Every year, fresh companies appear in the world of slots, each trying to make their mark. Blue Guru Games is one of the new ones, and it already has its own unique vibe. Historians and storytellers, the designers aren’t building random games based on whatever catches their eye. They’re trying to open a door, encouraging you to look deeper and maybe be inspired to learn. Even the music is period and setting appropriate, often recorded using original instruments. Click here to read more.
Blue Guru Games Background and History
What is a guru? Traditionally depicted as a wise and spiritual person, “guru” is actually the Sanskrit word for “mentor” or “master”. This is someone who can teach and guide you, who will encourage you on your spiritual journey. It’s an interesting choice of name for someone who makes games for entertainment, but it reflects a little of the Blue Guru philosophy. Plus, it makes for a cool logo, with the blue-robed and turbaned guru himself sitting in a lotus position on a cloud with the sun rising just behind him.
Blue Guru Games, which today has offices in the UK, Estonia, Malta and Australia, came into the world in 2021. The founders have plenty of experience with other gaming companies, but they also boast a shared love of philosophy (particularly from the eastern parts of Asia), history and music. In fact, the first conversations about starting their own enterprise began while listening to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, an album influenced by the Beatles' own interest in mysticism.
Since then, the company has taken its time finding the right people to carry out its mission, including through partnerships with Silver Bullet and Oryx Gaming, researching the historical events and mythological tales that underpin most of its slots while ensuring that every game has the most appropriate soundtrack. Music isn’t an afterthought here like it is for many developers. Instead, it forms an integral part of creating the right atmosphere. Most of all, Blue Guru Games hopes that you decide to explore the history and mythology of its fascinating slots for yourself.
Top Blue Guru Games Slots
In its first two years of life, Blue Guru Games has managed to release 16 brand-new slots, each with a distinctive look and history. From Egyptian mummies and the construction of China’s famous Terracotta Army to the time Australian farmers went to war against the emus and lost, it’s a diverse range of stories, each accompanied by popular features such as free spins and multipliers.
Curse of the Mummies
A high-volatility slot with a 95.96% RTP average and 243 ways to win, this is Blue Guru Games’ take on one of slots’ most popular themes: Ancient Egypt. The images are familiar but have vivid details and modern animations, with the living dead practically rising from the reels. Indeed, Rise from the Crypt is one of the bonus features, and it's able to transform a regular symbol into an extra wild or scatter. The scatter can trigger free spins, with a multiplier of up to x5, and there’s even a super scatter where the multiplier increases to x10.
Terracotta Army
The 5x3 layout seems ordinary, but Terracotta Army has up to 30,375 ways to win. It’s also a high-volatility slot with a 96.06% RTP. One of China’s most famous historical sites, the Terracotta Army is a collection of sculptures buried in the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor, to protect him in the afterlife. In slot form, they also come with mystery symbols and free spins, along with the Temple of Mercury, a feature that allows you to play respins with only high-value symbols.
Aussies vs. Emus
Many Australians may like to forget the Emu War, which wasn’t their proudest success. Back in 1932, soldiers armed with WWI-era machine guns marched into the outback to try to stomp out the emus that were regularly destroying crops. The emus kept going with no real dent in their numbers. (You can see a similar sort of theme in Napoleon Vs. Rabbits, which tackles the French emperor’s most humiliating loss.) Blue Guru Games takes this quirky historical tale and adds it to an equally unusual slot with a 7x7 layout and cluster pays. You take the side of the emus as you navigate features including the emu charge with its mystery symbols, instant win prizes, multipliers and free spins. The RTP is 96% and the volatility is high.
Leprechaun Heist
We’ve played slots with leprechauns and we’ve played slots with heists, but it’s rare to see both at the same time. Leprechaun Heist is consistent with other Blue Guru Games slots in terms of its 96% RTP and high volatility, although the layout of reels and rows can change, but what really sets it apart is a focus on the grittier aspects of the Irish American experience rather than some vague, mysticised version of Ireland as the land of the fair folk. It’s Boston on St. Patrick’s day and robbery is in the air. Scatter pays replace regular paylines, collected cascades replace scatter symbols for triggering free spins, and you can level up your ammo to upgrade your features.
Octopus Armada
Is the octopus actually an alien from another planet? No, you don’t have to be named Fox Mulder to think this is a plausible hypothesis. The 2019 paper that proposed the theory of “Panspermia”, or the idea that life on earth didn’t originate here but landed on a comet, was the brainchild of 33 scientists. With 15 paylines that pay both ways, wild duplication, free spins with collection and the ability to eliminate symbols, it may be time to welcome our new octopus overlords from outer space.The average RTP is 96% (although it may vary between operators) and the variance is medium.
Responsible Gambling
All respectable slot developers have to follow strict regulations to ensure their slots are fair, including Blue Guru Games. Always look for features like reality checks, timeouts and limits where available.