Secret of Dead Slot Review

Secret of Dead - Slot Overview

Secret of Dead is a six-reel, three-row video slot from Play'n GO that sits firmly in their familiar “book of” family. The action takes place in a golden Egyptian chamber, with pillars and treasure framing the reels. As a long-time slots player, I felt at home straight away: classic card royals, ancient creatures and a powerful god symbol, all backed by the usual high volatility and fairly punchy potential.

Unlike the earlier five-reel entries in this style, Secret of Dead keeps all six reels active in both base game and bonus. You still play with 1 to 10 adjustable paylines, with wins paid left to right from the first reel. Three or more matching symbols are needed for a line win in most cases, so the sixth reel adds extra hit chances while keeping that lean “book of” structure.

RTP, Volatility and Bets in Secret of Dead

Secret of Dead runs on a high volatility model, roughly an 8 out of 10 experience in practice, so dry spells are common but the slot can hit hard. The default RTP is 96.20%, yet like many Play'n GO titles it sits in an adjustable range that can drop to 94.20%, 91.20%, 87.20% or even 84.20%, depending on where you play. Stakes start at 0.01 per line and go up to 100 per spin.

Symbols and Paytable in Secret of Dead

The low-paying symbols in Secret of Dead are the classic 10, J, Q, K and A. With six of a kind across an active line, these royals can pay up to around 25x your stake, though most hits on them tend to be small and frequent. They carry the base game most of the time, padding the balance between those longer stretches where you wait for scatters or a premium line-up.

Premium symbols are a golden cobra, scarab, cat, and Shai, the Egyptian god of fate. Six of a kind premiums pay roughly 100x to 500x your stake, with Shai as the top-tier symbol. The Ankh symbol plays a double role as wild and scatter, substituting for regular symbols to complete wins while also triggering the bonus feature. In the bonus, Shai gets extra punch when used as an expanding symbol.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Scatter, Wild
	6	x500
	5	x200
	4	x50
	3	x10
	2	x2
	6	x500
	5	x200
	4	x50
	3	x10
	2	x2
	6	x200
	5	x80
	4	x20
	3	x4
	2	x1
	6	x100
	5	x40
	4	x10
	3	x2
	2	x0.5
	6	x100
	5	x40
	4	x10
	3	x2
	2	x0.5
	6	x25
	5	x10
	4	x2
	3	x0.5
	6	x20
	5	x7.5
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.4
	6	x20
	5	x7.5
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.4
	6	x20
	5	x7.5
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.4
	6	x20
	5	x7.5
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.4

Bonus Features in Secret of Dead

The Ankh is the key to the bonus in Secret of Dead. Landing 3, 4, 5 or 6 Ankhs anywhere awards a scatter payout of 1x, 10x, 50x or 250x your stake, along with 8, 10, 12 or 15 free spins. As a wild, the same symbol stands in for any regular pay symbol, so those triggering spins often line up a few base game wins before the feature even starts.

Before the free spins begin, one paying symbol is picked at random as the special expanding symbol. Whenever enough of that symbol land to form a win, they expand to cover their reels. These wins pay on all active lines even if the symbols are scattered across the grid rather than sitting neatly in order. It is basically the classic “book of” mechanic but now stretched over six reels, giving some hefty full-screen potential.

If 3 or more Ankhs land during free spins, you get 5 extra spins and another paying symbol becomes an expander. Over a good run you can turn most, or even all, pay symbols into expanding scatter-style symbols. The Shai symbol pays double when it expands, which helps push the maximum single-spin potential up to 10,000x your bet. After any win, you can also use the gamble feature to guess card colour or suit and try to double or quadruple the payout, up to five gambles or 2,500 coins.

How to Play Secret of Dead

Getting started on Secret of Dead is straightforward. I load the game, let the intro animation run once, then head straight to the stake selector. You choose coin value and number of lines from 1 to 10, but as a seasoned player I treat it as a flat bet per spin and stick to all lines active. Then it is just a case of hitting spin or setting a batch of auto spins and watching for Ankhs and premium symbols.

Secret of Dead Slot Verdict

From my perspective, Secret of Dead does not try to reinvent the “book of” idea. It mixes parts fans already know: the sixth reel active at all times, the expanding symbol mechanic, and that extra expanding symbol on each retrigger. The main technical twist is the higher 10,000x cap, which gives the slot a stronger ceiling than many earlier games that stopped at around half that figure.

On the flip side, the Egyptian theme feels quite worn, and adjustable RTP ranges mean I always check the info panel before committing real money. Still, the maths profile is tasty if you enjoy swingy high volatility play, and chaining retriggers with several expanding symbols can turn a streaky session into a memorable one. Secret of Dead has become a go-to pick for me when I fancy a “book of” game with a bigger top end.

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