Rise of Olympus Slot Review

Rise of Olympus Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Rise of Olympus slot is played on a 5×5 grid and has 20 paylines. Winning combinations are achieved with 3 or more matching symbols in a row, either horizontally or vertically. The same symbol can be used in more than 1 win too.

Playable from 20p to £100 a spin, there are 5 available bets on display permanently below the grid. You will see arrows at either ends which can be used to easily change your stake accordingly. On the desktop version, there’s a Lightning Bolt icon in the bottom left-hand corner. When selected, enables Turbo Mode. There’s also an Auto Play function with single win, win/loss limits. Both these last 2 extras are not available to UK players.

The Rise of Olympus RTP is 96.5% which is much higher than the 96% slots average and above the 96.2% normally offered by Play ‘n GO slots. Check at the casino you’re playing at because the provider offers 5 RTP options which can be as low as 84.5%. In my experience, you’ll find a return rate of either 96.5% or 94.51%.

The volatility is extremely high (10/10) with max wins of 5,000 x your total stake per spin. The top payouts will be achieved in the free spins with the potential for a 20x multiplier.

Theme – join 3 divine brothers who fight to rule

With a Greek mythology theme, the Rise of Olympus slot is a tale of 3 brothers, Zeus (the god of the sky), Poseidon (the god of the sea) and Hades (the god of the underworld), who are destined to rule. The story is that they’ve defeated their father Cronus and are battling to rule. It’s a game to decide the ultimate sibling rivalry.

With an epic soundtrack, the graphics are high definition with 1 of the 3 brothers to the side of the grid. The backdrop is different for each Greek god: Poseidon takes you under the water, Zeus takes you to Mount Olympus and Hades takes to the underworld.

Symbols on the grid include lightning bolts, tridents, helmets and harps. The 3 higher value symbols are depicted by the gods Hades, Poseidon and Zeus with all 3 paying 0.3, 1 or 10 x your total stake for 3, 4 or 5 in combination. 3, 4 or 5 of any of the 3 gods will pay 0.2, 0.5 or 5 x stake.

The Pegasus gold coin symbol is the wild and substitutes for all symbols. 3, 4 or 5 will pay 1, 3 or 50 x your total bet. There is no traditional bonus or scatter symbol.

Symbol	Payouts/Info
Lightning Bolt	3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 0.2 or 2 x stake
Trident	3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 0.2 or 2 x stake
Helmet	3, 4 or 5 = 0.15, 0.3 or 3 x stake
Harp	3, 4 or 5 = 0.15, 0.3 or 3 x stake
Hades	3, 4 or 5 = 0.3, 1 or 10 x stake
Poseidon	3, 4 or 5 = 0.3, 1 or 10 x stake
Zeus	3, 4 or 5 = 0.3, 1 or 10 x stake
Pegasus Gold Coin Wild	Substitutes for all symbols + pays up to 50 x stake

Rise of Olympus Mobile

Originally released in 2018, Play ‘n GO revamped Rise of Olympus in March 2022. It was produced initially using HTML5 technology meaning it’s always been available to play on mobile, tablet and desktop devices. With lots going on, I would opt for a laptop or PC to get the full godly experience.

Rise of Olympus Bonus Features

The Rise of Olympus slot has 4 bonus features. With cascades, there are random Hand of God extras which transform and destroy symbols as well as add wilds. The Wrath of Olympus extra sees all these godly features apply in sequence. In the free spins, your chosen god will see his extra apply with winning spins increasing the multiplier up to 20x.

Cascades feature

Winning combinations will see winning symbols remove with the remaining symbols dropping down to form new combinations. When you get a win, a wild appears in the middle location with the win multiplier increasing with every new drop. If only wilds remain on the grid, they are removed which triggers the Free Spins feature (more of which later).

Hand of God feature

The Hand of God feature is randomly triggered on non-winning spins. Depending on which active God is showing to the right of the grid, a different ability is performed to potentially create winning combos. There are 3 with 1 for each Greek god:

Wrath of Olympus feature

When you get winning combinations of the 3 god symbols, the meter to the left of the grid (on the desktop version) is filled. When the on-screen meter is full, the Wrath of Olympus feature is triggered. Get a 5 of a kind win to fill 3 sections of the meter with a 4 of a kind win filling 2 sections. If you get a 3 of a kind combo, just 1 section fills up.

Once the meter is full, you will get 1 free spin. Then consecutive Hand of God features play out after each other meaning symbols will transform, wilds will be added and 2 sets of symbols will be destroyed.

Free Spins feature

The Free Spins feature is activated by clearing the whole grid of symbols. You then have a choice from the 3 gods:

The associated Hand of God feature applies for the option you choose: i.e. if you pick Poseidon, 1 or 2 wilds will be added on every non-winning free spin. More importantly, each consecutive win increases the multiplier up to a maximum of 20x.

Now, if you full up the on-screen meter during the feature, you will get more free spins. Hades will give you 4 more free spins with Poseidon giving you 3 more free spins. Zeus will reward you with 2 more free spins each time. You can do this multiple times with a maximum amount of 20 free spins on offer. Finally, if you clear the grid entirely during a free spin, your reward will be an instant cash prize of 100 x your total stake.

Rise of Olympus Review Summary – a divine version of another Play ‘n GO slot

The Rise of Olympus slot may seem familiar and that’s because it’s a clone of Moon Princess which was released a year earlier. The gameplay is identical so you need to decide whether you prefer Greek mythology of a Manga theme.

This simple grid slot sees the Hand of God feature trigger frequently to give you wilds, transform and remove symbols for the chance for successive wins. It’s all about the free spins where non-winning free spins sees a Hand of God extra come into play. What you want is to land wins as the multiplier increases up to 20x as a result.

Visually great, Rise of Olympus is not original in terms of gameplay. Even though there are 5,000 x stake wins on offer and a high 96.5% RTP rate, there are much better Greek mythology slots out there. My favourite is always Age of the Gods by Playtech which has 4 free spins features, wins up to 50,000 x bet and 4 progressive jackpots.