Temple of Nudges Slot Review

Released in March 2019, you can play this game in online casinos such as Casumo, Cashmio or ComeOn!.

Theme and basic information

Once again, we get a slot with an Aztec/Inca theme with a temple in a jungle setting. What little we can see of the jungle looks good. The symbols on the reels pop out and are carved out of stone. We get a bunch of animals that you’d expect to find in the jungle, including armadillos, cougars, monkeys and sloths with snakes framing the whole thing as well as a few abstract symbols.

And, of course, the sounds of the jungle are playing in the background, adding to the theme. It all comes together just nicely and even for such a simple slot as this one, NetEnt doesn’t cut corners when it comes to the graphics department. So, visually we have no complaints and we like the sound as well.

The cougar is the highest-value symbol, paying out 9 coins for 5 on a payline. The armadillo follows with 6 coins. The sloth and the monkey pay out 6 coins each as well. And the four low-value symbols all pay out 3 coins for such a winning combination.

Already you can tell that wins will never be big in this game, but more on that later. You do get 243 ways to win, which means any two or three matching symbols on adjacent reels beginning from the left-most reel will yield a win.

You can play this game from 0.25 to 250.00.

Nudge your way to little wins

As we already mentioned, this is a simple slot and it comes essentially with one feature: the nudge. Whenever you get a winning combination, all symbols on the reels are nudged one position down. If that yields another win, the nudge continues. The symbols on the reels are nudged for as long as wins are happening on the reels. Often you get three or four nudges that way because the symbols almost always land stacked on the reels, making it feasible that more of the same will keep coming.

Occasionally, a Re-spin will be triggered. In that case, symbols of one kind (the kind that landed on the reels with a ‘Re-spin’ overlay attached to it) will be held on the reels and all other symbols get spinning again. This may leave you with more symbols of that kind and possibly more nudges and further wins.

However, even if you get six or seven nudges and wins in a row, you will almost always have only small wins that collect here and there.

Conclusion: A simple slot that’s easy on your budget

The theoretical RTP (Return to Player) of Temple of Nudges is 96.03%, which is only average and not a good value at all here. In fact, this game doesn’t need to be hard on your budget because the volatility is fairly low. That means lots of small wins and if you don’t bet too much at once, you won’t be on the losing side of things for a long time, even with a very average RTP here.

But that’s just it. You can keep getting small wins and lots of little nudges here and for a while that new feature will even hold your attention. But eventually it will become rather boring. There is just nothing else happening: spin, nudge, nudge, spin. The re-spin seems almost superfluous as well. And there are no big wins to be found in this game. So, if you’re new to slots and are looking for something simple and easy to get your started, you might be inclined to give this one a go for about a hundred rounds. Beyond that, you’ll be looking for something more interesting very soon.