Rise of Dead Slot

Skeleton pharaohs come back to life in Rise of Dead, an ancient Egyptian-themed slot game from Play ‘N Go. This one is played using a 5 reel, 20 payline game engine. Look out for giant stacks of symbols that are added on each spin. There’s also a free spins round with expanding higher value symbols. Land full stacks of matching symbols on reels 1, 3 and 5 and you could get a respin to try and add the missing symbols. Play on all devices from between 20p and £100 per spin.



The ornate burial chamber of a pyramid is the setting here. Joining the stone A to 9 royal values (all embellished with a hieroglyph carving) are 3 higher value Pharaoh symbols. The best of the trio pays 0.2, 1, 5 or 25 times your stake if you land 3, 4 or 5 on a payline.

The golden scarab beetle is the wild. This replaces all other symbols apart from the scatter. Land 2, 3, 4 or 5 wilds in combination and you’ll pocket an award of 0.5, 2.5, 12.5 or 125 times your stake. Play ’N Go has packed in a good range of extras into Rise of Dead.

Mega Stacks feature -on each base game spin, 1 symbol is picked at random. This will spin in 12-high stacks on each reel.

Ancient Free Spins feature - land 3 scatters on the same spin to trigger this round. Your reward is 10 free spins. Low value symbols spin in stacks that are 8 high while the wild appears 6 or 7 symbols high. The 3 Pharaoh symbols expand to fill the whole of the reel if that expansion leads to a new winning combination. Unlimited retriggers are possible here too. Land 1, 2 or 3 scatters and 2, 4 or 10 extra free spins are added to your total.

Gift of Gods feature - this bonus can trigger in the base game only. Reels 1, 3 and 5 are filled with the same matching symbol. A respin is awarded with those stacked symbols locked in position giving you a shot at landing a potentially massive combination.

As usual for a Play ’N Go slot game, there’s a classy look to the visuals here. There’s plenty of detail on display complemented by a haunting backing track which fits rather well. The gameplay is pretty good too, offering plenty of variety and more than enough action to keep things interesting. Variance wise its high meaning you could win 2,500 times your stake on each spin/free spin.

The Egyptian theme remains an enduringly popular one. With slot games like Rise of Dead, it’s easy to see why. By the way, this is the sequel to Book of Dead but incorporates the special expanding symbol in the free spins which is commonly found – Novomatic are best known for it via Book of Ra Deluxe.