Take Olympus Slot – Free Demo

Ten spins to a god

Mythology references are hard to avoid when testing a game like Take Olympus from Betsoft, a game that permits players to wallow in their Olympian daydreams from the comfort of whatever device they pick to spin on. Underneath the theme the base game runs in ten-spin cycles, with a different god reigning over each one. Betsoft has gone to town with the marble and the appearance. And naturally, it has gone to town with the audio linked to this well-liked corner of legend. Take Olympus is all about deities, heavenly might, thunder, and uncomplicated slots play. My own run of it staked 320.00 in total and got 179.40 back.

As the name hints, this god-crusted slot serves up an MTV rendition of the Greek pantheon, and a summit, if you will, perched high up above the clouds is where you’ll locate the five-reel grid. Sky and temple pillars compose the backdrop. Some cracking tunes join them, and ample golden decoration wraps around the reels finishing the scene, which makes it a stylish spot for hosting the gods.

Fifty fixed lines and one dial

Wins pay across 50 fixed paylines, and Betsoft has elected to take the plain route with Take Olympus, so players are paid for landing matching symbols on a payline. The lines are fixed, so the stake is the only dial, and mine sat on 1.00 for the whole run. The game is low in volatility, unlike the real Olympian lifestyle. Betsoft puts the hit rate at 36.35%. It does mean Take Olympus sessions can be fairly even at times. The balance peaked at 1,006.10 on spin 43 and bottomed out at 858.60. My own 320 spins proved that out: 128 of them paid, though 79 of those paid under the stake, and the run ended at 859.40 from an opening 1,000.00. The longest stretch without a win was 19 spins, ending on spin 62.

Zeus at four symbols tall

Zeus is the wild, substituting for any other paying symbol to build a winning combo. He stands in as the wild in any configuration, from a single position upwards. He can land four symbols tall, and mine did on spin 262 for 9.30, one of the session’s stronger hits.

Apollo, Aphrodite, Poseidon, Hades

There isn’t a whole lot of depth to the added features, like plenty of heavenly business. Players get two additions to handle – the Cycle of Gods and free spins.

The Cycle of Gods runs the base game in ten-spin cycles. A counter on the panel shows which of the ten spins the cycle is on. One god rules per cycle and collects power through it, unleashed as a God Event on the tenth spin, and the next god is picked at random and never echoes the previous one. Because the same god cannot reign twice running, every new cycle brings a different power to the reels. This is the Wrath of Abundance. The reigning god’s special symbols feed that power as they land during the ten spins. Apollo grants wilds, Aphrodite grants mystery symbols, Poseidon grants free respins, and Hades grants a multiplier applied to any win on the last spin. Apollo’s and Aphrodite’s marked positions stay marked for the whole cycle, while each Poseidon symbol pushes his counter up by one. Across my session the cycle ran 32 complete ten-spin rounds. Poseidon’s respin counter moves visibly as a cycle goes on: one of his respins paid 3.00 with the cycle counter on 9 and the respin counter on 2. All four gods took turns, none of them twice in a row; a Hades cycle on spin 121 applied its collected multiplier for 9.00. His multiplier only attaches to a win on the tenth spin, so a cycle that lands nothing there releases nothing.

What Allfather’s Grace can add

Through Allfather’s Grace, Zeus can also assume the other gods’ powers – 5 or more wilds on the reels, 5 or more symbols switched into mystery symbols, big multipliers, and a random number of extra free spins, depending on the powers collected; it did not trigger once during my round of free spins.

One trigger on spin 43

Free spins come when Zeus lands four symbols tall with all four other gods present on the reels. All five gods have to be on screen at the same moment for it. The award is 10 spins, and I saw it once, on spin 43. The base game paid 0.60 on that same spin, and the balance moved from 990.50 to 1,006.10. It paid 16.00 – 16.0x the stake and 9% of everything the session won. The ten spins ran out without a retrigger, so nothing was added to the count.

Minty’s Expert Conclusion: Thirty-two god cycles ran during my 320 spins and the free spins came once, for 16.00. The cycle is what carries this game between triggers, and the 2,328x ceiling sits a long way above anything a low-volatility build handed out over a run that size.

Where 320 spins ended

Take Olympus surely isn’t a complicated slot with heaps of elaborate rules to soak up. This is uncomplicated, low volatility gambling. It may pay out when a God Event or free spins strike. The best base-game spin I had was 11.00 on spin 229.

Players spin for possible wins of up to 2,328 times the stake, when it comes to prizes. Nothing in 320 spins came near that, the largest single spin paying 16.6x. The cycle keeps something ticking over to accompany the humble prizes.