Scarab Queen slot review (Pragmatic Play)

This Pragmatic Play slot is officially called “John Hunter and the Tomb of the Scarab Queen”

Do you mind if we abbreviate it to “Scarab Queen”?

Our hero John Hunter is a busy man! Our sturdy and handsome adventurer already stars in two other Pragmatic Play slots. Now he has entered into his third adventure: The Tomb of the Scarab Queen.

Even though we have seen the theme of “explorer goes to Egypt in search of treasures” countless times before, it is not just an ordinary slot.

The slot is fascinating, thanks to the many special features it has. It has a unique mystery prize feature, where you can bag a massive win with your very last spin.

Graphically, the slot looks impeccable. When it comes to the design of games, we can assure you that the developers of Pragmatic Play do a perfect and faultless job.

Last but not least, you can win big with the Scarab Queen slot: the maximum win is a top-notch 10,500 x the total bet.

Gameplay and features of Scarab Queen

Scarab Queen is played with 5 reels with 3 rows of symbols. There are 25 fixed paylines.

Bets start at $€0.25 per spin, and the maximum bet is $€125 per spin.

What are the theoretical RTP, variance and the maximum win of Scarab Queen?

The RTP is 96.5%, which is pretty good. It is slightly better than the average of online slots of most reputable providers.

Pragmatic Play gives a mark of 3 out of 5 “lightning symbols” for the slot volatility of Scarab Queen. It implies that the slot is a medium variance slot.

Nevertheless, you get the feeling that the slot is more volatile once you start playing. Thanks to the excellent features and the possibility of landing a massive win in the free spins feature.

Wins above 500x the total bet will be miraculous, though. Of course, not impossible. The maximum win is a staggering 10,500x the total bet.

Symbols and payouts

The beautiful Cleopatra is wild and replaces all other symbols except the scatters.

John Hunter is the most lucrative symbol: if you spin 5 of your heroes on an active payline, you get a win of 32x the total bet.

The other symbols are not as lucrative, though: 5-of-a-kind of Anubis, the leather bag, the pistol or the card symbols yield a win of 4 x to 7 x the total bet.

You get the more serious payouts from the mystery prizes and, of course, the bonus game.

Mystery Wins

The Mystery Wins make the slot much more exciting and spectacular.

On reels 1 to 4, there are golden scarabs. These contain cash prizes, which vary from 1 x the bet to dozens of times the bet.

You win the cash prizes if you spin a particular coloured scarab on the 5th reel. There are five different special scarabs:

• Collect Scarab: if you get this Scarab, you collect all the money prizes you see on the reels 1-4
• Extra Collect Scarab: This Scarab adds an extra reward on top of the money prizes you already have
• Multiplier Collect Scarab: This is even better, as your cash prizes are multiplied by the multiplier you see on this Scarab.
• Expanding Collect Scarab: The reels where cash prizes are shown are now expanded with more cash prizes.
• Respin Collect Scarab: the reels are spun again, giving you an additional chance to win extra cash prizes.

But there is more!

Free spins bonus with an exciting apotheosis

Three scattered pyramids give you 8 free spins.

These seem like ordinary free spins. Not so!

For starters, you can retrigger free spins without limit.

Then there is another unique mystery feature, saved till the very end.

• All mystery prizes that appear on the reels are collected into a “money pot” (it is dark red on the top right corner), regardless of whether they were winning payments or not.
• At the end of the free spins, you’ll get one ultimate shot to land an extra prize equal to all the money you’ve collected (all the mystery prizes added up).
• The first four reels are fully covered with golden scarabs. If you manage to spin the Collect Scarab on the 5th reel, you’ll win that (most likely) massive and extra amount of cash.

We can reveal that this can be a vast amount of money!

This unique feature always ensures that the free spins are exciting until the end. It can change a moderate bonus round into a very successful one.

Our verdict of the Scarab Queen slot

Pragmatic Play has delivered another excellent slot. We were positively surprised.

The slot looks stunning and scores high marks thanks to its original mystery prize feature. We have seen a simpler version of this mechanism with Mustang Gold.

The extra spin at the end of every free spins bonus is brilliant. It ensures that your attention is there until the very last moment. One final spin can make or break your session!

3.8 out of 5 stars

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