Diamond Supernova 5 Slot Review
Deep space, rendered as a fruit machine: the reels of Diamond Supernova 5 carry cut diamonds, a bell, a seven and the royals, all of it floating in a starfield that’s doing most of the visual work. It’s a strange marriage, and Push Gaming have committed to it fully. The studio behind Razor Shark and Big Bamboo has built its name on brutal variance, so a five-line throwback dressed in cosmic glitter is an odd lane by any measure.
The maths runs the other way to everything the studio is known for: 96.34% RTP, low volatility, a 5×3 grid with five fixed win lines. What gives the game any reach at all is a gold scatter worth 1,000x the bet on a single spin, hanging off reels one, three and five. That ladder is the thread holding the whole design together.
How the Base Game Pays
Wins land the old-fashioned way: matching symbols on consecutive reels from the left, across five fixed win lines. A line win needs a run of the same symbol starting on reel one, and only the highest combination on any single line counts. Wins on separate lines are added together, so a spin can pay several lines at once.
There’s no wild anywhere in the game, which is unusual for a modern release and keeps the base game entirely about raw line hits. No symbol stands in for another, no reel modifier rescues a dead spin. What lands is what you get, and the paytable is the entire economy.
The symbols split into three tiers. Two premium diamonds lead, a third diamond shares a tier with the seven and the bell, and the four royals prop up the bottom. All values below are multiples of the total bet:
- Red/Pink Diamond: 1x for two, 10x for three, 50x for four, 200x for five
- Blue Diamond: 5x for three, 25x for four, 100x for five
- Diamond: 3x for three, 15x for four, 60x for five
- Seven and Bell: 2x for three, 10x for four, 40x for five
- A, K, Q and J: 1x for three, 5x for four, 20x for five
The red diamond is the only symbol that pays for two of a kind, which matters more than it sounds on a five-line game. Everything else needs three from the left, and with fifteen symbol positions in play those line hits arrive in the usual low-volatility rhythm: steady, small, rarely memorable.
The gap between the bottom and top of the paytable is a factor of ten, and the mid-tier symbols cluster tightly in the middle of it. Most line wins land in a narrow band of small multiples, and the premiums are what lift a session above flat.
Bet selection, autoplay and quick play are all handled from the standard control strip. You pick a bet from the available options, spin, and can queue a run of rounds through autoplay; the spin button doubles as the autoplay counter and cancels it when pressed. Tapping the screen or hitting the space bar skips animations.
The paytable reflects whatever bet configuration is active, priced off the bet per line. Nothing in the base game’s workings will surprise anyone who has played a classic line slot in the last thirty years, and that’s clearly the point: this is a chassis that predates the feature era, wearing a newer coat of paint.
Scatter Symbols
Scatters are the entire feature programme, and they come in three colours: blue, red and gold. They can appear only on reels one, three and five, which makes those three reels the only ones that decide whether anything interesting happens. Reels two and four can never carry a scatter, so the middle of the grid is purely line-hit territory.
Landing three matching Scatters awards the prize for that colour:
- 3 Blue Scatters: 25x the bet
- 3 Red Scatters: 100x the bet
- 3 Gold Scatters: 1,000x the bet
Any mixed combination of Scatters across those same three reels still pays, awarding a Mixed Scatter prize of 5x the bet. So two golds and a blue pay 5x, not the gold rate; the full colour values only apply when all three Scatters match. Scatter prizes sit outside the win lines entirely and are added on top of any line wins from the same spin.
The ladder’s shape rewards patience unevenly. A blue triple is a solid base-game result by this game’s standards, sitting between a four-of-a-kind and a five-of-a-kind on the premium symbols. The red triple matches the Blue Diamond’s full-line pay exactly, which makes it a milestone rather than a transformation. Gold is the outlier: ten times the red rate, and ten times anything the paytable can produce on its own.
That gold tier is the game’s maximum win, and it’s doing all the work here. On a low-volatility five-liner, a 1,000x cap is a genuinely tall ladder for the top rung, and it’s the single reason the game has any pulse beyond steady small hits. Blue and red scatters are pleasant enough, but they’re really there to keep the middle of the ladder warm.
There’s no bonus buy; the scatter ladder is the whole show, and reaching it is purely a matter of reels one, three and five agreeing with each other. Combined with the top line hit for five red diamonds, the cap gives the game its full range: everything else is a fraction of it.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6.2/10
Playing Diamond Supernova 5 is a lot like sitting at a fruit machine in a planetarium: the stars are pretty, the reels are doing exactly what reels have always done, and every so often the ceiling catches fire. The reason to pick it over any other five-liner is that ceiling. Gold scatters at 1,000x are absurd money in this company, and even the mixed 5x prize means three scatters of any colour put something in the tray.
The trouble is that between those fires, there’s genuinely nothing else. No wild, no bonus round, no second mechanic to break up the line hits, and the line hits themselves are small by design. The stretch between scatter moments is pure fruit machine, and the fruit machine is thin.
This suits a calm evening of low-stakes spinning with one very large number quietly orbiting in the background, and it will lose anyone who needs layered features to stay interested. The steady old chassis has a supernova waiting in reel five’s pocket, and that’s exactly as fun as it sounds.
Diamond Supernova 5 FAQs
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What is the RTP of Diamond Supernova 5?
Diamond Supernova 5 runs at an RTP of 96.34%. -
Is Diamond Supernova 5 high volatility?
No. Diamond Supernova 5 is a low volatility slot, built around steady smaller wins rather than rare large payouts. -
How many paylines does Diamond Supernova 5 have?
The game has five fixed win lines. Wins form when matching symbols land consecutively from the leftmost reel, with only the highest combination on each line paying. -
How do you win the scatter prizes in Diamond Supernova 5?
Scatter Symbols appear only on reels one, three and five. Landing three matching Scatters pays that colour’s prize: 25x the bet for blue, 100x for red and 1,000x for gold. Any mixed combination of three Scatters pays 5x the bet instead. -
What is the mixed scatter prize in Diamond Supernova 5?
If the three Scatters on reels one, three and five don’t all match, the spin awards a Mixed Scatter prize of 5x the bet. It’s paid outside the win lines and added on top of any line wins from the same spin. -
Is there a wild symbol in Diamond Supernova 5?
No. There’s no wild in Diamond Supernova 5, so every line win has to come from the symbols themselves with nothing substituting. -
What is the maximum win in Diamond Supernova 5?
The top prize is the gold scatter: three Gold Scatters on reels one, three and five award 1,000x the bet. The prize is paid on top of any line wins from the same spin; the game itself doesn’t state an official maximum win figure. -
Who makes Diamond Supernova 5?
Diamond Supernova 5 is made by Push Gaming, the studio behind Razor Shark, Big Bamboo and Jammin’ Jars.
