Find the Riches of the Planet of the Apes!
Planet of the Apes is a branded NetEnt video slot from October 2017, built around Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. I read it as two connected 5x3 games running together, each with 20 paylines. The math profile is low to medium volatility, 96.33% RTP and a 3,000x stake ceiling.
What symbols are there?
Symbols split cleanly by value. Koba is the best regular symbol at 50x for five, while Caesar and the wild pay 30x for five. One-eyed Caesar and Scarred Koba sit at 20x. Human characters such as Malcolm, Ellie and Caroline Aranha pay 9x for five, with card suits down at 4x.
From a math perspective, the wild is more than a substitute. It replaces all symbols except Rise and Dawn scatters and bonus icons, and a fully stacked wild reel on one side copies to the corresponding position on the other. Looking at the paytable structure, the scatter value of 50x for five also gives the feature symbols direct line value.
Symbol Payouts
Rise Scatter
Triggers 10 Rise free spins when three or more land on the left reel set.
Dawn Scatter
Triggers 15 Dawn free spins when three or more land on the right reel set.
Rise Wild
Substitutes for regular symbols except scatters and bonus icons, and stacked Rise wild reels can copy to the Dawn side.
Dawn Wild
Substitutes for regular symbols except scatters and bonus icons.
Rise Bonus
Appears only in the Rise area and awards extra coin prizes from ape and human characters.
Dawn Bonus
Appears only in the Dawn area and converts character symbols into one matching symbol.
Caesar
High-paying ape character symbol.
Koba
Highest-paying regular ape character symbol.
One-eyed Caesar
Mid-paying ape character symbol.
Scarred Koba
Mid-paying ape character symbol.
Caroline Aranha
Human character symbol with the same listed top payout as the other humans.
Malcolm
Human character symbol with a 5-symbol listed payout.
Dreyfus
Human character symbol with a 5-symbol listed payout.
Charles Rodman
Human character symbol with a 5-symbol listed payout.
Dodge Landon
Human character symbol with a 5-symbol listed payout.
Ellie
Human character symbol with a 5-symbol listed payout.
Card suit symbols
Low-paying card symbols used as the base paytable tier.
What are the bonus features?
Bonuses are split between the two boards. The Dual Feature can trigger on any spin, selects one symbol for each reel set, then runs respins using only those symbols and blanks. Correct symbols stick, wrong-side symbols transfer to the matching board, and new landed symbols extend the sequence. The base game can drag a bit, but this mechanic adds structured variance.
Rise and Dawn also have separate bonus icons. The Rise Bonus appears in the Rise area and pays an extra coin prize for every ape or human character on the left board. The Dawn Bonus appears in the Dawn area and turns ape and human character symbols into one identical random symbol, which can compress the board into better line hits.
Bonus Buy Options
A random symbol is assigned to each reel set, only those symbols and blanks can land, and matching symbols stick or transfer to the correct side for respins.
Triggered by the Rise Bonus symbol on reel 1 in the Rise area, paying an extra coin prize for each ape or human character on the left board.
Triggered by the Dawn Bonus symbol on reel 5 in the Dawn area, transforming ape and human character symbols into one random identical symbol.
Three or more Rise Scatters on the left reel set award 10 free spins, with wilds collected and added randomly on the last spin.
Three or more Dawn Scatters on the right reel set award 15 free spins, with meters for extra spins, extra wilds and a progressive multiplier up to 5x.
Three or more scatters on both reel sets in the same spin trigger the Rise free spins first, followed by the Dawn free spins.
Free spins in Planet of the Apes
Free spins use three routes. Three or more Rise scatters on the left board trigger 10 Rise Free Spins, where wilds are collected and then dropped randomly onto the final spin. Three or more Dawn scatters on the right board trigger 15 Dawn Free Spins, with collection meters for extra wilds, 3 extra spins and a progressive multiplier up to 5x.
Multiple scatters on both reel sets trigger Multiple Free Spins. The game resolves the Rise feature first, then the Dawn feature. The numbers tell you why the 3,000x max win needs the Dawn side: the top result depends on the 5x multiplier aligning with strong symbol conversion, added wilds and line coverage.
