Athena Ascending

Play'n GO follows up Rise of Athena with Athena Ascending, keeping the same temple setting but pushing the math into high volatility (7/10) territory. A partially transparent 5x3 grid overlays smoky braziers, trimmed shrubbery and a clouded sky in the background, evoking the Acropolis, with a dramatic vocal soundtrack running throughout. Twenty paylines carry the wins across the grid.

Card royals from 10 through Ace fill the low end of the pay table in an SPQR-style design, while the premiums include Athena herself alongside a helmet, urn, scroll and Pegasus — five of a low symbol pays 1x the bet, five premiums pay between 2x and 50x, and even two Athena symbols alone can form a win.

Wilds land only on reels two, three and four, each carrying its own multiplier of x1, x2, x3 or x4 that applies to any win it takes part in; when more than one wild lands in the same win, their multipliers are multiplied together, up to a ceiling of x64. The owl scatter drives the free spins round — three, four or five landing anywhere award 5 free spins along with an immediate bonus worth 1x, 20x or 500x the stake, depending on how many landed. Wilds that land during the round stick to their position and gain +1 to their multiplier on every following spin until they reach x4, at which point they drop off the grid. Because scatters don't appear during the feature there's no retrigger, but any sticky wilds still in view when the free spins run out trigger respins that continue until the grid is clear of them.

RTP defaults to 96.2%, with lower configurations of 94.2%, 91.2%, 87.2% and 84.2% also in circulation, and stakes range from 0.05 to 100 per spin for a maximum win of 10,000x.