Gates of Hades Slot Review

About Gates of Hades

When I first fired up Gates of Hades, I half expected a lazy Gates of Olympus re-skin. What I actually got felt more like a darker spin-off. Pragmatic Play has taken the Greek god formula and pushed it into the underworld, swapping scatter pays for cluster pays and letting wild symbols handle the multipliers. The result is a 6x6 grid that feels busy, fiery, and surprisingly fresh once the tumbles start chaining.

Wins drop in whenever five or more matching symbols connect horizontally or vertically, then the tumble feature clears them and pulls new ones down. On paper it sounds familiar, but in practice the way multipliers sit above each reel and latch onto cluster wins changes the rhythm quite a bit. It still plays as a high-volatility, high-potential slot, just with a different heartbeat and a more menacing host.

Gates of Hades Game Specifications

Gates of Hades runs on a 6x6 grid with cluster pays, so no paylines to worry about. You need at least five matching symbols touching to get paid, and clusters can reach 30-plus symbols if the grid lines up. Stakes start around 20p and go up as high as £240 in some versions, putting it in that sweet spot where low-stakes grinders and high rollers can both take a crack at the 10,000x max win.

RTP comes in different flavours: the best setting is 96.52%, but I have seen it drop to 95.47% and even 94.47%. Volatility is firmly in the punishing bracket and the hit rate hovers around 29%, which matches how it felt during my sessions. Long stretches of dead spins are common, then suddenly a free spins round with stacked multipliers can sling you from nowhere close to balance into serious profit territory.

Graphics and Theme in Gates of Hades

Greek mythology slots usually blur into one for me, but Gates of Hades managed to jolt me awake. The backdrop is a scorched underworld packed with skulls, obsidian pillars, and Cerberus heads glaring from the top of each reel. Hades stands to the side, flaming hair and staff ready, laughing when things kick off. The soundtrack fits the tone nicely, although that game-show style jingle on bigger wins feels slightly out of place during tense moments.

Bonus Features in Gates of Hades

Wild multipliers carry the whole experience. In the base game, wilds can reveal values from x1 up to x100. Each time one lands, its value jumps into a small meter above that reel. When you hit a winning cluster, the game adds together the multipliers sitting over any involved reels and applies the lot. Once the tumble sequence ends, every meter resets, so those stacked values are very much use-them-or-lose-them for that spin.

Free spins change the script. Landing 3, 4, 5, or 6 scatters gets you 10, 12, 15, or 20 spins. If you trigger the round with 6 or more scatters, you are thrown straight into Super Free Spins, where every wild comes with a minimum x10 and the range extends right up to x500. During any free spins mode, the multipliers above the reels stick around between spins, letting you build some obscene totals if the game cooperates.

Retriggers keep the pressure on. Hitting 3, 4, 5, or 6+ scatters in the feature adds 5, 7, 10, or 12 extra spins. When I managed a decent Super Free Spins run, watching the multipliers stack across several reels while clusters kept dropping in genuinely felt like the underworld had flipped a switch. If patience is short, you can buy regular free spins for 100x your bet or jump straight to Super Free Spins for 500x.

Symbols in Gates of Hades

The paytable in Gates of Hades is built around eight regular symbols. Five glowing gems cover the lower end, with blue, green, yellow, purple, and orange stones paying between 0.05x and around 10x or 30x your stake for standard clusters. Above those sit the goblet, ring, and crown, which are the real money-makers. Across 5 to 15+ sized groups, they climb up to 60x, 120x, and a hefty 150x your bet respectively.

Scatter symbols are your entry ticket to free spins, appearing anywhere and triggering the feature when three or more land at once. Wilds are tied directly to the multiplier mechanic rather than acting like simple substitutes. In practice, I focus less on whether they complete lines and more on how they charge up the meters above the reels. Those meters decide whether a cluster is a small tickle or something that actually moves the balance.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	15+	x150
	14	x75
	7	x3
	6	x2.25
	5	x1.5
	15+	x120
	14	x60
	7	x2.5
	6	x1.5
	5	x1.25
	15+	x60
	14	x30
	7	x1.5
	6	x1.25
	5	x1
	15+	x45
	14	x24
	7	x1.2
	6	x0.9
	5	x0.75
	15+	x12
	14	x6
	7	x0.3
	6	x0.25
	5	x0.2
	15+	x10
	14	x5
	7	x0.25
	6	x0.2
	5	x0.15
	15+	x7.5
	14	x3.75
	7	x0.2
	6	x0.15
	5	x0.1
	15+	x5
	14	x2.5
	7	x0.15
	6	x0.1
	5	x0.05
	Scatter
	Wild

How to Win in Gates of Hades

Chasing wins in Gates of Hades is all about timing your risk. The base game can feel grindy, so I tend to pick a stake that survives the dry spells and aim for bonus rounds rather than single clusters. You really want several multipliers stacked above the reels before a big cluster hits, especially in free spins where they stay between rounds. I also check the RTP tab before playing, as dropping from 96.52% to the lower settings changes the long-term maths quite a bit.

Gates of Hades Final Verdict

After a decent stretch with Gates of Hades, I came away impressed. It borrows the high-multiplier chaos that made its Olympian cousin so popular, yet the switch to cluster pays and reel-based wild meters gives it its own identity. The visuals are strong, the underworld setting has character, and when multipliers start stacking in free spins the game can throw out explosive sequences that feel worthy of a 10,000x cap.

It is not a gentle slot though. High volatility, RTP ranges, and the odd air of the game-show jingle mean it will not suit everyone. I had sessions where the base game felt like a slog and others where Super Free Spins wiped that from memory in minutes. If you enjoy cluster slots with aggressive multipliers and do not mind a bit of punishment while you wait for the big one, Gates of Hades is worth opening.