Age Of The Gods Helios Slot Review
A great radiant sun burns behind the top of the reels, gold rays fanning over a temple floating between dusk and night. Age of the Gods: Helios is at its best when that sun does the paying: nearly everything worth having here flows through one Collect symbol, and the ordinary paytable is deliberately thin. The game runs on a 5×4 grid with 40 fixed paylines and returns 94.98% to 95.01% overall, including a 0.99% contribution to the progressive jackpots; the base game alone runs at 93.99% to 94.02%.
Ash Gaming place this one inside the Age of the Gods family alongside Gold Trio: Sinbad’s Riches, Gold Hit Dragon Bonanza and Gold Hit Link JP Bacon Co, all sharing the same four-tier progressive network. Helios adds a collect-and-expand respin round with a mystery prize ladder topping out at 2,500x the bet. The sun god’s games, it turns out, scale with his patience.
Base Game and Paytable
Wins need three or more matching symbols on consecutive reels from the left, across any of the 40 fixed paylines. Only the highest combination pays on a given line, while wins on different lines add together. Standard left-to-right business, in other words.
The Wild substitutes for every symbol except the Collect and Sun symbols, so it can’t help build the feature triggers. The paytable values below are shown at a total bet of 5.00.
- Red-haired queen: 2.50 for three, 10 for four, 40 for five Dragon ship: 2 for three, 7.50 for four, 25 for five Scroll and map: 1.50 for three, 7.50 for four, 20 for five Vase and jewellery: 1.50 for three, 5 for four, 15 for five Low symbols (A, K, a diamond-shaped card symbol, J, 10): 1 for three, 2.50 for four, 10 for five
The premium tiers aren’t wide apart, and the royals do most of the day-to-day work. The Sun symbol doesn’t pay as a line win at all; it carries a cash value or a diamond and only matters when a Collect symbol lands.
There’s a win cap in place, though the figure itself isn’t shown in the game. Autoplay covers the usual bases and one useful extra:
- A set number of automatic spins, chosen by holding the spin button Until Feature, which keeps the reels turning until Solar Spins or the jackpot game triggers An automatic stop when funds run low or a feature lands
Turbo Mode speeds the reels up, and the spin button doubles as a stop control mid-spin. Until Feature is a sensible touch in a game built around waiting for a Collect symbol.
Solar Spins
Land a Collect symbol, bearing Helios himself, anywhere on the reels and the Solar Spins feature begins. It can land on any reel, in the main game and during the feature alike. The Collect symbol gathers the prizes on every Sun symbol in view, and the reels then respin until it has expanded to the opposite side of the grid.
On each respin, all Collect symbols expand vertically and multiply every Sun symbol by 2x, 3x or 5x. Landing further Collect symbols extends the round, so a single trigger can keep rolling as long as Helios keeps showing up.
The escalation is the whole point: the prizes don’t just accumulate, they grow as the Collect symbols stretch across the reels.
Mystery Prizes
Some Sun symbols carry a diamond instead of a cash value, and collecting diamonds during Solar Spins awards one of four mystery prizes based on how many you’ve gathered. The Collect symbol multiplies mystery prizes too, so the two systems feed each other.
- Four diamonds: 500x, 1,000x, 1,500x or 2,500x the bet Three diamonds: 100x, 200x, 300x or 500x the bet Two diamonds: 20x, 40x, 60x or 100x the bet One diamond: 10x, 20x, 30x or 50x the bet
Each tier’s four possible prizes are themselves a mystery pick, so a full house of diamonds could still land on the lowest of its options. Even so, four diamonds guarantees at least 500x the bet, which is a serious number for a respin feature.
Age of the Gods Jackpot
Helios is linked into the Age of the Gods progressive network, alongside numerous other games in the family, and shares four mystery jackpots. All four are won randomly:
- Power Extra Power Super Power Ultimate Power
Any spin of any amount can win entry to the jackpot game, including spins that produce no win at all, though the higher the bet, the better the chances of getting in. Entry guarantees a jackpot.
The round itself is a 4×5 grid of 20 coins hiding jackpot symbols. Click coins to reveal them, and match three identical symbols to win that tier. There’s a reaction timer, and if you don’t respond in time the jackpot is paid automatically, so nothing is lost to hesitation.
Feature Bet Mode
A toggle in the main game switches Feature Bet mode on or off. It’s the game’s take on a double-chance mechanic: at the default stake it takes the total bet from 5.00 to 7.50, and in exchange Helios blesses the spins with a higher chance of winning the Mystery prizes.
It doesn’t change the payouts themselves, only how often the diamond ladder comes into play. The cash-value Sun symbols and the Collect mechanic work exactly the same either way, so the toggle is really a bet on the diamonds. Chasing the 2,500x tier, it makes obvious sense; happy with the cash prizes, leave it off.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7/10
Most of a session here is quiet: royals ticking over, the sun glowing, and not much else until a Collect symbol finally drops in. That’s the deal, and the reason to take it is the respin round it unlocks, which builds rather than hands you a fixed result. When a run of Collects stretches across the grid, the round genuinely earns its place.
The diamond ladder is the sharpest thing in the game: four diamonds guarantee at least 500x the bet, and the Collect symbol multiplies those prizes on top. The lean side is what the jackpot network costs. The base game returns 93.99% to 94.02% before the 0.99% progressive slice, and the jackpots themselves drop at random rather than through anything you do.
This suits players who enjoy a long build to a big respin and are happy to fund a progressive pot for the chance of a random strike. If tight returns and frequent small wins are the priority, the same family has roomier options. Helios saves its warmth for the patient.
Age of the Gods Helios FAQs
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What is the RTP of Age of the Gods Helios?
The total RTP is 94.98% to 95.01%, which includes a 0.99% contribution to the progressive jackpots. The base game alone returns 93.99% to 94.02%. -
How do you trigger Solar Spins in Age of the Gods Helios?
Land a Collect symbol, showing Helios, anywhere on the reels in the main game. It collects the prizes on all Sun symbols in view and starts the respin round, during which Collect symbols expand vertically and multiply Sun symbols by 2x, 3x or 5x. -
What do the diamond mystery prizes pay?
Four diamonds award 500x, 1,000x, 1,500x or 2,500x the bet; three award 100x, 200x, 300x or 500x; two award 20x, 40x, 60x or 100x; and one diamond awards 10x, 20x, 30x or 50x the bet. The Collect symbol multiplies mystery prizes as well. -
How does the Age of the Gods jackpot work?
Any spin of any amount can win entry to the jackpot game, including losing spins, with better odds at higher bets. Entry guarantees one of four progressive jackpots: Power, Extra Power, Super Power or Ultimate Power. In the game you click coins on a 4×5 grid and match three identical symbols to win that jackpot. -
Does Feature Bet mode change the payouts?
No. Enabling Feature Bet mode increases your total bet and raises the chance of winning the Mystery prizes, but the payouts themselves stay exactly the same. It can be toggled on or off in the main game. -
Can Solar Spins be extended?
Yes. Landing more Collect symbols during the round extends Solar Spins, and each respin sees all Collect symbols expand vertically and multiply all Sun symbols by 2x, 3x or 5x. -
How many paylines does Age of the Gods Helios have?
The game plays with a fixed 40 active paylines on a 5×4 grid. Winning combinations need three or more matching symbols on consecutive reels from the left. -
Who makes Age of the Gods Helios?
Age of the Gods Helios is made by Ash Gaming, and its release date is 17 March 2023. It forms part of the wider Age of the Gods progressive jackpot network.
