Strength of Hercules Slot (Hacksaw Gaming)

The Strength of Hercules slot has 5 reels, 5 rows and 3,125 ways to win. A winning combination is created when 3 or more matching symbols appear from left to right on adjacent reels, in any position, starting from the leftmost reel. Only the highest win is awarded per way to win.

Bets-wise, you can spin away from just 10p per spin. With a maximum bet of £100 a spin, you can change your bet using the up and down arrows below or to the side of the reels. Non-UK players have Autoplay, Turbo and Super Turbo Modes.

The Strength of Hercules RTP rate is 96.31% which is above the online slots average (around 96%). Hacksaw has produced 94.3% and 92.26% RTP alternative settings so open the Paytable to see which return rate you’re playing with. The demo, as well as the majority of demo slots at OLBG, uses the highest setting where available.

Medium volatility (3/5), winning combinations will form every 2.72 spins as the hit frequency rate is 36.76%: this is for the highest RTP setting. For other RTP versions, the hit frequency rate varies from 36.55% to 36.27%. When it comes to win potential, the Strength of Hercules slot game offers 10,000 times bet max wins. Unfortunately, you won’t find any max win probability figures.

With a Greek mythology theme, the Strength of Hercules slot sees you join the chief deity among the Greek gods who was known for his strength. The story follows the legend’s quest for glory, power and riches as he aims to conquer foes and unlock divine rewards.

With Hercules to the side of the reels, you’ll see he wearing his trusty lion’s skin and holding a spiked club. Courageous and mighty, the setting is rather jovial as it uses cartoon graphics and has a tongue-in-cheek feel: much like other Hacksaw Gaming slots such as Le Viking and Donut Division.

With an upbeat soundtrack, symbols include Greek-style A, K, Q, J and 10 royals. The higher-value symbols include lions, minotaurs, snakes, Cerberus (the 3-headed dog) and Hercules. Hercules is the best-paying symbol awarding 5 times your total bet for 5 in combination.

Strength of Hercules benefits from several special symbols. There is a Wild symbol that appears on all 5 reels and pays 5 times your total bet for 5 in combination. It also substitutes for paying symbols above. Other symbols include a FS Scatter and RotoGrid: more details on these symbols can be found below in the Bonus Features section.

Strength of Hercules Mobile

Hacksaw Gaming slots are all created using HTML5 technology. With Hacksaw being a ‘mobile-first’ provider, their games are available to play on mobile, tablet and desktop devices. If you prefer playing on a smartphone, it’s compatible with iOS and Android devices as it makes use of Portrait Mode for a better visual experience.

With 8 bonus features, the Strength of Hercules slot is all about RotoGrid symbols. Causing the grid to rotate, this allows for new winning combinations and Connecting Wilds to appear. With Hercules randomly replacing a low-value symbol with Wilds, there are 4 free spins features. 2 of them offer more frequently RotoGrid and Wilds whilst the Labyrinth features come with new symbols where you aim to collect Coins at the bottom of the grid in reel meters.

RotoGrid

When you land a RotoGrid symbol, they become active after winning combinations take place. They grant 1 to 3 clockwise grid rotations that are collected in a meter outside the grid. Finally, the RotoGrid symbol transforms into a Wild symbol.

Every grid rotation sees the grid turn a quarter turn clockwise which gives you the possibility of new winning combinations being formed. Each rotation is awarded one at a time, with new wins processing before the next rotation.

If several RotoGrid symbols appear simultaneously, they activate one at a time. Up to 3 RotoGrid symbols can land on each spin at once.

Connecting Wilds

With every grid rotation, any Wild symbols that appear on the same reel connect: they then fill all positions between them with extra Wild symbols. If the grid rotates again, all Wild symbols can connect with other Wild symbols on their respective reels. This can lead to the grid being filled with Wilds.

Might of Hercules

When the current grid has stopped, there is a chance that Hercules can hit the grid with his club or fist. If this happens, the Might of Hercules feature activates with all instances of a randomly chosen low-value symbol being replaced with Wild symbols.

Bonus Choice 

The Strength of Hercules slot comes with a Bonus Choice menu which is triggered when you land 3 or 4 FS Scatter symbols simultaneously during a base game spin. The choices are as follows:

• 3 FS Scatters: choose between the Labors or Labyrinth Bonus Game features
• 4 FS Scatters: choose between the Godly Labors or Godly Labyrinth Bonus Game features

Labors Bonus Game

The Labors Bonus Game feature begins with 10 free spins. It works like the base game but with a higher chance of RotoGrid and Wild symbols landing. If you land 2 or 3 FS Scatters, you’ll get 2 or 4 extra free spins respectively.

Godly Labors Bonus Game

The Godly Labors Bonus Game feature is the same as the Labors Bonus Game feature but with more frequent RotoGrid and Wild symbols appearing.

Labyrinth Bonus Game

When you opt for the Labyrinth Bonus Game feature, you begin with 8 free spins. Only the following symbols appear:

• Skull Block: non-paying
• Cracked Stone: non-paying
• FS Scatter: Award 1 extra free spin
• Adding Coin: Contain bet multiplier values between 1-100x
• Multiplying Coin: Contain 2-20x multipliers

The aim of the feature is to collect Coin and FS Scatter symbols in the Treasure Chests at the bottom of the grid.

When a Coin or FS Scatter symbol lands above a Cracked Stone symbol, the Cracked Stone symbol is crushed and disappears from view which lets the Coin or FS Scatter symbol move down into its position. This process is repeated until a Skull Block symbol gets in the way or the Coin or FS Scatter reaches the bottom row (which sees them collected in the Treasure Chest for that reel).

Each Treasure Chest comes with a progressive multiplier which is paid out at the end of the feature. Collected Coin symbols will either add their value to the existing Treasure Chest value or multiply the existing Treasure Chest value.

Once all Coin and FS Scatter symbols have moved as far as they possibly can, the grid may rotate either clockwise or anti-clockwise. When the grid rotates, Coin and FS Scatter symbols may move to a new position by breaking down Cracked Stone symbols. This moves them through the labyrinth of Skull Block symbols to the bottom of the grid.

Look out for the Might of Hercules feature triggering as a number of Skull Block symbols will be destroyed with a random number of Cracked Stone symbols shattered to uncover extra Coin or FS Scatter symbols.

Godly Labyrinth Bonus Game

If you choose the Godly Labyrinth Bonus Game feature, you will get 10 free spins. It works exactly like the Labyrinth Bonus Game feature but the Coins contain higher values and land more frequently.

Bonus Buy

Players located outside the UK can make use of the Bonus Buy feature. There are 5 options with all the details specified below in the table. They include the RTP rate for the highest RTP version too.

Strength of Hercules Slot

Rating: 3.8/5

Strength of Hercules uses the unique RotoGrid mechanic which sees the grid rotate to give you new winning combinations and Connecting Wilds. With 4 free spins features, the Labyrinth versions sees you collect Coin symbols at the bottom of the reels in Treasure Chests for up to 10,000 x bet max wins.

Chris Taylor

The Strength of Hercules slot offers a tongue-in-cheek version of Greek mythology which is upbeat, fun and unique. All about RotoGrid symbols that rotate the grid for new winning combinations and Connecting Wilds, Hercules can randomly strike the grid with his fist or club to transform a low-value symbol into Wilds.

With 4 free spins features, you choose between the Labors or Labyrinth free spins. In the Labors versions, you’ll benefit from more RotoGrid and Wild symbols. With the Labyrinth free spins, you play on a new grid with blockers, Adding and Multiplying Coins. Your aim it to collect the Coin symbols at the bottom of each reel’s meter in Treasure Chests with rotations increasing your win potential.

With the RotoGrid mechanic featuring in Twisted Lab RotoGrid, Strength of Hercules is a superb game with 10,000 times bet max wins available. Hacksaw Gaming has delivered another great slot game with a popular theme.

If you like Greek mythology-inspired slots, there is a wealth of options. Playtech’s Age of the Gods comes with 4 free spins features, 50,000 x bet max wins and 4 progressive jackpots whilst Pragmatic Play’s Gates of Olympus is an iconic game with a high-paying 1000 version (Gates of Olympus 1000).

I really like Zeus vs Hades – Gods of War (also by Pragmatic Play) which comes with 15,000 x bet max wins and sees you choose between Hades or Olympus Modes. For more options, see my guide below: 

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The Strength of Hercules slot review was written by Chris Taylor from our OLBG Expert team who has written over 10,000 slot game reviews in an iGaming career spanning over 2 decades. It was then verified/checked by Jenny Mason, our prime Slot reviewer who has 17+ years working in online gambling, top UK brands. 

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