Pragmatic Play · 2025
Ancient Island Megaways™ is a high volatility Pragmatic Play video slot with Megaways reels, tumbling wins and free spins. Check the figures before your first spin.
Ancient Island Megaways
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| What it measures | In numbers |
|---|---|
| Game provider | Pragmatic Play |
| Return to player | 96.55% |
| Volatility | High |
| Max win multiple | x10,000 |
| Max win in money | A$2,400,000 |
| Release date | 10/02/2025 |
Choose Ancient Island Megaways if you want an Aztec and tropical theme with a changing number of ways to win. Megaways means the count of winning paths can differ on every spin. You need at least 3 matching symbols for a win. Winning symbols are removed by the Tumble feature, and new symbols drop in, so one spin can produce several wins. Idol masks, the Thunderbird and the Chameleon carry the theme.
Play for the free spins if you want the top modifier reel to matter. Four, five or six Scatter symbols start 12, 14 or 16 free spins. In that mode every slot on the top reel gets a random modifier on every spin, and Extra Spins can add more spins. Multipliers on the same winning combination add together. In the base game, a Wild that expands under a slot on that reel awards it.
See the reels first
Useful when you open the game for the first time, before you set a bet.
Ancient Island Megaways™ rules
Read this before the first SCATTER lands, when the bonus rules matter most.
Want free spins? Land 4, 5 or 6 SCATTER anywhere for 12, 14 or 16 free spins. Every slot on the top modifier reel is always filled with a random modifier on every spin, no WILD needed. Extra Spins (+2/+3/+5/+10) can retrigger extra spins.
Base gameFree spins
Playing the base game? Winning symbols disappear and the Tumble feature drops new ones in after every win. A modifier on the top reel is awarded only when a WILD expands directly under that slot. Modifiers: Cash Prize 2x-100x, Multiplier x2-x50, Max Ways, Replace Non-Winning Symbols, Extra Wild Reel.
Before any spinTumbles and modifiers
Payout guide
The payouts below are in money at the example bet of A$0.40, and more symbols in a win pay more.
| Pays A$ | 3+ | 4+ | 5+ | 6+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 ScatterScatter | – | A$4.80 | A$5.60 | A$6.40 |
 Red demon mask | A$0.20 | A$0.40 | A$0.80 | A$2 |
 Green idol mask | A$0.16 | A$0.24 | A$0.40 | A$0.80 |
 Blue idol mask | A$0.12 | A$0.20 | A$0.32 | A$0.60 |
 Thunderbird emblem | A$0.10 | A$0.16 | A$0.24 | A$0.40 |
 Chameleon | A$0.10 | A$0.16 | A$0.24 | A$0.40 |
 Ace | A$0.06 | A$0.12 | A$0.16 | A$0.32 |
 King | A$0.06 | A$0.12 | A$0.16 | A$0.32 |
 Queen | A$0.04 | A$0.08 | A$0.12 | A$0.20 |
 Jack | A$0.04 | A$0.08 | A$0.12 | A$0.20 |
Decide first whether to buy the feature, because the price is 100x your total bet, which comes to A$200 at the A$2 example bet.
| Feature | Bet multiple | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Buy Free Spins | x100 · A$200 | – |
Pick your stake knowing the return to player works per A$100 staked. It is the share of staked money paid back over a very long run. The game rules show the version Royalreels runs.
| RTP version | RTP | In the rules |
|---|---|---|
| Variant 1 | 96.55% | Yes |
Just before spinning
Royalreels Casino shows each step of a round so you know the rules before you bet.
Pick a bet between A$0.20 and A$240 before the reels turn. The bet you choose sets the value of every win, and the paytable at A$0.40 shows the amounts.
A win needs at least three matching symbols. After each win, the winning symbols are removed and new ones drop in, so one spin can chain several wins.
The Base Game adds a modifier reel above the grid. A WILD expanding directly under a slot there awards a modifier, such as a cash prize or a multiplier.
Four, five or six SCATTER symbols anywhere start Free Spins, giving 12, 14 or 16 spins. Every slot on the top reel gets a random modifier on each spin.
Decide how much and how long you will play before the first spin. This game has high volatility, so results swing widely and cannot be predicted.
Deciding to spin Ancient Island Megaways™ means accepting that nobody can tell in advance how often the bonus round will come. Free spins may arrive on the next spin or after a long dry run, and the result of one session stays random whatever the RTP printed on the rules page. Two players with the same stake can end with very different balances.
Checking which RTP version is running starts in the game rules, the only place it is shown. Read that section before you stake any money. The RTP in the table describes a long-run average over very many spins, not what your next hour will bring.
Setting your expectations around the maximum win means treating it as a ceiling, not a target. Very few sessions reach it, and nothing in the game warns when a big round is coming. Plan your stake around the time you want to play, and read any top figure as the upper limit.
What you settle now
The worry that a review hides the cap, the cost or the risk behind a pitch.
Ancient Island Megaways™ caps a round at 10,000 times your stake. At the example top bet of A$2 that is A$20,000, and at the maximum bet of A$240 it is A$2,400,000. Nothing is guaranteed to reach that ceiling.
Ancient Island Megaways™ offers Buy Free Spins for 100 times your total bet, so A$200 at the A$2 example stake. The purchase starts the bonus round straight away rather than waiting for scatters to land.
High volatility on Ancient Island Megaways™ means long quiet stretches between paying rounds. Wins lean on the tumble chains, the top modifier reel and the free spins rather than on steady small returns from the base game.
Stakes on Ancient Island Megaways™ start at A$0.20 and climb to A$240 per spin. The bets quoted across this page, A$0.40 and A$2, are worked examples only, not the limits of the game.
Ancient Island Megaways™ hands out free spins when 4, 5 or 6 scatters land anywhere, giving 12, 14 or 16 spins. Inside the round every slot on the top reel carries a modifier on every spin.
Ancient Island Megaways™ returns 96.55% over time on a single setting, and that figure is not a promise for one session. Stakes of A$100 come back as A$96.55 on average across a very long run of play.
Ancient Island Megaways™ peers
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Play from 18 and keep the National Gambling Helpline at 1800 858 858 within reach, plus BetStop, the national self-exclusion register, if play stops being a choice.
Fix a spend figure for the session and fund it once, so a rough run never pulls money from elsewhere. The stake range here runs wide enough that a lost cap costs real money.
Name a win level and a loss level before the first spin and leave at whichever arrives. A big hit on high volatility is exactly when another deposit feels justified.
Set deposit and loss limits in your account before you play, not after a bad night. Limits sit on the account itself, so they hold whichever slot you open next.
Use a short pause if the spin button stops feeling like a choice, and self-exclusion through BetStop if it keeps calling. The game will still be there later.
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