Starz Megaways Slot Review
A starfield, six reels, and gems where the stars should be. Starz Megaways argues that a slot needs only one good rule to work: here, every wild that lands fills its whole reel, every single time, and the entire game is built on that promise being kept.
That certainty is rare, and it’s what sets this one apart from Pragmatic Play‘s busier Megaways output. There’s no modifier roulette here; the engine is the feature. It runs six reels with up to seven symbols each, 117,649 ways from both directions, medium volatility, an RTP of 96.48% and a 10,000x ceiling, with stakes from 0.20 to 240 per spin.
If you know Great Rhino Megaways or Buffalo King Megaways, you’ll know the engine. Starz is the quieter cousin in the catalogue, sitting alongside Madame Destiny Megaways.
Base Game & Features
Six reels, each holding up to seven symbols on any spin. The number of symbols changes every round, which is what drives the ways count up and down. On a full board, every reel maxed out, there are 117,649 possible ways to win.
Wins pay left to right and right to left on adjacent reels, starting from either the leftmost or rightmost reel. A six-of-a-kind line pays twice, once for each direction, which is the quiet trick here: the top line is genuinely worth double what a five-reel game could pay for the same combination.
Only the highest win counts per combination on each pay way, and wins across multiple ways all add together. Free spins and bonus wins are added to the payline win, and every win is multiplied by the base bet.
The symbols split into gems and celestial bodies. The gems lead the paytable, the planets and atoms trail it, and the values below are multiples of the total bet. Note that these are totals, not per-line figures.
- Teal diamond: 0.5x for three, 0.75x for four, 1.5x for five, 2.5x for six
- Pink diamond: 0.4x for three, 0.6x for four, 0.75x for five, 1x for six
- Red gem: 0.3x for three, 0.5x for four, 0.6x for five, 0.75x for six
- Blue gem / Purple gem: 0.25x for three, 0.4x for four, 0.5x for five, 0.6x for six
- Orange planet / Pink atom: 0.2x for three, 0.3x for four, 0.4x for five, 0.5x for six
- Green atom / Gold planet / Red planet: 0.1x for three, 0.25x for four, 0.35x for five, 0.4x for six
Even the top symbol pays modestly at 2.5x for a full line before the double-count kicks in. The paytable is flat by design: the money here comes from stacked wild reels covering multiple ways at once, not from any single line.
The wild is the whole base game show. It lands only on reels two to five and substitutes for every symbol except the bonus. Every time it hits, it expands vertically with symbols of the same size to fill its entire reel.
No conditions, no random chance: a wild on screen is a full reel of wilds. With four reels able to carry one, the middle of the grid can go entirely wild on a lucky spin, and every pay way running through it upgrades at once.
Beyond the wilds, the base game is deliberately bare. There’s no collection meter, no random modifier, no second chance mechanic. What you see on the first spin is the entire game, and the only thing that changes from spin to spin is how many symbols each reel carries and where the wilds land.
Starz Megaways Free Spins
The bonus symbol appears on all reels in all sizes. It doesn’t pay anything on its own; its only job is to unlock the feature.
Land three or more anywhere on the screen and the trigger sequence starts. Every bonus symbol currently in view locks in place, and the rest of the screen respins once, giving the remaining reels a shot at adding more before the round is priced up.
The sequence runs in a fixed order. Bonus symbols hit, all of them stick where they are, the other positions respin, and any bonus symbols that land during that respin lock in too. Once the respin finishes without adding a new one, the locked total is counted and the round begins. Two locked symbols stop there; three or more convert into spins.
- 3 bonus symbols: 6 free spins
- 4 bonus symbols: 8 free spins
- 5 bonus symbols: 10 free spins
- 6 bonus symbols: 15 free spins
Inside the round, the wilds work harder. Every wild that lands still expands to fill its reel, but it then stays sticky until the round ends. A wild that appears on the first spin keeps working on every spin after it.
Early wilds stack locked reels across the middle of the grid, each new one compounds the ones already there, and by the later spins the interior reels can be almost solid wild. Special reels are in play during the feature, so the symbol mix differs from the base game.
There’s no retrigger. The spins you start with are the spins you get, which makes that initial respin more valuable than it looks: it’s the only mechanism for upgrading the count before the round runs.
One cap applies throughout. The maximum win is limited to 10,000x the bet in both the base game and free spins, and if a free spins round reaches it, the round ends immediately, the win is awarded and every remaining spin is forfeited.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.2/10
You come to Starz for the middle four reels and stay for nothing else. Sessions swing between quiet spins and sudden stretches where the grid’s interior turns wild and the ways all fire together. That moment is the reason to choose this over the galaxy of Megaways titles it sits among.
The strength is honesty in the design: the wild always expands, no exceptions, so every win feels earned by the rules rather than handed out by a random overlay. The weakness is that the rules end there. Once you’ve seen the base game, you’ve seen it, and the free spins round deepens the same idea rather than adding a second one.
It’s a fine fit for players who like one mechanic done properly and don’t need variety to stay at the reels. Anyone who wants layered features will drift off it quickly. In a market of slots doing five things at once, this one does a single thing well, and the starfield is a pleasant place to watch it happen.
Starz Megaways FAQs
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What is the RTP of Starz Megaways?
The RTP is 96.48%. -
How volatile is Starz Megaways?
It’s a medium volatility game, so payouts are designed to come steadily with a range from low to very high wins. -
How do you trigger free spins in Starz Megaways?
Land three or more bonus symbols anywhere on the screen. The bonus symbols lock in place and a respin follows, giving the remaining reels a chance to add more. Three symbols award 6 free spins, four award 8, five award 10 and six award 15. -
What does the wild do in Starz Megaways?
The wild appears only on reels two to five and always expands to fill its whole reel when it lands. During free spins, expanded wilds stay sticky until the round ends. -
Can free spins be retriggered in Starz Megaways?
No. The free spins feature can’t be retriggered, so the spins awarded at the start of the round are all you get. -
How do paylines work in Starz Megaways?
It’s a Megaways game with up to 117,649 ways to win. Symbols pay on adjacent reels from left to right or right to left, and a six-of-a-kind combination pays twice, once for each direction. -
What are the bet limits on Starz Megaways?
Stakes run from 0.20 to 240 per spin. -
What is the maximum win on Starz Megaways?
The maximum win is capped at 10,000x your bet, in both the base game and free spins. If a free spins round reaches the cap, the round ends immediately and any remaining spins are forfeited.
