Wheel of Wonders

Theme and Design

A Stunning Visual Production With Lots of Interesting and Clever Detail

The setting for the game is an unusual one – we are in the ancient, middle-Eastern land of Mesopotamia – surrounded by desert and sand dunes, with what looks like an old city in the background, though it’s been blurred out, presumably so we don’t get distracted by the complex action taking place on the grid. The reels themselves are housed in some kind of weird stone structure, a monument to someone or something perhaps.

I have to say, the standard of production here is very high. Push Gaming slots always have a distinctive style to them and Wheel of Wonders is no exception. High quality illustrations, smooth animations and attention to detail are evident throughout. And if you stick around you’ll start to notice new things about the game on every spin. That is a joy and gets Wheel of Wonders top marks in this section.

RTP and Variance

The RTP of Wheel of Wonders is 96.5% which is good, a little above average. For Push Gaming fans, if you are looking for a higher return you could try alternatives like Wild Swarm (97.03% RTP), Wizard Shop (97% RTP), The Shadow Order (96.98% RTP) or Razor Shark (96.7% RTP). All these games are available at the slot sites on this page.

Meanwhile, the variance on Wheel of Wonders is cranked up to the max. This is the studio that brought us games like Land of Zenith and Bison Battle so expect the unexpected. This game can be tight as hell before unleashing a flurry of wins out of nowhere.

Maximum Win

That volatile game engine is matched by a top payout of 47,233x, making this one of Push Gaming’s highest-paying slots. Since its launch it has been out-gunned by Razor Returns (100,000x) and a few more games with a 50,000x top win, but it still represents an impressive potential.

Symbols and Paytable

Wheel of Wonders is a sophisticated slot with an interesting reel configuration that I will come onto. But first, keep in mind that this is a Win Ways game. That means wins are triggered by landing identical symbols on adjacent reels from left to right, regardless of the row they land on.

When the game begins you have 6 reels and 3 rows to play on. That gives you 729 Win Ways to start (3x3x3x3x3x3). But consecutive wins open up new positions on 3 extra rows above the main ones, so the number of Win Ways starts to grow. With 3 extra rows to fill with more symbols, at full stretch you will have 46,656 Win Ways in play (6x6x6x6x6x6).

The paytable has 3 categories of symbol – low, medium and high value. Low payers are the FOUR hieroglyph-type symbols, worth from 0.1x for 3 up to 2x for six on a line. Medium value symbols include the wheel, claw and vase. These areworth from 0.5x for 3 up to 8x for six on a line. And the high value symbols are the three beasts heads, valued at from 1x for 3 up to 40x for six on a line.

Finally, there is also a Saragon Wild which can sub for ANY other symbol to complete a payline.

Features and Gameplay

Before we get into the details of how this game works, I should say it’s a complex slot with a lot of moving parts. For that reason I recommend playing in demo mode a few time first to get a feel for it before spending your own cash.

Here is how Wheel of Wonders works.

Wins Trigger Cascades and Unlock New Positions On The Top 3 Rows

The core component here is Cascades, or Avalanches. These occur after any winning spin. Winning symbols are removed and new ones drop in to replace them.

At the same time, for EVERY symbol type that occurred in your win, ONE extra position is added in the 3 rows that sit above the main reel set that you started with and paylines are re-calculated.

The Cascade may trigger another win, more positions to open up, and more paylines to come into play. This progressive feature continues until the win sequence ends. At this point a payout is made and the reel set goes back to 3 rows high. 

Unlock a ROW and Get an Ancient Wheel Spin

The fun part is this. The longer the sequence of wins goes on, the more additional features come into play.

So, if your win sequence unlocks an ENTIRE ROW … then you get a spin on an Ancient Wheel. Your spin doesn’t take place until the current sequence of avalanches ends.

With 3 extra rows of symbols to unlock there are THREE Ancient Wheels, each with different configurations. The prizes are instant cash prizes, win multipliers, or modifiers (explained below).

Each segment of each wheel will give you one of these prizes:

Wheel 1 (one row unlocked): Get a random cash prize of 1,000x to 5,000x, or a random win multiplier of 2x to 10x or one of these modifiers: Embellish, Transmute, Restore

Wheel 2 (two rows unlocked): Get a random cash prize of 1,000x to 5,000x, or a random win multiplier of 2x to 10x or one of these modifiers: Embellish, Transmute, Restore, OR Renovate

Wheel 3 (three rows unlocked): Get a random cash prize of 1,000x to 5,000x, or a random win multiplier of 2x to 10x or one of these modifiers: Embellish, Transmute, Restore, Renovate, OR Transmute.

Instant prizes and win multipliers are simple. But how do those modifiers work? Like this:

Embellish – the most common symbol in play changes to a more valuable symbol and wins are calculated again.

Transmute – on reels 2 to 6 between 2 and 7 symbols are converted into Wilds and wins are re-calculated.

Restore – up to 7 more positions are added to the locked rows above the existing ones and new symbols cascade down to create more potential wins

Renovate – low payers are randomly upgraded to move valuable symbols and wins are calculated again.

Total Multiplier – the multiplier displayed on the wheel is applied to your total win from the spin that triggered the wheel.

Bet Multiplier – here you get a win equal to your bet x the multiplier value displayed on the wheel.

That’s a lot to take in. But, it’s not all that happens!

IF you can unlock ALL six rows you will unlock the headline act – the Wheel of Wonders.  It is simple – you spin the wheel to be awarded a win multiplier of between 8x and 20x that will be applied to ALL wins from 5 free spins that follow. During those free spins ALL reels display SIX rows and 46,656 paylines are in play.

And, as if that wasn’t enough. You can actually re-trigger those free spins by winning 5 or more times during the free spins round. 5 wins gets you 2 more spins, 9 gets you 3 more spins and 15 gets you 5 more spins.