Hearts of Venus

Slot Overview

Hearts of Venus is a video slot from Pragmatic Play played on a 6-reel, 5-row grid. It drops fixed paylines in favour of a Scatter Pays system, where wins are formed by landing at least 8 matching symbols anywhere on the screen. The RTP sits at 96.50%, and the medium volatility places the game between the studio’s calmer titles and its more demanding high-variance releases, so payouts should arrive at a moderate pace and size. Stakes run from €0.20 to €240.00 per spin, which suits cautious play and larger bankrolls alike. In addition, the maximum payout is 25,000x the bet.

Slot Theme

The visual style leans bright and fantastical. Behind the reels sits a pink-washed scene of towering mountains, falling water and rose gardens, with a goddess placed to one side of the grid to stop the picture from feeling static. Symbols arrive as gems in green, purple, grey, blue and red, cut into varying shapes, alongside harps, helmets, pearls and golden apples. The soundtrack follows the same direction as the artwork rather than pulling against it.

Slot Bonuses & Features

Tumble Feature: Each spin is settled first, so winning combinations are paid out and the symbols that formed them are cleared from the grid. Symbols sitting above the gaps drop down, and new ones fall in from the top to fill whatever remains empty.

The sequence repeats for as long as each drop creates another win and stops once a tumble returns nothing. Winnings from a base spin reach the player’s balance only after the full tumble sequence has finished.

Multiplier Spots: A random multiplier can land on any of the 30 grid positions, either on a spin or on a tumble. Whenever a winning symbol explodes on a multiplier spot, that multiplier gains another instance of its own starting value. Any win that forms on top of a multiplier takes its value, and when several multipliers form part of the same win, their values are added together.

The possible values are x2, x4, x8, x16, x32, x64, x128, x256, x512 and x1,024. In the base game, every marked spot holds its position for the duration of the tumbling sequence and is cleared once no further tumbles occur.

Free Spins: Hitting 3, 4, 5, or 6 Scatter symbols anywhere on the screen awards 6 Free Spins. The number of Scatters sets the starting multiplier, which is already present across the whole grid at x2, x4, x8, or x16, respectively. Those multipliers hold until the round ends, and later tumbles can raise them by the value of the starting multiplier, referred to as the Multiplier Boost.

Scatters that hit during the round are collected. Every third Scatter pushes the Multiplier Boost up one step, following the order x2, x4, x8, x16, x32, x64, x128, x256, x512 and x1,024. Each step upwards also hands over two additional Free Spins. Once the Boost reaches x1,024 it stops climbing, and the reward changes to 10 additional Free Spins instead.

Special Bets: The bet multiplier is selected by the player, and each option changes how the game runs:

• Ante Bet (60x). More Scatter symbols sit on the reels, which raises the natural chance of triggering Free Spins 10x.
• Super Spin 1 (400x). Every spin starts with a random multiplier on all grid positions, drawn from x2 up to x1,024. The Multiplier Boost for that spin is double whichever multiplier the game has placed on the grid, to a maximum of x1,024. Any tumble that lands symbols on a multiplier adds the current Boost to those positions once, after which the Boost doubles, again to a maximum of x1,024. Free Spins cannot be triggered on this bet.
• Super Spin 2 (5,000x). All positions open the spin at x32 and the Multiplier Boost begins at x64. Tumble behaviour matches Super Spin 1: multipliers struck by winning symbols gain the current Boost once, and the Boost then doubles, up to x1,024. Free Spins cannot be triggered on this bet.
• Super Spin 3 (20,000x). All positions open the spin at x128 and the Multiplier Boost begins at x256. The same tumble rules apply, and the Boost doubles up to x1,024. Free Spins cannot be triggered on this bet.

Buy Feature: The Free Spins round can be bought outright from the base game, at three prices:

• 100x total bet: Free Spins with 3 guaranteed Scatters
• 400x total bet: Super Free Spins with 5 guaranteed Scatters
• 250x total bet: Random Free Spins with 3 to 6 Scatters

The Random Free Spins purchase adds a gamble step ahead of the round. Players may take the current values and start, or gamble to double the starting multiplier and the Multiplier Boost. The gamble puts two hearts on screen and asks for one to be picked.

A multiplier behind the chosen heart doubles the current starting multiplier and Multiplier Boost. An empty heart forfeits all Free Spins and ends the feature. The gamble can be repeated only until the starting multiplier and Multiplier Boost reach x128.

Published win chances for the gamble:

• x2 to x4: 50.03%
• x4 to x8: 50.04%
• x8 to x16: 50.16%
• x16 to x32: 50.01%
• x32 to x64: 50.07%
• x64 to x128: 50.47%

Conclusion

Hearts of Venus is built around tumbles and multiplier spots, with values running from x2 to x1,024 and adding together whenever several take part in the same win. Free Spins extend that idea through the Multiplier Boost, which climbs on collected Scatters and hands over extra spins each time it rises. Four Special Bet options and three purchase prices give players more than one route into the feature, including a gamble step on the Random Free Spins buy. The top payout stands at 25,000x the bet.