Slot providers draw heavily from the film universe for their productions. For example, NetEnt has already released a slot on the Narcos theme. Microgaming has also unveiled its Jurassic Park slot machine. 

Recently, we have also looked into one of the other creations of this iGaming provider. It is Tomb Raider! Here too, this slot machine is inspired by one of the greatest successes of cinema and video games: Lara Croft.

In this guide, the 8Fortuna teams offer you an analysis as detailed and complete as possible of this slot. We have indeed spent a lot of time studying: 

• the way this slot machine works,

• its details, its bonuses, but also its payout rate,

• some simple but effective strategies to hope to win money.

Discover the Tomb Raider slot machine

Tomb Raider is a slot machine that was launched in 2004. It is one of the oldest on which we have worked so far. It is a creation of Microgaming, one of the first providers on the market.

Directly inspired by the Lara Croft universe, this slot machine features an archaeological adventure theme, with the main heroine of this world as the central character.

This slot machine operates on the basis of a 5x3 grid, with 15 paylines in total, for a potential win of x 7,500, making it a potentially profitable slot machine.

However, this slot machine being old (over 20 years), its graphics are starting to date. The gaming experience, as pleasant as it is, inevitably suffers, especially compared to more recent slot machines.

Symbols on the Tomb Raider slot

The functioning of the Tomb Raider slot machine is very simplistic. The “Tomb Raider” logo is the Wild symbol. It replaces all other symbols on the page to create potentially very profitable combinations.

Lara Croft, the character, is the Scatter symbol. Finally, the “Idol” symbol is the bonus card. This allows you to unlock additional chances to significantly improve your chances of winning.

Bonus on the Lara Croft slot machine

On the Lara Croft slot machine, it is possible to be awarded up to 10 free spins. For this, three (or more) Lara Croft symbols must appear on the grid. If this is the case, absolutely all winnings won during these ten spins are tripled, which can allow you to reach extremely significant multipliers, especially since the counter is reset as soon as three Lara Croft symbols appear again.

Another bonus can be discovered, provided this time that three Bonus symbols appear during a spin. If this is the case, you launch a bonus mini-game, which consists of selecting among 12 idols. Each one hides a specific reward. You then earn points that will be “exchanged” for multipliers, which can allow, here too, your bankroll to increase.

How to play the Tomb Raider slot machine?

Old, the Tomb Raider slot machine relies on a “vintage” mode of operation. That is to say, this slot machine is really very simple to understand and use.

Everything starts with the betting phase. You must exchange your money for coins, which will then be used to activate the slot machine. Per spin, you can spend from 0.05 to 5 coins, which corresponds to a spending of 0.05 to 150 euros.

The slot machine will then activate. The result appears automatically. That is to say, no matter what happens: win, bonus, or loss, you will be automatically notified of what is happening.

Finally, if you want to implement a simple but effective strategy, based on respecting the amount of your spins, you can activate the auto-play feature. It consists of restarting a spin automatically as soon as the initial round stops, and so on.

Volatility, RTP and possible payment

On Tomb Raider, the RTP is 96.56%. It is a rather decent payout rate. Indeed, the average for slot machines is 95 - 97%. Therefore, we can consider this game as a paying one.

As for the stakes, the minimum bet is 0.05 euro. It is extremely rare to be highlighted. The maximum bet is 150 euros per spin. In other words, the Tomb Raider slot machine is accessible to absolutely everyone!

The maximum gain, finally, is x 7,500. It is rather high. Certainly, it is not the 10 or 20,000 of some providers, but for a relatively old game, we can consider it very attractive.

Are there other versions of the Tomb Raider slot machine?

The first version of the Tomb Raider slot machine, the one we introduce to you in this content, was indeed followed by other, more recent and hence, more advanced games. This slot machine thus has a “sequel,” called Tomb Raider: Secret of the Sword. This Microgaming slot was released in 2008. It is again, a rather old game, but which has met with quite significant success!