Pyramid Raider Slot Review & Free Play

Pyramid Raider: Search the Ancient Tomb and Awaken the Ancient Gods for 3,000x Rewards

Pyramid Raider by CQ9 Gaming hands you another chance to raid a sand-covered pyramid in search of a 3,000x max win. Once inside, you may come across Anubis, Horus, Bastet, lurking mummies, and even expanding reels if fortune decides to smile upon you.

This is a five-reel, three-row slot where landing matching symbols on adjacent reels from left to right hands a payout. Here, the golden beetle acts as the wild, while the ancient book serves as the scatter. Besides opening the hidden chamber leading to the bonus round, the scatter also comes with instant payouts, which made it more elusive during my session.

Before I managed to uncover that hidden chamber, the pyramid was rewarding me with wins every 3 to 4 spins, averaging between 1.50x and 2.80x my bet. The addition of jackpots in the base game would have made things more exciting. But even without them, the frequent wilds helped me land wins of 5x, 8x, and 9x my bet.

On paper, the reels can expand from the standard 5x3 layout all the way to a 5x6 grid, increasing the winning potential. Unfortunately, that miracle never happened during my raid.

As for the bonus feature, you'll need to land at least three scatters, which also award an instant payout of up to 50x your bet. Once triggered, the game asks you to choose between five different setups: a 3x5 grid with 15 free spins, a 4x5 grid with 10 free spins, a 5x5 grid with 5 free spins, a 6x5 grid with 3 free spins, or a Mystery Pick.

I decided to play it safe and chose the 3x5 layout with 15 free spins rather than leaving my luck in the hands of the mystery pick. Including the 5x instant scatter payout, I walked away from the feature with a 63x return. That was also the only bonus round I managed to trigger throughout my 300+ spin session. Had there been a bonus buy option, my experience might have played out very differently.

I found Pyramid Raider to be missing that high-risk, high-reward feeling. It has frequent small base game wins with mediocre bonus payouts. It can keep you entertained for a while, but over a longer session, I don’t think it has enough variety or reward potential to keep the adventure exciting.