Hidden is an Egyptian-themed slot game from Elk Studios, but it’s a bit different than other online slots games in the genre.

It doesn’t focus on Cleopatra but on two archaeologists who go to Cairo to discover the solution to the biggest mystery of all time. If you find it, you’ll get 215,000 coins as a reward!

Hidden introduction, including RTP and variance

Hidden is a slot game that replaces normal reels and spins with the falling blocks mechanics, so the player would be forgiven for thinking that this is a falling blocks game with disappearing blocks and re-spins. But it’s not. It’s just a normal 4×5 slot with 20 symbols, except that the reel spins look different.

The game has 178 ways to win, which is similar to the 243 ways to win slots. The theoretical return to player (RTP) of this slot game is 96.03%.

Variance is medium.

Hidden gameplay and paytable

The game has a total of nine paying symbols, and four of them are the main symbols that pay a significant amount.

The five low-paying card symbols pay a bit less, and the paytable is generally very gradual and balanced.

The old professor is the best-paying symbol, and it pays 16x better than the worst symbol in the game.

Bonus Features

The game has two bonus features, the free spins game and re-spins. Flashback Respins are randomly triggered in between regular spins, and up to all three middle reels will be covered by Sticky Wilds that will remain in place for the three re-spins. This feature can deliver a nice win.

You’ll need three Magnifying Glass Scatter symbols on your reels to trigger the free spins game in which you’ll get five free spins. For every Scatter you land during the free spins game, you’ll get +1 free spin. At the start of the game, one random symbol is selected at the beginning of the bonus game as the expanding symbol.

All occurrences of that symbol expand clockwise 2×2 once for every free spin.

After each turn, the winning paylines pay out, and then all non-expanding symbols explode, making room for the second drop of symbols.

CasinoWizard’s verdict 3 out of 5 stars

Hidden is doing things a bit differently as it’s an Egyptian-themed slot without Cleopatra, but the developers chose to focus on Indiana Jones style, with Professor Taylor and his young student Benjamin as the main characters.

This is a good slot game even if most players will feel it lacks the punch, having high production value but not having that one spectacular feature that would make you come back to it, though the free spins game is not bad at all.

Try out Hidden for yourself and see if you like it.

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