Doom of Egypt at a Glance
Doom of Egypt is a 2019 release from Play'n GO built on the same engine as Book of Dead. Layout is the standard 5x3 with 10 fixed paylines, high volatility rated 5/5, and a 5,000x cap. Premiums are three Pharaohs plus Anubis, with the Scarab Beetle pulling double duty as Wild and Scatter.
I'll be blunt: this is a reskin. Same maths, same expanding symbol mechanic, different tomb. If you're already familiar with the Book of Dead engine, you know exactly what you're getting. The Egyptian wrapping is darker and arguably better looking, but mechanically there's nothing new here for a high roller to chew on.
Symbols and Paytable
Anubis is the top symbol at 500x stake for five-of-a-kind. The Scarab Beetle Wild/Scatter pays 200x for five on a payline, while the three Pharaohs run between 75x and 200x for five. Royals A through 10 fill the bottom of the ladder as low-pay padding.
Two high-paying symbols are enough to register a win, and the Scarab triggers Scatter Pays from any position. The disparity between Anubis at 500x and the Scarab at 200x matters because the symbol selected for free spins is what defines your ceiling. Anything but Anubis and your max-win ambitions take a hit.
Symbol Payouts
| 5 | x500 |
| 4 | x100 |
| 3 | x10 |
| 2 | x1 |
| 5 | x500 |
| 4 | x100 |
| 3 | x10 |
| 2 | x1 |
| 5 | x200 |
| 4 | x40 |
| 3 | x4 |
| 2 | x0.5 |
| 5 | x75 |
| 4 | x10 |
| 3 | x3 |
| 2 | x0.5 |
| 5 | x75 |
| 4 | x10 |
| 3 | x3 |
| 2 | x0.5 |
| 5 | x15 |
| 4 | x4 |
| 3 | x0.5 |
| 5 | x15 |
| 4 | x4 |
| 3 | x0.5 |
| 5 | x10 |
| 4 | x2.5 |
| 3 | x0.5 |
| 5 | x10 |
| 4 | x2.5 |
| 3 | x0.5 |
| 5 | x10 |
| 4 | x2.5 |
| 3 | x0.5 |
Bonus Features and Free Spins
Three or more Scarabs anywhere on the reels trigger 10 Free Spins plus a scatter pay of up to 200x stake depending on the trigger count. Before spins start, the RNG locks one of the nine non-Wild symbols as the Special Expanding Symbol for the entire round.
When enough copies of the chosen symbol land on a reel, they expand to fill it after standard wins are paid. Re-triggers are possible by hitting another three Scarabs, with no cap until the 5,000x ceiling is reached. The whole round hinges on which symbol gets picked. Get Anubis, you're in business; get a low-tier Pharaoh, you're scraping for table scraps.
Bonus Buy Options
RTP, Volatility and Max Win
Default RTP is 96.21%, slightly above the high-vol average. Bet range runs from 0.10 to 100 per spin. Max win sits at 5,000x stake, which at max bet caps the prize at 250,000 coins. Hit frequency for the bonus averages around 1 in 174 spins.
For my bankroll calculations, the ceiling is too low for this variance. Modern 5/5 vol slots regularly push 10,000x or higher, and Doom of Egypt's 5,000x cap looks dated. With a proper bankroll of 200 to 300x stake minimum, the long dry stretches between triggers are manageable, but the payoff at the top isn't proportional to the pain absorbed in the base game.
Bonus Buy and Bankroll Considerations
No Bonus Buy here. Released in 2019 before direct feature purchase became standard, this slot forces you through the full base game grind to reach the bonus. For serious players this is a deal-breaker on a slot where the entire EV is locked behind one feature.
Practical session sizing: at 1 unit per spin, expect to need 150 to 250 units to ride out variance with any meaningful sample size. Short sessions are pure RNG noise. The 96.21% RTP only materialises across thousands of spins, and without a buy you can't isolate free spins value. Bankroll discipline is non-negotiable.
