Olympus Hades Megaways: Slot Review and Free Play Demo

Olympus Hades Megaways Review

It’s clear from the get-go that Olympus Hades Megaways was created together with Olympus Zeus Megaways, and iSoftBet is hardly trying to conceal it either. The themes are the exact opposite of each other in one way, although both play out within the framework of the Greek mythology pantheon. From the heavenly spheres of the thundergod to the flaming pits of hell with the lord of the underworld, Hades, is quite a catabasis, so prepare accordingly.

The red-eyed king of the underworld is floating by your left-hand side at all times, and he can add wilds to the top tracker reel at random times. This may help create wins or prolong your cascading winning streak, and the wilds become walking wilds in the bonus round. The progressive bonus round win multiplier has no upper limit, and this can lead to solid payouts up to 20,000x your stake. Olympus Hades Megaways comes with tons of atmosphere, and it’s a solid counterpart to the powerful Zeus release.

Olympus Hades Megaways Slot - Reels Screen

Olympus Hades Megaways Slot Features

The premium symbols, with Hades as the top-tier symbol, pays between 2 and 50 x your stake for 6 of a kind wins. Wild symbols step in for pay symbols to help complete and/or improve wins, and all winning symbols are removed via the Cascading Wins mechanic. New and/or existing symbols drop down to fill the gaps, and this process repeats as long as you keep winning.

The Max Megaways feature comes with an animation when it triggers, and this happens at random times. This will force the grid to produce reels with the maximum number of positions, giving you a spin with 117,649 ways to win. Hades can add wilds to the top horizontal tracker reel at random times, and you are guaranteed a win whenever this happens.

The Hades Bonus Round triggers from 4, 5, or 6 Hades scatters in view, and this gives you 12, 17, or 22 free spins, respectively. The progressive win multiplier kicks in from the very first win in the bonus round, and it starts at x1. The multiplier has no upper limit, and it increases by +1 per cascading win for the duration of the bonus round. You win +5 or +10 extra spins when you land 3 or 4 Hades scatters, respectively.

Hades can add a wild to the rightmost position on the top tracker reel at random times, and it moves one position to the left per free spin that follows. This walking wild disappears after hitting the leftmost position on the tracker reel, and it can only be used once per spin per cascade. It cannot be used multiple times in a cascading sequence, in other words. Up to 4 walking wilds can be added at the same time.

Non-UK players can purchase 12 Hades Free Spins for 75x the stake, and this gives you at least 4 triggering scatters on the spin that follows. Keep in mind that the organic bonus round hit rate is 1 in 253 spins.

The 200 Spins Olympus Hades Megaways Slot Experience

You get a mostly uneventful taste of the base game, before we purchase and trigger the bonus round at 0:50 into the 4-minute highlights video. We got 5 triggering scatters, which gave us 17 free spins for starters, and you can see for yourself how it all played out by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

With Olympus Zeus Megaways fresh in mind, Olympus Hades Megaways takes you from the heights of the godly world deep into the darkness of the underworld. Obviously the two releases play off each other, and act like two sides of the same coin. Featurewise they are a bit too similar, perhaps, but both installments come with a strong math model and entertaining audiovisual effects all the way. At least fans of the Greek mythology theme are more spoiled for choice than ever with such a ‘dual release’.

It boils down to what kind of mood you’re in, really, as Olympus and the Underworld are in stark contrast when it comes to the overall atmosphere and vibe. The big difference is the walking wild feature that’s triggered at random times in the bonus round this time, instead of regular random wilds. You can win up to 20,000x your stake in both games, and the bonus round hit rate is a tad more favorable in this version (1 in 253 spins compared to 1 in 271 spins). The 95.95 % RTP is a tad lower though, but not enough to make any real difference.