Pirate Pays Megaways Slot Review

Pirate Pays Megaways Slot Details & Wager Limits

The Pirate Pays Megaways slot is played on a 6 reel machine. The number of symbols that appear on each reel changes with each spin. The more symbols, the more Megaways. If all 6 reels contain the maximum number of symbols, you’ll have 117,649 Megaways in play. Winning combinations are created by landing matching symbols or wild on adjacent reels, starting from reel 1.

Stakes in this pirate adventure range from 20p to £20 per spin. Click on the arrows below the stake box to adjust your bet level accordingly. There’s also an Auto function where up to 100 auto spins with loss and single win limits can be chosen.

The Pirates Pays Megaways RTP rate is 96.23% which is slightly better than average. These pirate waters can be very choppy for your bankroll. The volatility is quite high (4/5). The hit frequency rate is 37.22% meaning a win will land on average every 2.68 spins.

What sets this game apart from other Big Time Gaming slots is the win potential. The maximum win in the base game is 15,500 x your total stake. This rises to a potentially enormous 104,400 x your total stake per free spin during the Kraken Bonus Free Spins feature.

Theme – set sail on a pirate galleon  

With a pirate theme, the design in the Pirate Pays Megaways slot game is typical Big Time Gaming. Their bright, colourful visuals aren’t always as polished as some other providers but they’re typically jolly and in your face.

With blue skies and blue seas in the background, the reels are set with a pirate galleon. You’ll see A to 9 royals as well as green, blue, red and purple gemstone symbols. The purple gemstone is the most rewarding symbol with 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 in combination paying 0.5, 1, 2, 4 or 25 x your total stake.

The game comes with 2 wild symbols. The parrot is the standard wild. There’s also a compass wild that can deliver trails of wilds as you’ll discover below. There are also 2 scatter symbols. These can combine to trigger the standard or enhanced Kraken Bonus which awards free spins and multipliers. Here’s a table showing all symbols with payouts and information:

Symbol	Payouts/Info
9	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.15, 0.2 or 0.4 x stake
10	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.15, 0.2 or 0.4 x stake
J	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.15, 0.2, 0.25 or 0.5 x stake
Q	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.15, 0.2, 0.25 or 0.5 x stake
K	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.2, 0.25, 0.3 or 0.6 x stake
A	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.2, 0.25, 0.3 or 0.6 x stake
Green Gemstone	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.25, 0.3, 0.4 or 0.7 x stake
Blue Gemstone	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.3, 0.4, 0.5 or 0.8 x stake
Red Gemstone	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 or 0.9 x stake
Purple Gemstone	2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.5, 1, 2, 4 or 25 x stake
Parrot Wild	Replaces all symbols above
Compass Wild	Triggers Compass Wilds feature
Gold Treasure Chest Scatter	Triggers Kraken Bonus feature
Purple Treasure Chest Megascatter	Triggers Mega Kraken Bonus feature

Pirate Pays Megaways Mobile

You can play this game on all devices including tablets and mobiles. The best way to play it is on a desktop computer with a large screen. It’s been created with HTML5 technology so even available on Apple TV devices. The Pirate Pays Megaways demo above is available on all devices.

Pirate Pays Megaways Bonus features

The Pirate Pays Megaways slot follows the classic BTG formula for games with this mechanic. With 4 bonus features, there are a couple of twists when it comes to the wild and free spins with multipliers though.

Reactions feature

After a winner lands, the Reactions feature triggers and a reaction follows. The successful symbols are removed from the grid and new ones drop in and replace them. A new payout consideration then follows. The reactions keep on coming until no new winner is created.

Compass Wilds feature

The ship’s compass is a wild symbol. These come in addition to basic wilds. Like basic wilds, these substitute for all the normal symbols when it makes up part of a winning combination. The needle of the compass can point North, South, West or East to bring the Compass Wilds feature into play. north, south, east or west. The compass wild then spreads in the chosen direction adding a trail of extra basic wilds.

Kraken Bonus feature

Land 3 gold treasure chest scatters anywhere on the reels on the same spin and you’ll trigger the Kraken Bonus feature. The standard feature offer begins.

You’ll be shown a range of free spins and starting multiplier combinations. Cannonballs fire onto these panels of combinations. At stages, you’ll be made an offer. This is a bit like the TV show Deal or No Deal.

You can choose to accept the offer you’ve been made or let the cannonballs do their stuff until a new offer is made. The maximum multiplier is 10x to begin with along with up to 25 free spins.

When you’ve accepted an offer, you’ll then go on to play you free spins, complete with a multiplier which increases with each reaction win. Multipliers don’t reset following a winless cascade either as they can keep on rising throughout the round.

During the free spins, scatter symbols can only appear in the 4 reel positions at the bottom of the reels. Land 3, 4 of them on the same free spin and you’ll get another 5 or 10 free spins added to your total. This can lead to unlimited free spins with an infinite multiplier.

Mega Kraken Bonus feature

The Mega Kraken Bonus feature triggers when you land 2 or more gold treasure chest scatters on reel 1 through 5 and the purple treasure chest Megascatter on reel 5. A similar take it or leave it game then follows.

The minimum rewards on offer from the Mega Kraken Bonus are larger than the offers in the standard Kraken Bonus. The perfect combination is to land 25 free spins with a starting multiplier of 10x. Finally, you can win extra free spins and increase the multiplier with reactions.

Pirate Pays Megaways Review Summary – huge 104,400 x stake wins possible

Big Time Gaming might be the creator of the Megaways mechanic but they haven’t rested on their laurels. Sure, you’ll find many classic Megaways features in the Pirate Pays Megaways slot including the reaction wins.

There are twists to classic features thanks to the compass wilds and the Kraken Bonus feature which sees a Deal or No Deal style element to determine your free spins and starting multiplier. If lucky, you can begin with 25 free spins with a 10x multiplier. Your chances increase with the Mega version naturally.

Once in, Pirate Pays Megaways is like many Big Time Gaming slot games. The difference is that this game offers max wins of 104,400 x stake per free spin. The key to winning big is to increase the unlimited win multiplier as high as you can. A high starting multiplier does help of course.

It has some similarities to Big Time Gaming’s Wild Flower where the Megascatter also appears to give you an enhanced version of the free spins features. This game also comes with 114,100 x stake max payouts.

In summary, Pirate Pays Megaways isn’t revolutionary in terms of gameplay but BTG have picked a popular theme to offer 104,400 x stake max wins.

If you want more swashbuckling adventure, Dead Man’s Trail by Relax Gaming would be my pick. Graphically excellent, it comes with 50,000 x bet payouts and a superb trail bonus feature.