Book of Fallen: Slot Overview

Players, if you’re itching to “enter the abyss of dark delights” or “crawl through the catacombs filled with curses”, Pragmatic Play has an option ready. It’s called Book of Fallen, and it sends the most hard-nosed Indiana Jones hopeful back to Ancient Egypt for yet another ‘book of’ style slot. If you’ve been tracking the fearless John Hunter, you’ll know he has a soft spot for this region, as shown in Tomb of the Scarab Queen and Book of Tut. Those were classic Egyptian-themed titles, and Book of Fallen follows the same path, so don’t anticipate big departures from the familiar ‘book’ template. That said, there’s an optional Ante Bet feature that will appeal to players who like bigger swings, and you can select the expanding symbol for free spins, so let’s dig in.

With a very pronounced Book of Dead vibe, Book of Fallen is set inside an Ancient Egyptian structure—whether tomb, temple, or some long-forgotten ceremonial space. Seasoned Egyptian slot fans will recognise the scene instantly: pillars, hieroglyphs, and heavy stonework washed in warm golden light. As with most of Book of Fallen, the visuals are functional and little more. There’s not much here trying to truly shake up the formula.

On the maths side, there’s nothing alarming. The only real caveat is that RTP is variable, so it’s worth checking which version you’re playing, but the default sits at 96.5%, which stacks up well against much of the ‘book’ crowd. Standard wagering runs from 10 p/c to $/€50 per spin, although the cost jumps sharply if you activate the Super Spin Ante Bet, which we’ll cover in more detail below. The RTP when the Ante Bet is active dips slightly to 96.49%, and drops a touch further to 96.48% when purchasing free spins. However you play Book of Fallen, volatility is high, and the main objective is landing screens full of expanding symbols—possible during free spins and, notably, in the base game too.

Most of the core rules are unchanged, so Book of Fallen uses a 5×3, 10-line layout, with wins formed by matching symbols landing left to right starting from reel one. The symbol set is familiar as well, beginning with 10-A card ranks and moving up to higher-paying Ankhs, Anubis, Tutankhamun, and John Hunter. A five-of-a-kind line of premium symbols pays 75 to 500 times your stake.

Book of Fallen: Slot Features

Up to this point it’s all very familiar, and the feature set largely follows suit, with a couple of notable twists. Alongside free spins with expanding symbols, you also get the Super Spin Ante Bet and a bonus buy option where it’s available.

Free Spins

The other key symbol is the book. Books are wild, meaning they can substitute for any paying symbol to help create winning lines. They are also the scatter, so if 3 or more books land on the reels, you receive 10 free spins. Before the bonus round starts, players get to pick which symbol will act as the special expanding symbol. During the feature, once standard symbol payouts are calculated, the chosen symbol expands vertically to cover all positions on its reel. Expanded symbols pay all lines from any position—they don’t need to be adjacent or begin from the left edge to count as wins.

Super Spin Ante Bet

This is an add-on for the base game that increases the current total bet on each spin by 10x when enabled. When the Super Spin Ante Bet is switched on, players can preselect a special expanding symbol for upcoming spins. That selected symbol expands and pays anywhere just as it does in free spins, but it applies to normal base game spins. Payouts are still calculated from the base bet rather than the boosted Super Bet price.

Bonus Buy

You can also purchase the bonus round directly for 100x your stake. Doing so immediately awards 10 free spins.

Book of Fallen: Slot Verdict

On the surface, Book of Fallen is the textbook ‘book of’ slot, but a closer look reveals two tweaks that may be worth the attention of Ra regulars. They’re not visual changes. The presentation is completely by-the-numbers, which may actually be a plus, since players who prefer tradition to experimentation should feel right at home. After all, Egypt’s real archaeological landmarks have barely changed for millennia, and people still travel from everywhere to see them.

The first real difference is the ability to choose the expanding symbol for free spins, which isn’t common. Previously, the best you could usually do was reject a randomly selected symbol, so being able to select one outright is likely to be a tempting offer. So what do you go for? John Hunter every time and hope for those 5,000x full-screen hits, a low-paying symbol for potentially more frequent connections, or something in the middle? This time, it’s genuinely your call.

The Super Spin Ante Bet is the other eye-catcher, because activating it creates a technical possibility of landing full-screen wins on any base game spin. Naturally, that won’t occur often, and paying ten times your stake is a hefty commitment that can punish a bankroll quickly. The higher cost may put off everyday players, but it’s easy to imagine certain streamers going wild with the Ante Bet feature. On top of that, there’s a feature buy option—something you don’t usually find in book slots, and certainly not in the two iconic examples Book of Dead or Book of Ra. For players who don’t want to wait, Book of Fallen could be the more appealing pick.

So, Pragmatic Play adds yet another Ra-style slot to the ever-growing stack. Like many games in this niche, it’s not exactly essential. Still, Book of Fallen is competently built, comes with strong stats, keeps the familiar look, and includes two fresh touches to give book fans something new to test.