Asgardians Slot Review
Flame bowls burn on stone pedestals at the mouth of a dusk-blue hall, and a gold medallion is set into the floor like an offering to gods who aren’t rushing anywhere. Asgardians isn’t. In a genre that usually leans on thunder, this one’s quiet and patient, and it backs the calm with a genuinely rare promise: 98.07% RTP, a return that puts Endorphina‘s Norse hall among the most generous games a UK casino can stock. Almost no rival matches it.
It’s a 5×3 grid with 25 paylines, fully in the classic mould, and it sits alongside Endorphina titles like Asgardians Dice, Buffalo 50 and Chance Machine 20 in a catalogue that favours straightforward maths over gimmicks. Three separate bonus routes keep the classic frame busy, and the paytable hides one symbol that towers over all the rest. For a game this traditionally shaped, that’s not a small question.
Symbols, Wilds and the Paytable
Wins land on 25 fixed paylines, with matching symbols needing to sit on adjacent reels from the leftmost. It’s the standard left-to-right arrangement, and only the highest combination on each line counts. The Wild is Loki, and it substitutes for everything except the Scatter and the Bonus hammer.
The cast leans on the familiar faces of Asgard. An Odin-type elder with a staff leads the pays, flanked by a horned-helmet warrior and a Freyja-type blonde, with the royals filling out the lower rungs. Symbol values are multiples of the total bet, and they’re a modest ladder. Here’s the full run, top to bottom:
- Odin-type bearded elder with staff: 2x, 4x, 20x for three, four, five
- Warrior with horned helmet, or Freyja-type blonde with helmet: 0.6x, 3x, 10x
- A: 0.4x, 2x, 5x
- K: 0.2x, 2x, 4x
- Q: 0.2x, 1x, 4x
- J and 10: 0.08x, 0.6x, 3x
- Wild: 0.2x for two, then 8x, 80x, 300x for three, four, five
- Scatter: 2x for two, then 4x, 25x, 100x
That gap between Loki and everything else shapes the whole game. Most spins pay small, and the big money only arrives when the Wild stacks up. It pays to keep an eye on him.
The two special symbols carry the feature work between them. The Scatter is a rainbow gate icon, and it pays anywhere on the reels rather than on a payline, which is the one genuine wrinkle in an otherwise traditional set-up. The Bonus symbol is Mjölnir itself, the hammer, and it needs the strictest landing of the lot: an unbroken left-to-right run on an active line.
Free Games with x3 Multiplier
Three or more Scatter symbols, the rainbow gate icons, trigger 10 Free Games. Every win during the round is multiplied by three, which is where the paytable’s modest ladder gets its teeth. A full line of the elder is suddenly a far more serious prize, and even the lowly J’s and 10’s triple into something worth collecting.
Free Games run on the same bets and lines as the spin that triggered them, and the round can be won again from within itself. Scatters landing during the feature simply deal out another batch of Free Games, so a good round can run considerably longer than the initial ten. There’s no cap on the retriggers and no escalating multiplier, just the flat x3 applied to whatever the reels produce.
- Trigger: three or more Scatter symbols, anywhere on the reels
- Award: 10 Free Games, played at the triggering bet and lines
- Multiplier: x3 on every win in the round
- Retrigger: three or more Scatters during the feature award another 10 Free Games
If a single spin lands both the Bonus Game and the Free Games, the Bonus Game plays out first, with its wins unaffected by the multiplier.
The Forge Bonus Game
Three or more Bonus hammer symbols, running left to right from the leftmost reel on an enabled payline, open the Forge. Only Mjölnir can choose the best of Asgard’s shields, and that’s the game inside the game: you hit shields and collect a prize for each one.
Every strong shield adds to the running total. The round ends the moment a defective shield turns up, which closes the forge and banks whatever you’ve accumulated. All wins are added together, and the round plays at the triggering bet.
There’s no multiplier at work in the Forge, and no skill either beyond the choice to keep swinging. It’s a pure push-your-luck round: the longer the streak of strong shields holds, the more the running total climbs, and one bad piece of metal ends it all.
The Risk Game
After a win, the Risk Game offers a card duel. Four face-down cards sit on the table; pick one, and if it beats the Dealer’s card your win doubles. You can keep going for up to 10 attempts in total, or press TAKE WIN at any point and walk away with the money.
The Joker beats everything, and the Dealer can never draw one. Match the Dealer’s value and it’s a draw: your winnings stand and you get another attempt. Cards can also re-appear from round to round, and the deal isn’t equally distributed across the four choices, so each round is its own little calculation.
Take the risk every time and the round averages 84% RTP, so it’s a losing proposition in the long run. But the per-card figures swing wildly:
- Dealer shows 2: 162% return
- Dealer shows 3: 121%
- Dealer shows 4: 113%
- Dealer shows 5: 101%
- Dealer shows 6, 7 or 8: 100%
- Dealer shows 9: 92%
- Dealer shows 10: 78%
- Dealer shows J: 69%
- Dealer shows Q: 66%
- Dealer shows K: 64%
- Dealer shows A: 42%
Against a Dealer’s 2, the gamble is strongly in your favour; against an Ace, it’s close to a coin toss weighted against you. Knowing when to take the win is the whole skill of the feature, and the game hands you the numbers to make that call. Doubling repeatedly turns even a modest line win into something meaningful, and the ten-attempt ceiling means a lucky streak can only run so far before the game calls time.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.7/10
Asgardians is a slot that spends most of its time in the hall and only occasionally opens the doors. The base game is patient, patient to a fault on quiet spells, and the one reason to sit through it is that everything beyond the reels is worth reaching: a multiplier round, a shield-stacking Forge and a card duel with published odds, all in a calm dusk-blue Asgard.
The Risk Game is the best of the three. Publishing the per-card returns turns what’s usually a mindless double-up into an actual decision, and it’s the rare gamble feature where knowing the numbers changes how you play. The weakness sits underneath: outside Loki, the pay ladder is thin, and a featureless stretch of spins pays almost nothing.
It suits players who like transparent, old-fashioned maths and don’t need a spectacle every spin. Chasers of big multipliers and flashy engines won’t find that here. For the patient, though, the hall is warm and the gods pay well.
Asgardians FAQs
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What is the RTP of Asgardians?
Asgardians runs at 98.07% RTP, one of the highest figures you’ll find on any online slot. -
How do you trigger the Free Games in Asgardians?
Three or more Scatter symbols award 10 Free Games, and every win during the round is multiplied by three. The round can also be retriggered from within itself. -
How does the Forge Bonus Game work?
The hammer symbols open the Forge if three or more land in an unbroken run from the leftmost reel on an active payline. You hit shields for prizes until a defective shield appears, which ends the round and pays out everything you’ve collected. -
Is the Risk Game worth playing?
It averages 84% RTP if you always gamble, but the odds vary by the Dealer’s card, from 162% against a 2 down to 42% against an Ace. It’s favourable against low cards and a bad idea against high ones. -
What happens if the Bonus Game and Free Games land together?
The Bonus Game plays out first, and its wins aren’t touched by the Free Games multiplier. The Free Games then follow at the same bets and lines as the triggering spin. -
What does the Wild symbol substitute for in Asgardians?
The Loki Wild substitutes for all symbols except the Scatter and the Bonus hammer. It’s also the richest symbol on the reels, paying up to 300x the total bet for five of a kind. -
How many paylines does Asgardians have?
Asgardians is a 5-reel, 3-row slot with 25 fixed paylines, and wins pay left to right from the leftmost reel. -
Who makes Asgardians?
Asgardians is made by Endorphina, alongside sister titles like Asgardians Dice, Buffalo 50 and Chance Machine 20. -
When is Asgardians released?
Asgardians’s release date is 7 May 2020.
