Desert Riches Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Desert Riches Review

The Hold & Win concept has caught on like a wildfire in recent times, and all sorts of developers are churning out one installment after another in different series utilizing different trademarked names for essentially the same core feature. NetGame, via Stakelogic’s Greenlogic partner program, has their own series going in that regard, and Desert Riches Hold ‘N’ Link comes with a classic ancient Egypt theme.

They are several releases deep in their range already, and we expect plenty more to come after this. The base game can award decent payouts via the high value x2 multiplier wild, but nothing much else is going on there. The Hold ‘N’ Link feature comes with 3 modifier symbols that can make a dent at times, and filling the grid lands you the 1,000x Grand Jackpot. The 4,750x potential is not too shabby either, but overall this is shelf-filler material.

Desert Riches Slot Features

The 5 premium tiles pay between 25 and 75 x your stake for 5-oak wins, and both the top-tier Eye of Horus and Ankh tiles pay the same. The snake Wild pays 1, 25, 250 or 900 x your stake for 2, 3, 4 or 5 of a kind, respectively, and it also steps in for regular pay symbols to help complete winning combos. If part of a win with regular pay symbols, the wild boosts the total line win by x2.

The Hold ‘N’ Link feature triggers when you land 6+ ‘Cash Spheres’ anywhere in view, and these are golden cash symbols that come with values between 0.5 and 25 x your stake.

All triggering Cash Sphere symbols become sticky as the Hold ‘N’ Link feature starts, and only blanks, Cash Spheres, Cashpot Spheres or special Modifier Spheres may land during the feature. You start with 3 respins, and the respins tally resets per new Sphere of any kind you land. The 3 modifier spheres work as follows:

• Collect Sphere - accumulates the value from all present Spheres.
• Payer Sphere - adds its own random value to all present Spheres (except Cashpot and Last Chance Spheres).
• Last Chance Sphere - is activated only when the respins tally reaches zero, and it then gives you 1 last spin as it disappears.

The Hold ‘N’ Link bonus round ends when you run out of respins, or if you manage to fill all 15 positions with any kind of Spheres. This awards the 1,000x Grand Cashpot on top of all other racked up winnings.

The 200 Spins Desert Riches Slot Experience

We grinded along in the base game for a good while, with mostly smaller wins and dead spins to show for it, until we hit a decent wild-induced win. Not too long after that, around the 2-minute mark, we finally triggered the Hold ‘N’ Link feature.

Review Summary

The hold-and-win style releases are spreading like weeds or fungus through the undergrowth of the online slots forest, and Stakelogic partner, NetGame Entertainment, is well underway with their own Hold ‘N’ Link range. The very familiar ancient Egypt theme is decently developed, but still comes across as somewhat dated, and the base game is pretty standard stuff too. You get a high value wild symbol though, which also doubles any line win it’s part of.

The Hold ‘N’ Link round is nothing too special either, but you get 3 modifier spheres, and the 2 main ones have been seen in plenty of similar releases ever since Money Train revolutionized the whole concept. The overall 4,750x potential is decent, giving you plenty of room to breathe even if the 1,000 Grand Jackpot is landed. Desert Riches is far from the worst streak respins style slot we’ve seen, but it’s nothing too memorable either.

Pros

• High value wild with x2 multiplier
• Hold ‘N’ Link feature w/ 3 special symbols
• Fill-the-grid Grand Jackpot worth 1,000x
• Win up to 4,750x your stake

Cons

• Beware of adjustable RTP ranges
• Very little new to see here

If you appreciate Desert Riches Slot you should also try:

Phoenix Queen - is a seemingly asian-inspired installment in NetGame’s Hold ‘N’ Link range, and it plays out on 5x3 reels with 30 paylines. A free spins round follows right after the Hold ‘N’ Link feature, and you get the number of spins you racked up from sticky free spin symbols. Enough of these can land you a Cashpots up to 500x as well.

Sun of Egypt 2 - is Booongo’s follow-up to their ancient Egypt-themed original, and you can look forward to a bonus round where only premium symbols land. The Hold & Win Respins round can land you 4 different jackpots, and the overall max win is 5,000x your stake.

Queen of Alexandria WowPot - is a popular Starburst mechanic release from Neon Valley Studios, and it comes with 10 win-both-ways betlines.

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