ABOUT
Gates of Olympus POP is Pragmatic Play's latest journey back up to Mount Olympus, and this time the mighty Zeus has been shrunk down into a cheerful, pocket-sized form built for gaming on the go. Gone is the stern, thunderbolt-hurling king of the gods, replaced by a softer, smiling deity who lounges on his throne surrounded by a glittering hoard of treasure.
The whole world feels warmer and more inviting than the original. Bright clouds drift past glowing marble columns, a golden shimmer washes over everything, and the mood is pure feel-good rather than epic and intimidating.
It's a mobile-first take on one of the most famous slot universes ever made, designed to slip onto a phone screen and still deliver that unmistakable Olympus magic. Don't let the friendlier face fool you, though.
Behind that grin sits a genuinely enormous max win of 25,000x the stake. This little Zeus hits a whole lot harder than he looks.
Betting Options And Bonus Features
Let's start with the essentials. There's no Ante Bet and no bonus buy feature on this one, so the bonus round has to be earned the honest way, spin by spin, which makes it a deliberately stripped-back release.
The game plays out on a compact 3x5 grid, a big step down from the 6x5 board of the original. There are no fixed paylines here either, as this is a Scatter-pay slot where you win by landing 5 or more matching symbols anywhere in view.
On the maths side, the RTP is 96.56%, a strong, above-average figure for a game in this series. Pragmatic Play has set the volatility to medium, making this a tamer, steadier ride than the high-variance original.
The symbol set of this Greek-themed slot has been trimmed to suit the smaller grid. You'll spin through gold gems, purple gems, red gems, rings, hourglasses and crowns, and there are no Wild symbols anywhere on the reels.
When 9 or more matching pay symbols land together, they'll pay out between 2x and 50x your total stake. It's clean, familiar territory for anyone who's played the series before.
At the heart of the action is the trademark Tumble Feature. Every winning combination sees the involved symbols disappear, with fresh ones dropping in to take their place, and the tumbling keeps rolling for as long as new wins keep forming.
The real firepower comes from the Multiplier Symbols. These land carrying values from 2x all the way up to 1,000x, and they stay locked on screen for the duration of the tumble sequence.
Once the tumbling finally comes to a stop, every multiplier on the board is added together and applied to that spin's win. That top 1,000x multiplier is double the biggest value found in the original Gates of Olympus, which gives you a real sense of the ceiling in play.
The fresh ingredient in this edition is the POP Symbols, which can appear on all three reels. They're the key to both the bonus round and the very biggest payouts.
In addition, free spins are triggered by landing 3 Scatter or POP symbols in any mix. Do that, and you'll be handed 15 free spins to get stuck into.
There's a seriously rewarding twist tucked into the trigger, too. Landing Scatters together with POP symbols pays an instant reward by the following formula:
- 3 Scatters + 1 POP symbol = 50x the bet
- 3 Scatters + 2 POP symbols = 500x the stake
- 3 Scatters + 3 POP symbols = 25,000x the bet
The Free Spins round is where things get properly explosive. When a multiplier symbol lands on a winning free spin, its value is added to a growing total multiplier that keeps climbing across the whole feature.
Each new multiplier that connects with a win is folded into that running total, and the total is then applied to your payouts. You can also extend your stay by landing 2 or more Scatters, which tops you up with an extra +5 free spins every time.
That growing total multiplier is the real prize on offer in the bonus, and it's exactly how you go about chasing down that 25,000x the bet top prize. Get it stacking high while the wins keep tumbling, and this little Zeus can pay out like his full-sized father never could.
Roshtein's Take
I've spun my way through pretty much every Gates game going, so I rolled into this one braced for more of the same, but those POP symbols genuinely give it a fresh kick. That 25,000x the stake from the Scatter-and-POP combo is the sort of number that keeps me hammering the spin button.
I'll admit I miss having a feature buy to blast straight into the free spins; that is a major downside. Still, for those who like a punchier, higher-ceiling spin on a familiar slot and have no problem waiting for free spins, this pint-sized Zeus is absolutely worth a few rounds.
