Rise of Olympus 100: Slot Overview
Rise of Olympus 100 is Play'n GO's buffed-up remake of the original Rise of Olympus, built on the same 5x5 grid engine that powered Moon Princess 100. Visually, very little has changed from the 2018 release. Zeus, Poseidon and Hades still rotate beside the reels, each shifting the backdrop and activating their own modifier. Beneath the familiar skin sits a gruntier math model with a 15,000x ceiling, tripling the original's 5,000x cap.
I see this slot as a reskin with a meaningful stat upgrade. For serious players, the question is whether that 15,000x is enough to justify the high volatility and the effort of triggering free spins. The Cascading Wins mechanic, the progressive multiplier up to x100, and up to 100 free spins all sound strong on paper. But the max win hits once every 100 million spins on average, so manage expectations.
Symbols and Paytable
Seven pay symbols fill the grid. Four low pays; lightning bolt, trident, helmet and harp; return 2x to 3x for a five-of-a-kind cluster. All three god symbols (Zeus, Poseidon, Hades) pay 10x for five, and a mixed god combination awards 5x. Base symbol values are flat and uninspiring; the real money sits behind the multiplier escalation, not the paytable itself.
Pegasus acts as the wild, paying 50x for five-of-a-kind and substituting for every pay symbol. Wilds only spawn in the centre of a three-symbol win when those symbols are removed. With a proper bankroll, your focus should be on stacking cascades to push that multiplier rather than chasing raw symbol pays.
Symbol Payouts
| 5 | x50 |
| 4 | x2 |
| 3 | x1 |
| 5 | x10 |
| 4 | x1 |
| 3 | x0.3 |
| 5 | x10 |
| 4 | x1 |
| 3 | x0.3 |
| 5 | x10 |
| 4 | x1 |
| 3 | x0.3 |
| 5 | x3 |
| 4 | x0.5 |
| 3 | x0.15 |
| 5 | x3 |
| 4 | x0.5 |
| 3 | x0.15 |
| 5 | x2 |
| 4 | x0.2 |
| 3 | x0.1 |
| 5 | x2 |
| 4 | x0.2 |
| 3 | x0.1 |
Bonus Features Breakdown
Every win triggers Cascading Wins, removing matched symbols and dropping the rest down. Each cascade bumps a progressive win multiplier by +1, capped at x100. Clearing the entire grid outside of Wrath of Olympus pays 50x the bet, boosted by whatever multiplier you have built. I like this mechanic because the multiplier gives the base game some teeth, even though it resets between spins.
Hand of God fires on non-winning spins. Hades converts one symbol type into another. Poseidon drops 1 or 2 wilds onto the grid. Zeus removes two symbol types entirely. Useful rescue mechanics, but random and unreliable. The Wrath of Olympus meter has three sections filled by landing 3, 4 or 5 god symbols. Fill all three sections in one cascade sequence and all three gods fire their modifiers in a row. Clear the grid here and you enter Free Spins.
Before free spins begin, you pick a god: Hades (4 spins), Poseidon (5 spins) or Zeus (8 spins). Your chosen god modifier triggers on every non-winning free spin. Critically, the multiplier does not reset during the feature, which is where the 15,000x becomes reachable. Filling the meter awards retriggers; Hades gives 4 extra, Poseidon 3, Zeus 2. Maximum total is 100 free spins. Fewer starting spins with Hades means higher individual retrigger value, so for bonus hunters that is arguably the optimal pick if you want concentrated volatility.
Bonus Buy Options
RTP, Volatility and Max Win
Default RTP sits at 96.20%, a slight drop from the original's 96.50%. Operators can select lower tiers: 94.20%, 91.20%, 87.20% or 84.20%. Always verify the RTP in the game info while logged in for real money, because the difference between 96.20% and 94.20% alone increases the house edge by over 50%. High volatility is confirmed at 8/10 by the provider.
15,000x is a respectable ceiling compared to the original, but for this variance level I would have liked to see 20,000x or higher. The probability of hitting max win is 1 in 100,000,000 spins. Put bluntly, the ceiling is too low for this variance if you are chasing truly massive hits. Players looking for bigger upside in the same series should look at Rise of Olympus Origins (20,000x) or Rise of Olympus Extreme (50,000x).
