Ark of Ra Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Ark of Ra Review

Although the ancient Egypt genre is packed with similar-looking games, Circular Arrow’s debut release still looks solid enough in the visual department. It’s a tough genre to compete in though, and time will tell if there’s enough here to impress the community. You get full wild reels on a regular basis due to the coin collect system, and this can lead to 1,000x payouts at best.

The medium volatility makes this a suitable experience for new players perhaps, as it can help ease them into an overcrowded genre filled with volatile beasts. The big highlight is the bonus round, which comes with 3 options of volatility, number of spins and number of guaranteed full wild reels, but the 1,000x potential will hardly impress experienced players and hardcore gamblers.

Ark of Ra Slot - Reels Screen

Ark of Ra Slot Features

The premium symbols pay between 2.5 and 15 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, and the 2 top-tier symbols can appear in sizes 1x1, 1x2 and 1x3. The Wild symbol steps in for regular pay symbols to help complete wins, and it pays 50x your stake if 5 should appear on a payline.

You’ll see a Coin Collect Meter above each reel, and it comes with 2 coin slots per reel. Coin symbols that land are collected in the meter, and a full meter awards a full wild reel. The Wild Reel remains active for 2 spins in the base game, and there is no coin collecting system in the bonus round.

The Bonus Round triggers when you land 3 scatters on reels 1, 3 and 5, and you get a 2x scatter payout up front.

You can choose between 3 bonus round options as follows:

• High volatility - awards 2 free spins and 3 guaranteed wild reels per spin.
• Medium volatility - awards 8 free spins and 2 guaranteed wild reels per spin.
• Low volatility - awards 25 free spins and 1 guaranteed wild reel per spin.

The Wild Reels can land in different positions per spin, and scatters count even if they appear underneath wild reels. You can retrigger the feature by landing 3 scatters, and this gives you the same amount of extra spins as the option you chose in the first place.

The 200 Spins Ark of Ra Slot Experience

You get to see a few full wild reel wins in the base game, before we trigger the bonus round at 1:23 into the 5:15-minute highlights video. We went with the low volatility 25 free spins option, and you can see how it all played out by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

Visually and thematically, Ark of Ra comes across as something Play’n Go could have created, which can probably be taken as a compliment. Choosing the ancient Egypt genre for what amounts to Circular Arrow’s debut release is playing it somewhat safe, yet the genre is overcrowded with competitors. The Coin Collect system is hardly new, and it can lead to 1,000x payouts at best, if you manage to fill the grid with wild reels.

It’s always nice to have options when the bonus round triggers, and 3 guaranteed wild reels with only 2 free spins seems like a ‘Hail Mary’ shot at cracking the 1,000x potential.

The low 1,000x potential is not really helping this release to get noticed, and a 5,000x potential would have made it more of a competitor in the somewhat similar book slot genre. Overall, a decent debut, but there is hardly enough here to make a splash.

Pros

• 2 top-tier symbols can appear in sizes up to 1x3
• Coin Collect full wild reels that last for 2 spins
• 3 FS options w/ up to 3 guaranteed wild reels

Cons

• Max win is only 1,000x your stake
• Beware of customizable RTP ranges

If you appreciate Ark of Ra Slot you should also try:

Oink Farm - is thematically very different, but this Foxium release comes with a similar Oink Coins collection system. You need 3 coins to fill a reel meter here though, and it awards a full wild reel. Wild reels remain in place in the bonus round, and the Egg Rush jackpot game can land you 5,000x your stake.

Hand of Anubis - is a highly atmospheric and dark ancient Egypt installment from Hacksaw Gaming, and it comes with a 5x6 cluster pays grid with soul orb wilds that increase their multiplier in two different ways. There are 2 unique bonus rounds to look forward to as well, and the max win is 10,000x your stake.

Scarab Kingdom - comes with lush greenery that you seldom see in ancient Egypt releases, and this Just For The Win installment is all about scarab scatter collection. This awards expanded shrinking wild scrolls, and you can win up to 5,000x your stake in the pick me bonus. All wilds are expanded in the bonus round, where the win multiplier increases per spin.

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