Pyramyth

Slot game developer Thunderkick has always been known for its creative streak. The company has been creating online slot games based on pink elephants, mythical beasts and vampires. It is a formula that seems to work exceptionally well for this software game developer.

Although at first glance, the new online slot game Pyramyth looks like another archaeological slot game, it takes you in the opposite direction. Pyramyth explores a futuristic yet ancient-looking Egypt. Sounds complicated? That’s because it is.

It does the trick though, featuring both ancient and futuristic elements, with Wild multipliers, sticky respins, roaming Wilds and a generous free spins bonus round.

Built across five reels and 15 fixed pay lines, Pyramyth is embellished with a glorious blue sky and guarded by two huge bird god statues. The graphics are very well done here. The soundtrack is what you’d expect from an Egyptian slot game. It is also nicely done!

On the reels, you will find 12 unique symbols, including the usual card symbols which are the lowest paying symbols and the Egyptian-themed symbols which pay slightly higher. These include the eagle, the hound and the crocodile hieroglyphs.

The scarab beetle, on the other hand, acts as a Wild. As always, this substitutes for all other symbols with the exception of the bonus scatter, in order to create a winning combination. It can also deliver some good multiplier boosts.

Land five Wilds on a pay line to hit a massive 75x your wager. The sun symbol acts as a bonus symbol.

With an RTP of 96.17%, this slot game is also highly volatile. It’s not a bad combination though by all means.

Short facts

• Developer: Thunderkick
• RTP: 96.17%
• Volatility/Variance: High
• Layout: 5×3
• Paylines: 15 (fixed)
• Bonus features: Wild payline multipliers, roaming Wilds, sticky respin and free spins bonus round,
• Bets: £0.10 to 100
• Max wins (coins): 10,000x your stake

Pyramyth jackpots

Pyramyth comes with no jackpots attached.

Pyramyth free spins

The main feature of this game is, without any doubt, the bonus game feature. Land three or more scatter bonus symbols on the reels to trigger between 10 and 20 free spins. Of course, if you land three scatters you get 10 free spins; 4 scatter symbols earn you 15 free spins, while 5 bonus symbols reward you with 20 free spins.

You can also land more free spins with re-triggered. Landing three bonus scatters during this round, will add an extra 5 free spins to the tally.

Pyramyth bonus features

Pyramyth is not jam-packed with features but has enough features to make it interesting enough, including:

Wild Multiplier feature

Every day you hit a winning combination that features a Wild, your payout will be boosted with a Wild multiplier. The more Wilds you have in your winning combination, the bigger the booster.

You can expect multipliers as follows:

• 1 Wild on a winning pay line: 2x multiplier
• 2 Wilds on a winning pay line: 4x multiplier
• 3 Wilds on a winning pay line: 8x multiplier
• 4 Wilds on a winning pay line: 16x multiplier
• 5 Wilds on a winning pay line: 32x multiplier

Sticky Respin feature

This feature goes hand-in-hand with the free spins bonus round. Whenever you hit a winning combination during the free spins bonus round, you will activate the Sticky Respin feature. What happens is that symbols forming part of the winning combination will lock into place, while the other symbols re-spin once again.

If a matching symbol or a Wild lands on a respin, these too will lock into place, and trigger an additional respin.

The respins keep on going until you either fill all the reels with a matching symbol and Wild or else if the situation cannot be improved with more wins.

Roaming Wilds Feature

There is another type of Wild that plays an important role in this slot game. During the free spins round, the Roaming Wilds feature can also be triggered. Wilds that land on a winning combination during the free spins round will transform into a sticky roaming Wild.

The roaming Wild effectively moves to a different position on the reels, with every free spin. You can activate up to a generous 5 roaming Wilds during the free spins round.

Pyramyth RTP

Pyramyth is a highly volatile game, with an RTP of 96.17%. Although the variance is quite high, you can also expect bigger wins especially during the free spins bonus round.

Verdict

Although the Egyptian theme has been explored time and time again. It has been ad nauseum, but the good folks at Thunderkick have given it a good sci-fi twist and, of course, the game looks stunning.

Though this is a highly volatile game, the free spins bonus round is where you can really gather up some winnings. In the base game, you can hit some big wins with the help of multiplier Wilds.

When it comes to the free spins round, a mix of sticky respins, free spins and roaming Wilds accelerate your winnings chances.

We would have loved to see more bonus features. However, we are not ones to complain as the game’s graphics, as well as mechanisms, have really blown us away.

The features themselves are not as original or as unique as we would have hoped for such a theme. We are not saying they’re terrible, but they could have been improved with additional extras to make this game stand out from a crowd of Egyptian-themed online slot games.

Overall, bravo to Thunderkick!