Astro Newts Megaways Free Play in Demo Mode by Iron Dog Studio

Astro Newts Megaways review

Theme and Storyline

This slot has a whimsical space travel theme.

Players will meet a cheerful group of cartoon characters on a spaceship and join their mission. The aesthetic style may bring to mind Loony Tunes, especially the look of a particularly adorable purple pig in a space helmet.

This game is a good choice for players looking for a lighthearted sci-fi atmosphere. Navigating the galaxy and dodging asteroids makes for an amusing adventure.

Graphics, Sounds and Animations

The soundtrack includes eerie alien beeps and chimes. There is the constant hum of a spaceship, ensuring players that they are aboard an extraterrestrial vehicle. The reels spin to a fanciful tune and end with a theremin note for a classic science fiction vibe.

On board the ship are a number of cute cartoon characters, including colourful newts in spacesuits. Each one smiles brightly as if traversing the universe is their favourite activity.

The reels also host a number of asteroids, spaceships, and oozing letters.

Surrounding the neon lit reels are the control boards of the spaceship. The bright hues and fantastical designs make it clear this vessel is not from Earth.

Behind the reels is a fantasy view of stars and luminous galaxies. This creates the immersive feeling of space travel.

Most adorable is a little pig in a space helmet sleeping on the control panel. His dreamily smiling face ensures that the mood of the game is a happy one.

Overall, the music and graphics combine to create a great fantasy world.

Gameplay

Astro Newts Megaways uses the Megaways system for its structure, randomising the number of symbols in each reel.

Payouts are awarded using the Any Way Wins system, meaning that matching symbols in adjacent reels produce wins. This is calculated from left to right.

The Cascade feature means that symbols that are part of winning combinations will vanish, leaving space for new symbols to be added.

Wilds, Bonuses and Free Spins

The Wild symbol substitutes for all symbols except the Fuel symbol. This Wild symbol may appear on reels 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

The Expanding Wild symbol may appear on reels 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Players track and accumulate Fuel via the Fuel symbols. Each Fuel symbol will add one level to the player’s fuel tank.

The Fuel level is reset to 0 after any winning Cascade sequence. While in the Free Spins feature, the Fuel level is stored until the feature is complete. The maximum number of Fuel symbols per spin is 6.

Alien Super Fuel symbols add 2 levels rather than 1 and award players with 1 free spin.

When players reach a full Fuel tank at level 6, they will be awarded 8 free spins and travel to the Moon level. Building up further Fuel contributes to traveling to other planet levels, additional free spins, and multipliers.

During the Pig on the Moon feature, players can be awarded additional Wilds and Expanding Wilds.

Bet Sizes, RTP and Variance

The return to player of this game is 95.9%, just shy of our yardstick for average of roughly 96%.

The range of bets on the site we tested ran from a minimum bet per spin of $/£/€0.10 up to a maximum of $/£/€20.00 per spin.

The volatility of this game is high, which makes it a good match for our preferred slot machine strategies. Our slot strategies target the highest possible volatility.

Conclusion

We recommend this average RTP, high volatility sci-fi slot.

Though the RTP just cracks average, this game’s ample volatility ensures it is still a savvy choice for strategy-minded players.

The vivid animation creates a fun sci-fi world and the friendly characters make the game an especially nice place to be.