Rich Fish

Rich Fish Slot Review — Apollo Games

Rich Fish is a video slot released by Apollo Games on 5 October 2018, built around a 5-reel, 3-row grid with 5 paylines. Apollo Games is a Prague-based studio that has produced online slots, VLT titles and land-based cabinets since 2007, operating under an MGA license (MGA/CRP/523/2018, issued on 29 March 2019), and Rich Fish sits in its catalogue as a compact, single-screen game rather than a feature-heavy release. Betting on Rich Fish runs from 0.1 to 35.0 per spin, which covers both cautious and higher-stake sessions on the same paytable.

Core Gameplay Experience

The 5×3 layout with 5 fixed paylines keeps Rich Fish close to a classic slot rhythm: each spin resolves quickly, with no cascading reels or shifting grid to slow the pace. Five paylines is a narrow structure compared with the hundreds or thousands of ways common in modern releases, so wins depend more on landing the right symbols on a fixed line than on covering the whole board.

Visually, Rich Fish stays inside an underwater world — blue and green tones, sea shells, starfish, an octopus and shoals of fish fill the reels, giving the game a calm, ocean-floor feel rather than an action-driven theme. That coastal setting places it alongside other sea-themed titles on the site, including the slots collected under Pirates & Sea themed slots.

Features and Mechanics

Rich Fish carries three named mechanics: wilds, a multiplier, and expanding symbols. The wild substitutes for other symbols on the fixed paylines, which is the main lever for completing combinations on a 5-payline grid where near-misses are otherwise common. The expanding symbol mechanic, grouped on the site under slots with Expanding Symbols, grows a landed symbol to cover more of its reel, turning a partial hit into a fuller line. The multiplier then applies to qualifying wins, lifting payouts above the base paytable value on the spins where it triggers.

RTP, Volatility and Payout Model

Rich Fish returns 95% to players over the long run under a high-volatility profile — a trait shared by 62% of the catalog (2,952 of 4,748 slots) — meaning payouts cluster around infrequent, larger hits rather than steady small returns. That 95% figure sits in the 18th percentile of the 4,462 slots with a published RTP in the catalogue used for this review, against a catalog median of 96% (with 95.22% and below considered on the low side, and 96.32% and above on the high side) — placing Rich Fish on the lower side of the RTP range for tracked titles. The base paytable caps at a 256x max win, while a separate version of the game raises the ceiling to 30,000x; the two figures belong to different configurations of the same title, not to the same paytable. In practice, a high-volatility, low-payline structure like this one means a session can run through stakes without a payline connecting, followed by a spin where the wild, expanding symbol and multiplier combine.

Similar Apollo Slots — Comparison

Across this Apollo Games lineup, most 5-payline titles settle at a 95% RTP with high volatility, and Rich Fish is one of several sitting at that same figure rather than standing out from it; sizzle fire and Space Game mark the lower end of the group. Rich Fish ranks 6th of the 12 Apollo titles with a published RTP among high-volatility, up-to-10-payline slots, placing it in the middle rather than at either edge of that group.

Similar High-Volatility Slots from Other Studios

Of the compared titles here, TNT Bonanza 2 offers the highest disclosed ceiling of this group at x6500 alongside a higher RTP than Rich Fish, while Rich Fish trades that headline number for a simpler 5-payline structure rather than a Megaways-style reel set.

How to Play Rich Fish Online

Demo mode is the practical way to learn the pace of a high-volatility, 5-payline game like Rich Fish before committing real stakes, since it reproduces the same reel behaviour without risking funds. Apollo Games titles run at 18 casinos in the catalogue used for this review, including CasinoInfinity, ViciBet and 22Casino, and the demo can typically be reached through the wider slots demo catalogue or the Slots category. Choosing where to play for real money still depends on the operator’s own licensing and terms, which is worth checking against the criteria described in the Search-Casino review methodology.

Conclusion

“Rich Fish is a compact, high-volatility slot for players who accept long stretches without a win in exchange for an occasional larger payout, not a game built for steady returns.” — Search-Casino Editorial Team

Rich Fish delivers a straightforward 5×3, 5-payline structure with wild, multiplier and expanding symbol mechanics rather than a sprawling feature set, and its 95% RTP under a high-volatility profile sits on the lower end of the wider catalogue while still matching several other Apollo Games titles at the same figure. It suits players who want a simple ocean-themed session and are prepared for its swings, and it is less suited to those seeking frequent, low-variance wins or expecting the alternate version’s higher ceiling to show up in everyday play.