Rocket Blast Megaways Slot Review
There’s a mining rig clamped to an asteroid somewhere in a purple nebula, and boulders are breaking off the reel frame to float away into it. Rocket Blast Megaways spends its whole budget on that corner of space, and it’s worth saying plainly: the scenery is the least interesting thing here. What the game actually does is hand one reel at a time to a rocket that turns everything below it wild, and that single idea does more for a tumble chain than most full feature sets manage. Pragmatic Play have kept the chassis conventional so the rocket has room to be the show.
It runs at 96.01% RTP with high volatility and a 10,000x maximum win. Studio stablemates such as Cosmic Cash, Star Bounty and Alien Invaders work nearby ground, but none of them fire a rocket down the reels. Bets run from 0.20 to 240 per spin.
How the Base Game Pays
All symbols pay left to right on adjacent reels from the leftmost one, with wins awarded for adjacent combinations of any size. Each of the six reels can carry up to seven symbols, which is where the 117,649 ways ceiling comes from on a full grid. Only the highest win counts per pay way, and wins on multiple ways all add together.
The wild is a flame-masked symbol that substitutes for everything except the scatter, and it only appears on reels two through six. The scatter lands on all reels, doesn’t explode during tumbles, and four or more of it anywhere starts the free spins. All wins are multiplied by the base bet, and free spins wins are paid once the round completes.
Symbols split between five cartoon alien monsters and five gems, with the pink-and-purple monster out front and the gems trailing well behind it. Values are multiples of the total bet:
- Pink/Purple Monster: 0.5x for two, 1x for three, 2x for four, 5x for five, 20x for six
- Red Monster: 0.7x for three, 1.2x for four, 2.5x for five, 5x for six
- Orange Monster: 0.6x for three, 0.8x for four, 1.5x for five, 2.5x for six
- Green Monster: 0.5x for three, 0.7x for four, 1.2x for five, 2x for six
- Blue Creature: 0.4x for three, 0.6x for four, 1x for five, 1.5x for six
- Blue Gem: 0.3x for three, 0.5x for four, 0.7x for five, 1x for six
- Pink Gem: 0.3x for three, 0.4x for four, 0.6x for five, 0.9x for six
- Orange Triangle: 0.3x for three, 0.4x for four, 0.5x for five, 0.8x for six
- Purple Gem: 0.2x for three, 0.3x for four, 0.4x for five, 0.6x for six
- Green Gem: 0.2x for three, 0.3x for four, 0.4x for five, 0.5x for six
Tumble Feature
After every spin, winning combinations are paid and the winning symbols disappear. Everything left falls to the bottom of the screen and new symbols drop in from above to fill the gaps. Tumbling keeps going until a tumble produces no new win, and the total from the whole sequence lands in your balance once it finishes.
It’s the standard cascade loop, and it does the usual job of stretching a single spin into a chain of wins. Nothing here will surprise anyone who has played a Megaways title before.
Rocket Feature
This is the game’s own idea. Whenever the Rocket symbol hits, every symbol below it on that reel transforms into a wild. Those wilds then nudge down one position on every tumble, whether they were part of a win or not, and each nudge pushes a fresh symbol in at the top of the reel.
The nudging is what gives the feature teeth. A rocket arriving early in a tumble sequence keeps its wilds working for several wins in a row, and a long chain can see the same reel turning out winning combinations three or four tumbles running.
Free Spins
Four or more scatter symbols anywhere on the reels trigger the free spins round, and the more you land, the more you get:
- Four scatters: 10 free spins
- Five scatters: 15 free spins
- Six scatters: 20 free spins
- Seven scatters: 25 free spins
- Eight scatters: 30 free spins
- Nine or more scatters: 35 free spins
Before the round starts there’s a gamble option. Spin a wheel and it stops on win or lose: a win adds five free spins, a lose takes the lot and ends the round with nothing. Your chances climb with each step, from 66.50% when moving from 10 to 15 spins up to 78.96% when moving from 30 to 35. You can collect at any point instead and just start the round.
Inside the round, things build. It opens with a 1x win multiplier and every tumble adds 1x to it for the rest of the round, with each tumble’s win multiplied by the current figure. The Rocket Feature stays active throughout, and special reels are in play. Three scatters during the round add five more free spins, so a hot sequence can keep extending itself while the multiplier climbs.
Buy Free Spins
If waiting on scatters isn’t your style, the free spins round can be triggered instantly from the base game for 100x the current total bet. On the triggering spin, anywhere from four to nine scatters can hit at random, so a bought round can open on anything from 10 to 35 spins. The rest of the round plays out exactly as if you’d landed the scatters yourself: same multiplier climb, same rockets, same retrigger on three scatters.
The buy runs at its own RTP of 96.09%, marginally above the base game’s 96.01%. That gap is small enough that the buy is a convenience rather than a strategy, but at least it points the right way.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7/10
Playing this is mostly watching the asteroid spin by until a rocket lands, and honestly, the rocket earns the wait. The one reason to pick it over the shelf of Megaways titles next to it is that reel turning wild and staying wild through a whole tumble chain, because it’s the only moment the base game stops being polite.
The strongest thing here is the free spins build: a multiplier that never resets, rockets still landing, and three scatters extending a round that’s already paying, so one good sequence compounds instead of ending. The weakness is that everything around that build is off-the-shelf, and 10,000x is a fair ceiling rather than a reason to choose it.
It’s a good home for Megaways regulars and volatility chasers who value a dependable engine with one genuine spark. Anyone after a game that reinvents anything should keep floating past this asteroid.
Rocket Blast Megaways FAQs
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What is the RTP of Rocket Blast Megaways?
The RTP is 96.01%. If you use the Buy Free Spins option, the RTP is 96.09%. -
Is Rocket Blast Megaways high volatility?
Yes, it’s a high volatility game, so payouts come less often on average but the chance of a big win in a short session is higher. -
How do you trigger free spins in Rocket Blast Megaways?
Land four or more scatter symbols anywhere on the reels. Four scatters award 10 free spins, rising to 35 for nine or more scatters. -
What does the Rocket symbol do?
It converts every symbol underneath it on its reel into wilds. Those wilds shift down one position per tumble until they exit the screen, and a new symbol enters at the top of the reel for each shift. -
Can you retrigger the free spins in Rocket Blast Megaways?
Yes. Hitting three scatter symbols during the free spins round awards five additional free spins. -
Can you buy the bonus in Rocket Blast Megaways?
Yes, the free spins round can be bought from the base game for 100x your current total bet. The triggering spin can randomly land between four and nine scatters. -
What is the maximum win in Rocket Blast Megaways?
The maximum win is 10,000x your bet. If a round’s total win reaches that cap, the round ends immediately, the win is paid and any remaining features are forfeited. -
Who makes Rocket Blast Megaways?
Pragmatic Play. It’s a 6×7 grid Megaways game with up to 117,649 ways to win and bets from 0.20 to 240 per spin.
