1000 Olympus Rivals — review

The spec sheet is complete, which is not a given on this shelf: RTP 96,08 %, medium-high volatility, maximum win 2.500 times the stake. The last figure is low, and it is also what determines who the game is built for.

01Two formats in one box

Avalanche and Cascading sit side by side with Hold and Win and Respins. In practice that combination usually means the base game runs cascades while the bonus switches to a collector round where cash symbols are held in place and the respin counter resets with each new landing. Symbols collection on the list confirms that symbols are collected along the way.

It is a sensible solution to a real problem: pure cascade games have a base that feels the same from spin to spin, while pure collector games lack variation between rounds. By combining them you get both the ongoing movement and a bonus that looks different from the rest.

The price is complexity. Two formats must share the same RTP, and that's likely the explanation for the low cap. You can't have both a wide middle field and a fat tail for the same money.

02The 2.500 x ceiling is the actual figure

2.500 times the stake is among the lowest figures in the pool. On the other hand, the volatility is reported as medium-high rather than high, and that makes sense: a lower cap means the distribution doesn’t have to finance an extreme tail, so there’s more left for the mid-sized wins along the way.

That combination has a concrete consequence for the experience. You hit something that feels like a win more often, and you never hit anything that changes the evening. Whether that's good or bad depends entirely on what you came for.

For those who play small stakes over longer sessions, it's actually one of the more sensible choices on the shelf. For anyone chasing the big hit, there's no reason to open the game at all.

03Rivals: Medusa, Minotaur and the rest of the cast

The theme is one of the best things about the title. Where the catalogue otherwise consists of Zeus in thirty variants, Amigo Gaming has put Medusa, Pegasus and Poseidon forward as rivals, and the name Rivals gives the figures a function instead of just being symbols.

Bonus Game, Bonus symbols and BonusGame: Pick Objects indicates that there is also a selection round where the player clicks through to a prize. Feature: Random reward points to random awards along the way — the kind of small events that break the rhythm of the base game.

Free Spins and Additional Free Spins are also included, and Scatter Pays means symbols are counted across the entire screen rather than on paylines. In other words, there are many entry points to it, which suits the medium-high profile.

04Compared with the predecessor and with the shelf

The older Olympus Rivals from the same provider has not disclosed RTP and a cap of 1.700 x. On both counts the 1000 edition is an improvement: the figure is now on the table, and the cap has been raised. It is an update that has done what updates should do.

Compared with the shelf as a whole, 96,08 % is completely average, and the low ceiling is the clear weakness. On the other hand, there’s no buy button on the feature list, which in a game of this profile is an advantage rather than a drawback.

The rules for Danish play apply as always: 18 years, ROFUS under the Gambling Authority for self-exclusion, and stopspillet.dk if gambling is taking up more than it should.