Merry Megaways Slot Review

Merry Megaways Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Merry Megaways slot uses Big Time Gaming’s Megaways engine and comes with 6 reels and up to 200,704 ways to win. Each reel will randomly contain between 2 and 8 symbols (on the 4 middle reels). The more symbols per reel, the more ways to win or Megaways.

Reels 1 and 6 can display up to 7 symbols with reels 2, 3, 4 and 5 displaying up to 8. 7x8x8x8x8x7 = 200,704 ways to win/Megaways. To land a win, you need 3 or more matching symbols across adjacent reels, in any position, beginning from reel 1. The only exception is the Santa Claus symbol whereby only 2 are needed.

Bet options range from 10p to £20 per spin. Look out for the ‘Coins’ icon below the reels. Clicking on this will bring up plus and minus buttons which are used to change the stake accordingly. There are also bigger plus and minus buttons on their ends which change your bet to the minimum and maximum stake respectively.

More options can be found via the Settings tab. Here, there is a Quickspin Mode for non-UK players. You can also disable sound effects and background music. Outside the UK, there’s an Autospin button to the left of the main Spin button. It allows 5, 10, 20, 50 or 99 autospins.

The Merry Megaways RTP is 95.9% which is marginally lower than the 96% online slots average. Highly volatile (5/5), there is no information on the hit frequency rate at present.

Finally, festive cheer can be spread in the Merry Megaways slot with max wins of 20,000 x your total bet per spin. This will be won in the Free Spins feature which comes with extra wilds and an increasing multiplier.

Theme – join Santa Claus on a festive journey to riches

With a Christmas theme, the Merry Megaways slot has a classic feel with a traditional representation of the festive period. Set in the North Pole, you will see snowy mountains and snow-topped trees in the background. With Santa Claus standing to the left of the reels, the soundtrack is theatrical and intense.

On the reels, you will see A, K, Q, J and 10 royals which appear in frozen ice cubes. The higher value symbols include milk and cookies, Christmas pudding, candy canes, elves, reindeers and Santa Claus himself. Highest paying is the Santa Claus symbol which pays 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 x your total bet for 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 in combination.

Then you have the Gift Wild symbol which substitutes for all paying symbols outlined above. It can only appear on reels 2, 3, 4, 5 and/or 6 (i.e. not reel 1 = the leftmost reel). Other symbols include the Christmas Cracker Sticky Wild, Santa’s Sack Enhanced Wild and Santa’s Sleigh Scatter (more details below in the Bonus Features section).

Symbol	Payouts/Info
10	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 or 0.4 x bet
J	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 or 0.4 x bet
Q	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 or 0.5 x bet
K	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 or 0.5 x bet
A	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.3, 0.4, 0.5 or 0.6 x bet
Milk and Cookies	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.5, 0.7, 1 or 1.2 x bet
Christmas Pudding	3, 4, 5 or 6 = 0.5, 0.7, 1 or 1.2 x bet
Candy Cane	3, 4, 5, or 6 = 1, 1.5, 2 or 2.5 x bet
Elf	3, 4, 5, or 6 = 1, 1.5, 2 or 3 x bet
Reindeer	3, 4, 5, or 6 = 1.5, 2, 3 or 4 x bet
Santa Claus	2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 = 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 x bet
Gift Wild	Substitutes for paying symbols above
Christmas Cracker Sticky Wild	Triggers Christmas Cracker feature + explodes random symbols
Santa's Sleigh Scatter	4 triggers Free Spins feature
Santa's Sack Enhanced Wild	Adds wilds + extra free spins during Free Spins feature

Merry Megaways Mobile

Despite the classic feel, Merry Megaways has been produced using HTML5 technology. Released on the 1^st of December 2022, you can enjoy this festive adventure on mobile, PC, laptop and tablet devices. Compatible and optimised for iOS, MAC, Android and Windows devices, a larger screen is always recommended so you can see all the moving parts better.

Merry Megaways Bonus Features

The Merry Megaways slot comes with 6 bonus features. There are tumbles and Christmas Crackers that explode itself and random symbols. In the Free Spins feature, each tumble increases the multiplier. There are also Santa’s Sack Enhanced Wilds which adds up to 8 wilds on the reels and extra free spins.

Tumbling Reels feature

When a winning combination occurs, winning symbols are destroyed to be replaced by new ones. Known as the Tumbling Reels feature, you get another chance to win again basically. Tumbles continue as long as new wins are created.

Christmas Cracker feature

Look out for Christmas Cracker Sticky Wild symbols appearing on the horizontal reel above reels 2, 3, 4 and 5. They substitute for paying symbols only. When they appear and no win is formed, Christmas Crackers will explode itself as well as 1 random symbol for each vertical reel as well as 2 extra random symbols. This gives you a chance of forming winning combinations. Lastly, only 1 Christmas Cracker Sticky Wild can land on the reels at any time.

Free Spins feature

The Free Spins feature is triggered when you land 4 Santa’s Sleigh Scatter symbols anywhere on the reels (bar reel 1). A bauble then appears which awards, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11 free spins randomly. As with most Megaways slots, any win/tumble increases the multiplier by 1, with no limits.

Look out for the Santa’s Sack Enhanced Wild which can appear on the horizontal reel. When it appears, the Santa’s Sack feature activates. 1 of them will add 2-4 wilds across reels 2, 3 and 4 with 2 adding 4-8 wilds across reels 2, 3, 4 and 5. Furthermore, 1 or 2 Santa’s Sack Enhanced Wilds will give you 2 or 4 additional free spins respectively.

Finally, there is a Lucky Last Spin feature. If you land a win on your last free spin, you’ll get 1 Lucky Last Spin. Basically, you get the chance to win again. This continues until a win doesn’t land.

Buy Free Spins feature

Non UK players have the option of the Buy Free Spins feature. For 45 x your total bet, you get access to the Free Spins feature with 6 free spins. If you choose the 200 x bet option, you begin with 9 free spins. Additionally, there is a higher chance of triggering the Santa’s Sack and Christmas Cracker features.

Merry Megaways Review Summary – a festive offering without much magic

With a classic feel, the Merry Megaways slot is exactly what you’d expect from a Christmas themed slot. Visually, there’s nothing unique to make it stand out in a crowd of Christmas slots.

In terms of the gameplay, it offers tumbles and free spins with and increasing multiplier which is common amongst Megaways games particularly. The Christmas Cracker feature sees the sticky wild explode itself and random symbols to give you another chance of winning. In the Free Spins feature, look out for the Santa’s Stack Enhanced Wild which can add up to 8 wilds on each free spin as well as award extra free spins.

That said, these bonus features are commonly found in countless other Megaways slots. If you compare Iron Dog Studio’s very own 1 Million Megaways BC, the Merry Megaways slot falls rather short unfortunately. The prehistoric themed game offers up to 1,058,841 ways to win, sticky wilds in the free spins and 45,000 x bet max wins.

Even Christmas Megaways by Iron Dog Studio is a better slot than Merry Megaways. It comes with multiplier wilds, free spins with increasing multipliers, locked reels and 40,000 x bet top payouts.