John Hunter and the Tomb of the Scarab Queen Slot Review

Join a grizzled adventurer on a quest for lost Egyptian riches in John Hunter and the Tomb of the Scarab Queen. It’s a 5 reel, 25 payline slot game from Pragmatic Play that comes with plenty of extras. Look out for special scarab beetles that come with cash values attached. These prizes can be boosted by multipliers, respins and even more goodies. There’s also a free spins round. Play on all devices from between 25p and £125 per spin.



Head to ancient Egypt

The design here is simple but nicely done. With the desert and pyramids in the background, you’ll see lower value royal symbols as well as a satchel, a pistol and an Anubis hieroglyph spinning around the reels. The best symbol is John Hunter. Land 3, 4 or 5 of him for a payout of 0.4, 2 or 32 times your total stake. The Scarab Queen is the wild. She replaces all the standard symbols when she appears on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Money Collect feature

Look out for the scarab beetle hieroglyph symbol. This comes with cash values attached and can land anywhere apart from reel 5. Land a collect or a collect + symbol on reel 5 to win the beetle’s prizes in the Money Collect feature:

  • Collect - all the beetle prizes are added together for an instant win.
  • Extra Collect - the amount on offer from each scarab instant win is boosted, increasing the overall prize.
  • Multiplier Collect - the beetle’s cash values are boosted by a multiplier.
  • Expanding Collect - the reels where the beetle appears are filled with more beetles and more cash prizes.
  • Respin Collect - the beetles are held and the reels spin again. If more beetle symbols land, the amounts attached are added to your original total.

Free Spins feature

Land 3 pyramid scatters on the middle 3 reels and you’ll trigger the Free Spins feature - on offer here are 8 free spins. The scarab beetle extras are in play here and can hit on any free spin. You can also win more free spins with no limits – i.e. unlimited free spins.

10,500 x stake wins in the Money Collect feature

We’ve lost count of the number of ancient Egyptian-themed slot games we’ve played. Coming up with anything vaguely original can be tricky but Pragmatic Play has delivered that here courtesy of the collect extras. These certainly keep things moving.

It’s not especially volatile, the variance is in the medium range with top wins of 10,500 times your stake available in the Money Collect feature. If you enjoy the treasure hunting theme, then this quest with John Hunter is a very playable one. John Hunter and the Aztec Treasure offers wins of over 9,000 times your stake whilst Da Vinci’s Treasure (also featuring John Hunter) can give you wins of 48,000 times your stake.