Cyclops Smash Slot Review

The Cyclops Smash Slot Game

Pragmatic Play’s Cyclops Smash drops me on a windswept beach with a sulky one eyed brute standing beside a stone 7x7 grid. The theme leans on Greek mythology yet feels almost like a deserted island survival story, with the Cyclops clutching a spiked club and guarding a wooden door. Visually it looks clean and bold rather than cluttered, and the sound design carries that heavy stomp when the big fella gets involved.

Mechanically Cyclops Smash is a 7 reel, 7 row cluster pays slot where at least five matching symbols connect horizontally or vertically to form a win. Stakes start at 0.20 and reach a hefty 240 per spin, so it suits both testing in demo mode and serious high roller sessions. From my sessions the game feels punchy, with constant tumbles and that looming Smash feature teasing big swings.

Symbols and Payouts in Cyclops Smash

Symbols in Cyclops Smash stick closely to the theme, mixing survival style food with shiny loot and war gear. You get seven regular icons plus a special Meteor scatter. Fruits cover the lower end, then come meat on the bone, a blue diamond and a Roman style helmet. It feels like everything the Cyclops has hoarded on his lonely beach, and it works well with the chunky art style.

On the paytable the lemon, orange, olive and grapes handle the small wins, paying from 0.2x up to around 40x your stake for large clusters. Above them sit the Meat on Bone, Blue Diamond and Helmet. At full power, hitting 15 or more helmets in one cluster can land 1000x the bet, with diamonds topping out at 400x and meat reaching 200x, so the premium hits can feel brutal.

Symbols pay in clusters of at least five of a kind, and the paytable always scales to your chosen stake, which I like when I am switching bet levels. There are no wilds at all in Cyclops Smash, so the Meteor scatter does most of the special work by triggering free spins. That absence of wilds sounds odd on paper yet fits the very direct, tumble driven gameplay.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	15+	x1000
	12+	x400
	10+	x100
	9	x20
	8	x5
	7	x3
	6	x2
	5	x1
	15+	x400
	12+	x100
	10+	x40
	9	x10
	8	x3
	7	x2
	6	x1
	5	x0.75
	15+	x200
	12+	x40
	10+	x10
	9	x5
	8	x2
	7	x1
	6	x0.75
	5	x0.5
	15+	x40
	12+	x10
	10+	x3
	9	x1.5
	8	x1
	7	x0.8
	6	x0.5
	5	x0.3
	15+	x40
	12+	x10
	10+	x3
	9	x1.5
	8	x1
	7	x0.8
	6	x0.5
	5	x0.3
	15+	x20
	12+	x5
	10+	x1
	9	x0.8
	8	x0.6
	7	x0.4
	6	x0.3
	5	x0.2
	15+	x20
	12+	x5
	10+	x1
	9	x0.8
	8	x0.6
	7	x0.4
	6	x0.3
	5	x0.2
	Scatter

Cyclops Smash Slot Bonus Features

The Tumble feature fires after every winning spin in Cyclops Smash. All paying symbols disappear apart from scatters, the remaining ones drop to the bottom and fresh icons fall from above. This can chain several wins on a single paid spin. When no new win appears there is a chance the Cyclops stomps the ground, triggering the Smash feature that rearranges 5, 8, 12 or even all symbols on the grid.

Free spins in Cyclops Smash land when 4 to 7 Meteor scatters hit at once, awarding between 10 and 16 spins. During this bonus a global win multiplier starts at x1 and increases by one after every tumble that gives a payout, and it never resets within the round. You can also buy straight into free spins for 100x the bet where available, with a dedicated RTP setting a touch over 96%.

Bonus Buy Feature

Free Spins Round The free spins round can be instantly triggered from the base game by buying it for 100x current bet.
Feature Cost:	x100 Bet
RTP:	96.06%
Volatility:	-

How to Win at Cyclops Smash Slot

Cyclops Smash plays like most modern cluster slots once you grasp the basics. I start by picking a stake between 0.20 and 240 using the plus and minus controls, then hit spin or set up autoplay. Wins come from clusters of at least five matching symbols touching vertically or horizontally anywhere on the 7x7 board. With a hit rate around one in three spins, patience and a steady balance feel vital.

Cyclops Smash Slot RTP & Volatility

The official Cyclops Smash RTP sits at 96.05% in the main version, with alternative builds running at 95.05% and 94.05% depending on where you play. The bonus buy has its own figure around 96.06%. Long sample simulations I have seen put the practical return just under 95.5%. Nothing shocking for a high risk cluster game, yet it is worth checking which configuration a site is actually using.

Volatility is rated very high and that matches my sessions. The hit rate around 31% means you do see wins fairly often, but the notable ones are rare. The free spins bonus appears roughly once in 389 spins, and wins of 1000x or more arrive extremely seldom. Max win is capped at 10,000x the bet, so this slot clearly targets players comfortable with long, swingy sessions.

The Final Thoughts on Cyclops Smash

Cyclops Smash feels like a proper bruiser of a cluster slot. The mix of tumbling wins, random Smash steps and an unlimited multiplier in free spins keeps the gameplay lively without drowning you in gimmicks. I like the simple symbol set and the way the Cyclops can step in several times in one round. On the downside, the lack of wilds and the steep bet ceiling can be harsh on tighter budgets.

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