10 Pharaohs

10 Pharaohs Review

Gear up and get ready for another hunt for ancient Egyptian treasures, as 10 Pharaohs slot by Push Gaming takes you deep into the temple ruins in search of untold riches. You will join 3 adventurous explorers, 2 males and 1 female, and the 5x3 grid is placed against the entrance into the holy chamber you get to see in the bonus round. Place your bets between €0.1 and €100 per spin, and keep your eyes peeled for the all-important instant prize and jackpot symbols.

On the reels you’ll find the 3 characters as the top-tier pay symbols, followed by 3 Egyptian artifacts and the usual lower-value royals. You win by landing 3 to 5 matching symbols from left to right starting from the leftmost reel, across up to 20 paylines. The characters pay 20x and 30x your stake for 5 of a kind, while the mid-level and royals pay 6x and 1x your stake for the same, respectively. The Wild symbol substitutes for any pay symbol to help complete wins, while also paying the same as the top-tier cigar-munching explorer if 3-5 land on a payline.

10 Pharaohs Slot - Reels Screen

Eligible players can turn on the Push Up ante bet feature for a price, with the choice of adding 1 or 2 extra rows in the base game. This increases your chances to land more instant prize and jackpot symbols, while also increasing the number of win ways for regular line wins. The instant prizes range from 1x to 1,000x your stake, while the jackpot symbols are worth up to 5,000x your stake. What’s more, jackpot symbols also count as instant prize symbols.

The top-tier RTP of 96.26 % is a bit above average, but keep in mind that lower RTP settings are a possibility. 10 Pharaohs is a medium volatility installment from Push Gaming, boasting a max win of 10,663x your stake. You can unlock up to 4 extra rows in the bonus round, with each unlock awarding extra free spins. All that being said, you should know that this game is a reskin of Push Gaming’s 10 Flaming Bisons, but with a significantly higher win cap.

10 Pharaohs Features

The instant scatter prizes and jackpots are the main focus in 10 Pharaohs slot, with 4 unlockable extra rows being added in the bonus round. Let’s take a closer look!

Push Up Feature (not UK)

The Push Up ante bet feature increases your bet by 2.5x or 5x, adding 1 or 2 extra rows in the base game, respectively. Keeping the Push Up ante bet switched on means you start with the same amount of rows unlocked in the bonus round.

Instant Pharaoh Prize Symbols

In all game stages, landing 4 to 10 Pharaoh symbols anywhere in view awards an instant prize between 2x and 1,000x your stake. The prizes are stacked up on the left-hand side, right below the game logo.

Instant Jackpot Pharaoh Symbols

You can also land Jackpot Pharaoh symbols in all game stages, and these also count as regular Instant Pharaoh Prize symbols. This means you get any regular instant prize you win plus the jackpot prize. Here is an overview of the 4 jackpots you can win from these symbols:

• The Mini Jackpot symbol pays 15x your stake.
• The Minor Jackpot symbol pays 50x your stake.
• The Major Jackpot symbol pays 500x your stake.
• The Mega Jackpot symbol pays 5,000x your stake.

10 Pharaohs Free Spins

The Bonus Round triggers when you land 3, 4, or 5 scarab scatters in view, awarding 8, 10, or 12 free spins, respectively. You get 4 extra rows added to the 5x3 grid, but these are locked as the bonus round starts. Scarab scatters are collected to unlock these rows, with each unlock requiring 4 collected scarabs. Unlocking rows award extra free spins as follows:

• Unlocking row 4 awards +3 free spins.
• Unlocking row 5 awards +2 free spins.
• Unlocking row 6 awards +2 free spins.
• Unlocking row 7 awards +1 free spin.

If you manage to unlock all 4 extra rows, the game plays out on a 5x7 grid with 60 win ways.

10 Pharaohs Bonus Buy (not UK)

Eligible players can purchase the bonus round for 75x the stake, awarding a triggering spin with at least 3 scatters.

Theme & Graphics

10 Pharaohs slot plays out inside ancient temple ruins, with artifacts and gold coins partially buried in the sand. You will find plenty of artifacts on the reels as well, including rings, scarabs, and ankhs. The 5x3 grid is framed by carved columns with mysterious hieroglyphics, and the instant prizes are prominently displayed on the left-hand side. The dramatic soundtrack adds a sense of urgency, egging you on to seek out those ancient treasuries.

Pros and Cons of 10 Pharaohs

Our Verdict

The popularity of the instant scatter prize concept is still going relatively strong, but it feels like the whole thing peaked a while ago. At least that’s the sense I get, but I still expect plenty of new installments from different providers for years to come. Push Gaming threw themselves on the bandwagon with 10 Swords in 2023, a moderately successful ancient Rome release. 10 Pharaohs, however, is a reskin of 10 Flaming Bisons, not adding anything new except the overused ancient Egypt visuals.

While this is hardly the height of creativity from this studio, at least they don’t resort to churning out 9 Masks Of Fire copycats, like so many other providers do. The visuals get the job done but are not up there with what we know Push Gaming is capable of. Having 3 different explorer characters is a tad unusual, also, but with no backstory, it’s hard to get truly immersed in the experience. I did like the soundtrack though, not least since it avoids the usual ancient Egypt clichés we hear all the time.

What makes the original game and 10 Pharaohs stand out positively is the combination of instant prize and jackpot symbols. Having the jackpot symbols pay their prize while also counting as instant prize scatters is a great addition to this popular feature, and it can certainly be lucrative as well. Speaking of, the max win has been bumped up to 10,663x the stake, a significant improvement compared to the original game.

That being the case, I would prefer 10 Pharaohs over 10 Flaming Bisons, but neither of the two comes across as something I would pursue outside of reviewing them. Unlocking extra rows in the bonus round just isn’t all that thrilling, but it helps a bit that this also awards extra free spins. However, if you are a fan of the instant scatter prize feature, 10 Pharaohs Push Gaming offers something a bit different that may appeal to certain players.