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The alarm that sounds when three Soldiers land feels straight out of an arcade, sharp bells playing over a low-tempo mythology track. IGT built Beware the Minotaur around details that feel deliberate: the golden temple backdrop, the cartoon Greek characters rendered with real personality, and a bonus round that continues until the Minotaur reaches the centre of the maze, however many spins that takes.
In standard play, landing a Minotaur symbol and a Soldier symbol on the same spin triggers the Chase. The Minotaur charges toward the Soldier across the grid, creating a trail of Wilds through every position he passes. Any Coin symbol in that path gets collected at the same time. Multiple Soldiers can appear on the same spin, but only a single Minotaur can land, so the chase follows one trajectory per trigger.
Three Soldier scatter symbols trigger Bonus Spins. From that point, the round runs on the Minotaur’s terms: he moves up to five positions per spin through a visible maze, leaving Wilds across each position he steps through. If a Soldier lands in view during the round, the Minotaur reverses direction and moves back, adding spins to the count. The round ends only when he reaches the middle reel position.
Wilds created by the Minotaur substitute for all symbols except Soldier, Minotaur, and Coin. When the Minotaur passes back over a reel position already holding a Wild, it upgrades to a Double Wild. If a Double Wild appears in a winning combination, the payout for that line is doubled — once only, regardless of how many Double Wilds contribute to the win.
Coin symbols can land on any spin but pay out only when the Minotaur passes through them during either the Chase or Bonus Spins. The collected prize is a multiplier applied to the total bet. Available values are 1x, 2x, 5x, 10x, 20x, 50x, 100x, 500x, and 1,000x.
The Minotaur Bet is a side bet that raises the cost of each spin by 60% in exchange for a higher probability of triggering Bonus Spins. At the $0.25 minimum stake, activating it brings the spin cost to $0.40; paytable values stay the same as the base bet.
The Bonus Buy, priced at $25.00 at the $0.25 minimum (100x stake), grants direct entry to Bonus Spins for players who want to skip standard play entirely.
The decision that shapes each session isn’t which lines to cover. All 25 run on every spin at 25 times the selected coin value. It’s whether to run the Minotaur Bet alongside them. At $0.25, activating the side bet raises the cost to $0.40 and increases the probability of landing three Soldier scatters to trigger Bonus Spins.
Wins are paid left to right on all 25 lines across the full 5×5 grid. Money symbols are the exception and pay in any direction. Only the highest win per active line is awarded.
Beware the Minotaur carries an RTP of 96.00%, rising marginally to 96.01% when using the Bonus Buy. Volatility is high, which reflects how much of the game’s value is concentrated in the Bonus Spins round. Bets run from $0.25 to $25.00 per spin, and the maximum win across all features is 1,000x the total bet.
Symbol values below are taken from the in-game paytable at the $0.25 minimum stake.
| Symbol | 5 of a Kind | 4 of a Kind | 3 of a Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sorcerer | $2.00 | $1.00 | $0.50 |
| Minotaur (Wild) | $2.00 | $1.00 | $0.50 |
| Cyclops King | $0.75 | $0.50 | $0.25 |
| Medusa | $0.50 | $0.30 | $0.20 |
| Dragon | $0.40 | $0.20 | $0.15 |
| A | $0.20 | $0.15 | $0.10 |
| K | $0.20 | $0.15 | $0.10 |
| Q | $0.15 | $0.10 | $0.05 |
| J | $0.15 | $0.10 | $0.05 |
| 10 | $0.15 | $0.10 | $0.05 |
Coins collected by the Minotaur during the Chase or Bonus Spins pay a multiplier applied to the total bet. The full range of available prizes is below.
| Coin Multiplier | Prize (at $0.25 stake) |
|---|---|
| 1x | $0.25 |
| 2x | $0.50 |
| 5x | $1.25 |
| 10x | $2.50 |
| 20x | $5.00 |
| 50x | $12.50 |
| 100x | $25.00 |
| 500x | $125.00 |
| 1,000x | $250.00 |
Beware the Minotaur earns a 3.3 from a game where the standard spins do their job without distinction and the bonus round offers something unique. The maze-based format, with no fixed spin count and a Minotaur that reverses when Soldiers appear, is an unusually thoughtful piece of design for a 5×5 slot. The max win of 1,000x keeps a lid on the upside, but the bonus round is worth experiencing in the free play demo.
The visual setup does its job. Stone reels inside an ornate gold frame, marble columns on either side with coins and jewels cascading down them, and a cast of Greek mythology characters that IGT has drawn with more care than the genre usually gets. Medusa sits in the mid-tier of pays; the Sorcerer tops the chart alongside the Minotaur himself. The ambient track is measured and low-key until those three Soldier symbols land and the whole audio register shifts.
Standard play remains quiet outside the Chase sequences. The 5×5 grid offers 25 fixed lines from left to right, with minimal visual activity between Chase triggers. When the Chase activates, particularly when Minotaur and Soldier land on the same spin, their movement crosses the grid in a single sweeping motion, leaving Wilds behind. Coin symbols along the path are collected, and although the sweeping animation is visually appealing, Chase triggers were infrequent during testing, resulting in sessions mostly consisting of regular spins with occasional triggers.
Trigger the Bonus Spins, and the game changes register entirely. The background fills with warm gold light, the maze becomes visible behind the reels, and the Minotaur starts moving, laying down Wilds across each position he covers. The first testing round ran eight spins, with the Minotaur reaching the centre and returning $19.40 at a $0.25 stake. The round ending on the Minotaur’s terms rather than a countdown creates a different kind of forward momentum. You’re watching his progress through the maze, not a spin counter ticking down.
The second round showed what the system can build toward. Soldiers kept appearing in view, sending the Minotaur backwards repeatedly and pushing the spin count to eleven. Each reversal meant passing back over positions already holding Wilds, upgrading them to Double Wilds. By the time he reached the centre, the grid held enough Double Wilds that the doubled payout pushed the total to $31.70. The gap between the two rounds came almost entirely from those backward passes and the compounding they created.
High volatility here means patience: long stretches of standard play between bonus triggers, with the session shaped by a handful of bonus rounds. Players who can sit with that rhythm will find the maze format a worthwhile break from the fixed-spin template. For anyone expecting a more event-dense experience, the standard play will wear thin before the Minotaur gets moving.
