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The secret to this game? The multipliers add up, they don’t double.
If you’ve ever played Sugar Rush by Pragmatic Play, you’ll recognize the bones of Hearts of Venus. The developers have taken that familiar multiplier system, moved it onto a slightly different grid, and covered the whole thing in Valentine’s Day roses.
But the roses aren’t the real story here. The real story is a unique multiplier system that builds up across a single winning spin. It has to, because the standard symbols in this game pay almost nothing on their own.
Hearts of Venus is a medium-volatility game, meaning it offers a decent balance of risk and reward. It has a solid 96.50% return-to-player (RTP) rate, a massive 25,000x max win, and is set to release on August 31, 2026.
Here’s everything you need to know before you play.
How the Multiplier Spots Work
The basic gameplay is simple: if you land eight or more matching symbols anywhere on the screen, you win. It doesn’t matter where they are. When you win, those symbols explode, and new ones drop down to fill the empty spaces (this is called a “tumble”). This keeps happening until no new winning combos land. There are no Wild symbols to help you out, either.
What makes this game exciting are the multiplier spots. During any spin, a multiplier (ranging from x2 all the way up to x1,024) can randomly attach itself to a spot on the board.
If a winning symbol explodes on top of that multiplier, the multiplier grows. But, and this is important, it grows by adding its starting value, not by doubling. For example, if a spot starts at x2, it will grow to x4, then x6, then x8. You’ll regularly see an x6 multiplier on the board, which wouldn’t be possible if the game were just doubling numbers.
Even better, if you get a win that covers multiple multiplier spots, those multipliers are added together. If you have four different multipliers under a winning combo, your win is multiplied by their combined total. This is where the big money hides, which is a relief, because the base payouts are incredibly low.
In the normal game, these multiplier spots disappear as soon as your spin (and any tumbles) is over. If you want them to stick around, you need to get to the free spins round.
The Free Spins Bonus (and how to keep it going)
If you land three, four, five, or six Scatter symbols, you trigger the bonus game. You will always get exactly six free spins, no matter how many Scatters you landed.
So, what do the extra Scatters actually do? They determine your starting multiplier. Depending on how many Scatters you get, every single spot on the board will start with a multiplier of x2, x4, x8, or x16. During the bonus round, these multipliers never reset. They just keep growing.
Six spins go by fast, so you’ll want to earn more. If you land Scatters during the bonus round, the game collects them. Every time you collect three, two great things happen: you get two extra free spins, and your “Multiplier Boost” goes up. The Boost dictates how fast your multipliers grow when you land a win on them. The longer the round goes, the faster your multipliers climb.
In our test, we only managed to collect one set of three Scatters. Our Boost went from x2 to x4, and our six spins became eight. That was it. It’s a good reminder that if you start with a basic x2 multiplier and don’t collect extra Scatters, the bonus round can be pretty quiet. The massive wins you see online only happen when the bonus round keeps re-triggering and feeding itself.
Buying the Bonus and the Gamble Feature
If you don’t want to wait, you can buy your way into the free spins round.
- Standard Free Spins (100x your bet): Guarantees an x2 starting multiplier.
- Super Free Spins (400x your bet): Guarantees an x8 starting multiplier.
- Random Free Spins (250x your bet): A gamble. You could get anywhere from an x2 to an x16 start.
Amazingly, the RTP stays exactly the same (96.50%) no matter which option you buy. Usually, games penalize you a little bit for buying the bonus, but not here.
The 250x buy is the most interesting because it lets you gamble before the round starts. You’re shown two hearts and have to pick one. If you pick right, your starting multipliers double. If you pick an empty heart, you lose your money and the bonus round ends before you even spin the reels. It’s essentially a coin toss (about a 50% chance of winning).
We bought the cheap 100x bonus for $200 (playing at $2 a spin). We got eight free spins and won back a measly $14.40. Ouch.
The “Special Bets” Trap (Watch out for this!)
Aside from buying the bonus, there are four special ways to bet.
The best one is the Ante Bet. It costs 3x your normal stake, but it makes it ten times more likely that you’ll trigger the free spins naturally. Since the bonus normally only hits once in every 439 spins, this is a great deal.
Then there are the three Super Spins, which cost 20x, 250x, or a massive 1,000x your normal bet. These give you a single spin with huge guaranteed multipliers on the board.
Here is the catch that the game doesn’t make obvious: The game’s advertised 25,000x maximum payout is tied to your base bet, not the massive price you just paid for the Super Spin.
If you buy the most expensive Super Spin (1,000x your bet), the absolute most you can win is just 25 times what that spin cost you. On top of that, you can’t trigger the free spins round during a Super Spin.
Basically, the game is selling you an incredibly expensive spin with a terrible maximum payout limit. Skip these.
Theme and Symbols
The game looks like a Valentine’s Day card. It features pastel skies, pink blossoms, and a goddess holding a heart-shaped wand. The symbols include a golden apple, a pearl, a Roman helmet, a harp, and some colorful gems. It’s pretty, but very safe and a bit forgettable.
As mentioned earlier, the paytable barely matters. The highest paying symbol is the golden apple. If you land 12 or more of them, you win 50x your bet. That is the absolute best standard payout in a game that advertises a 25,000x max win. It’s clear that the base symbols are just there to act as vehicles for the multipliers.
Pros and Cons
The Good:
- Multipliers add together rather than just replacing each other. A small win can turn into a massive payout if it hits the right spots.
- The math is fair. The RTP stays at 96.50% across every single mode and bonus buy.
- The free spins round gets better as you play, rewarding you with extra spins and faster-growing multipliers.
- You get a winning spin about once every three and a half spins, which keeps the base game from feeling boring.
The Bad:
- There are no Wild symbols, and the base payouts are tiny. Without multipliers, you win almost nothing.
- The expensive “Super Spins” are a trap. They cost a fortune, lock you out of the bonus round, and severely cap your maximum potential win.
- Six free spins is a very short bonus round, and getting extra spins relies purely on luck.
- It feels a bit recycled. The tumbling symbols, multiplier spots, and bonus menus are all things we’ve seen from Pragmatic Play before, just with a new coat of pink paint.
The Verdict
Hearts of Venus is a solid game with a genuinely great multiplier mechanic. Because the multipliers add together, the game can suddenly hand you a massive win when you least expect it. It’s also refreshing to see a game that doesn’t lower your odds when you buy a bonus feature.
However, the game can be brutal. As we found out when our $200 bonus buy paid back $14, the free spins round has to re-trigger itself to be worth your while. Otherwise, it’s over in a flash.
The biggest letdown is the math behind the expensive “Super Spins.” Charging players 1,000x their bet for a spin that caps out at a 25x return is just bad design.
Our advice? Ignore the expensive Super Spins. If you want action, turn on the Ante Bet (which costs 3x your stake). It triggers the bonus round much faster, keeps the massive 25,000x win ceiling intact, and lets you enjoy the best parts of this game without breaking the bank.