Temple of Akhet Demo Play Free Demo Slot

Slot Overview

Temple of Akhet is a new Thunderkick release that’s designed around a 6×5 ancient Egyptian theme, and it features a unique “occurrence pays” mechanic, cascading reels, sticky respins, and an increasing multiplier ladder! With a maximum win potential of 10,000x, it looks fairly solid, although Thunderkick’s (now standard) RTP of 94.19% is a little on the low side. Is the game any good? Is it worth playing? Let’s find out.

Gameplay & Bonus Features

Temple of Akhet uses a 6×5 reel layout with occurrence pays rather than traditional paylines or ways-to-win systems. Wins are formed when 8 or more matching symbols land anywhere on the grid, so this is, basically, a fancy way of saying scatter pays. A cascading symbols mechanic is in play here, so winning symbols disappear before new ones drop down to take their place, and the game’s RTP is set at 94.19%.

Now, the game is built around two primary wilds: the Golden Scarab Wild and the Sun Disc Wild. Any time the Golden Scarab Wilds land, they trigger the Sticky Respin feature (when they form part of a win). Once triggered, all winning symbols + any scatter symbols are locked in place, and the remaining grid positions then re-spin, with any new scatter symbols or winning symbols also locking in place. This process continues until you fill the grid or until no new winning/scatter symbols land.

The other wild contributes to the multiplier ladder, which always begins at 1x. Any time you form a win in the base game, before the next cascade, the ladder increases by +1x, and when the Sun Disc Wild lands, it can push the multiplier ladder further. This multiplier then resets between spins.

The bonus round is triggered by landing 4 or more scatter symbols, and doing so awards 12 free spins, with +2 more for each additional scatter. During the bonus round, landing 3 scatters awards 5 extra free spins, plus another 2 for each extra scatter beyond that. Inside the feature, the multiplier ladder gets a safety level, which means that once it reaches this safety level, it doesn’t reset.

Theme & Design

The Temple of Akhet looks exactly like what the title suggests: pyramids, scarabs, ankhs, sun discs, gemstones, and pharaoh symbols, so it’s not the most unique theme in the world, but it is well presented, at least. The reels themselves are positioned between two marble columns, and there are shimmering yellow hues in the distance, making you feel like it’s early morning when the sun is still rising.

It has that familiar Thunderkick look and feel to it, so if you enjoyed some of their other recent releases like Alice Time Rift and Tutan Kha-Boom, you’ll recognise some of the design quirks here.