Launch to Riches: Rockets Against the Asteroid Field

Launch to Riches is a Pragmatic Play slot with a space theme, built around one idea: rockets that fly up off the reels and smash into a field of asteroids, each one hiding something. The same idea drives both the base game and the free spins, on two differently shaped asteroid grids.

In the base game the asteroid field is a 5×4 grid that appears above the reels whenever a rocket collect symbol lands. In the bonus game the reels shrink to a single row of five positions and the asteroid field above grows to 5×7.

The asteroids can reveal cash prizes, scatter symbols or bombs. The free spins add a target on top of that: hit every asteroid on the bigger grid and a multiplier of up to 10x is applied to the whole bonus win.

Pragmatic Play lists the RTP of Launch to Riches at 96.52% on its official game page. That is the long-run theoretical return across a very large number of spins, not a guide to what any single session pays.

The game page publishes no volatility rating, max win figure, bet range or release date, so those are left out here rather than guessed. The highest multiplier Pragmatic Play does state is the up to 10x applied to the total win when every asteroid in the bonus grid is hit.

The page also makes no mention of a bonus buy or an ante bet. If either exists in a particular version of the game, the paytable inside the game is the place to confirm it.

There are three rocket collect symbols, and any one of them landing during a base game spin is enough to start the feature. The moment it lands, a 5×4 grid of asteroid symbols, 20 in total, appears above the reels.

Up to three rockets are then fired into that grid. Each asteroid a rocket hits breaks open to show one of three things: a cash prize, three scatter symbols, or a bomb.

Bombs are the part that can spread the result. Pragmatic Play says a bomb can award the prizes next to it or set off further bombs, so one well-placed rocket can reach well beyond the single asteroid it struck.

Pragmatic Play does not explain on its page exactly how a reveal of three scatter symbols connects to the free spins trigger, which needs three scatters. That link is one of the first things to watch for in the demo.

Landing three or more scatter symbols triggers the bonus game with 10 free spins, plus two extra spins for each scatter beyond the third. As an illustration of that rule, four scatters would start the round with 12 free spins and five scatters with 14.

That makes 10 the floor, and Pragmatic Play's own summary describes the round as at least 10 free spins. The page does not mention free spins being added once the round is under way, so the starting count is the one to note.

The free spins change the layout completely. Rocket collect symbols now land on a 5×1 row, a single line of five positions, and fire at a 5×7 grid of asteroids above it. Pragmatic Play describes that upper grid as a grid of mystery symbols.

At 35 asteroids, the bonus grid holds 15 more targets than the 20 in the base game version. Every rocket collect symbol that lands on the row fires into it, so the grid only empties as fast as rockets keep arriving.

The round can end in two ways. Either the free spins run out, or every asteroid on the grid has been hit. The second ending is the one players want, because it is the only route Pragmatic Play gives to the multiplier.

If all the asteroids are hit, a multiplier of up to 10x is applied to the total win of the bonus game. It is applied once, to the whole round, rather than to individual prizes along the way.

The wording is up to 10x, so the multiplier is not fixed at 10x every time the grid is cleared. Pragmatic Play's page does not publish the full list of possible values or how they are chosen.

Clearing the grid also ends the feature immediately, even with free spins still left. As an illustration of how those rules combine, a round that clears all 35 asteroids on its eighth spin stops there, and its total win so far is the amount the multiplier is applied to.

The free Launch to Riches demo on this page plays with play credits and is the quickest way to see how often a rocket collect symbol turns up in the base game, and how many of the three rockets usually fire once it does.

Count the bombs. They are the reveal that can carry a result across the grid, either by paying the neighbouring prizes or by setting off more bombs, and they decide how much of the 5×4 field a single feature clears.

In the free spins, keep an eye on how many of the 35 asteroids remain as the spins run down. The number left on the grid against the spins left on the counter tells you whether the round is on course for the multiplier. Pragmatic Play's site is for players aged 18 and over, and a demo shows how the mechanics behave, not what any future spin will pay.

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What is the RTP of Launch to Riches?

Pragmatic Play lists the RTP of Launch to Riches at 96.52% on its official game page. That figure is a theoretical return measured over a very large number of spins, so short sessions can land well above or below it. The game page does not publish a volatility rating alongside it.

How do you trigger free spins in Launch to Riches?

Land three or more scatter symbols. Three scatters award 10 free spins, and each scatter beyond the third adds two more, so four give 12 and five give 14. The bonus plays on a single row of five positions with a 5×7 grid of asteroids above it.

How does the 10x multiplier work in Launch to Riches?

During the free spins, rockets fire at a 5×7 asteroid grid. If every asteroid is hit, a multiplier of up to 10x is applied to the total win of the bonus game, and the feature ends at that point even if free spins remain. Pragmatic Play does not publish the full list of multiplier values.

What do the rocket collect symbols do?

When one of the three rocket collect symbols lands in the base game, a 5×4 grid of asteroids appears above the reels and up to three rockets are fired into it. Each asteroid hit reveals a cash prize, three scatter symbols or a bomb, and bombs can award neighbouring prizes or set off more bombs.

Can you play the Launch to Riches demo for free?

Yes. The Launch to Riches demo on this page runs Pragmatic Play's game with play credits, so you can watch the rocket collect feature, the bombs and the one-row free spins without staking money. A demo shows how the features behave, not what a future spin will pay.