April Fury and the Chamber of Scarabs

Betsoft has released their take on the ancient Egypt crypt-delving adventure titled April Fury and the Chamber of Scarabs slot. April is their brand-new explorer character and her game comes with beautiful visuals and symbols as well as great sound design. The entire reels and background are animated and are quite immersive.

The main exciting goodies players get to mess around with are the Hold and Win mode and the free spins. Both of these extra features hold great potential for prizes. Speaking of which you can win up to 4000x the bet with 96.20% RTP and high volatility. There is also a purchase option in this game for free spins which can also help activate the Hold & Win feature. Let us dive into this April Fury and the Chamber of Scarabs slot review for more details.

The April Fury and the Chamber of Scarabs slot is quite generic when it comes to the base game. The only interesting elements are the visuals and the atmosphere. Besides that, players can only expect to try to score on the 20 paylines without any extra features.

There are 5 reels and 4 rows and you get wins in the traditional manner. By arranging at least 2 identical symbols on active paylines from left to right. Unique win paylines are combined.

There are 10 regular symbols in total and 1 wild. The 5 low-win symbols appear as the standard A, K, Q, J and a 10. High-winning symbols appear as thematic objects from the crypt-delving genre like torches, maps and various treasures. As always, the wild substitutes for regular symbols.

There are a few betting and payout options. To start with, the player can bet anywhere from $0.20 to $100. Gameplay-wise, the RTP is 96.20% with high volatility which is above average. The maximum win is 4000x the bet in all cases.

The payout values for the 10 regular symbols depend on how many you land from 2 to 5. For 5 in a payline you can get up to 7.5x the bet for low-paying symbols and up to 200x the bet for the highest-paying regular symbol. The wild also shares this payout value of 200x the bet.

As for the bonus scatter symbols, they can reward up to 500x the bet in the Hold & Win mode.

There are no extra features in the base game besides wilds. April Fury and the Chamber of Scarabs slot takes a simplistic approach with base gameplay. As for the bonus game features, this is how they work:

• Hold & Win – Landing 6 or more scatter bonus symbols triggers the Hold and Win mode. All triggering bonus symbols lock in place and the other symbols disappear. You get 3 respins to attempt to land as many additional bonus scatters as you can which have random bet multiplier prizes on them. Landing at least one resets the respins to 3. The game ends when you run out of respins or fill the board whereupon you win a combined payout of all the scatter bonuses you landed.
• Free Spins – Landing 3, 4 or 5 free spin scatters trigger 5, 7 or 9 free spins respectively. The neat thing about them is that you can trigger the Hold & Win bonus in the free spins mode. They can also be re-triggered by landing extra free spin scatters.
• Buy Feature – You can activate free spins automatically by buying 5, 7 or 9 of them for 90x, 126x or 160x the bet respectively.

To be honest, in a project such as this that has an established visual theme and atmosphere, we would have liked to see more extra features. In particular, ones to keep the base game interesting and not just about chasing the two bonus game modes.