Temple of Iris slot review

A combination of Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Greek mythology, Eyecon’s Temple of Iris is a fun slot that allows you to look back across history and meet the goddess of rainbows herself. Though it’s quite a simple game, you’ve got the chance to win free spins, and there’s the added excitement of the gamble bonus too, so there’s definitely enough to warrant trying it out - for more information, keep reading on!

Key features:

Reels: 5

Paylines: 25

Min bet: 1p

Max bet: £50

Slot RTP: 95.436%

Provider: Eyecon

Using your iris

Things could get stormy - just look at the background to this slot. The sky looks cosmic, with blue and purple decorated by shining white stars, though there are clouds too, giving an orangey-yellow hue to proceedings. Meanwhile, the symbols are all in hieroglyph style, looking every inch the perfect Ancient Egyptian letters, and the artefacts all look realistic - you could be viewing them in a museum!

The play board has a gold border, making it look incredibly regal and fit for a pharaoh, while the colours all have a metallic quality. Of course, nothing else would do for a goddess like Iris. As with a lot of Eyecon slots, however, there’s little in the way of sound and music. You’ll hear some of the game’s mechanics, as you spin, and when you match symbols or see the scatter symbol, you’ll hear some brief sound effects too, but if you prefer to have other background noise while you play, like music or the TV, you won’t be missing out.

Going through the temple

Temple of Iris’ play board is simple. There are five reels, each with three symbols each to make a play board with 15 positions in total. The priestess symbol is the wild symbol here, and it substitutes for all symbols apart from the scattered pyramid symbols - it also doubles your prize when it appears in a line win, substituting for a regular symbol. For its part, the scattered pyramid symbol also pays out, with wins multiplied by the total wager. Five of them would see you winning £450 from a £1 bet, so they could really help you out! 

There are 11 different regular symbols to match, ranging from letters and numbers to various Ancient Egyptian artefacts, and then of course the priestess, who is the most valuable symbol of them all - five priestess symbols will pay out ten times as much as five of the next most-valuable symbol. There’s a total of 25 paylines here, and they’re all typical for a slot of this nature. As normal, line wins are multiplied by the wager per payline, and all lines pay from left to right, starting with the leftmost reel.

Golden bonuses

Everyone loves free spins, and that seemingly includes Greek goddesses! To win free spins in Temple of Iris, you just need to find three or more scattered pyramid symbols appearing anywhere. You’ll begin with 15 free spins at first, but you’ll have the chance to retrigger them again, up to a maximum of 15 times. Though they’re played using the same paylines and wager as the triggering game, like you’d expect, all prizes you win during free games are tripled! 

Aside from free spins, you have the gamble bonus too - if you so choose, that is. Should you take the risk, it’ll pay out either double or nothing on the last win. You’ll be faced with two different choices, and once you’ve chosen one, you’ll find out if you were right or not, and thus whether you’ll win double, or nothing! Each bonus round is an independent event, so it’s up to you if you dare take that risk...

Conclusion

Though Egypt-themed slots might be pretty common, Eyecon’s infusion of Ancient Greece along with Ancient Egypt puts a new spin on the genre, and it works well. The RTP of 95.436% is acceptable, and the free spins and gamble bonus features add some excitement. Overall, Temple of Iris is a game with a cohesive theme and some good features, so it’s definitely worth trying, particularly if you’re a fan of slots with a historical or mythical bent. 

Provider

Australia’s Eyecon have been in business for over 20 years, but just started making slots in 2017, with the ever-popular Fluffy Favourites. However, there are plenty more where that came from, as alongside Fluffy Favourites and Temple of Iris there are the likes of Autumn Gold and Beez Kneez. With so many different games to try, you’ll never be bored playing Eyecon slots!