Jewel Scarabs (Red Tiger): Overview

Ancient Egypt is one of Red Tiger’s most frequently used slot themes, and Jewel Scarabs is the third title in their catalogue to lean into it. This time, rather than focusing on Pharaohs, gods, or dusty tomes, the spotlight falls on the scarab. For many, a scarab is simply a bothersome beetle that might nip if you get too close—though it’s not about to crawl under your skin like in The Mummy. In ancient Egyptian culture, however, the scarab represented immortality and rebirth. You won’t be gaining anything quite that dramatic here, but this insect does drive Jewel Scarabs’s biggest win moments. Scarabs have appeared in plenty of other Egyptian slots before, so the question is whether Jewel Scarabs brings anything different to the table.

Red Tiger’s graphics and audio team have done solid work on Jewel Scarabs, keeping things tasteful rather than overblown. The desert backdrop at dawn or dusk captures a gentle Egyptian atmosphere, supported by a fitting soundtrack. It won’t blow you away visually, but it’s crisp, high-resolution, and easy on the eyes. This highly volatile slot is built on 5 reels, 3 rows, and only 9 fixed paylines. Stakes are fairly conservative, starting at 10 p/c per spin and go as high as $/€10. The RTP comes in at 95.77%, slightly below the 96% benchmark that also seems to be gradually slipping. Taken together, the setup gives you a decent platform to chase the game’s strong payout potential.

The paytable keeps things simple, with very few extra mechanics to wrap your head around. Symbols are split into low and high pay groups, blending familiar staples with themed designs. The lower-value set is made up of 9 to A royals, each styled with Egyptian touches like serpents and ankhs. Premium symbols include the Eye of Ra, Falcons, cats, and an Anubis bust, which pays the most at 20 times the stake for five of a kind. The base game moves along smoothly, and a 5/5 hit rate helps provide a regular stream of smaller wins while you wait for the feature to really lift the ceiling.

Jewel Scarabs (Red Tiger): Features

Jewel Scarabs is a clean, no-nonsense slot that goes for a classic, retro-leaning feel. The feature set is fairly light, but what’s included does a good job of carrying the gameplay.

As you’ve likely already worked out, the scarab symbol is the core of the experience, influencing the action in multiple ways. First, it acts as the wild, substituting for any standard paying symbol. It also pays the same as the Anubis symbol when five appear on a payline.

The scarab truly energises the game when it lands as a scatter—hit 3 or more and you trigger the Golden Spins round. In this free spins mode, the scarabs that activated the feature stay on the reels. Each one also receives a multiplier that begins at x1. Every time a scarab is used in a winning combination, its multiplier increases by 1x with no cap. If more than one wild multiplier contributes to a payline, the multipliers are multiplied together for stronger payouts. For instance, combining a x2 and x4 multiplier produces a total multiplier of x8.

These wilds remain active for the entire bonus, but between spins they move—flying to new, random reel positions. Additional wilds can also appear during the feature, and they too become roaming multiplier wilds.

Jewel Scarabs (Red Tiger): Verdict

Did we really need yet another Egyptian-themed slot where one symbol doubles as both wild and scatter? Probably not—but that doesn’t mean it’s a poor game. Jewel Scarabs is perfectly decent. It isn’t a standout of the genre, yet it’s nowhere near the bottom either. It lands comfortably in the middle, with enough going on to justify its place. So while it’s not wildly inventive, the combination of scarabs acting as wilds, gaining multipliers, and shifting positions between free spins does give it a slightly fresher edge. It also, quite literally, lets the scarabs spread their wings.

Even without being especially original, it’s still a fun play. The overall presentation is strong, and it’s the kind of fast, accessible slot you can jump into without much effort. Against other Red Tiger Egypt-themed releases, it’s a step up from Ra Legend, though it doesn’t reach the same level of detail or visual appeal as Mega Pyramid.

In terms of win potential, it may not fully match the loading screen claim of ‘Untold Ancient Riches’, but it’s far from weak. If the flying scarabs line up in your favour, wins of up to 5,245 times the stake are theoretically possible—an impressive number considering how straightforward the rules and structure are.

If there’s one area for constructive feedback, it’s that Jewel Scarabs could have used one more feature to add variety. Even a minor addition—like a second type of wild—might have helped. What’s here works, but the game leans entirely on a single symbol for its biggest highlights, and that can mean long stretches before the bonus round finally lands.

All in all, Jewel Scarabs shows that even a small twist can help a well-worn theme stay relevant. The scarab mechanic alone probably won’t bring masses of new players into Egyptian slots, but paired with the volatility and potential, it gives fans of the genre something different to spin.