Spirit of Egypt Hold and Win Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Spirit of Egypt Hold and Win Review

The Hold and Win series from Playson started with Pearl Beauty Hold and Win back in mid 2020, and they have churned out 10 similar titles after that. With the exception of the Megaways version of Buffalo Power, all of these installments come with a mediocre potential, usually below 2,000x. It’s therefore good to see that Playson has decided to up their game a bit in Spirit of Egypt Hold and Win.

The generic ancient Egypt theme cannot escape being overused, but the audiovisual experience is still pleasant once you get settled in. The best you can hope for in the bonus round is to trigger the Hold and Win feature, but the synced reels can deliver some okay top-up prizes to keep you going. Still, you will need the 5,000x Grand Jackpot to truly make a dent in this game.

Spirit of Egypt Hold and Win Features

The 1x2 stacked Cleopatra Wild steps in for all regular pay symbols to help you form winning combos, and it’s also the most valuable symbol in its own right. Land 5 on a payline to pocket 25x your stake, while the top-tier snake emblem symbol pays 12.5x your stake for the same.

You need to land 3 temple scatters on reels 2, 3 and 4 in the main game to trigger the Bonus Round, and this awards 10 free spins. Between 2 and 5 reels are highlighted before each spin, and these become Synced Reels.

At any time, during both the base game and in the bonus round, you might land 6+ scarab symbols that look like big red/orange orbs. This triggers the Hold and Win Bonus Game, and the triggering symbols turn into Scarab money symbols randomly placed on a new blank 5x7 reel set.

You are granted 3 respins, and only blanks, scarab money symbols or jackpot symbols can land during the feature. Each new non-blank symbol you land resets the respins tally to 3 again, and jackpot symbols turn into regular scarab money symbols after the jackpot has been awarded.

Adjacent scarab cash symbols merge together, and larger symbols are worth more. The symbol value varies from 0.5x to 1,000x, depending on size, and you need a fully merged screen to get the top-tier scarab value. The feature goes on until you either run out of respins, or you fill the screen.

There are 3 fixed jackpots up for grabs in the Hold & Win feature, and these are the Mini, Major and Grand jackpots. They are worth 25x, 250x and 5,000x your stake, respectively, and you can win up to multiple jackpots during the same bonus game round.

The 200 Spins Spirit of Egypt Hold and Win Experience

Nothing too interesting happened until we triggered the Hold & Win feature, and this occurs at 1:29 into the 5-minute highlights video.

Review Summary

There’s no denying that we see a lot of similar Hold & Win releases every month, but Spirit of Egypt still made a pretty good impression. The music and the sound effects have an almost hypnotic effect, and with the turbo switched on the pace is pretty pleasant too. The visual presentation might be somewhat generic, but it comes with a color scheme full of enjoyable contrasts.

The bonus round with synced reels can deliver 250x your stake on a single spin at the most, so larger payouts are most likely to come from the Hold & Win feature. Having the money symbols merge is not only visually pleasing, but it can be quite lucrative as well. A full screen plus the Grand Jackpot is what you need to crack the solid 6,000x potential, and considering the above, it’s not all that hard to forgive the ‘under par’ 95.43 % RTP.

Pros

• 1x2 stacked higher value wilds
• FS w/ up to 5 synced reels
• Hold & Win w/ merging cash symbols
• 3 Hold & Win Jackpots up to 5,000x
• Win up to 6,000x your stake

Cons

• RTP of 95.43 % is below average

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Amazing Link Zeus - takes you back to ancient Greece, and this SpinPlay release is mostly about the hold & respins feature with jackpots up to 5,000x your stake. There is also a bonus round with a guaranteed cash symbol wild reel and a jackpot pick’em bonus game.

Vikings Fortune: Hold and Win - is a Norse mythology installment in Playson’s Hold and Win series, and it comes with a bonus round with colossal premium symbols and payouts up to 1,435x your stake.

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