Microgaming has teamed up with All41Studios from Estonia this time around, to bring forth Book of Atem, a 5x3 slot game set in an ancient Egyptian theme. Now, the Egyptian themes have always been popular with fans of the slot game genre, so it’s a time-tested, albeit common setting, that is likely going to please a lot of fans.
Lets’s dive deeper into the gameplay, bonus and special features in Book of Atem and find out if the slot actually lives up to the standards we have come to expect from Microgaming.
Atum, aka Atem, is the old Egyptian god who seeks to bring the next Great Flood on earth, and given that he is the one who created himself from nothing but water and darkness, things are not looking bright for the human race, apparently!
There are 5 reels, 3 rows and 10 paylines in Book of Atem, with the lowest bets starting from $0.10 and maxing out at $25. What it means is that the highest winnable amount in the game is a whopping $125,000, thanks to an incredible 5000x multiplier!
Admittedly, you are going to need a lot of luck to win the maximum amount, but the impressive RTP of 96.45% ensures that the chances of winning something are pretty high for players nonetheless. However, the 29.8% hit frequency certainly stands to improve.
Set in the background of an Egyptian temple that’s thousands of years old and is probably dedicated to Atem, players have the following symbols to try their luck with.
If the player is lucky enough to land 5 Pharaoh symbols, they will instantly get a 500x multiplier, but if they are incredibly lucky and all of the 15 symbols on the screen happen to be the Pharaoh, the payout will be 5000 times the amount staked!
Book of Atem is the scatter and the wild symbol in this game simultaneously. Which means that it will act as a wild until you get three of them together. At that point, it will activate the 10 bonus spins.
During the bonus spins, any symbol can be chosen as the special one at random. If they appear on the reel, they will convert all the others around it on the same reel.
To win the maximum possible amount, you will, of course, want the Pharaoh to be selected as the special symbol and have one of them on each reel.
There is no doubt that veteran slot players will find Book of Atem to be quite similar to Book of Ra, but Microgaming’s latest Egyptian themed slot brings a number of improvements, which actually make it an even better game than the classic.
Book of Atem isn’t exactly original, but it’s the most polished, best looking, and well-designed ancient Egypt themed slot game out there.
If you are a fan of slot games with brilliant graphics and high chances of winning some real money, there is likely no better ancient Egyptian mythology-themed slot out there than Book of Atem.