The Rise Of AI Slot Review
A neon-drenched megacity street, storefronts glowing in Japanese and Chinese script, a “STAY HOME” sign burning blue-violet over the pavement: The Rise Of AI drops you into cyberpunk territory and doesn’t dim the lights. Endorphina have built their dystopian reel set on a 5×3, 10-payline grid with an unusually generous 98.02% RTP, a number very few slots in this market get close to.
For all that colour, it’s a spare machine, closer to the studio’s leaner builds like Minotaur ReBurn or Joker Ra than to anything cinematic. That restraint is the interesting part: one street, one big idea, and maths that outperform almost everything else on the shelf.
Base Game Symbols and Pays
It’s a 5-reel, 3-row slot with 10 paylines. Winning combinations need matching symbols on enabled paylines and adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel, the rightmost reel or the middle of the grid, which gives the lines more reach than a strict left-to-right setup.
Only the highest win counts on each payline. Wins across different lines are added together, so a busy screen can stack several small combinations into one payout.
The paytable is compact, and every value below is a multiple of the total bet:
- Red circle/skull icon: 2x for three, 10x for four, 50x for five
- Purple triangle woman: 1x for three, 6x for four, 30x for five
- Teal/green square man: 1x for three, 6x for four, 30x for five
- Purple neon symbol (天-like): 0.5x for three, 4x for four, 20x for five
- Orange neon symbol (K-like): 0.5x for three, 4x for four, 20x for five
- Green neon symbol (Q-like): 0.5x for three, 2x for four, 10x for five
- Blue neon symbol: 0.5x for three, 2x for four, 10x for five
That’s a flat ladder. The top symbol pays 50x the total bet for five of a kind, which is modest by modern standards, and the drop from the character symbols to the neon royals is steep. Three of the character icon pays 2x, barely more than the stake returned, while three low-value neon glyphs return half your bet.
There’s no wild symbol in the game and no scatter-driven bonus round either. The pays in the list above are the whole of the arithmetic, before the multiplier gets involved.
The Random Multiplier
During each spin, a Random Multiplier can appear. When it does, it multiplies all winning combinations on that spin, and the maximum possible multiplier value is 50x.
It shows up as an X50 token, with multiplier icons landing on the reels, and it applies to every payline win at once rather than to a single line. Icons have been observed sitting on reels 1 and 5 at values such as 3x and 5x, stacking their effect across the whole screen.
This is the game’s engine of variance. With a paytable that tops out at 50x for the best five-of-a-kind, a multiplier is the only route to a big win: a 5x multiplier on a screen full of premium symbols is worth several hundred times the bet, and a 50x hit on the right combination goes considerably further.
Because the multiplier counts every winning line at once, a mixed screen of low and mid-value combinations can out-pay a single premium line once the boost lands. That’s the whole trick of the build, and it’s a good one: the base pays stay honest, and the multiplier decides how good your spin really was. Nothing else in the base game moves the needle.
The Risk Game
After any win, you can enter the Risk Game. Four cards lie face down and you pick one; if your card beats the Dealer’s card, your win is doubled and you can try again, up to a maximum of 10 attempts in total. If the Dealer wins any round, you lose your winnings and the Risk Game ends on the spot.
The rules of the duel are worth knowing in full:
- All four closed cards can be higher than the Dealer’s card, so there’s always a pick that beats it
- The Joker beats all other cards, and the Dealer can never receive a Joker
- A card of equal value is a draw: your winnings stay put and you get another attempt
- Press TAKE WIN at any point to quit and collect what you’ve built
- Up to 10 attempts in total, each one doubling the pot if you win
The maths of the round is blunt. Take the risk regardless of the Dealer’s card and the average return for the Risk Game round is 84%, meaningfully below the 98.02% the base slot returns.
That’s the case for pressing TAKE WIN more often than instinct suggests. Doubling a win ten times in a row is possible; the rules price it accordingly.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7/10
The Rise Of AI is a two-idea game, and both ideas are good ones. The cyberpunk presentation is committed and atmospheric, the neon megacity backdrop doing real work rather than dressing a generic grid, and the 98.02% RTP is one of the highest returns you’ll find attached to any slot anywhere.
The weakness is just as clear. The paytable is flat, there’s no free spins round, no wild, no second screen, and the Random Multiplier is the only thing standing between a very ordinary ten-line game and something worth loading at all. A 50x multiplier can transform a spin, but nothing else in the build can, and the modest symbol values keep the ceiling low even when it lands.
It suits players who value return over spectacle: the RTP does the heavy lifting session after session, and the Risk Game hands the volatility decision to you on every win. If you judge slots by their bonus rounds, this machine hasn’t got one to show you. If you judge them by the maths, the future’s bright, even if the city looks permanently midnight.
The Rise Of AI FAQs
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What is the RTP of The Rise Of AI?
The Rise Of AI runs at an RTP of 98.02%, one of the highest returns available on any online slot. The Risk Game round has its own average return of 84% if you take the risk regardless of the Dealer’s card. -
How many paylines does The Rise Of AI have?
The Rise Of AI has 10 paylines on a 5-reel, 3-row grid. Winning combinations must sit on enabled paylines and adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel, the rightmost reel or the middle part of the reels. -
What is the grid size of The Rise Of AI?
The game plays on a 5×3 grid: five reels, three rows and 10 paylines. -
Who makes The Rise Of AI?
The Rise Of AI is made by Endorphina, a Malta-based slot studio behind titles such as Minotaur ReBurn, Joker Ra and Football 2022. -
When is The Rise Of AI released?
The Rise Of AI’s release date is 17 June 2020. -
How does the Random Multiplier work in The Rise Of AI?
The Random Multiplier can appear during any spin, and when it does it multiplies all winning combinations on that spin. The maximum possible multiplier value is 50x, and it applies to every payline win at once. -
Can I double my wins in The Rise Of AI?
Yes. After a win you can enter the Risk Game and pick from four face-down cards. Beat the Dealer’s card and your win doubles, and you can keep going for up to 10 attempts in total. If the Dealer wins any round you lose the winnings and the game ends, while a matching card is a draw with another attempt. The Joker beats everything, and the Dealer can never receive one. -
What is the maximum win in The Rise Of AI?
There’s no stated maximum win for this one. The biggest standard pay is 50x the total bet for five red circle symbols, and the Random Multiplier can raise any winning spin by up to 50x on top of that.
