Rise of Athena Demo & review

Rise of Athena is a 10-line game where the wild does all the work: a coin worth x1, x2 or x3 that multiplies with any other wild on the same line, up to x27. In free spins those coins stick and count down instead of leaving. Play'n GO released it in November 2020, and it suits line players who want multipliers in the base game rather than a bonus they can buy.

The intro screen introduces the three wild coins. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.

How Rise of Athena pays

Five reels of three rows pay on 10 fixed lines, from the leftmost reel, with no gaps allowed and each line paying just its best win.

The wild is the condition that decides everything. It appears only on the middle three reels, substitutes for any symbol but the owl scatter, and carries a multiplier of x1, x2 or x3. When more than one wild sits on a payline, their multipliers multiply. Two x3 wilds make x9, and three make the x27 maximum, which needs a wild on each of the three middle reels.

The game's special symbols page at a 1.00 bet. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.

Free spins: how they trigger

Three or more owl scatters anywhere give 12 free spins, and they pay on their own before the round starts:

The count never changes. The owl does not appear during free spins, so the round cannot be retriggered.

Sticky wilds that count down

Inside the round every wild sticks where it lands. Between spins its multiplier drops by one, and when nothing is left the wild leaves the reels. So an x3 wild works for three spins, at x3, then x2, then x1, while an x1 wild works for one.

By the rules, that turns a lucky landing into a short run of multiplied spins. Three x3 wilds on one line would multiply it by x27 on that spin, x8 on the next and x1 on the third. Any new wild that lands starts a countdown of its own, so a busy round can have several running at once.

The free spins rules page with the 5,000x cap. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.

RTP versions and max win

Neither the help screens nor Play'n GO's game page give an RTP or a volatility label. Review sites agree on 96.20% for the top version and rate the game Medium, and a casino can run a lower RTP, so its help screen is where to check. The paytable caps every win at 5,000x the bet. There is no buy, so every route to that figure starts with owls or wilds landing on their own.

Our Rise of Athena demo test

Every good spin we had came from the wild coins. (The demo's unlabelled practice credits are counted here as dollars.) Spin 87 put an x3 and an x2 on line 3, which multiply to x6 by the rules, and that line alone paid $24.00. Spin 46 had an x3 wild on screen and paid across more than one line, and spin 91 was the only other hit worth noting. Take those three away and what remained came to $24.90.

Base spin 87: an x3 and an x2 wild on line 3, settled at $28.80. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.

Three owls never landed, so the sticky countdown is described here only from the rules. A hundred spins on a 10-line game says how often the wilds turn up, not what Rise of Athena pays back.

Base spin 46 with an x3 wild on screen, settled at $16.50. FluxPlays demo test, 2 November 2026.

Is Rise of Athena worth playing?

Yes, if you are a lines player who wants a multiplier in the base game. The wild coins can land on any spin, and two on one line already change a win, as our spin 87 showed. The free spins stretch the same idea: wilds that stay and fade over three spins at most. What it lacks is a way to make the bonus happen, since three owls are the only door.

Pick Rise of Olympus if you want Play'n GO's Greek gods on a 5x5 grid with a climbing multiplier, god helpers and a High label. Choose Rise of Athena for 10 simple lines where the wilds carry the multipliers.

Use the demo to watch for two wilds on one line. A single coin lifts a win by its own value, but a pair multiplies, and that is where the base game finds its bigger spins.