Wings of Horus: Slot Overview

The Egyptian god Horus is typically linked to the sky, healing, and protection, which makes it a curious twist that in Hacksaw Gaming’s slot Wings of Horus, he’s driven by vengeance. Going by the game’s details, it’s a full-on revenge mission—intense, and arguably a little unexpected for such a powerful deity. Still, creative license rules the day, and Horus takes centre stage in a brooding title that clearly echoes an earlier Hacksaw Gaming release, Hand of Anubis. Gameplay brings its own flair too, featuring symbol-upgrading Orbs, 2 bonus rounds, bonus buys, and more.

Much like Hand of Anubis, the Wings of Horus base game sits in a mostly monochrome setting, as if the world has been drained of colour and vitality. Not entirely, though—there are splashes of purple scattered around, and the symbols add extra tones. Even so, black and white dominate until the bonus rounds arrive, when bursts of antique gold or verdigris bronze wash over the reels. It’s not quite as unsettling as Hand of Anubis, but it still carries that serious, no-nonsense Ancient Egyptian mood.

Hacksaw Gaming doesn’t lean on ways-to-win mechanics all that often, but Wings of Horus is a notable exception, offering 7,776 ways to win across its 5×6 grid. Volatility is more in the studio’s usual wheelhouse, and with a 4 out of 5 rating, Wings of Horus lands in the medium-high range. There are four RTP setups to watch for, with the top return set at 96.33%, and stakes running from 10 c to $/€100.

Rather than standard royals or card suits, the lower-value symbols here are the letters H, O, R, U, and S, paying 0.3 to 0.5 times the bet for a 5-symbol win. Above them sit 5 higher-paying icons made up of themed connected symbols. Land a 5 OAK winning way with these to receive 0.8 to 2 times the bet. Wilds are also present and substitute for any regular paying symbols. In the base game, however, wilds only show up via the Orb of the Moon and Orb of the Sun feature. A 5 wild combination awards 3x the bet, and only 1 Orb can land per reel.

Wings of Horus: Slot Features

Inside these features you’ll find Orb of the Moon and Orb of the Sun symbols that upgrade other symbols, a Sacred Scripture instant win, and then 2 bonus rounds—Revenge of the Pharaoh and Rise of the Falcon. Rounding things off are four bonus buys.

Orb Symbols

• Orb Of The Moon – When an Orb of the Moon symbol lands, it chooses all instances of a random symbol on the reels. It then swaps every position of the chosen symbol, plus itself, into a higher-value symbol or a wild.
• Orb Of The Sun – When an Orb of the Sun symbol lands, it picks all instances of 2 random symbols on the reels. It then replaces every position of those selected symbols, along with itself, with a higher-value symbol or a wild.

Sacred Scripture

When the low symbols land to spell ‘HORUS’ horizontally, an instant payout of 500 times the bet is awarded.

Revenge Of The Pharaoh

Landing at least 3 FS scatters in the base game activates this bonus and grants 10 free spins. During the feature, 2 progression bars appear beside the grid. The purple Orb progression begins at level 1. The golden progression bar advances whenever a new win appears on the grid. Each time the golden bar becomes completely filled, the purple Orb progression bar increases by 1 level. Whenever the purple Orb progression bar rises by 1, the golden progression bar is reset back to 0.

Just before the final spin of the feature, the purple Orb progression bar activates. The number of filled levels in the purple Orb bar determines how many Orbs—either Moon or Sun—drop on that last spin. Up to 5 Orbs may land simultaneously. Landing 2 FS symbols awards +2 free spins, while landing 3 FS symbols awards +4 free spins.

Rise of the Falcon

If you trigger it by landing 4 FS scatters in the base game, you receive 10 free spins. The rules mirror Revenge of the Pharaoh, except the purple Orb profession bar starts at level 2.

Bonus Buy

Pressing the bonus buy button brings up four options: BonusHunt FeatureSpins (3x the bet) – each spin is 5 times more likely to trigger free spins, Orby FeatureSpins (50x the bet) – each spin lands at least 2 Orb of the Moon or Orb of the Sun symbols, Revenge of the Pharaoh (100x the bet), or Rise of the Falcon (250x the bet).

Wings of Horus: Slot Verdict

In the same vein as its jackal-headed predecessor, Wings of Horus is a solid Ancient Egyptian slot that leans far more into shadowy, ominous territory than the bright, cartoonish “temple and torches” vibe these themes often go for. Hacksaw Gaming is particularly good at crafting bleak, psychological-thriller-style games that can spark a subtle chill as much as an obvious adrenaline hit—often with a dash of neon layered in. Beyond the titles already referenced, you might also look at Wanted Dead or a Wild, Itero, or Cash Crew if you enjoy this kind of presentation.

From a gameplay perspective, even with Orbs returning, Wings of Horus heads in a different direction compared to Hand of Anubis. Multipliers are gone. They don’t appear on Orbs, and they’re not sitting beneath the reels either, like they did in the Underworld feature, which could get pretty wild when it kicked off. Here, the emphasis is on symbol transformations and trying to stack enough matching icons to fully exploit the massive 7,776 ways to win. It’s a strong mechanic, though it took a bit longer to feel as immediately satisfying as the multipliers in Hand of Anubis. Part of that is because when multiple Orbs land, they might interact—or they might not. In other words, they can target completely different symbols rather than reliably chaining upgrades together.

That said, you can still see situations where one Orb upgrades a symbol set, and another Orb then upgrades that newly transformed group. After that, it’s down to raw ways-to-win power (ideally) connecting a hefty spread of matching symbols for a big return. When Wings of Horus really gets moving, it’s capable of delivering payouts of 15,000x in any game phase. Overall, the package comes across as more straightforward than Hand of Anubis, missing some of the older game’s variety. Even so, it remains a potentially explosive slot that can shift gears fast—when it decides to.