Gates of Olympus Slot Review

Gates of Olympus Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Gates of Olympus slot is played on a 6 reel, 5 row machine and uses an All Ways engine. To create a winning combination, you need to land 8 or more matching symbols anywhere on the reels. They don’t need to be in payline, on adjacent reels or in a touching cluster. Anywhere will do (this is the All Ways part).

Stakes here range from 20p to £100 per spin. Using the Ante Bet can increase the max bet up to £125 (more details). Outside the UK, click on the Autoplay button below the spin button and you can set up to 1,000 autospins if required. Quick and Turbo Spin modes are also available for non UK players.

The Gates of Olympus RTP is 96.5% which is better than average. There are 95.51% and 94.5% versions so make sure to check at your chosen UK online casino before playing.

This trip to the land of the ancients is a fiery one. The volatility is extremely high. On a scale of 1 to 5, the variance hits the maximum 5. With great risk comes great rewards. The most you can win from single spin here is 5,000 x your total stake.

Theme – join the mighty Zeus in Mount Olympus

The design in the Gates of Olympus slot crackles with energy. With an ancient Greek mythology theme, it’s based on the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion who was the king of the gods of Mount Olympus. Marble and gold dominate the imagery.

The comic book-style imagery is very well done. Likewise, the energetic soundtrack which delivers plenty of atmosphere. The Gates of Olympus design works well.

On the reels, you’ll find 5 lower value gemstone symbols alongside a goblet, ring and sand timer. The gold crown is the most rewarding standard symbol. Land 12 or more of them on the same spin and you’ll win an award of 50 x your stake. Multipliers can boost winning payouts too.

Weirdly, there is no wild symbol. Zeus, sporting a mighty white beard, is the game’s scatter symbol. Landing 4 or more of him on the same spin triggers the Free Spins feature (more on this below).

Symbol	Payouts/Info
Blue Gemstone	8-9, 10-11 or 12+ = 0.25, 0.75 or 2 x stake
Green Gemstone	8-9, 10-11 or 12+ = 0.4, 0.9 or 4 x stake
Yellow Gemstone	8-9, 10-11 or 12+ = 0.5, 1 or 5 x stake
Purple Gemstone	8-9, 10-11 or 12+ = 0.8, 1.2 or 8 x stake
Red Gemstone	8-9, 10-11 or 12+ = 1, 1.5 or 10 x stake
Goblet	8-9, 10-11 or 12+ = 1.5, 2 or 12 x stake
Ring	8-9, 10-11 or 12+ = 2, 5 or 15 x stake
Sand Timer	8-9, 10-11 or 12+ = 2.5, 10 or 25 x stake
Gold Crown	8-9, 10-11 or 12+ = 10, 25 or 50 x stake
Zeus Scatter	4+ triggers Free Spins feature + up to 100 x bet

Gates of Olympus Mobile

Released on the 25^th of February 2021, Gates of Olympus was producing using HTML5 technology. This allows for play on mobile, tablet, laptop and PC devices. The impressive design is perfectly fine if you’re playing on a smaller screen device. You’ll find the same high-octane gameplay in all versions.

Gates of Olympus Bonus Features

There’s plenty going on in the myth and legend-themed Gates of Olympus slot. With 5 bonus features, the action starts with the tumbling reels which become active following every winning spin. Look out too for magical orbs which deliver multipliers as well as a free spins feature.

Tumble feature

Each time you land a winning combination, the Tumble feature will come into play. The winning symbols are blasted off the reels and new symbols drop down and replace them. A new payout calculation follows. If this creates a new winner, the process is repeated. The tumbles keep on coming until you land one where no new winning combo is created.

Multiplier feature

To the right of the reels you’ll see an animated Zeus. He can stir into life at random on any spin and activate the Multiplier feature. Zeus will then unleash a winged orb onto the reels. These orbs come with multipliers of between 2x and 500x attached.

Land more than 1 winged orb on the same spin and their values are added together. For example, 6x and 4x orbs would deliver a 10x multiplier boost to your payout from that tumble. These multipliers can come into play in both the base game and the free spins.

Free Spins feature

Land 4, 5 or 6 Zeus scatter symbols on the same spin and you’ll pocket an award of 3, 5 or 100 x your total stake. You’ll also bring the Free Spins feature into play and with it 15 free spins.

Whenever a multiplier or lands, its value is added to any existing multipliers you’ve accumulated. This means that the multiplier can rise throughout the free spins.

Unlimited retriggers are possible too. Landing 3 scatters on the same spin will add another 5 free spins to your total. The expanding multipliers can really come into their own if you hit a retrigger or 2.

Finally, there is also an option to buy the free spins round in certain territories. Known as the Buy Free Spins feature, this costs 100 x your total bet.

Ante Bet feature

In you wish, you’ll have the opportunity to activate the Ante Bet feature. This will cost you an extra 25% per spin. For example, a standard £1 spin rises to £1.25. In return, extra scatter symbols are added to the reels which double your chances of landing the Free Spins feature.

Gates of Olympus Review Summary – watered down version of Sweet Bonanza

This trip to Mount Olympus isn’t for the faint hearted. The Gates of Olympus slot is an extremely volatile game. It’s a playable one though. The design is terrific and the combination of tumbling reels, multipliers of between 2x and 500x and a free spins feature offer some exciting potential.

However, it bears many similarities to the Sweet Bonanza slot (also by Pragmatic Play). The multipliers are higher in Gates of Olympus but the max win of 5,000 x stake is significantly lower than the 21,175 x stake in Sweet Bonanza. What I did like is that the multiplier increases in the free spins (which it doesn’t in Sweet Bonanza).

This game feels like a case of what could have been. The bonus features and tweaks compared to Sweet Bonanza have been improved, the RTP is higher (marginally) and the theme is more appealing (personally). The only thing missing is the max win potential. This is in spite of the symbols worth the same.