Play Pyramid Riches for Free

It’s hard to get a good balance between the layout and theme. Too busy and it can overwhelm, too plain and it can turn users off – it’s a minefield for any brand. When it comes to Pyramid Riches, there’s no avoiding the truth that the aesthetics are chaotic, jam packed full of places to look and details to scrutinize.

The background is covered in hieroglyphics, keeping the atmosphere of ancient Egypt alive, while the control panel is a mix of relics… and then there’s the symbols themselves, all of which are unique to the game. All in all, it’s an explosion of a design all in one place, and while the elements when observed separately are perfectly in keeping, when placed together it feels rather overdone.

The pay table is awash with iconography, most of which represents the relics of the history left behind; there’s Ankh symbols, the pyramids themselves, depictions of pharaohs and so on. Each of the icons needs to be found in a three or five of a kind format, with the full five resulting in the most rewards; five of the Sphinx will get you 2,000 credits.

Most of the tiles are rather mundane, with monetary values to match, however the scatter and bonus symbols are most generous; sadly the wild doesn’t hold any special qualities to improve game play.

The scatter tile needs between four or five matches to make a win, and should you manage to get that many rather than the three, you’ll only ever get as many as five free games, which seems a tad low. Fortunately, there’s an upside to this in the form of a x3 multiplier being added to all wins.

In regards to the bonus tile, three or over will do, though you can’t trigger the mini level during the extra spins, which does make obtaining the bonus round a little more tricky. When it loads all gamers need to do is select blocks to reveal prizes. Simple enough, right? You’ll be able to keep on going until you find ‘COLLECT’.

We grant you that this is a rather basic special feature, but considering you have to have perseverance to make wins in slot machines, having an easy going, casually paced bonus is quite a nice means of respite.

Betting is simple, with the usual increase and decrease layout involved to move your stake from the starting point of 1 credit per line, all the way to 1,000. Moreover, there’s a Max Bet widget right by the betting range to ensure those with cash to spare can cut out the tedious nature of setting the total and go straight to the end.

As previously mentioned, there’s an option to spin the reels faster, thus giving you a more intense ride; tap the Fast Play toggle and a tick will appear on the button, meaning that when you next spin, the game will have upped its ante. It is faster, but in truth not by much. Following on, there’s the automatic spins, which operate on a 25 limit basis.

Select the button and the rounds will begin to play, with a counter tallying how many you’ve used so far. Once they come to an end, you’re able to opt in again.