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Play'n GO · 2018 · cascading grid / god powers

Rise of Olympus on a phone

SIDEWAYS ONLY 3.2 s TO PLAYABLE TIGHT BUTTONS FREE DEMO

This one makes you turn the phone. 3.2 s to load, and no upright build exists.

The phone check

No HOLDS PORTRAIT 104 of 306 do not
3.2 s TO PLAYABLE Over the 2.1 s median
Tight buttons TOUCH TARGETS tight in portrait
2 TAPS FROM THE LOBBY Search box to a spinning board

Sideways only, and even then the controls sit close together. The stepper is a millimetre from the button that spends money. The demo pulls about 13 MB before the first tap registers, which on a poor bar is where the 3.2 s goes. Getting money back out is a separate count and we keep it at cashout.

One build, one return figure

Only one configuration of Rise of Olympus is licensed, at 96.5%, so there is nothing to check and nothing to get wrong. That puts it in the minority: 123 of 306 titles here ship in two or three builds, and nothing on screen tells you which one loaded.

Where it sits on the board

Ranked 255 of 306 here, and none of that ranking is about the game. It is about the handset. The board median is 2.1 s, so this one costs you an extra 1.1 s a session.

Across the 21 Play'n GO titles here the median is 2.6 s and 8 render upright.

What the game is

Play'n GO shipped it in 2018 on a 5x5 grid board running cascading grid / god powers. Greek-god grid slot where Zeus, Poseidon and Hades unleash symbol-clearing powers and free spins build a win multiplier up to 20x.

High volatility, so treat the demo as a look at the rhythm and not at the maths. Minimum stake is C$0.10, which is about 200 spins on a twenty. Ceiling is 5,000x and it is not going to happen to you.

The rest of it

StudioPlay'n GO
Released2018
Board5x5 grid
Mechaniccascading grid / god powers
VolatilityHigh
Top licensed return96.5%
House edge on that build3.5%
Max win5,000x
Minimum stakeC$0.10
Spins on twenty dollarsabout 200
Free demoyes, no account needed
Tagsgrid, greek, cascades, popular

Done with the demo?

Every app we have taken apart is at app teardowns, ranked on install size, crashes and how many taps stand between a balance and a submitted withdrawal. The full list of sites that ship one is at sites.

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