Inca Idols is a Mesoamerican February 2022 video slot—like Aztec Secrets (November 2002)—developed by 1X2 Gaming; its basis is the Inca Empire, a pre-Columbian kingdom encompassing the South America’s western section between the early 1400s and 1530s. Themes: shamanism, card values, stone gods, tribal patterns, idolatry, and folk religion.
Ten symbols (A, K, Q, J, 10, purple idol, golden idol, blue idol, green idol, and indigo idol) need five to 15+ combinations in either or both vertical or horizontal clusters as it lacks pay lines. Inca Idols has limitless progressive win multipliers, tumbling symbols, enlarging and up to eight randomly-appearing wilds, free re-spins, buyable and re-triggerable free games, 2X2 wilds-turned-3X3 wilds, twelve symbols, 31 total bets, X0.30 to X50 regular wins.
Inca Idols Game Characteristics
Inca Idols has a leafy and celled 6X6 gid—with a cracked gray carving of a double-headed serpent beneath it—which is set in a stony Inca shrine located in a lush Peruvian jungle.
The five skulls along the top show the Inca Idols’ total bets: $0.10 (minimum), $0.20, $0.30, $0.40, $0.50, $0.60, $0.70, $0.80, $0.90, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $4.00, $5.00, $6.00, $7.00, $8.00, $9.00, $10.00, $12.50, $15.00, $17.50, $20.00, $25.00, $30.00, $35.00, $40.00, $45.00, and $50.00 (maximum).
Inca Idols has two special symbols: a substituting “wild” stone; and a “bonus” skull. Ordinary symbols: A, K, Q, J, 10, purple stone god, golden stone god, cyan stone god, green stone god, and indigo stone god.
Here are the Inca Idols’ payouts for five to 15+ combinations. Q or J or 10: five clusters pay X0.30; six clusters pay X0.40; seven clusters pay X0.60; eight clusters pay X0.90; nine clusters pay X1.20; ten clusters pay X1.50; eleven clusters pay X1.80; twelve clusters pay X2; thirteen clusters pay X2.50; fourteen clusters pay X3; and 15+ clusters pay X7.
A or K: five clusters pay X0.40; six clusters pay X0.60; seven clusters pay X0.90; eight clusters pay X1.20; nine clusters pay X1.80; ten clusters pay X2; eleven clusters pay X2.50; twelve clusters pay X3; thirteen clusters pay X4; fourteen clusters pay X5; and 15+ clusters pay X9.
Indigo or green idols: five clusters pay X0.50; six clusters pay X0.70; seven clusters pay X1; eight clusters pay X1.50; nine clusters pay X2; ten clusters pay X2.50; eleven clusters pay X3; twelve clusters pay X3.50; thirteen clusters pay X4.50; fourteen clusters pay X6; and 15+ clusters pay X12.
Blue idols: five clusters pay X0.60; six clusters pay X0.90; seven clusters pay X1.20; eight clusters pay X2; nine clusters pay X2.50; ten clusters pay X3; eleven clusters pay X4; twelve clusters pay X4.50; thirteen clusters pay X6; fourteen clusters pay X7; and 15+ clusters pay X14.
Golden idols: five clusters pay X0.80; six clusters pay X1.20; seven clusters pay X1.50; eight clusters pay X2.50; nine clusters pay X3.50; ten clusters pay X4; eleven clusters pay X5.50; twelve clusters pay X6.50; thirteen clusters pay X8; fourteen clusters pay X10; and 15+ clusters pay X20.
Purple idols: five clusters pay X1; six clusters pay X1.50; seven clusters pay X2; eight clusters pay X3; nine clusters pay X5; ten clusters pay X6; eleven clusters pay X7; twelve clusters pay X8; thirteen clusters pay X10; fourteen clusters pay X15; and 15+ clusters pay X50.
The two ornamented shamans (lean purple, or muscular brown) at bottom right can be switched via “click” icon. Winning symbols are replaced by newly-drawn ones in the ensuing re-spins. Showed along the top, 5+ landed “bonus” skulls prompt 15 free games only.
However, up to 25 free games and win multipliers can be bought via the top-right “buy bonus”, where a pop-up screen shows: 15 free games, with a starting X1 multiplier cost X69 the bet (from $6.90 to $3450.00);15 free games, with a starting X5 multiplier cost X112 the bet (from $11.20 to $5600.00); 20 free games, with a starting X1 multiplier cost X113 the bet (from $11.30 to $5650.00); and 25 free games, with a starting X1 multiplier cost X167 the bet (from $16.70 to $8350.00). Non-progressive jackpot: X4500, or a theoretical $225000.00.
The sluggish HTML5 game Inca Idols software: mobile/desktop versions; bet history; quick spin; and 5/10/20/50/99 auto play. Sounds: ambient classical music; and jingling and chinking effects. The animated 3D graphics: glittering, disintegrating symbols, glowing, gushing, swaying, incense, levitation, and wind-blown vegetation.
Luck in Inca Idols
A game of chance, Inca Idols has five sets of RTP rates. The buyable free games have the following four average RTP rates. 15 free games and X1 multiplier: a 96.21% RTP rate and a 3.79% house edge. 15 free games and X5 multiplier: a 96.73% RTP rate and a 3.27% house edge.
20 free games and X1 multiplier: a 96.23% RTP rate and a 3.77%house edge. 25 free games and X1 multiplier: a 96.33% RTP rate and a 3.67%house edge. However, on average, Inca Idols has a 96.04% RTP rate and a 3.96% house edge.