You’ve just created your account with the code PODIUM20 and there’s 20 € of credit on your balance. That leaves one question: where do you start?
That credit exists for exactly this — to understand how Podium works before committing money of your own. So don’t spend it at random. Especially not on a platform where randomness plays no part.
1. Start with the free practice mode
Practice mode is free and doesn’t use up your credit. That’s where to begin, and for longer than five minutes.
The four games are simple to grasp but slow to master. A player who has run fifty practice games on Calculi plays nothing like someone still discovering the interface: they’re no longer thinking about where to tap, they’re thinking about their game.
A tournament ranking is decided by a handful of points. Turning up without the basic moves automated means handing that gap to everyone else.
2. Pick one game, not four
This is the most expensive instinct: trying all four games, playing a few rounds everywhere, and ending up average at everything.
Because there’s no random element in the games, your progress is real and cumulative. Every hour spent on the same game turns into points. Spread across four games, that same hour produces almost nothing.
Take the one that suits you and stay on it for as long as your credit lasts.
3. Understand the tournament rhythm before entering one
A tournament is triggered every 250 games, and three players are rewarded every time.
Two things follow. First, there are always winners — this isn’t a draw where nobody comes out. Second, you know how many players you’re up against. Your goal isn’t to be good in absolute terms, it’s to finish in the top three of a group whose size you know.
That’s a difference in kind from a game of chance: your position depends only on what you produced during your game.
4. Start with the lowest stakes
Tournaments run from 1 € to 50 €. With 20 € of credit, you can choose between roughly twenty attempts at 1 € or a single one at 20 €.
Take the small ones. Twenty attempts teach you where you’re losing points; one teaches you nothing. You move up once you know what score you typically reach.
5. The one condition to remember
The free credit must be played before any withdrawal. It isn’t transferable, and the offer is reserved for new accounts.
In other words, it isn’t a sum to cash out — it’s a sum to use. What you build with it, on the other hand, is yours.
Which game should you start with?
- Solitaire — if you’d rather think before acting. The calmest pace of the four, and most of your progress comes from the order in which you play your cards.
- Calculi — if you’re comfortable with numbers. This is where practice shows up fastest in your score.
- Match 3 — if you spot patterns quickly. The difficulty is reading the board before you move, not moving fast.
- Infinite Rush — if you have good reflexes. The quickest to pick up, the most demanding in consistency.
What to keep in mind
On Podium, all players play the same game under the same conditions. No draw, no random element, no element of luck: zero chance, 100 % talent.
That has a direct bearing on how you use your 20 €. In a game of chance, practising achieves nothing — the outcome doesn’t depend on you. Here it’s the opposite: every practice game mechanically improves your odds of finishing on the podium.
So your credit isn’t a shot to take. It’s free playing time to get better.
Don’t have your credit yet? The terms are set out on the 20 € free credit page.
