Volatile Egypt Dream Drop
By Fantasma Games
Volatile Egypt Dream Drop Jackpot is a 5 reel, 15 payline slot from Fantasma Games. You can choose between the standard version or the Dream Drop progressive jackpot version, for a chance to win prizes well into the millions of pounds.
Spins start at just £0.20 and give you a chance to win up to 6,553x your stake. With its Ancient Egyptian theme, you’ll want to look out for high value Cleopatra and Horus symbols to maximize your winnings.
Game Name | Volatile Egypt Dream Drop |
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Developer | Fantasma Games |
Theme(s) | Egypt |
Release Date | 14.03.24 |
Rows | 3 |
Reels | 5 |
Paylines | 15 |
Volatility | Medium-High |
RTP Rate | 94% |
Max Win | 6,553x |
Min Bet | £0.20 |
Format | 5-Reel, Progressive Jackpots |
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Review Scorecard
What Our Reviewer Says …
A great looking game but lacking in interesting features. One for jackpot chasers out there.
What We Like
- Play for multi-million GBP progressive jackpots
- Regular wild multipliers in base game
- Choice of free spins configuration in bonus round
- Slick production
What We Didn't Like
- Low non-progressive max win
- Low RTP due to progressive jackpot contribution
Theme and Design
Stylish Production Is A Cut Above Most Egyptian Slots
There are hundreds of Ancient Egyptian slots out there, so when Relax Gaming announced the release of Volatile Egypt Dream Drop, many players wondered how they’d make themselves stand out from the crowd.
While they’ve leaned into the classic elements of the theme, like Cleopatra, the eye of Horus, and a jewel-encrusted Scarab beetle, the detail in the graphics sets this game apart. The flickering flames of the tomb make you feel as though you’re walking into the Raiders of the Lost Ark set. What it lacks in originality, it more than makes up for in style.
RTP and Variance
With an RTP of 94% Volatile Egypt Dream Drop Jackpot sits a little below the average. However, this is because 12% of each and every bet that’s made goes straight to the jackpot pool. At the time of testing, the major jackpot was sat at £2.3 million, which makes that percentage drop in RTP seem a pretty good trade! If you’d rather play the non-jackpot version, you benefit from an increased RTP of 96%.
The clue is very much in the name when it comes to volatility, with this being a medium - high volatility slot. The swings can mean you need to manage your bankroll a little more carefully than usual, but landing those big payouts is well worth it.
Maximum Win
Excluding those big progressive jackpots, there’s a 6,553x limit to what you can win on this slot. That is a little low for a game with medium-high volatility. And in the Dream Drop Jackpot series you can find better non-progressive max wins in games like Templar Tumble 2 Dream Drop (20,000x), which also has a historical theme, and Neko Night Dream Drop (20,000x).
Symbols and Paytable
Over five reels and three rows, you’ve got 15 paylines. You can trigger wins by lining up at least 3 matching symbols across the reels in the configurations shown on the pay table.
There are 9 different symbols in this game. The low value symbols are the Egyptian-themed card suits They’re valued at 0.25x the bet for 3x Queens, Jacks, or 10s up to 3x the bet for 5x Aces. Premium symbols are Cleopatra, the golden eye of Horus, and two items of Egyptian jewellery. These are valued at 0.75x the bet for 3x eye of Horus, up to 10x the bet for the Eagle Headdress.
Multiplier wilds can land on reels 2, 3 and 4 and multiply the win by 3, 4, or 5x respectively. If you land more than one multiplier wild at the same time then their multipliers are multiplied together. If you land three of these symbols then you can choose a Free Spins bonus.
Features and Gameplay
This game has just two features, the Dream Drops jackpot round and the Free Spins bonus.
Dream Drop Jackpots
The Dream Drops Jackpots round is the biggest attraction in terms of features. You trigger the jackpot round randomly, causing the symbols on the reels to change either to DD or blank for one special spin. If you land five DD symbols on this spin then you’ll trigger the bonus game itself.
Once the bonus DD game begins, you need to ‘pick and click’ in order to match up three DD symbols. If you do, then you’re guaranteed to win one of the five different progressive jackpots:
- Rapid (seeded at €1)
- Midi (seeded at €5)
- Maxi (seeded at €100)
- Major (seeded at €25,000)
- Mega (seeded at €500,000 with a minimum payout of €1,000,000)
Free Spins Bonus
The only other feature in this game is the free spins round. This is triggered when you land three wild symbols on reels 2, 3 and 4. This sets off the bonus round which gives you four options to choose from, shown below.
6 Free Spins: multiplier wilds of x6, x7, and x8 on the 3 central reels. Maximum combined boost of up to 336x.
9 Free Spins: multiplier wilds of x5, x6, and x7 on the 3 central reels. Maximum combined boost of up to 210x.
12 Free Spins: multiplier wilds of x4, x5, and x6 on the 3 central reels. Maximum combined boost of up to 120x
15 Free Spins: multiplier wilds of x3, x4, and x5 on the 3 central reels. Maximum combined boost of up to 60x.
Final Verdict
Relax Gaming has managed to take a tried and tested theme and give it a stunning makeover with top-notch graphics. Flickering flames, beautifully illustrated Egyptian artifacts, and even re-designed playing cards leave no detail ‘un-Egyptified’.
The Dream Drop jackpot feature provides massive extra value, but the non-progressive jackpot on this game (6,533x) could stand to be a fair bit higher. The relatively high volatility might be enough to put off those players on a tighter budget, but the frequent free spins rounds give ample opportunity to counteract those dry spells.
Overall, casual players might see their budget run dry before hitting the big wins. With its high volatility and Dream Drops feature, this game will definitely suit jackpot chasers the best.
Testing Notes
I played 200 spins on Volatile Egypt with real money at BacanaPlay. This is what happened.
- Stake Size: 0.2
- Start balance: £59.43
- End balance: £35.08
- Win Rate: 18% (36 winning spins in 200)
- Biggest Win: 11.5x
- Free Spins Round: 1
Some of the Dream Drop games can be unforgiving at times and this short session showed that. The win rate was lower than 20% which is poor and the biggest payout was just 11.5x when 2 wild multipliers came together on reels 3 and 4. The free spins round tiggered just once, which to be fair is not unusual, but when it did the final result was just 7.5x, shown in this screenshot. There were no Dream Drop spins.
The game looks superb but the gameplay is not scintillating – there are only multiplier wilds on the middle reels to look out for. These produced 13 wins in total over the course of 200 spins – so around 6.5% of spins, which isn’t a lot.
None of this is untypical of a Dream Drop slot. They are volatile games, so they can produce some frustrating sessions though all that is offset by the chance to win millions of course.