Pragmatic Play · 2021 · tumble / scatter pays
Gates of Olympus, upright and one handed
Holds portrait, 2.1 seconds to a grid that accepts taps, and Pragmatic licenses exactly one return build for it. That last part is rarer than it sounds.
The phone check
Upright, the spin button shrinks and the bet stepper crowds it. A wide thumb hits the wrong one. The demo pulls about 9 MB before the first tap registers, which on a poor bar is where the 2.1 s goes. Getting money back out is a separate count and we keep it at cashout.
One build, one return figure
Pragmatic Play licenses a single build of this one, at 96.5%. The figure in the game's rules footer will match the figure above, every time. That is not true of the 123 titles here that ship in more than one configuration.
Upright, with one annoyance
The 6x5 grid sits high and the controls tuck under it, which is the right way round for a thumb. What is not right is the size of them. Spin, autoplay and the bet stepper share a narrow band, and the ante bet toggle lives close enough that people switch it on by accident and wonder where their balance went.
Tumbles run fast and the multiplier orbs land on top of the grid rather than beside it, so nothing important gets covered by your own hand.
What the demo tells you
Twenty cents a spin, about 100 spins on a twenty, high volatility. That is not enough spins to learn anything about the maths and it is plenty to learn whether you like the rhythm. The 1000 version is the same game with three licensed builds and no portrait mode, which is a downgrade twice over.
Three Gates games, three different maths
Pragmatic has shipped this thing three times and they are separate builds rather than reskins. This page is the original: 6x5, tumbles, scatter pays, multiplier orbs that sum during free spins.
Gates of Olympus 1000 raises the orb ceiling and licenses three return configurations instead of one, which is two more things to check. It also drops the portrait build, so it is a downgrade twice over on a handset.
Super Scatter changes how you get into the bonus. A single high value scatter takes you there instead of a count of ordinary ones, which shifts how often the round arrives and what it is worth when it does.
Each has its own demo and its own load figure, which is why the searches for them are separate. Do not read a number off one page and assume it holds on the next.
The rest of it
| Studio | Pragmatic Play |
|---|---|
| Released | 2021 |
| Board | 6x5 |
| Mechanic | tumble / scatter pays |
| Volatility | High |
| Top licensed return | 96.5% |
| House edge on that build | 3.5% |
| Max win | 5,000x |
| Minimum stake | C$0.20 |
| Spins on twenty dollars | about 100 |
| Free demo | yes, no account needed |
| Tags | tumble, bonus-buy, popular |
Gates of Olympus: what people ask
What is the difference between Gates of Olympus, Gates of Olympus 1000 and Super Scatter?
Same studio, same Zeus, three different maths packages. The original is the 6x5 tumble game with multiplier orbs that sum during free spins. Gates of Olympus 1000 raises the ceiling on those orbs. Super Scatter changes how the bonus round is entered.
Each one has its own page here with its own load time and its own portrait behaviour, because they are separate builds and they do not perform the same on a handset.
Where can I find the Gates of Olympus demo?
Any lobby carrying the Pragmatic Play catalogue runs the demo, and it needs no account. The 1000 and Super Scatter versions each ship their own, which is why the searches for them are separate.
The demo runs the top licensed configuration, so what you see in the info panel there is not necessarily what you get once you are signed in. Check the rules footer inside the game, not the lobby tile.
What is the RTP of Gates of Olympus?
96.5% on the build Pragmatic licenses, which is a house edge of 3.5%, or C$3.50 for every hundred dollars staked over a long enough run.
The figure is printed inside the game's own info panel. Open the burger menu in the game toolbar rather than the casino's, scroll to the bottom, and read it there.
Is Gates of Olympus high volatility?
Very. It is a tumble game where almost all of the money lives in the free spin round and the multiplier orbs that stack inside it.
In practice that means a long flat stretch and then something happens. Fifty spins will tell you nothing about it either way, which is arithmetic and not an opinion.
Does it work on a phone in portrait?
It holds upright, which puts it ahead of a good chunk of the board. Load is 2.1 seconds over cellular from tap to a reel that accepts input.
The catch is the buttons. Upright, the spin control shrinks and the bet stepper crowds it, so a wide thumb hits the wrong one. That is the whole reason the phone score here is not higher.
Done with the demo?
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