Midas Golden Touch 3: Slot Overview

King Midas, the man with the fabled golden touch, returns in Thunderkick’s online slot Midas Golden Touch 3. In the myth, Midas turned anything he touched into gold, but that magic felt a bit underpowered in Midas Golden Touch 2, which, for a number of reasons, didn’t shine as brightly as the original 2019 launch, Midas Golden Touch. They say third time’s the charm—so does Midas Golden Touch 3 step things up? And will players disappointed by the last entry be ready to forgive and give it another go? Let’s see whether this third instalment truly has the golden touch.

Thunderkick has also shifted the visual style in Midas Golden Touch 3. It comes across as less cartoon-like than the first two games, with more realistic graphics while still presenting that familiar ancient palace vibe—columns, high ceilings, and a Greco-Roman atmosphere. Taste is personal, but Midas Golden Touch 3 didn’t deliver quite the same cozy golden warmth as its sister titles, even if the more grounded look may suit some players better. The music still hits the mark, especially when big win count-ups kick in—assuming you manage to land them.

Appropriately drenched in gold, Midas Golden Touch 3’s reels sit on a gilded grid. The game runs on 5 reels with 3 rows of symbols, and there are 15 paylines used to calculate wins. With an RTP of 94%, it’s a highly volatile slot, and stakes range from 10 c to $/€100.

Symbol values climb from 9-A card ranks up through a treasure chest, a lavish goblet, a crown, and King Midas himself. A five-of-a-kind win with royals returns 5 to 7.5 times the bet, while landing five premium symbols pays 15 to 75 times the bet.

Midas Golden Touch 3: Slot Features

Thunderkick blends familiar mechanics with a few additions here, as the feature set includes wild symbol multipliers, the Gift of Midas, free spins with sticky respins and an Epic Multiplier, plus bonus buys.

Wild Symbol

Midas Golden Touch 3’s wild symbol isn’t limited to substituting for standard paying icons. Any payline containing a wild receives a multiplier determined by how many wilds appear on that line. A single wild gives x2, 2 wilds give x4, 3 wilds give x8, 4 wilds give x16, and a complete 5 wild line awards an x32 multiplier. Wild symbols also pay the same as the King Midas symbol.

Gift of Midas

The Gift of Midas feature can trigger at random in the base game, adding symbols onto the reels. When it activates, 1 to 9 wilds or 1 to 3 scatters are placed in random reel positions. This feature is not available during the bonus round.

Bonus Game

Hitting 3 or more scatters activates the bonus game and awards 5 free spins. The Epic Wild’s starting multiplier is set by the number of scatters collected at the moment the bonus begins. Entering with 3, 4, or 5 scatters starts the multiplier at x2, x5, or x10, respectively. The Epic Wild replaces every symbol except the scatter. Collecting scatters fills a meter that upgrades the Epic Wild multiplier.

While the feature is running, any win activates the Sticky Respin mechanic, which locks winning symbols on the winning line and respins the remaining positions. Respins continue until no further winning symbols become locked. Wins can increase the Epic Wild multiplier and award additional free spins.

Feature Buy and Bet+

Players can buy a 3, 4, or 5 scatter triggered bonus game for 100x, 150x, or 250x the bet, respectively. The Bet+ plus option allows players to switch on the Bonus Boost for 1.5x the bet to make each spin 2 times more likely to trigger the bonus game, or the Bonus Boost Plus at 3x the bet to make each spin 5 times more likely to trigger the bonus game. For 30x the bet, players can trigger the Gift of Midas on every spin.

Midas Golden Touch 3: Slot Verdict

Midas Golden Touch 3 arrives with a refreshed visual approach and delivers an appealing look and sound, but in terms of gameplay it felt very similar to Midas Golden Touch 2. Standard base game spins without Bet+ could feel sluggish, with plenty of dead spins leading nowhere. It often seemed like either the Gift of Midas landed (which could help) or very little happened at all. The wild multipliers also didn’t make the strong impact some players might expect. So, anyone disappointed by the previous Midas title may find Midas Golden Touch 3 brings a familiar sense of déjà vu.

As expected, the bonus game is where things get more interesting, and Midas Golden Touch 3 now gives bonus buy players three choices instead of only one—meaning you can ensure entry with 5 scatters and secure the Epic Wild’s starting x10. For a cost. The round still resembles the earlier version in key ways: an upgradable roaming wild multiplier driven by scatter collection and Sticky Respins remain the headline mechanics. This time, wins can also award extra free spins, and the multiplier can rise as well through the same process. It reads well on paper, though it may feel harsher in real play.

There’s a solid potential mix of mechanics here if the features line up, and the maximum win is a hefty 20,000x the bet, but for Ancient World roaming wild multiplier slots, players may prefer something like Slotmill’s Tyrant’s Fall, for example. Despite some good concepts, Midas Golden Touch 3 ended up being about as appealing as Midas Golden Touch 2.