Valley of the Gods slot

What makes Valley of the Gods slot different

Most slots give you a fixed grid, a wild and a free spins round. This one throws all three out. Its 5×5 grid begins with blocker symbols covering part of it, so only 45 ways are live at the start. Wins knock blockers away and keep the round going with respins, and the game’s whole appeal is the chase to clear the board and reach the full 3,125 ways.

Yggdrasil, the studio with offices in Malta and Kraków behind Vikings Go Berzerk, released it in August 2017, and it is still one of the studio’s best-known titles. You can see where it sits among the rest of the studio’s games on our Yggdrasil page, or compare it with other games in our slot reviews.

How the features work in Valley of the Gods

Everything in the game connects into one loop. Here it is in order:

1. The grid starts blocked. Blocker symbols cover part of the 5×5 grid, leaving 45 ways to win.
2. A win destroys blockers. Any winning combination destroys blockers and awards a respin.
3. Respins continue while you keep winning. Each new win clears more blockers and earns another respin, so the live area grows.
4. Scarabs build the sequence. Blue scarabs collected from wins raise the win multiplier. Red scarabs award extra lives, and each extra life saves one losing respin so the chain carries on.
5. Clearing the board opens everything. Once every blocker is gone, the grid offers 3,125 ways and wins get a 2× multiplier.
6. The sequence ends. When a respin fails to win and there are no extra lives left, the chain stops and the blockers return for the next paid spin.

This makes it a game about momentum. One early win can snowball, while a spin with no win ends the moment the reels stop. Independent write-ups such as Slotcatalog’s Valley of the Gods listing (opens in a new tab) and Gambling.com’s game guide (opens in a new tab) describe the same structure. How far each blue scarab raises the multiplier, and exactly which blockers a win removes, are set out in the in-game help.

Because there are no wilds or free spins, there is no separate bonus to wait for. The respin chain is the feature, and it is all paid for out of the same 96.2% RTP.

Valley of the Gods ways: from 45 to 3,125

The fully open grid has five reels each showing five symbols. Under a ways system, the count is the number of positions on each reel multiplied together: 5 × 5 × 5 × 5 × 5 = 3,125. With blockers covering much of the grid at the start, far fewer combinations are possible, which is why the game begins at 45. Our guide to ways to win explains the counting method.

The jump from 45 to 3,125 is roughly seventy-fold, and with the 2× multiplier on top, a fully open board is where the bigger payouts become possible. That doesn’t make any spin more valuable before it happens: the paytable is set so the average comes out at 96.2% across every outcome, open board or not.

How to play Valley of the Gods online

1. Open the game at a UK-licensed casino and check the RTP in the information screen.
2. Set your stake, staying within the UK limit of £5 a spin at 25 and over or £2 at 18 to 24.
3. Press spin. If you land a win, blockers break and a respin starts automatically.
4. Watch the blue scarab multiplier and the red scarab extra lives build during the chain.
5. Clear every blocker to open 3,125 ways with a 2× multiplier.
6. When the chain ends, the blockers reset; check your net position before the next paid spin.

Valley of the Gods RTP in pounds

A 96.2% RTP means the game keeps 3.8% of the money staked over the long run. That is the house edge, and it gives a straightforward cost per spin:

Check the number shown in the game, because casinos can run different settings of some slots. Our explainer on RTP shows why these averages only hold over very long runs.

High volatility and a £20 budget

Valley of the Gods is rated high volatility, and its design shows why. A spin either wins and starts a chain or ends immediately, and the meaningful returns are concentrated in the rarer chains that run long enough to clear the board. That produces exactly the uneven pattern our high volatility slots page describes.

• 10p: 200 spins of runway from £20. The best chance of seeing a long chain within budget, at an average cost of 76p across those 200 spins.
• 50p: 40 spins. A dry run of 40 is entirely possible in a game like this, so the budget can be gone before anything big happens.
• £1: 20 spins. Short and swingy; suited only to money you’re fully prepared to lose.

The maths of risk of ruin shows why bigger stakes relative to your budget make an early bust more likely, even though the edge per pound is identical.

The 5,800× max win on Valley of the Gods explained

The cap is 5,800× the stake: £580 at 10p, £5,800 at £1, £11,600 at £2 and £29,000 at the £5 limit for players aged 25 and over. Reaching anything close to it needs a long chain with the board open and the multiplier raised, which is rare. Yggdrasil doesn’t publish the chance of the top prize, so treat it as a limit rather than a likely result.

UK rules that apply to Valley of the Gods

In Great Britain the game must follow the Gambling Commission’s slot rules. Stakes are capped at £5 a spin for over-25s and £2 for 18 to 24-year-olds, as the Commission’s stake limit guidance (opens in a new tab) explains; our slot stake limits page has the dates. Since 31 October 2021, slots have had no autoplay, a minimum of 2.5 seconds per spin, no turbo or slam-stop, and no celebrating a return equal to or below your stake. Our page on game speed rules covers the timing.

Myths about the Valley of the Gods slot

• “After lots of short spins, a long chain is due.” No. Each paid spin is independent, as our answer on whether online slots have memory explains.
• “Raising the stake mid-session helps clear the board.” The stake changes the size of wins, not the chance of a chain. Increasing stakes to recover losses is chasing, which our chasing losses page warns against.
• “No wilds means worse odds.” The RTP is 96.2% regardless; the value is simply delivered through respins instead.

Similar slots to Valley of the Gods

For other Yggdrasil games, try Vikings Go Berzerk or Vikings Go Wild. If the scarabs are the draw, our Egyptian slots section includes Legacy of Egypt and Blueprint’s Eye of Horus.

Where to play Valley of the Gods in the UK

The three partner offers here are slot offers, but their spins are tied to Big Bass Bonanza or to games the casino selects, so they aren’t spins on Valley of the Gods. Search each casino’s game lobby to see whether it carries this title. New customers only, 18+, and terms apply.

• PlayOJO: 80 free spins on Big Bass Bonanza, each worth 10p, when you make a first deposit of £10 or more. No wagering, so winnings are paid in cash. Not open to Northern Ireland customers and can’t be combined with other offers.
• Coral: 100 free spins at 10p each on selected games after you deposit and bet £10 on slots. Spins must be accepted within 48 hours and used within 7 days, and winnings have no wagering. The offer runs from 1 October 2026 to 1 February 2027, and PayPal, Neteller, Skrill, Paysafe, prepaid cards and certain debit cards don’t qualify.
• Ladbrokes: up to 500 free spins after you deposit and play £10 on slots, given as 50 a day for 10 days at 10p each on selected games. Claim each day’s spins before 23:59; they last 7 days and carry no wagering. Deposits by prepaid card, PayPal, Paysafe, Neteller, Skrill or Moneybookers are excluded.

Because Coral and Ladbrokes share an operator, you may not be able to open new accounts with both. The no-wagering bonuses guide explains how cash-paid spins compare with wagered ones.

18+. Every casino game has a built-in house edge, so over time you should expect to lose what you stake. Set a budget before you play and stop when it’s gone: safer gambling tools and support. Free, confidential help: National Gambling Helpline 0808 8020 133.