Top-RTP on Olympus: where the numbers actually stand

RTP is the most quoted and most misunderstood figure in the gaming industry. It's shown in small print on the info screen, used as a selling point in ads, and almost no one uses it for what it's actually good for: comparing two games before choosing.

This article does exactly that. We have taken the stated figures for the 50 Olympus titles in our catalogue and sorted them. No estimates, no rounding up, and where a figure is missing in the source, it is listed as missing. The result is a range that is larger than most people think.

01What RTP is — and what it isn't

Return to Player is a theoretical share of total stakes that the game pays back over a very large number of spins. 96 percent means that 4 percent of the total turnover theoretically remains with the operator when you calculate over millions of rounds. It's a property of the mathematics, not a promise about your evening.

The number also says nothing about how the money is distributed. Two games with identical RTP can behave completely differently: one pays often and small amounts, the other hardly ever and then pays big. It's the volatility, not the RTP, that controls that aspect.

Still, RTP is the best single figure you have when two games otherwise look similar. The difference between 94,5 and 96,5 percent sounds small. Measured over total turnover, it's a doubling of the house's theoretical share — from 3,5 to 5,5 percent.

02Top of the list: the 97s

At the top of the catalog is Rings of Olympus from Turbo Games with 97,34 procent. However, it is not an ordinary slot: the feature list consists of multipliers and nothing else, the maximum win is 700 times the stake, and the volatility is not stated. That kind of minimalist format typically carries a high RTP, precisely because there is no bonus round to finance.

Right after comes Gates of Olympus Roulette from Pragmatic Play with 97,3 procent, udgivet 9. april 2026 med et loft på 10.000 gange indsatsen. Igen er det værd at bemærke formatet: et bordspilsprodukt med Olympus-lag, ikke en hjulmaskine.

Among the real slots, Gods of Olympus: Aphrodite from the studio Mount Olympus tops the list with 96,89 procent, closely followed by Olympus Trueways from BGAMING with 96,84 and Gods of Olympus: Ares with 96,77. All three are stamped high volatility, and the two Mount Olympus titles both have 5.000 times the stake as a cap.

03The middle ground around ninety-six

The vast majority of the catalogue clusters around 96 procent, and that's not accidental. It's the industry's de facto default setting, and many games are delivered in that configuration as standard. Fortune of Olympus from Pragmatic Play stands at 96,55 procent with Cluster Pays and a 10.000 times cap. Olympus Gold from BetGames is at 96,53 and Olympus Glory Gods & Kings Link from EGT Digital at 96,5.

Below is a tight run: Olympus Explosion from Ruby Play with 96,37 percent, Olympus Storm Connectify Pays Power Combo from Guld Coin Studios with 96,33, Sky of Olympus with 96,3, Olympus Mania: Hot Bonus with 96,25, Rise of Olympus 1000 with 96,24 and Rise of Olympus Extreme with 96,2.

Another layer sits right around 96,1: Olympus Power Link with 96,15, Raging Gods: Olympus 2 Power Combo from Nailed It Games with 96,12, Olympus Coin Link likewise 96,12, 1000 Olympus Rivals with 96,08, Olympus Lightning with 96,08 and both Greek Goddess: Siege of Olympus Megaways and Unusual Suspects: Legends of Olympus with 96,06. The differences here are so small that they should carry less weight than the mechanics when you choose.

04The bottom: when ninety-five and ninety-three appear

Under the standard level it suddenly becomes noticeable. Olympus Thunderhold from RTG stands at 95,74 procent, King of Olympus from Playtech Origins at 95,47, and both Gates of Olympus and Games in Olympus 1000 at 95,51 procent.

Further down you'll find the figures that should make you consider alternatives. Aphrodite Legends of Olympus and Zeus Legends of Olympus, both from Inspired Gaming, stand at 94,5 procent. Olympus Unleashed from Push Gaming sits at 94,36 with low volatility and 2.340 times as the cap. Olympus 7's Dream Drop from Relax Gaming stands at 94 procent exactly. And at the very bottom: Olympus Divine Reels from Spinberry with 93,18 procent.

Between 93,18 and 97,34 percent there are 4,16 percentage points. Set against each other the house's theoretical share in the bottom title is almost three times as large as in the top title. That's the kind of difference worth spending thirty seconds to look up.

05When the number isn't provided at all

For seven of the catalogue's titles we have no RTP value in the source. This applies to Olympus Destiny from Amigo Gaming, 3 Pots of Olympus from Betsoft, Zeus of Olympus from PlayStar, Olympus Rivals from Amigo Gaming, Treasures of Olympus 1000 from King Midas Games, Olympus: Wine & Wonders from Champion Studio and Royalty of Olympus Extreme from Barbara Bang.

We could have written around 96 percent, since that is the most likely value based on the rest of the field. We refrain. A guess that looks like a fact is worse than an empty field, and you have no way of telling the difference afterwards. If nothing is stated, nothing is stated.

Finally, there is the question of variable RTP. A number of titles — among others Gates of Olympus, Gates of Olympus Super Scatter, Rise of Olympus 1000, Rise of Olympus Extreme, Fortune of Olympus, Olympus Gold, Olympus Mania: Hot Bonus, Olympus Unleashed and the two Inspired titles — are marked with an RTP range. The game exists in several configurations, and it's the casino's choice which one you encounter. Check the game's information screen, not the marketing.

06How to use the number in practice

Use RTP as a filter rule, not as a prediction. A reasonable rule of thumb: if two games have the same mechanics and the same variance, and one is two percentage points lower, there is rarely a good reason to pick the lower one. If the mechanics, however, are markedly different, that weighs more than a decimal or two.

Be especially careful with re-releases and themed versions. Glory of Olympus: Unlocked and Glory of Olympus Xmas from GameTimeTec both sit at 96,18 procent, but the caps are 10.000 and 2.500 times stake, respectively. Same payout percentage, very different distribution.

And the practical: RTP doesn't change that a game costs money in the long run. Set a limit beforehand, stick to it, and use ROFUS if gambling takes up more than it should. Spillemyndigheden supervises Danish casinos, the age limit is 18 years, and stopspillet.dk is there if you need someone to talk to.