Why does the same character attract so many studios?
Medusa is from Greek mythology, and no studio owns the character or can prevent others from using it. Unlike licensed movie or game IP, the subject is freely available for anyone to use without a royalty agreement. This low barrier is directly visible in our catalogue: 58 games and 48 different providers — on average fewer than one and a half games per studio.
It also follows that the theme has been used by studios of very different sizes: the same catalog contains both large, well-known houses and smaller creators for whom Medusa is a single title investment. Neither size is “right” here — both appear in the catalog on equal terms.
Five providers who have returned again
43 of 48 providers have made only one Medusa-themed game. The other five have returned to the topic more often:
| Provider | Number of games | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Spinomenal | 5 | Book of Medusa, Story Of Medusa, Story of Medusa II |
| NextGen | 3 | Medusa Megaways, Medusa 2, Medusa Scratch |
| StakeLogic | 2 | Stone Gaze of Medusa, Stone Gaze of Medusa 2 |
| Wazdan | 2 | Power of Gods Medusa, …Extremely Light |
| PG Soft | 2 | Medusa, Medusa II |
The full provider list, including all 43 single-game studios, can be found on the page Providers.
When a studio returns to a theme more often, it doesn't mean a sequel of the same game — each title is its own product with its own mechanics and numbers. PG Soft's Medusa and Medusa II are two different games, not a version and an update — so you should always read numbers from that game's own page, not assume based on the studio's earlier title.
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Six games, same name “Medusa”
One detail of the catalog is worth knowing before searching for a game by name: six different providers have named their game exactly ”Medusa”, without an extra word — PG Soft, GMW, TaDa Gaming, KA Gaming, Blueprint and AllWaySpin. Six completely different games, different mechanics and different figures, the same name in the search field.
Additionally, eight games use the possessive name “Medusa's…” — for example Medusa's Wild (High 5 Games) and Medusa's Golden Gaze (2by2 Gaming) — which are no more related to each other than to six "plain Medusas." The practical rule is the same as we already explained in our RTP article: always check the provider next to the game's name , and don't assume that the same name means the same game or the same numbers. For this reason the provider is shown immediately under the title on each of our game pages.
More than a decade same character: 2014–2026
The oldest games in our catalog are from 2014: Medusa: The Quest of Perseus (Incredible Technologies), Medusa 2 and Medusa Scratch (both NextGen). The newest four games are from 2026, the most recent being Medusa Dark Ages (Skywind Group, maaliskuu 2026). A steady stream of releases fills the gap each year — the range therefore covers over a decade of slot development around the same character.
Release year isn't a quality mark. An older game can be mechanically simpler — often with fixed paylines without Megaways or avalanche-chains that became more common later — but RTP and volatility are always read from the game's own details, not the release year. The catalog's absolute oldest and newest games can be found in the collection Classics and the latest feed from the page New releases.
Same character, different role
Differences between studios aren't limited to mechanics — also the role Medusa plays in the story varies. Some games cast her as an opponent or a monster the player fights against: Artemis vs Medusa (Quickspin) and Midas VS Medusa (Bulletproof Games) build directly in the name of confrontation. Some instead make her the story's main character or source of power, on whose side the player is — a large portion of “Medusa's…” -named games belong to this group.
The third group connects the character to a broader mythology: Arena of Gods – Rise of Medusa (Rabcat) brings Zeus to the mix, and Medusa vs Perseus: Stone Duel (iconic21, helmikuu 2026) builds directly around the Perseus myth. Same source material, three completely different ways to tell it.
We do not rank studios in order of quality in this piece — that would be subjective, not factual. We only report what the pool shows: how many providers, how many games each, and from which years.
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Known names among a single-game selection
One-game providers include both small studios and well-known houses in the industry, which have each done the Medusa theme only once in their own style. Quickspin brought the topic up Artemis vs Medusa -the game's, IGT published Medusa Queen Of Stone -the game and Novomatic version called Myth of Medusa Gold. Also Playtech Origins is included with its own Age of the Gods Medusa & Monsters -with its gameplay, as part of the broader Age of the Gods series.
This says the same thing as the previous point in different words: the subject is not exclusive to any one studio type. A large house may make one version that fits its series, and a small studio may make one title that is its only release for the year — both games appear in our catalog on equal footing, and both are marked by numbers.
How to browse the catalog by provider
- Start from the page Providers, if you want to browse by studio — five multi-game providers are highlighted at the top and the remaining 43 are listed alphabetically.
- Use collections, if a mechanic or feature interests you more than the maker — collections group games across studio boundaries.
- Always check the game‑specific page before assuming that another game from the same studio would be similar — the figures and mechanics can differ completely, such as above was evident in the case of six identically named games.
- Don't draw any conclusions from the name alone — the provider next to the game's name is always the info that tells which studio made the game you're looking at.
Short summary
- 58 games, 48 providers — Medusa is a freely usable mythological character, not anyone's licensed IP.
- 43 providers has made only one game; five have returned to the theme: Spinomenal (5), NextGen (3), StakeLogic, Wazdan and PG Soft (2 each).
- Releases cover the years 2014–2026 — over a decade of slot development.
- The same character takes a different role in different games: antagonist, protagonist or part of a wider mythology.
- Studio or release year does not tell RTP or volatility — these are always read on a per-game basis.
