10 Swords puts a Roman arena on a plain 5×3 line grid and adds one clear side goal: count the Sword symbols in view. Four to ten Swords anywhere pay from 2× to 5,000× the bet, and Free Spins turn low card ranks into more Swords. The real choice is whether to pay extra for Ante Bet or Bonus Buy.
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10 Swords is a low-to-medium volatility video slot from Push Gaming, released on 31 May 2023. It runs on a 5×3 grid with 20 fixed paylines, an Eagle Wild, a Sword instant-prize ladder from 2× for four Swords to 5,000× for ten, Shield-triggered Free Spins that convert low symbols into Swords, an optional 20% Ante Bet and a 50× Bonus Buy where offered.
This card follows the Push Gaming product page and launch announcement, operator rules copies and the attached demo frames. It is not a report of played cash sessions.
For adults of legal gambling age in their location. Set a budget you can afford to lose.
Read full reviewListed RTP is 96.41% on the top build, with documented standard builds down to 88.32%. This card stores 96.41% as the displayed RTP and each published setting separately. Low-to-medium volatility is the studio label.
Ordinary wins use 20 fixed lines: at least three matching paying symbols on adjacent reels from reel 1. The Eagle Wild substitutes for ordinary paying symbols but not for Shield or Sword, and pays 5×, 15× or 40× on its own line. Separately, the game counts every Sword visible on the 5×3 grid, so one spin can pay a line win and a Sword prize without the Swords lining up.
Four Swords pay 2×, five 5×, six 10×, seven 25×, eight 100×, nine 1,000× and ten 5,000× the bet. The meter beside the reels resets every spin; Swords are not stored between rounds. The jump from eight to nine is the steep part of the ladder, and ten Swords is also the game’s 5,000× maximum.
This card suits readers who want a fixed-line slot with one obvious side goal and a bonus that visibly improves as it runs. It is less suited to anyone chasing very high volatility or complex multiplier stacks.
Three Shield Scatters award 8 Free Spins; four award 10 with two low types already converted to Swords; five award 12 with all four of J, Q, K and A converted. During the bonus, every four Shields collected toward an unconverted low symbol turn that symbol into Swords for the rest of the feature. Conversions earned this way add +4, +3, +3 and +2 spins in order, so a three-Shield start can reach 20 spins.
Ante Bet raises each paid spin by 20% and increases the chance of Shields; the surcharge does not count toward the bet used for prizes. Bonus Buy costs 50× the base bet and starts Free Spins with a random three-, four- or five-Shield package. The two modes cannot be combined. Wild yes, free spins yes, Bonus Buy yes where offered.
Low-to-medium volatility does not make optional modes cheap. Ante Bet adds 20% to every paid spin and one Bonus Buy commits 50 base bets at once. Set separate limits for ordinary spins and feature purchases before you start, and treat a nearly full Shield meter as a random state, not a due conversion.
Count Ante Bet at its full cost
Ten Ante spins at one unit cost twelve units while prizes still use the one-unit base bet. Count the surcharge toward your stop limit.
Price Bonus Buy in base bets
Five purchases cost 250 base bets before any return. The Shield package and every Sword count after purchase remain random.
Do not chase the fourth Shield
Three Shields collected toward the next conversion do not make the fourth one more likely. Keep the same time and money limits.
The Eagle Wild and Roman Leader top the paytable, followed by the blue warrior, green soldier, purple helmet, blue bomb and green horn, then stone A, K, Q and J. Shield and Sword sit outside Wild substitution: Shields trigger Free Spins, Swords feed the instant-prize ladder.
Wild eagle standard. Substitutes for ordinary paying symbols but not for Shield or Sword, and pays its own line award at 5×, 15× or 40× the bet.
Top ordinary paying symbol, level with the Eagle on the paytable. Three or more must land on adjacent reels from reel 1 on a fixed line.
Second character symbol, a gold-helmeted legionary with a gladius. Pays only on the 20 fixed lines, never as a scattered count.
Third character symbol, a spear-carrying soldier. Line awards start at three matching symbols from the leftmost reel.
Highest of the Roman object symbols. Sits between the characters and the bomb and horn on the paytable.
Mid object symbol, a blue flask-shaped bomb. Needs three or more on adjacent reels from reel 1 on an active line.
Lowest Roman object symbol before the stone card ranks. It is not converted to Swords during Free Spins.
Stone card-rank low. One of the four low types that Shield collections can convert into Swords during Free Spins.
Stone card-rank low with the same line values as A. Once converted, every K position counts toward the Sword ladder.
Stone card-rank low. A four-Shield trigger can start Free Spins with two low types already converted.
Lowest card-rank symbol. A five-Shield trigger starts Free Spins with all four low types, including J, already turned into Swords.
Push Gaming’s product page lists 96.41% RTP for standard play and rates volatility low to medium, noting that RTP can vary by casino. Documented alternative standard builds are 95.45%, 94.41%, 90.36% and 88.32%; for the top build, Ante Bet is listed at 96.45% and Bonus Buy at 96.75%. This card stores 96.41% as the displayed RTP and the five standard builds as separate settings. Check the loaded game information before real-money play. RTP is a long-run figure, not a forecast for one session or one bought bonus.
Push Gaming
Medium
5,000×
Four Swords pay only 2×, and the large rungs need nine or ten in one spin. Long runs without a Shield trigger fit the published volatility.
On a phone, open the menu and confirm whether Ante Bet is on before spinning; the total bet shown includes the 20% surcharge. Read the RTP line in the game information panel.
Builds at 88.32%, 90.36%, 94.41% and 95.45% are documented beside the 96.41% default. Confirm the figure in the loaded game before real-money play.
Desktop frames show the feature splash, base 5×3 reels with the Sword ladder, Eagle Wild paytable, Shield and Sword help and a three-Shield Free Spins trigger.
Portrait frames keep the Instant Prizes splash, base reels, Shield and Sword help, the low-symbol conversion rules and a Bonus Shield trigger from the mobile set.
Grid: five reels, three rows, 20 fixed lines
Swords: 4–10 anywhere pay 2× to 5,000×
Free Spins: Shields convert J, Q, K and A
RTP: confirm 96.41% on the live panel
Razor Shark, another Push Gaming title, uses a 5×4 sheet where Mystery Stacks reveal matching symbols and Free Spins build a running multiplier. 10 Swords is simpler and calmer: a 5×3 line game with a fixed Sword ladder and a bonus that converts low ranks into Swords. Same studio, very different volatility and goal.
| Game | Return / max win | Volatility | Bonus fit | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Swords | 88.32%–96.41% / 5,000× | Medium | Three to five Shields open 8, 10 or 12 Free Spins with zero, two or four low types converted; further conversions add spins and more Swords. | Sword prizes and the 5,000× maximum are multiples of the base bet. With Ante Bet on, a 5,000× prize is not 5,000 times the boosted 1.2× outlay. |
| Fish 'n' Nudge | 94.38%–96.40% / 10,000× | Medium | Three to five Bonus scatters start Free Spins at ×1, ×10 or ×25 with Nets on reels 2 and 4; every nudge adds +1 to the multiplier on Fish prizes. | The 10,000× cap and Fish prizes are base-bet multiples. A prize won on a Push Bet spin is not scaled up by the extra 20% outlay. |
| Big Bass Christmas Blast 1000 | 96.50% / 20,000× | Medium | Blast’s page says 3–5 Scatters start 5–9 free spins. This game’s page states the counts separately: 3, 4 or 5 Scatters award 5, 7 or 9 free spins. | Both pages list a buy. Blast prints 100x. This game prints 100x and 410x. The higher label is a price, not a larger guaranteed collection. |
When comparing, ask whether a side feature pays per spin or stores progress, and whether an ante mode buys anything beyond extra trigger chance.
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Publication status: Document-based review against Push Gaming’s product page and launch announcement, operator rules copies and the attached demo frames; no cash session is represented.
Studio page and launch article. Matched the Sword ladder, Eagle Wild, Shield entry packages, conversion sequence, Ante Bet, Bonus Buy, 96.41% RTP, volatility and the 5,000× figure to the product page and the 31 May 2023 release article.
Rules copies and RTP builds. Used operator rules for the left-to-right line direction, extra spins per conversion and documented builds of 88.32%, 90.36%, 94.41%, 95.45% and 96.41%, plus 96.45% Ante and 96.75% Bonus Buy.
Demo frames. Paytable cells on the attached screenshots show amounts for the loaded base bet; this card converts them to bet multiples. Conflicting max-win probabilities from secondary sources were not used.
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Push Gaming released 10 Swords on 31 May 2023.
No. The game counts every Sword visible on the 5×3 grid in that spin. Four pay 2× the bet and ten pay 5,000×.
No. The count resets every spin. In Free Spins only the conversion state persists: a converted low symbol stays a Sword for the rest of the bonus.
Every four Shields collected toward an unconverted J, Q, K or A turn that symbol into Swords and add +4, +3, +3 or +2 spins in order.
Push Gaming lists 96.41%. Documented standard builds also include 95.45%, 94.41%, 90.36% and 88.32%; Ante Bet is 96.45% and Bonus Buy 96.75% on the top build.
Where offered, 50× the base bet. It starts Free Spins with a random three-, four- or five-Shield package and cannot be combined with Ante Bet.
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