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Curse of Medusa
A Microgaming slot with greek, mythology, dark themes. This entry explains its listed format only; it does not promote play.
- RTP
- 95.98%
- Volatility
- High
- Max win
- 18,000×
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What this guide explains
Key concepts to understand
Format: 117649 Ways
Volatility: High
Theme tags: Greek, Mythology, Dark
Slot information
Theme & game design
One-line verdictSculptural, almost monochrome, and unusually still for a slot cover — restraint used as a mood, not a limitation.
A Microgaming slot with greek, mythology, dark themes. This entry explains its listed format only; it does not promote play.
A short story from the game world
Medusa turns her head slowly in a room lit only by gold, and the walls have already begun to remember her outline. Nothing here has moved for a very long time, but everything is watching.
Curse of Medusa uses a Maxways grid on 6 reels with up to 117,649 ways in play; the up-to wording usually means the number of symbols on each reel changes from spin to spin, so the ways count moves with it. The near-monochrome gold room and the slow turn of Medusa's head give the reels a still, sculptural frame that keeps the symbol stacks readable.
Free spins are confirmed on the official page, though the trigger and what changes inside the round are not described, and no other named features are published. The paytable screen of the demo is where to find what starts the free spins and whether anything builds up while they run.
A hit frequency is also published, 33.10%, which reads as roughly one paying spin in three over the long run. Paired with high volatility, an RTP of 95.98% and a top win of 18,000×, that is consistent with frequent small results and a larger share of returns concentrated in rare spins. Stakes run from 0.10 to 20.00.
Microgaming effectively wrote the grammar of the online slot, and that depth still shows in every corner of the screen. The silhouette of a single symbol, the order of a paytable, the cue that marks a change of state — nothing here is left half-finished. Almost no other studio carries decades of formats, from classic three-reel machines to 117,649-way Maxways boards, in one library without the design language coming apart. If you are studying how these games are built, this is the most reliable text you can read.
- Built as a ways to win game on 6 reels and 117,649 ways. 420 titles here share this format, so it is a well-covered one to learn from.
- Its published RTP of 95.98% sits 0.22 points below the 96.2% median of the other 384 ways to win games here. RTP is a long-run theoretical figure, not a per-session one.
- The studio grades it high volatility, which 42% of ways to win games here share. Volatility describes the spread of outcomes, not how often a result arrives.
- The stated win cap is 18,000×, above the middle of the range for this family (median 9,648×). A cap is a rulebook limit, not an expected outcome.
- Its artwork reads as greek myth, which is how it is grouped for the structure-match panel below.
- A studio-published play-money demo is embedded above, as it is for 116 other Microgaming titles here.
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- You are comfortable with long quiet stretches — a high volatility label means results are spread wide by design, not that they come more often.
- You want to understand ways-to-win — matches count on adjacent reels wherever they land, so the grid is read by route, not by line.
- You are curious about top-heavy designs — the published ceiling is 18,000×. It is a rulebook limit, not an expectation.
- You want to try before reading further — the studio's own demo runs on this page with play money only.
RTP, volatility, maximum win and bet ranges are reference values and can differ by game version or market. Source: Microgaming official game page.
- Microgaming has 146 slots in this catalogue; this guide is one of them.
- Among the 132 Microgaming slots with a single published RTP, 95.98% ranks #117.
- Its published win cap of 18,000× ranks #10 of 53 Microgaming slots that publish one.
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Assembled by arithmetic over the catalogue. Ranks order the published figures by size; they are not a quality rating.FAQ
Curse of Medusa — frequently asked questions
- What is the RTP of Curse of Medusa?
- The studio-published RTP is 95.98%. RTP is a long-run theoretical return, not a per-session result, and some operators run lower-RTP builds.
- How volatile is Curse of Medusa?
- The studio lists its volatility as High. Volatility describes how results are spread, not how likely a win is.
- What is the maximum win on Curse of Medusa?
- The published win cap is 18,000× the stake. A cap is a rule on the paytable, not a likelihood.
- Can I play Curse of Medusa for free?
- Yes. The studio's official demo runs on this page with play money only — no sign-up and no real funds.
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