Desert Riches Hold'n Link - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Introduction

The desert is a place to capture the imagination, whether in the dusty rocks of the American West in the Desert Gem slot or in the sweeping sands of Egypt. That’s where Desert Riches Hold’n Link is set, at the entrance to an ancient temple, with 5 reels and 10 paylines that barely begin to explore the extent of the Hold’n Link re-spins and other bonus spheres, including cashpots.

Theme, Graphics & Soundtrack

Ancient Egypt. If you have any familiarity with slots at all, you’ve probably visited there. You might think that makes it a tired basis for a game, but it’s very hard to deny the inherent drama of ancient tombs and buried treasure. It helps when you have a slot like Desert Riches Hold’n Link, which has clear, detailed graphics that you could almost reach out and touch. You can see the steps up to the temple in the background and the torches gently flickering. Then there are the symbols themselves, carved into stone and dyed with vivid colours, popping even brighter thanks to their gleaming gold edges. There’s a lot of atmosphere, some of it creepy, but there’s also a hope of riches.

Desert Riches Hold'n Link RTP and Variance

There are 2 ways to look at variable RTPs. Either they’re an annoyance, making it more difficult to set realistic expectations about a slot, or they’re an interesting way to switch things up a bit. Desert Riches Hold’n Link can have an RTP as low as 88.13%, which is far below where we’d hope to see it, but it can increase through 89.83%, 93.89% and if you’re lucky 95.84%. That still not quite where’d we’d want, but it’s a definite improvement. There doesn’t appear to be any official variance information.

How to Play Desert Riches Hold’n Link

It’s nice and simple, just follow the buttons that float around the reels:

1. Starting at the top left, there’s a menu button that will take you straight to the paytable. From there you can navigate to the pages for game rules and general settings.
2. General settings include switching the intro screen and spacebar spin feature on and off as well as separate toggles for game sounds and background music.
3. Under menu is a bet button with a currency symbol. It opens a page that shows all available bet options, including the max bet. You can also use the plus and minus symbols accompanying the bet display at the bottom right of the screen.
4. Your next button as you follow them down and round has a little fast forward symbol. You probably won’t be surprise to hear this is Turbo mode and will make your reels spin faster. You may lose detail, but it may be easier for you, especially with an old device.
5. If you want convenience but don’t want to lose control, you’ll be glad to hear that autoplay, up next, offers a broad range of settings. As well as choosing between 5 and 2500 automatic spins, you can establish your loss limit, single win limit or a triggered bonus feature as a stopping point.
6. Now we’re down under the reels. Still on the left is the mute button, then you can see your balance. Keep an eye on that. If it gets too low, it may be time to walk away before you start chasing losses.
7. We always recommend trying our free play slots for practice before risking any real money versions. Hit the play button on the right to wager your virtual stake and enjoy.

When the fun stops, stop.

Bet & Win Sizes

Desert Riches Hold’n Link comes with a 0.1 minimum bet and a 500.00 maximum. That should be more than enough for all from the cautious to the risktakers.

Then there’s the dynamic paytable, which shows the rewards for 3, 4 or 5 matches based on your current bet, with top symbols even paying from 2. For instance, if you wager 5.00, the top values will be as follows:

9, 10, J, Q - 50.00

K, A - 62.50

Lotus, Ring - 125.00

Scarab - 200.00

Eye of Ra, Ankh - 375.00

Snake Wild - 4500.00

Desert Riches Hold’n Link Bonus Features

Hold’n Link Re-spins

Most prominent of the bonus features in Desert Riches Hold’n Link are the Hold’n Link re-spins. You need to find 6 bonus sphere to be awarded 3 re-spins, with every new sphere after that resetting the count back to 3, up to a maximum of 15 spheres.

Cash Spheres

These can appear in both the base game and re-spins. They award a value of between 0x and 25x your total bet. You may also find a 20x mini cashpot or 100x minor cashpot. All 15 spheres will award a 1000x grand cashpot.

Special Spheres

There are other spheres with special properties during Hold’n Link re-spins:

Collect sphere: collect all visible values on the reels.

Payer sphere: adds its value to all other displayed values (except last chance and cashpot) on reels.

Last Chance sphere: when re-spins are down to 0, this can activate 1 final re-spin.

Desert Riches Hold'n Link Review

Desert Riches may be nothing special in terms of its theme, but the complex layers to the Hold’n Link re-spins and all the extra spheres do add something special. It’s also easy to play and allows you plenty of control, something we always like in our NetGame Entertainment slot demos.
 

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