to continually mine it for interesting ideas. Case in point is developer Thunderkick, which has designed the online slot Temple of Akhet. An internet search revealed that Akhet meant several things, one being the first season in the ancient Egyptian calendar, famous for the time of the Nile flooding. Instead of being a disaster, this was a celebrated event as it brought with it the replenishment of the soil, which was crucial for growing crops in the desert. There are some nice ideas of fertility and rebirth happening here, which hopefully spill over to Temple of Akhet, a scatter pays slot with Sticky Respin and multiplier ladder features.

Whether you like the game or not, it is hard to deny that Temple of Akhet is a decent-looking Egyptian slot. Thunderkick has dialled up the golden filter to give everything a warm, inviting glow. In the base game, players are treated to a rich vision of a pyramid, pillars, statues, and palm trees, before free spins are active and the screen gets drenched in various golden items of treasure. The supposition is that this temple might have been set up to honour the inundation of the Nile and ask for a fruitful outcome, though ancient Egyptian fans should be able to effortlessly enjoy the looks without going into any possible deeper meaning behind it all.

Played on a 6x5 grid, Temple of Akhet is a scatter pays slot that creates winning combinations when 8 or more matching symbols appear in any position on the reels. The Avalanche mechanic clears winning symbols off the reels, causing a symbol drop to refill the grid. Avalanches repeat, paying out each time until no new winning combinations appear. In this highly volatile slot, the RTP is 94.19%, and gamblers are able to stake between $/€0.10 and $/€100.

Temple of Akhet's pay symbols are blue, green, purple, orange and red gems, then eyes, ankhs, and pharaoh symbols. Landing clusters of 8-9 OAK pays 0.2x to 1x the bet, while hitting winning combinations of 20+ OAK pays 4x to 25x the stake. All wins are multiplied by the current Multiplier Ladder value.

Temple of Akhet: Slot Features

Temple of Akhet pairs scatter pays/Avalanches with a progressive multiplier system and Sticky Respins. Further features are a handful of Bet+ options and a bonus buy.

Special Wild Features

The Golden Scarab Wild and the Sun Disc Wild both substitute for all symbols except scatters. If a Golden Scarab Wild is involved in a win, it triggers the Sticky Respin feature. If a Sun Disc Wild is involved in a win, it triggers the Multiplier Ladder upgrade.

Sticky Respins

When a Golden Scarab Wild is part of a win, Sticky Respins are triggered. All winning symbols and scatters lock onto the grid, while non-locked positions Avalanche. This process repeats until no new winning symbols or scatters are locked or the reels are full. Each Sticky Respin cycle advances the Multiplier ladder by +1 step. At the end of a Sticky Respin sequence, any Sun Disc Wild upgrades get applied, and the payout is made.

Multiplier Ladder

The Multiplier Ladder starts at x1 and increases by +1 for each Avalanche without an upper limit. Each new value after x2 is the sum of the two previous values. If a Sun Disc Wild is part of a win, it instantly advances the ladder by 1 to 3 steps.

Bonus Game

Landing 4 scatters awards 12 free spins (+2 for each additional scatter). Up to 6 scatters may be counted. During the round, the Multiplier Ladder has a safety level that starts at x1. Sun Disc Wild upgrades increase the safety level by the total number of steps. Between free spins, the ladder resets to the current safety level. During the bonus, landing 3 scatters awards 5 free spins (+2 for each additional scatter).

Bet+ & Feature Buy

Players may select from four Bet+ ante bets. They are Bonus Boost at 1.3x, the Bonus Boost Plus at 2x, and Bonus Boost Ultra at 3.2x, which make each spin 2, 5, or 10 times more likely to trigger a bonus game. The Scarab Wild Bet+ costs 12.5x to guarantee at least one Scarab Wild on the initial spin. There is just one bonus buy, where paying 100x the stake triggers the bonus game.

Temple of Akhet: Slot Verdict

One of Temple of Akhet's positive points is the way Thunderkick has taken ancient Egypt, one of the mainstays of the slot world and designed a pretty, visually striking example of this style. The warm golden glow is like a hook for the eyes, and everything they rest on has been harmoniously placed. The base game does look a little generic, which is hard not to, given the amount of these sorts of titles, but it is attractive nonetheless, while the bonus round gets a more personal touch. It's unusual to review a Thunderkick slot that isn't easy on the eyes; in fact, no fugly example immediately sprang to mind, and Temple of Akhet is another which possesses a pleasant appearance.

Beauty is only one part of the deal, though, and gameplay generally figures to be the more critical element. In that regard, Temple of Akhet came across as a solid, but not extraordinary release. Importantly, the core mechanics have been firmly set in place, that is, the fluidity of the scatter pays-Avalanche combo, before multipliers and respins enter the picture. In some ways, Temple of Akhet follows in the footsteps of a scatter pay giant like Gates of Olympus, though the precise method of multiplier delivery and the inclusion of a Sticky Respin feature help set it apart from its peers. The game is capable of hitting wins up to a 10,000x cap, and it operates well enough to ping on the radar of keen scatter pays enthusiasts.

Aside from the relatively low RTP, Temple of Akhet ticks more of the right boxes than it doesn't, yet it didn't strike one as a truly remarkable slot. Its various gaming pieces do fit nicely together, however, build off each other, and are able to flow in a satisfying way. For sure, gamblers in the mood for scatter pays driven action with multipliers and respins should be able to find entertainment value here, even if Thunderkick has held back from filling Temple of Akhet with its most out there technical theatrics.