The Nemean Lion

The Nemean Lion Review

A studio is making its debut with The Nemean Lion, so we can’t tell you much about the company. What we can reveal, though, is that it's a debut that all studios would wish for. Honestly, we don’t even remember seeing something this good as a debut slot! So, without further ado, let’s take a closer look at everything it brings to the table. To kick things off, even the playing field is unorthodox. It has 5 reels, 5 rows and 40 paylines.

The theme of The Nemean Lion is taken from Greek mythology, so fans of such themes can rejoice. The production values are impressively good, with the slot’s atmosphere, background, and animations combining to provide an excellent experience overall.

The volatility of The Nemean Lion is medium-high, so there’s a good chance that you’ll go through some bankroll swings while playing. The theoretical jackpot is as high as 25,000x your bet, though, so the payouts are worth the risk. The least that you always have to play for is £0.20, while high rollers can go straight to the max bet of £200. As for the slot’s theoretical RTP, there are two available versions – one with a bad RTP of 90% and one with a good RTP of 96.46%.

The Nemean Lion Slot Features

There are 10 pay symbols in total, with a nice split between five low pays and five high pays. For the former, there are runes of different colors, with these bringing up to 3.75x your bet for five symbols in a combination. The high pays are even better, showing necklaces, clubs, prophets, fair maidens, heroes, and even the titular lions. Those are the top-paying symbols and they are worth 50x your bet for a five-of-a-kind combination.

There are also two special symbols in The Nemean Lion. First, there are Paw Wilds that can appear on reels 2, 3, 4, and 5. These can substitute for other pay symbols to complete winning combos. Second, there are Temple Scatters that can appear on the middle three reels and that work together with the Free Spins feature.

In the base game, Temple Scatters are collected with the Scatter Symbol Collection feature. There are three meters at the top of the playing field that collect Temple Scatters that appear below. Each of them starts at 2x and is reset after free spins. For each 50 Temple Scatters you collect, you increase the win multiplier by +1x. Quite a tough road, to be fair, but it softens those runs without free spins. Note that the meters also get reset if you change your bet size.

Once you land 3 Temple Scatters in one go, you’ll trigger the Free Spins feature with 12 free spins and potential retriggers. The positions of the triggering symbols will become multiplier positions, boosting all wins in which they feature. They can also work together by multiplying each other, which is a sweet detail. And what will happen if a Temple Scatter lands during a free spin? Well, it will either improve the win multiplier of a position or become a new multiplier position! With so many win multipliers, it’s no wonder that the slot’s jackpot is so high!

Review Summary

All in all, The Nemean Lion is arguably the best debut slot ever released. Its production values are strikingly good, it has a 25,000x jackpot, and its gameplay is enjoyable and rewards loyal players. If the studio continues with this quality standard, we certainly have a lot to look forward to!