Temple of Riches

Designed by Blueprint Gaming, this new online slot gameTemple of Riches fits into the Indiana Jones Egypt adventure games category. As you will no doubt have noticed, if you are a frequent player of online slots, this is a popular theme and one that every provider will have used at some point during their operations. Sadly, even when compared to its genre of games, this slot is a pretty lazy example. Indeed, it would be difficult to pick this game out of a line-up of other Egyptian-style slots produced in the last five years. The only saving grace of this game is its unusually high top payout, which, according to the designer's claims, is 50,000x the stake. Temple of Riches is available on tablet, mobile and desktop platforms.

Temple of Riches Overview

The features of Temple of Riches begin with the influence of the scarab beetle icons. These represent the game's wilds. Wild cans substitute for other icons on the board to help players find more wins. In this game, they also have their own value, paying out for combinations of three or more. The other feature included here is the free spins game. To activate this bonus, players must land three or more book scatters on the reels at the same time. Unlike other free spin games, in this game, you spin the reels until you find seven wins. In the meantime, the free spins bonus game also provides multipliers that can be increased (shown on the meter). Each Wild symbol during a non-winning spin counts as 1 step. Every four steps, the meter will go up one step and increase the multiplier by 1x. This mechanic improves the value of your free spins. Finally, there is also a spin boost option. All features will be explained in more detail later in the review.

Temple of Riches Theme and Symbols

As explained briefly in the introduction, the Egyptian explorer theme with hints of Indiana Jones pops up constantly in the slot gaming world. We aren't entirely sure what about this theme makes it so popular or attractive. We guess that, for one, some of the most successful and lucrative games of all time used this theme. Thus designers for some time have tried to emulate them. Or maybe the theme is so entrenched in the slot gaming world that it now feels like one of the most comfortable aesthetics for players and therefore implies a level of trust and comfort to players. Whatever the explanation, this game is full of all the typical elements that comprise this theme, such as a screen of scarabs, leather jacket-wearing explorers and golden temples.

The background for this game is a depiction of one of the hallways of a great golden temple, perhaps part of a sizeable holy complex located in the magical arid land of Egypt. On either side of the screen are sarcophagi that look like the famous coffin of Pharoah Tutankhamun. The rest of the image is plastered with golden surfaces covered in hieroglyphs. The playing board for this game is a golden rectangle with blue and gold columns separating the reels.

The symbols are split into low-paying, high-paying and special symbols. The low-paying icons are the J, Q, K and A in playing card royals. The most valuable of these icons is the A, paying out at 20x the stake. On the other hand, the more valuable icons are the canopic jars, the God Ra pendant, Anubis the jackal, a golden pharaoh and finally, the Indiana Jones-type character. Jones is the most valuable icon, paying out at 120x the stake. The specials here are the wild scarab icon, and the book scatter.

Game Play

Temple of Riches is played on a 5-reel, 3-row machine with ten fixed pay lines. To win combinations, players must land three or more matching symbols on pay lines moving from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel. The betting range for Temple of Riches is 10p to £100 per spin. To adjust their bet levels, players can toggle their stakes up and down using the tool located at the bottom left-hand side of the screen.

Further information, including a short tutorial and a display of the paytable, can be found via the menu button in the right-hand corner of the screen. The spin and auto spin buttons are located in the centre of the screen. Volatility for this slot is rated in the high range. The return to player percentage for Temple of Riches is 95%, which is below average. The biggest payout that players can win on one spin is 50,000x your stake.

Temple of Riches Features

The first feature of this game is the wild bonus. Wilds in this game substitute for other icons on the board to help score more wins.

The next feature in this game, and by far the more lucrative one, is the free spins game triggered when players land three or more of the book scatters on the reels simultaneously. Achieve this, and the game will give you as many spins as you need until you get seven wins. As this is taking place, the free spins round will also provide players with a multiplier value tracked on the meter to the left-hand side of the reels. Each Wild symbol landed during a non-winning spin counts as 1 step. Every four steps, the meter increases the multiplier by 1x. This boosts the payout from your free spin wins.

Finally, this free slots also has a spin boost option. It costs £5 per spin, but if you achieve a win that exceeds £5, you are given access to a pick-a-chest feature. It provides eight options. In three chests, you can win 5-, 7- or 10-Win Spins. While with others, you just collect the reward from a spin.

Conclusion

If you know that you love games with this tried and trusted theme, and like innovative free spin rounds, you will get on with this game. However, we aren't overly convinced about its earning potential. This is down to the low RTP, the very high volatility and the fact we found it difficult to trigger the features at all during our demo play. In summary, there are better and more lucrative slots out there with this aesthetic. You can also play Gonzo’s Quest without any registration.