Gods of Olympus Megaways: Overview

With a name like Gods of Olympus Megaways, you can tell straight away that something special is on the cards. This is Blueprint Gaming, after all—a studio that has made Megaways a real specialty and has released more of these titles than any other provider, even more than the originators of the famous mechanic, Big Time Gaming. Once you launch this Greek mythology-inspired slot, the scale of the production is immediately obvious. From the cinematic soundtrack and the richly crafted scenery that feels like it spans much of Mount Olympus, to the polished visuals Blueprint are so well known for, it all lands with impact.

As the title implies, ancient Greece sits at the core of Gods of Olympus, a 6-reel slot that can deliver up to 15,625 ways to win at maximum expansion. It’s highly volatile and can be played from 0.10 to €/$10 per spin, with the main attraction being the Bonus Thunder Free Spins feature. This lightning-charged bonus contains 4 major rounds—each using its own method to build winning combinations—covering random wilds, rising win multipliers, multiplier wilds, and roaming wilds that can increase in size.

Blueprint Gaming clearly pours serious work into its Megaways releases, and Gods of Olympus follows that tradition. The presentation is huge, bold, and unmistakably high-budget. Even at a glance, there’s a lot of motion and atmosphere that helps Gods of Olympus feel alive—flickering fires, rolling mist, and cascading waterfalls. With Mount Olympus behind the reels and a dramatic score driving the action, the symbol set includes low-value 9, 10, J, Q, K and A royals. The higher-paying icons are the character symbols, featuring Poseidon (god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses), a Spartan warrior, and Athena (goddess of wisdom and warfare). The top-paying symbol is Zeus, the thunder god, awarding 25 times your stake for a six of a kind win. The temple acts as the wild—it appears only on the extra reel above the main reel set and substitutes for all symbols except the scatter and collect scatter symbols.

Gods of Olympus Megaways: Features

Like most Megaways games, Cascading Reels are used in Gods of Olympus – symbols that contribute to a win disappear and are replaced by new ones, repeating until no further wins land. This means a single spin can generate multiple payouts, while also keeping the action going for longer. A key part of the Megaways engine is the random reel heights. Here, each reel can show up to 5 symbols at once, allowing the game to reach the full 15,625 ways to win when completely expanded.

In the base game, Zeus Power Spins can randomly trigger on any spin, granting one of five possible modifiers. These are:

• Bonus Thunder – Bonus Symbols are added to the reels for an increased chance of triggering the Bonus.
• Wild Thunder – Multiplying Wild Symbols are added to the reels.
• Colossal Thunder – Up to 6 reels will be converted into a colossal reel.
• Mystery Thunder – Mystery symbols are added to all 6 reels.
• Respin Thunder – Winning symbols are held in position as the reels respin. This continues until no new winning symbols land in view.

The main event is the Bonus Thunder Free Spins feature, triggered by landing 3, 4, 5 or 6 scatters at the same time—awarding 10, 12, 15, or 20 free spins respectively. After entering the bonus, you choose one of Zeus’ four crackling stones to uncover one of four rounds:

• Wild Storm Free Spins – During the Wild Storm feature, special Thunderbolt overlays are active on reels 1 and 6. Any Thunderbolt overlays which lands in view turn any corresponding symbols on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 into wilds. Accumulating 3 collect scatter symbols increases the minimum number of Megaways in the wild zone and awards 2 extra spins.
• Rise of Olympus Free Spins – During the Rise Of Olympus feature, there is an Unlimited Win Multiplier which increases by 1 every time a wild lands in view on reels 2, 3, 4 or 5. Moreover, accumulating wilds in increments of 5 will give you 2 extra spins.
• Colossal Free Spins – During the Colossal feature, a two symbol high roaming wild is active. When the wild stops, it turns the corresponding reel positions wild. Accumulating 3 collect scatter symbols increases the size of the roaming wild up to a maximum x625 and awards 2 extra Free Spins.
• Almighty Wild Free Spins -The round begins with x2 and x3 wild multipliers active that can multiply wins up to x81. Accumulating 3 collect scatter symbols will upgrade the wild multipliers and multiply wins up to x625 and also award 2 extra spins.

Gods of Olympus also includes a Power Spins Bonus Bet option which, for 50 times your stake, enables the Zeus Power Spins. If you’d rather not wait for free spins to arrive naturally, there’s also the Bonus Guarantee Bet feature. Selecting it (at a cost of 100 times your stake) gives you immediate entry into the Bonus Thunder Free Spins feature.

Gods of Olympus Megaways: Verdict

If it wasn’t clear from the opening of this review, we completely fell for Gods of Olympus, enjoying the ride from the very first spin to the final one. To be fair, there have been moments where Blueprint seemed to plateau and get a little too comfortable, and while this release may not reinvent the wheel, Gods of Olympus still feels like progress in Blueprint’s ongoing mission to refine their Megaways slots.

There’s an abundance of content here, and the sheer size of the production makes it easy to imagine spending days digging into everything it offers. In short; it looks fantastic, provides strong value in terms of play time, and is genuinely entertaining. With medium to high variance, the maximum win reaches 10,000 times your stake—though pulling that off may require Zeus and the other 11 Olympian gods to be firmly on your side.