How the Reviews Work

Every review on Olympus Slots looks at the god on the screen first and at the game behind the god second. This page sets out where each part comes from and how the score at the end is reached. It also says what a review leaves out.

The god on the screen

A slot with Olympus in its name sells a myth before it sells a spin. Each review names the god or gods on the screen, the world drawn around the reels and the symbols that carry the theme. It also says what the god does in the game itself. Zeus throws multipliers in some games and only watches in others, and each review says which. A watching god adds nothing.

The description comes from the intro screen of the free demo and from the studio’s own art and words. Anything that can’t be seen there stays out of the review. Each review also sets its game beside another Olympus game on this site, with the published figures of both and a link to the other page. You can walk a whole family that way, from the first Gates of Olympus to its newest versions.

The figures

The return to player, or RTP, comes from 2 places. The first is the rules inside the free demo, which print the percentage loaded in that copy of the game. The second is the studio’s own page for the game. When neither prints it, a review may quote the figure the game sends as its demo opens. It says where that figure came from, and the score leaves it out. Each review names the source and the date it was read. Third-party databases never stand alone here.

Some studios publish several versions of one game. Play’n GO prints 5 percentages for its Rise of Olympus games, and each review lists every version it found. The version a particular casino runs isn’t something this site can see. The rules inside the demo you open show which one is loaded.

Volatility is given in the studio’s own words, as printed on the intro screen of the demo or in its rules. The biggest possible win, the stake range, the release date and the price of a bought bonus come from the same documents. When a studio leaves a figure out, the review names the gap.

The demo

Every game page carries the studio’s own free demo, and it needs no account. Now, the demo is there for you to judge the game, and no review publishes numbers from anyone’s play in it. A demo runs on play money. Its results say nothing about a spin anywhere else.

The score

Each review ends with a score out of 10 in steps of a half. The score starts at 6.5. A god who works in the game, by throwing multipliers or opening the bonus, adds half a point, and a god who only decorates the screen takes half a point away. A published return of 96.50% or higher adds half a point, and 95.00% or lower takes half a point away. A bonus round that builds as it goes, with a growing multiplier or extra spins, adds another half. A biggest win of 10,000x or more adds a half too. A game with several versions whose demo doesn’t show the loaded one loses a half. 10 is never given. No score goes under 5.0.

The limits

A published return describes a game over a very long run of spins. It says nothing about your next night, and no review here guesses what a night will bring. The reviews make no forecasts of wins or losses. They describe the game, its god and the figures its studio prints. The stake is always your choice.

The sources

Tessa Loubser writes every review and checks each figure against its document. Every review closes with a list of its sources and the date each one was read. A correction sent through the contact page is checked first, and a confirmed fix shows on the review with a fresh updated date. Nothing here stands without a source.