Stargate Megaways Free Play in Demo Mode by Scientific Games

Stargate Megaways review

Theme and Storyline

Stargate Megaways is themed around the popular Stargate television and film franchise.

Players will find themselves in a familiar sci-fi world, standing before the circular stargate itself. With the ability to traverse the cosmos, players will need bravery and wisdom for this adventure.

Stargate Megaways is a good fit for fans of the Stargate universe, but will also appeal to sci-fi enthusiasts in general.

Graphics, Sounds and Animations

The classical soundtrack will transport players into the world of Stargate with plenty of dramatic notes. The reels spin with a mechanical echo that gives them a realistic feel.

On the reels, players will find familiar characters from the Stargate movie franchise, including Dr. Jackson wearing his iconic spectacles. Neon letters and numbers also appear, glowing in vivid hues.

The reels are placed at the center of the Stargate itself, giving them an elaborate frame. The machinery is animated with plenty of detail, and players won’t have any trouble imagining they’ve entered a sci-fi universe.

Overall, the graphics and soundtrack evoke a clear sense of the Stargate franchise that fans will enjoy.

Gameplay

Stargate Megaways uses the Megaways system, randomizing the number of symbols that appear in each reel for every spin.

Wins are awarded for landing matching symbols in adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel and going towards the rightmost.

Above the reels, a separate reel spins and may contribute winning symbols to the main reel.

The Cascade feature means that symbols that form winning combinations vanish, making way for new symbols to fall from above to take their place.

Wilds, Bonuses and Free Spins

The Wild symbol substitutes for all symbols except the Eye of Ra symbol.

The Eye of Ra symbol has the special property of resetting the number of free spins during the Free Spins feature.

Beside the reels, a tracker is visible, and players gain a movement forward after each winning cascade.

When they reach the fifth segment on the tracker, a randomly selected modifier becomes active. The modifiers include reel expansions, Mystery symbols, and extra Wild symbols.

If players reach the seventh segment on the tracker, the Free Spins feature is triggered. The number of Cascades is limited to 9, and there are 9 segments on the tracker. The number of free spins awarded depends on how far along the tracker the player has gone.

Players can buy into the bonus if they choose.

Bet Sizes, RTP and Variance

The return to player of this game is 94.09%, well below our yardstick for average of roughly 96%.

The range of bets on the site we tested ran from a minimum bet per spin of $/£/€0.20 up to a maximum of $/£/€10 per spin.

With high volatility, Stargate Megaways could have been a good fit for our recommended strategies if its RTP was higher too. Our slot strategies target the highest possible volatility.

Conclusion

We do not recommend this low RTP, high volatility sci-fi-themed slot.

Despite the nostalgia of the theme, Stargate Megaways offers an RTP that is simply too low to merit a recommendation. The high volatility would have made this slot a good choice for mathematically minded players, but with its meager RTP, it is not a wise choice.

Some players might stop by to enjoy Stargate Megaways’s sci-fi vibe, but they would do well to move on to games that can offer them a more robust RTP.