Cleo's Gold - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Pros & Cons

Cleo's Gold has a broad range of prizes, which means the base game always feels rewarding, though like any other slots game winning is never guaranteed. Not only are there three bonus game modes, the player gets to choose which one they want each time they play. Stakes are very easy to control, with a minimum bet of just 0.20. There are a lot of different settings to play with and a lot of gameplay information to read, which will be useful to some players and maybe off-putting to others.

Introduction

Cleo's Gold by Platipus Gaming online slots is a five-reel slots game that pays out on twenty different fixed lines. It’s based on an Egyptian theme, so expect pyramids, sphinxes and glorious golden death masks. The Egyptian gods are generous, with prizes of up to 1000, free spins and three bonus games to choose from.

Theme, Graphics & Soundtrack

Cleo's Gold is an Egyptian themed slots game a little like the Cleo's Wish slot, with a range of familiar symbols from scarabs to pyramids to create that Egyptian feel you'll recognise from other Ancient Egyptian slots.

The desert background with sand, stone bricks and palm trees, combined with the rich gold symbols on the reels, make you feel like you’re raiding some lavish ancient tomb. There’s even a tomb painting as a faint background image behind the game’s five reels.

The images used in the game are familiar, and of course Cleopatra features prominently. So do gods, pharaohs and scarab beetles. There are a lot of different tools and features to keep track of, but they’re clustered at the bottom of the screen so it’s easy to keep focused on the gameplay.

The soundtrack is soft pipe and drum music that contributes to the Ancient Egyptian feel. Bear in mind that the sound effects are a lot louder than the music, so if you’ve got the volume turned up the sound of a win can be pretty startling!

RTP & Volatility

The theoretical return to player is 94.99%. Cleo's Gold is a medium-volatility slots game: wins are fairly frequent, and they range from small to satisfyingly sizable.

How To Play Cleo’s Gold

Starting to play Cleo’s Gold is as easy as pushing a button, but there are several settings and features that will help you get the most out of the game.

1. You’ll find the mute button (the speaker icon) at the bottom on the screen.
2. Use the three-line symbol to find information - you can access several different menus.
3. Within the game information, use the paytable to look at the prizes on offer, the info to look at odds, rules, and game settings, history to see how much you’ve bet and won and fullscreen to… make the game full screen.
4. Turn on autoplay with button showing two arrows. You can set the number of spins, maximum win and maximum loss, but even the lowest settings are quite high, so be careful with these.
5. Choose your line bet. There’s a minimum bet of 0.01 and a maximum of 6. Remember that as there are 20 lines, your total bet will be 20x higher than your line bet, for a maximum total bet of 40.
6. Enjoy the game but play responsibly!

Max-win 100,000x

Volatility Medium

Top RTP 94.00%

Bet & Win Sizes

A lot of online slots games just ask players to set their total bet. Cleo's Gold sets line bets. Because there are 20 lines in play, total bets are 20x higher than the line bet. Line bets range from 0.01 to 2, so total bets per spin range from 0.2 to 40.

The paytable shows the payouts possible, based on a line bet of 0.05 and a total bet of 1. They are:

Cleopatra x80 to x1000
Scarab beetle x70 to x900
Jackal (Anubis) x60 to x800
Falcon x40 to x750
Eye of Horus x25 to x500
Ankh x15 to x400
A, K x10 to x200
Q, J, 10 x7 to x150

Multipliers shown are for three symbols and five symbols.

The Wild symbol (pyramid) substitutes for any symbol except the Bonus and appears on the second, third, fourth, and fifth reels.

Cleo's Gold Bonus Features

Cleo's Gold has three bonus games for you to pick from when you unlock the bonus mode by spinning three Bonus symbols on the second, third and fourth reels. They’re all based around free spins, but with different gameplay features.

The first choice is five Free Spins with Sticky Wilds. In this mode, Wild symbols stay on the reel until the free spins run out, which increases the chances of not only winning but getting four- or five-symbol wins.

The next bonus mode is 10 Free Spins with Expanding Wilds. If the Wild symbol appears on a reel, it fills all the spaces on that reel and substitutes for any symbol except the Bonus.

The final bonus mode is 15 Free Spins with Stacked Wilds. The Wild symbol only appears in stacks and substitutes for any symbol except the Bonus.

Overall Review

Cleo's Gold by Platipus Games is an enjoyable medium-volatility slots game with a good range of prizes. Its standout feature is its bonus modes, not just because of the variety on offer but because the players can choose the one they want to play and decide whether they want high risk and high reward or to maximise their free spins. Bonus games don’t occur often, but even in the base game there are enough frequent small prizes to tide you over.

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