Wild Cats Multiline Slot Review
Bleached cattle skulls hang from a timber hunting-camp frame at the edge of an African sunset, a broad acacia spilling its dark canopy across the top of the screen. Wild Cats Multiline paints its savannah warm and rich, then refuses to keep it still: the grid itself changes shape from spin to spin, and that restlessness is the whole point of the game.
Red Tiger‘s big cat outing runs on a 6×2 grid that can swell to six reels by seven rows on any spin, opening up to 49 Multiline win lines. Stakes run from 0.1 to 50, the RTP is 96.19%, and the top prize is 2,049x the bet. The studio has covered similar big-cat territory in Savannah Pride, and titles like Dragon’s Mirror and Primate King Megaways sit in the same catalogue.
Handing the grid’s shape to chance is either the whole appeal or an irritation, depending on how you feel about spins you can’t plan for.
Multiline: A Grid That Grows
Every spin deals between two and seven rows of symbols across six reels. The row count is decided spin by spin, and it’s the whole engine of the game. A two-row spin is a narrow little thing; a seven-row spin fills the screen with symbols and win lines alike.
The more rows, the more Multiline win lines open up, to a maximum of 49. On a two-row grid only a handful of patterns are live; at seven rows nearly every one of them is. Wins pay when a symbol matches a payline pattern from the leftmost side of the reels, and only the highest combination on each line counts.
The Wild Lion substitutes for all paying symbols and is the richest symbol on the reels, paying 50x the bet for six of a kind. In the base game that’s its whole job; in the bonus round it does considerably more.
Betting is handled through the BET button, which opens the stake menu for the round. AUTOPLAY runs automatic play at the currently selected bet for a chosen number of rounds, and keyboard players can start a round with the spacebar.
The stake range runs from careful spins at 0.1 up to 50 per round. That’s room for both cautious grid-watching and a more committed evening with the cats.
Paying Symbols
Four big cats head the paytable, with five gems and crystals making up the lower end. Values are multiples of the line bet:
- Tiger: 2x, 5x, 10x, 20x for three to six of a kind
- Panther: 1x, 2.5x, 5x, 10x
- Lioness: 0.8x, 2x, 4x, 8x
- Lynx: 0.6x, 1.5x, 3x, 6x
- Orange Gem: 0.3x, 0.8x, 1.5x, 3x
- Heart Crystal: 0.2x, 0.6x, 1.2x, 2.5x
- Green Diamond: 0.2x, 0.5x, 1x, 2x
- Purple Cross: 0.1x, 0.4x, 0.8x, 1.5x
- Yellow Sun: 0.1x, 0.3x, 0.5x, 1x
Hit frequency sits at 29.3%, so nearly three spins in ten produce some kind of return. With the bottom of the paytable paying as little as 0.1x, plenty of those wins will be small change on a big-grid spin rather than anything to write home about.
The gap between the cats and the crystals is steep, and it runs right down the scale: the fourth cat still pays more than the first gem does. The difference between a good spin and a great one is almost entirely which family of symbols fills the extra rows on a big grid.
That puts real weight on the wild and on the bonus round’s symbol removal, both of which tilt the grid towards the cats. It also means the low symbols carry a job beyond their payouts: during Royal Spins, they’re the ones the Wild Lions delete.
Wins of the meaningful kind need cats, and plenty of them, stacked along a line from the leftmost reel. The wild does its part by standing in for any paying symbol. On a seven-row grid, a single Lion can complete several lines at once.
Royal Spins
The bonus round is triggered by three or more Royal Spins scatters anywhere on the reels, and up to six scatters can appear. The first three award a random 6 to 10 free spins; each additional scatter adds five more, for a ceiling of 25 free spins in total.
Retriggers aren’t possible during the round, so the scatter count at the door is the whole of your spin budget. A six-scatter trigger therefore matters: it’s the difference between a minimum six-spin taster and the full 25-spin run, with no way to top up once the round is under way.
Wild Lion Symbol Removal
During Royal Spins, winning lines are paid and then Wild Lions remove a random symbol from the slot entirely. Low-paying symbols stay removed for subsequent respins, while high-paying symbols may land again. The removal can retrigger multiple times, and up to 10 Wild Lions can appear on the reels over the course of a round.
The sequence matters. Every win pays first, so a removed symbol never costs you a line it was part of; the deletion only shapes the spins that follow. Because the cheap symbols stay gone while the cats can return, each removal permanently improves the average quality of the grid.
Strip enough low symbols off the reels and every spin becomes a big cats-only affair, with the wilds stacking the odds in their own favour. It’s a removal mechanic with a built-in escalation: the longer the round runs, the thinner the reels get and the heavier the remaining symbols pay.
The escalation also gives the scatter count a second job. A three-scatter trigger with the minimum six spins may only see one or two removals before the round closes. The full 25-spin run has time to delete every cheap symbol on the sheet and then some, which is where the round’s best work happens.
The maximum win across all of this is 2,049x the bet. It’s a modest ceiling by modern standards, but the symbol-removal structure gives a full round of Royal Spins a genuine build to it that the raw number doesn’t quite convey.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.2/10
Sitting down at Wild Cats Multiline feels a bit like waiting on the savannah itself: the waterhole is either empty or crowded, and you don’t get to choose which. The reason to pick it is the not-knowing, the spin that suddenly deals seven rows and turns a quiet session loud.
What it does best is the bonus round, and specifically the fact that a 25-spin run doesn’t just pay more, it plays differently: by the end, the reels have been thinned of everything cheap and every line left is worth having. What it does worst is reward you in between, because the paytable under the Tiger is thin and a 2,049x ceiling caps the dream early.
It’s for the patient sort who enjoys watching a game assemble itself, and for anyone who’d rather have a changing grid than a licensed engine. Anyone hunting four- and five-figure multipliers won’t find their cat here, but for the rest of us there are worse ways to spend a sunset.
Wild Cats Multiline FAQs
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What is the RTP of Wild Cats Multiline?
96.19%. -
How do you trigger Royal Spins in Wild Cats Multiline?
Land three or more Royal Spins scatters anywhere on the reels. The triggering scatters decide your spin count, ranging from a six-spin minimum up to 25, with no retriggers available once the round starts. -
What does the Wild Lion do during Royal Spins?
Once a win has been paid, Wild Lions delete a randomly chosen symbol from the game. Cheap symbols stay deleted for the respins that follow, while premium symbols can land again, and the effect can stack repeatedly with as many as 10 Wild Lions appearing across the round. -
Can Royal Spins be retriggered?
No. Retriggers are not possible during the bonus round, so the number of spins awarded by the triggering scatters is all you get. -
How many paylines does Wild Cats Multiline have?
Up to a maximum of 49 Multiline win lines. The number available on any spin depends on how many rows the grid deals, which ranges from two to seven. -
What is the grid size of Wild Cats Multiline?
6×2, expanding spin by spin. Each spin may result in between two and seven rows of symbols, but the game always features six reels. -
What is the maximum win on Wild Cats Multiline?
2,049x the bet. -
What is the hit frequency of Wild Cats Multiline?
29.3%, meaning just under three spins in ten produce a winning combination.
