Story of Gaia

Story of Gaia Overview

Story of Gaia is a forest-mythology slot from Spinomenal, released on 7 July 2023 as part of the studio’s Mythology Series. It runs on a 5x4 grid with 20 fixed paylines, and its whole design turns around Gaia herself – the earth goddess is the wild symbol, and she can expand to cover a full reel. SlotCatalog lists a 90% RTP (the game comes in several RTP versions), a maximum win of 3,000x and a stake range of 0.20 to 200 per spin.

A Forest Instead of a Temple

Most mythology slots put you in front of marble columns and gold. Story of Gaia goes the other way: the reels sit inside a frame of ivy and white flowers, the background is a misty green forest, and the symbols are woodland animals – a stag, a hare, a red squirrel and a sparrow. Gaia appears as a portrait crowned with roses and flowers, and when she expands she fills a whole reel with a tall painting of the goddess holding a glowing orb. The card royals are drawn as ornate gold and red letters with small leaf decorations.

The Paytable

The info screen splits the regular symbols into medium and low groups. For five, four and three of a kind it lists:

• Stag: 1,000 / 300 / 70
• Hare: 600 / 200 / 60
• Squirrel and sparrow: 120 / 40 / 20
• A and K: 40 / 20 / 15
• Q and J: 20 / 15 for five and four

The shape of the table is the interesting part. The stag pays eight times as much as the squirrel for five of a kind, and 25 times as much as an ace. That puts almost all of the game’s value into the two big animals – a full line of stags is the one regular result that really moves the balance.

Gaia, the Expanding Wild

Gaia substitutes for the regular symbols, and she does not always stay a single square. SlotCatalog lists an expanding wild with re-spin, and our screenshots show both sides of it: a small Gaia portrait marked WILD in a single position, and a full-height Gaia covering reel 1 during the bonus. On a 20-line game with four rows, a wild that covers an entire reel touches every line that crosses it, which is why an expanded Gaia is the feature to watch for.

What Our Spins Showed

At a stake of 10 per line (200 total), one spin landed two Gaia wilds on the middle reel alongside the free spins symbol and paid 900 – 4.5x the bet. Another spin at the same stake stacked stags on the fifth reel and ended on a Big Win of 2,100 – 10.5x, with coins pouring across a banner of golden roses.

We also played at a much smaller stake, 0.10 per line (2.00 total), where the base game kept its full layout: sparrows, a hare, a stag and a single Gaia wild spread across the four rows. The per-line control makes it easy to move between the two ends of the range without changing the number of lines.

Free Spins with Expanding Wilds

The bonus opens with a green panel framed in roses: “Congratulations! You have won 10 free spins with an expanding wilds feature”. That screen was taken at 5 per line (100 total). During the round the Gaia wilds expand over their reel, and our screenshot with 9 free spins left shows exactly that – a full Gaia on reel 1 and a win of 200 = 2x the bet from that single spin. SlotCatalog also lists additional free spins, so the round can be extended.

Buy Option

A BUY button sits next to the spin button, and SlotCatalog confirms a buy feature for Story of Gaia. Our screenshots do not show the price panel, so we cannot quote the cost – check it in the demo before you decide.

The Numbers to Keep in Mind

The 3,000x ceiling is modest next to the stag’s 1,000 for five of a kind – it tells you the big results come from Gaia expanding across the grid rather than from any single symbol. The 90% RTP listed on SlotCatalog is the lowest of several available versions, so the figure at your casino may be higher; the game’s info screen will show which version you are playing.

More From Spinomenal

Spinomenal has built a whole shelf of story-driven slots. Koschei The Deathless takes a Slavic fairy tale and hides its treasures in a chest, a hare and a duck, while the Wolf Fang series leans on stacked animals and themed free-spin modes.

Who It Is For

Story of Gaia suits players who like a calm nature theme and a clear, readable game: twenty lines, one wild with one big idea, and a free spins round built around that idea. The paytable is steep at the top, so patience matters more than speed here. All six casinos we checked carry it.

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