Goal Strike Rising Rewards Slot Review
Goal Strike Rising Rewards pays you to remember what happened on the last spin, which is more than most football slots manage. Every Jackpot Trigger symbol you collect pushes a meter up, every scatter on four reels nudges a multiplier, and the round you eventually trigger is priced by how patiently you’ve played. Under the floodlights it looks like pure stadium spectacle, but the maths underneath is one long accumulator.
Triple Edge Studios has put a 96.01% RTP and very high volatility behind it, on five reels and 720 ways. It follows the same Rising Rewards formula as the original Rising Rewards, which started the line in 2023, and sits alongside titles like Ancient Fortunes Minotaur Rising and Fire and Roses Jolly Joker in the studio’s catalogue.
Base Game & Features
Wins run left to right across 720 ways. A way is a run of matching symbols on adjacent reels, starting from reel one. Reels show between three and five symbols each, with the wild reel capable of filling all five rows.
If more than one winning combination lands on a single way, only the highest one counts. That highest-combination rule runs through the whole game, applying to scatter combinations too.
The wild appears on reels two, three and four, substituting for everything except the Free Spins Scatters and the Jackpot Trigger symbols. It’s a workhorse, not a centrepiece. Stacked wilds on a middle reel do most of the visible heavy lifting between features.
Each spin costs a total bet built from an initial bet multiplied by the way cost, and the bet multiplier is 10. Bets run from 0.20 to 50.00 per spin. Way win payouts are based on that initial bet, so the paytable values shift as your stake moves.
Rising Rewards Jackpot Feature
Five jackpot tiers sit above the reels, one per reel, and each one grows as you play. Every Jackpot Trigger symbol that lands on a reel adds 0.5x the bet to that reel’s jackpot, and the values keep climbing until each tier reaches its cap. A win resets that tier to its starting value and the climb begins again.
The amounts scale with your stake, so there’s no fixed figure to quote: what you see above the reels is a live balance, priced to your current bet. Collecting Jackpot Trigger symbols grants a chance of spinning the Jackpot Wheel, and the odds of that chance shift as the jackpot values move.
- The wheel can trigger in the base game and during Free Spins, but never on a Free Spins trigger
- Each Jackpot Trigger symbol adds 0.5x the bet to the jackpot on its reel
- Only trigger symbols collected on the current spin count towards a wheel chance
- Jackpots rise to a maximum value, then reset to their starting value on award
- The wheel is divided into coloured segments, each tied to one of the five jackpots
- One of the five jackpots is guaranteed on every wheel spin
The collection pot filling up beside the reels is pure decoration. It has no effect on whether the wheel arrives, which keeps the actual arithmetic simple: current-spin symbols, current-spin chance.
Goal Strike Rising Rewards Free Spins & Multiplier
Free Spins trigger when one or more Free Spins Scatters land on every reel. The scatters can stack in the base game, so a covering spin tends to land several at once. Four free spins are awarded to begin with, and every scatter that landed on the trigger spin adds either one extra spin or 1x to the Free Spins Multiplier.
The trigger itself pays 1x the total bet. From those four base spins plus the scatter bonuses, the round always opens with at least six.
- Trigger: one or more Free Spins Scatters on every reel
- Base award: four free spins
- Each trigger scatter adds one extra spin or 1x to the multiplier
- Minimum starting count: six free spins
- Trigger pay: 1x the total bet
- Bets and ways match the triggering spin throughout
The Free Spins Multiplier
The multiplier is where the game keeps its long game. It builds in the base game, rising by 0.5x whenever Free Spins Scatters land on exactly four reels, and it caps at 10x that way. Scatters collected on the trigger spin can push it further, to a ceiling of 15x when the feature begins.
Once inside the round, it’s locked. The multiplier cannot grow during free spins; it applies to way wins and retrigger pays, then resets to 1x when the round ends. A near-miss with scatters on four reels still counts for something, which softens the all-reels trigger requirement considerably.
Retriggers
Landing scatters on every reel again retriggers the feature mid-round. The retrigger awards additional spins equal to the count you started with, plus a pay of 1x the total bet multiplied by the Free Spins Multiplier. Bets and ways stay as they were on the triggering spin.
One hard edge: the final spin of a round can’t retrigger or bring the Jackpot Wheel in. Timing matters, and the game enforces it. Only the highest winning combination is awarded per scatter combination.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7/10
Playing this one is like watching a nil-nil grind where you know the goal might come in stoppage time. Wins arrive roughly a quarter of the time and they’re rarely the point; the reason to choose it is that the meters never sit still, and the multiplier you carry into the round is the product of everything that came before. That’s the pull, and it’s a real one.
The jackpot ladder is the best thing here, because a reset tier starts climbing again immediately, so there’s always something being built. The letdown is the free spins round itself: four base spins is stingy, nothing grows once you’re inside, and the last-spin rule can kill a retrigger at the worst possible moment. The tiers’ caps are modest too.
This is one for the patient, jackpot-led player who enjoys watching a build take shape over a session. Anyone wanting a feature-rich round or frequent bonus hits will leave frustrated. If you like your football patient and cumulative, the final whistle is worth waiting for.
Goal Strike Rising Rewards FAQs
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What is the RTP of Goal Strike Rising Rewards?
The RTP is 96.01%, which is the total expected return of the game. -
How do you trigger free spins in Goal Strike Rising Rewards?
One or more Free Spins Scatters must land on every reel. Scatters can stack, and each one that lands on the trigger spin adds either an extra spin or 1x to the Free Spins Multiplier, so the round always starts with at least six spins. -
How does the Rising Rewards jackpot work?
Each of the five jackpots sits above a reel and grows by 0.5x the bet for every Jackpot Trigger symbol that lands on that reel. Collecting trigger symbols grants a chance of spinning the Jackpot Wheel, which awards one of the five jackpots via coloured segments. Only symbols collected on the current spin count. -
Can free spins retrigger in Goal Strike Rising Rewards?
Yes. Scatters on every reel again during the round restart the counter at your original spin count and pay 1x the total bet times the Free Spins Multiplier. Neither a retrigger nor a Jackpot Wheel hit is possible on the round’s final spin. -
How high can the Free Spins Multiplier go?
It can reach 10x through base game play, rising by 0.5x each time scatters land on exactly four reels, and up to 15x when the feature triggers. It cannot increase during the free spins round itself, and it resets to 1x afterwards. -
What does the wild substitute for in Goal Strike Rising Rewards?
Wilds land only on the middle three reels and stand in for every symbol apart from the Free Spins Scatters and the Jackpot Trigger symbols. -
What are the bets and ways in Goal Strike Rising Rewards?
Bets run from 0.20 to 50.00 per spin, on five reels with 720 ways to win. The bet multiplier is 10, and way win payouts are based on the initial bet. -
Is Goal Strike Rising Rewards high volatility?
Yes, the volatility is rated Very High, with a hit frequency of 24.75%. It’s built by Triple Edge Studios, and its release date is 12 June 2024.
