Play Scarab Rising

Scarab Rising by Atomic City fills six reels with Anubis, pharaohs, pyramids and the Eye of Horus inside a gold-lined Egyptian temple. Five fixed paylines make it one of the more compact online slots on our site, while its two main features work on a larger scale. Scarab badges feed the jackpot meter, while giant symbols appear during Free Spins. 

A winged scarab sits at the centre below the grid, directly opposite the Mini, Major and Grand plaques above it. From that central line, Scarab Rising’s artwork spreads out to carved columns, gold statues, palm trees and a pyramid in the distance. Above the symbols, three red plaques hold the Mini, Major and Grand jackpot displays. Turquoise stripes sharpen the pharaoh’s mask, navy frames the Eye of Horus, and a violet glow separates the pyramid Scatter from the other gold icons. The yellow temple and red jackpot panels also make the thumbnail easy to recognise when browsing casino games in our lobby. 

Scarab Rising has no Wild symbol.  

Pyramids count anywhere on the board, so they do not need to line up to trigger Free Spins. Three award 10 spins, with four, five or six increasing the starting total to 15, 20 or 25. Each additional Scatter in the triggering result therefore adds five spins. Once the bonus starts, further pyramids cannot extend it. 

Giant Symbols 

A single oversized symbol fills the nine central positions on every Free Spin. The game chooses it afresh each time from Anubis, the pharaoh, the Eye of Horus and the four card ranks. Pyramids cannot appear in this enlarged form. Each covered position counts as a copy of the chosen icon, allowing it to contribute to several paylines at once. 

Jackpot Feature 

Scarab badges can appear over regular symbols and are counted across the current spin. Fourteen or 15 badges award the Mini, 16 or 17 unlock the Major, and 18 trigger the Grand. The meter resets before the next result and also operates during Free Spins.

Five paylines cross Scarab Rising’s six-by-three board, so the screen is wider than a standard five-reel slot without adding more winning routes to check. Each line begins on reel one and needs the same symbol to continue across at least three consecutive columns. The run can end on reel three, four, five or six, which is why the paytable gives four values for every icon. Pyramids do not need to follow a payline to count as Scatters. Scarab badges sit over regular symbols, allowing the picture underneath to form a line while the badge is counted separately by the jackpot meter. 

• Guardians of Luxor 4 uses central beetle symbols to activate respins and other modifiers rather than filling a single-spin jackpot meter. 
• Scarab Bonanza puts a golden beetle at the centre of its Egyptian design, with cascading wins and symbol upgrades replacing Scarab Rising’s five-line structure. 
• Egyptian Emeralds shares the pharaoh, scarab and temple imagery, but turns its scarab into a Wild instead of using badges to fill a jackpot meter. 

The choice of giant symbol gives each Free Spin a different weight in our assessment of Scarab Rising. Anubis carries a higher payout than the card ranks, so the picture filling the centre matters as much as the symbols beside it. That gives Atomic City’s bonus something specific to follow without introducing extra rules as it progresses. The fixed number of awarded spins also makes the round’s length clear from the start. With no retriggers or upgrades to track, the appeal rests on seeing how each new giant symbol connects with the remaining reels.