Cleo’s Gold Slot Review

Cleo's Gold Slot Overview

Cleo's Gold is a five reel, twenty line Egyptian themed video slot from Platipus, built around medium volatility gameplay. The layout is the familiar 5x3 grid, with fixed paylines running left to right, and wins coming from three or more matching symbols. From my first session the game felt balanced, with small line hits dropping in often enough while I waited for the free spins bonus or a screen packed with higher value symbols.

As an experienced slots player, I like how Cleo's Gold mixes classic line play with more experimental features. The Egyptian theme is familiar, yet the choice of three free spins modes gives each bonus round its own character. On desktop or mobile the interface is straightforward, so I can jump between quick test spins in demo mode and longer real money sessions without fuss.

Theme, Graphics & Soundtrack in Cleo's Gold

Theme, graphics and sound in Cleo's Gold stick closely to the Ancient Egypt formula, but they do it with polish. Behind the reels you get sand, stone blocks and palms, with faint tomb paintings giving the screen depth. On the reels Cleopatra, pharaohs and scarab beetles dominate, surrounded by Eyes of Horus, ankhs and card ranks. The whole setup makes me feel like I am raiding an old royal tomb.

The soundtrack in Cleo's Gold is soft pipes and drums, very much in line with the theme, while win sounds cut through louder and can be quite sharp if the volume is high. I often lower the effects a touch, but I keep the music on because it adds to the atmosphere. Despite the many buttons at the bottom of the screen, the layout stays clear, so the focus remains on spinning.

Symbols and Paytable in Cleo's Gold

The symbol set in Cleo's Gold sticks to the classic Egyptian line up. At the top of the paytable sits Cleopatra herself, followed by a scarab beetle, a jackal headed god and a falcon. Then come the Eye of Horus and the ankh, before the lower paying A, K, Q, J and 10 symbols. Wins pay from the leftmost reel, with three, four or five of a kind needed on one of the twenty lines.

On the default paytable in Cleo's Gold, Cleopatra pays from 80x up to 1000x the line bet, making her the symbol you want stacked across the reels. The scarab beetle follows with prizes up to 900x, while the jackal and falcon reach 800x and 750x. Eye of Horus and ankh fill the middle ground, and even the card ranks pay up to 200x or 150x for a full five symbol line.

Wilds in Cleo's Gold are represented by the pyramid and substitute for any regular symbol except the Bonus. They appear only on reels two, three, four and five, both in the base game and during features, and can form some tasty line wins on their own. The Bonus symbol lands on reels two to four; hit three at once and you move into the free spins feature, where different wild behaviours come into play.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x50
	4	x30
	3	x4
	5	x45
	4	x25
	3	x3.5
	5	x40
	4	x22.5
	3	x3
	5	x37.5
	4	x17.5
	3	x2
	5	x25
	4	x10
	3	x1.25
	5	x20
	4	x5
	3	x0.75
	5	x10
	4	x3
	3	x0.5
	5	x10
	4	x3
	3	x0.5
	5	x7.5
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.35
	5	x7.5
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.35
	5	x7.5
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.35
	Scatter
	Wild

RTP, Volatility and Bets in Cleo's Gold

From a numbers angle, Cleo's Gold sits at around 94.99 percent RTP with medium volatility, so wins are fairly frequent and range from small to satisfyingly sizable hits. Bets start at 0.20 per spin and go up to 100, as line bets run from 0.01 to 2 across twenty fixed lines. The maximum prize reaches around 1000x the line bet in the base game, with total potential near 1200x overall.

How To Play Cleo's Gold

Getting started with Cleo's Gold is straightforward. I set my line bet using the plus and minus controls, bearing in mind that the total stake is twenty times higher because all lines are fixed. The spin button handles manual play, while the circular arrows control autoplay. Autoplay lets me set a number of spins and some basic limits, though I still keep an eye on the balance rather than leaving it unattended.

When I first tried Cleo's Gold, I used the free play mode to test how often features landed and how the paylines worked. For real stakes I prefer modest bets, so sessions last longer and I get more chances at the Bonus symbols. Once the feature hits, I pick between Sticky, Expanding or Stacked Wilds depending on mood, with higher risk five spin setups when I feel like chasing a big hit.

Bonus Features in Cleo's Gold

The centrepiece of Cleo's Gold is the Bonus Game triggered by landing three Bonus symbols on reels two, three and four. When this happens, you choose one of three free spins modes. Five free spins with Sticky Wilds lock any wilds in place until the round ends, ten free spins use Expanding Wilds that fill whole reels, and fifteen free spins come with Stacked Wilds that drop in tall groups.

What keeps me coming back to Cleo's Gold is that the Bonus can hit again during free spins. Extra Bonus symbols add more spins to the current mode, which can turn a modest streak into a long feature. I mix up my choices, but when I want steady wins I go for the fifteen spin option, while on more aggressive sessions I lean towards five Sticky Wild spins and hope the pyramids keep landing.

Overall Thoughts on Cleo's Gold

After plenty of sessions, Cleo's Gold has become one of those medium volatility slots I keep in my regular rotation. The base game offers a broad range of prizes, so spins rarely feel dead, and the three style Bonus feature adds that extra layer of choice. If you enjoy Egyptian themed games with clear rules, flexible bet sizes and wild heavy free spins, this one is well worth a spin.

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