Rise of Olympus 1000 opens on a storm over Mount Olympus, and the first multiplier to land arrives as a gold orb at the Hades tier, the hooded god looming in at the side. Win with it on the grid, and it can step up to Poseidon, then Zeus, the value climbing a stage higher with each god who claims it. This is Play’n GO’s boldest return to the mountain, a 6×5 scatter-pays game where the gods drive a multiplier that can build all the way to x1000. Behind the reels a temple clings to a cliff, a waterfall spills toward a glinting sea, and the clouds drift on their own.
There are no paylines in Rise of Olympus 1000. Land 8 or more matching symbols anywhere across the 6×5 grid to win, and the more you land, the more it pays. Every win then tumbles. The paid symbols clear, new ones fall into the gaps, and the run keeps going while fresh wins keep forming.
The multipliers are the heart of this game. They land as orbs on the reels, and when more than one is on the grid, their values add together and apply to that round’s win. The twist is how they grow.
GO Ultra is the game’s ante, a toggle you flip while the reels are idle. It costs a further 50% on top of your stake and guarantees that any Hades multiplier jumps up to Poseidon, the perk carrying into the free spins if you set them off while it is on. Switch it on and the reels take on a golden glow.
Hit 3 or more scatters and the free spins open automatically with 12 to play, and the multipliers change character. Here they are cumulative, every multiplier that joins a win carries forward into an on-screen tally that grows over the round. More scatters along the way add 3 spins each, up to a 36 spin cap.
There is no bonus buy option here, so those scatters are the only way in.
Stakes start at 0.10 a spin and reach 50.00 in the demo, shown in credits, and GO Ultra adds another 50% to your stake when active. Returns sit at 96.24% by default, though some operators run leaner versions. The game sits at the end, the wins gathering around the multipliers and the bonus. The top win is a hefty 60,000x the bet, reached when the multipliers stack up enough in one round.
Stakes start at 0.10 a spin and reach 50.00 in the demo, shown in credits, and GO Ultra adds another 50% to your stake when active. Returns sit at 96.24% by default, though some operators run leaner versions. The game sits at the high-volatility end, the wins gathering around the multipliers and the bonus. The top win is a hefty 60,000x the bet, reached when the multipliers stack up enough in one round.
| Symbol | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeus | 0.80 | 1.60 | 3.40 | 5.00 | 9.00 |
| Poseidon | 0.60 | 1.20 | 2.20 | 3.40 | 5.50 |
| Hades | 0.50 | 0.80 | 1.60 | 2.40 | 3.50 |
| Lightning | 0.40 | 0.60 | 1.20 | 1.60 | 2.50 |
| Trident / Helmet | 0.30 | 0.50 | 0.90 | 1.20 | 1.80 |
| Red / Purple Gem | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.60 | 0.80 | 1.20 |
| Green / Gold Gem | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.40 | 0.60 | 0.90 |
Symbol wins are shown at a 1.00 bet in credits.
A multiplier can land on any of 15 stages, from a humble x2 up to the x1000 in the title. It is the upper rungs that matter, x50, x100 and x500, where a single round can suddenly take off.
Where most "1000" updates just raise the max win, Rise of Olympus 1000 also rebuilds the game underneath. Play'n GO has dropped the old board-clearing Hand of God for a scatter-pays grid and handed the gods a new role driving the multiplier. The result is livelier than the originals and more involved than its Pragmatic rival. The upgrade path gives you a thread to follow on every tumble, and a good free spins round, the multipliers banking one atop the next, is a proper spectacle. It runs hot and cold, the high variance leaving gaps that a missing buy option and a thin soundtrack do nothing to fill. Strong all the same, and a clear step up for the series.
The multiplier system is the reason to play. Watching the orbs shift up through the gods, bronze Hades to green Poseidon to purple Zeus, gives every tumble a purpose the plain orbs of its rivals lack. A win can push them another step, and the Super Upgrade can vault a modest multiplier to the x1000 top in a single jump. The free spins are where it peaks, with multipliers banking into a single growing figure that makes the small wins matter. The presentation is also some of the sharper work in the genre.
There is no buy menu, so the only road to the free spins is hitting 3 scatters and waiting, and a game this volatile makes that a long wait. GO Ultra sharpens the multipliers but not your odds of getting there, so it is no shortcut in. The music is the bigger gripe, the same brief harp phrase cycling over and over, though it faded into the background once we were watching the orbs. For all the upgrade machinery, too, a cold start still clears credits quickly while you wait for the gods to line up.
The upgrade chain is the thing you track. Outside the bonus, a lone orb does little, but with GO Ultra on for this review, a second win flipped the god and jumped the number almost every time. A Super Upgrade can turn a tidy x10 into far more without warning. Those upgrades came often through the session, the 50% surcharge earning its keep.
In the free spins, it all comes together. Our round filled the multiplier container steadily, rising to 40x by the end, and because it boosts every spin, even small wins started paying real returns. One tumble dropped a 25x orb on a decent cluster and handed back 36.40 on its own, over half of our 68.40 round. That, and some lucky tumbles after, meant we finished the demo at about level, rare for a slot that swings this hard
The detail rewards a close look. Each god animates their power onto the reels, Hades’ flame, Poseidon’s trident and Zeus’ lightning, and the logo’s wings flap on a winning tumble. One of the most visually impressive moments comes in the free spins, where two scatters set the empty reels glowing one at a time, a cloud at the top and bottom of each and yellow light crackling up the column while you wait to see if the third drops for more spins. The visuals alone make it worth a spin.
Set Rise of Olympus 1000 next to its own lineage, and the change is stark. The 2018 original and the 2022 Rise of Olympus 100 are 5×5 cluster games built on the Hand of God feature, where the gods wipe symbols off the board and a multiplier ticks up a point per cascade, capped at 20x then 100x. This release keeps only the Gods. The wider grid, the scatter-pays wins, the orbs that land and the upgrade tiers are all new, and the top win leaps from the original’s 2,500x to 60,000x. It is a far bigger rebuild than the “100” ever was.
The sideways comparison is to Pragmatic’s Gates of Olympus 1000, which shares the theme and the scatter-pays-plus-multiplier shape from a different studio. Gates keeps its orbs simple, summing with no upgrades, and tops out at 15,000x. Rise answers with the god-tier upgrades, the Super Upgrade and a 60,000x top end, and it is the busier of the two to watch, though Gates still holds the bonus buy this one lacks. For anyone who likes the Olympus format and wants more to follow on each tumble, this is the pick, and the free play demo is the easy way to see whether the upgrade path grabs you.
