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Crystal Cavern Megaways Review

Pragmatic Play has adopted an even tighter time schedule than before, or so it seems, and this probably means that we’ll see more releases like Crystal Cavern Megaways. While the production is overall solid in most ways, the lack of charisma, charm and personality borders on that of a branded megaways template. Nothing new or innovative is on offer here, but you get a dependable mix of tried and tested features that are somewhat enjoyable.

Set in a glimmering crystal cave, the dynamic reels experience combines well with tumble wins that also increase the multiplier in the base game. Of course, it resets per paid spin, and you’ll also land occasional expanding wilds to help top up your balance. Your chances of cracking the decent 10,000x potential increases in the hard-to-trigger (1 in 420 spins) bonus round, but you’re compensated by a surprisingly solid 1 in 3,039,514 max win probability.

Crystal Cavern Megaways Slot - Reels Screen

Crystal Cavern Megaways Features

The Wild symbol can land on reels 2 to 6 only, and it steps in for all regular pay symbols to help complete winning combinations. The Wild holds no value of its own however, and the premium gem symbols pay between 1.5 and 25 x your stake for 6 on a payline. All winning symbols are removed via the Tumble mechanic, and new and/or existing symbols drop down to fill the gaps. This process repeats as long as you keep winning, and you can thus get indefinite extra wins per spin.

The previously mentioned Wild symbols will expand to cover the entire reel whenever they land, and this Expanding Wild feature is active both in the base game and during the bonus round. Each Tumble win increases the win multiplier by +1, but the multiplier resets to x1 between paid spins in the base game.

The Bonus Round is triggered when you land 4, 5 or 6 scatters, and this awards a scatter payout of 5, 10 or 100 x your stake up front. You also get 12, 16 or 20 free spins, respectively, and the biggest difference from the base game is that the unlimited progressive win multiplier does not reset between spins. The wilds still expand, and you get +5 extra spins when you land 3+ scatters anywhere within the same free spin tumble sequence.

Depending on your jurisdiction, a Bonus Buy option may be available. This feature is not available for UK players for sure, but it’s something to consider since the bonus round triggers only once in 420 base game spins on average. Purchasing the feature sets you back 80x your stake, and you’re then guaranteed 3+ scatters on the spin that follows.

The 200 Spins Crystal Cavern Megaways Experience

You get to see a few okay base game top-up wins, before we trigger the bonus round with 5 scatters close to the 1-minute mark. The feature plays out for the remainder of the 3:33-minute highlights video, and you can see for yourself how we fared by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

Both visually and featurewise, Crystal Cavern Megaways seems inspired by Play’n Go’s Frozen Gems, and the theme has a somewhat cold, impersonal and generic vibe hanging over it. The selection of features will hardly make experienced punters all warm and fuzzy either, at least not if you’re looking for innovation. Adding an increasing tumble win multiplier to the base game is a decent touch though, and not something you see all that often with this engine.

It combines well with the tried and tested expanding wilds, although larger payouts are more likely to happen in the bonus round where the multiplier just keeps building. The whole thing comes together like a well-oiled machine, but it’s still not a game we would return to any time soon. The 10,000x potential is higher than some previous Megaways efforts from Pragmatic, and the best argument for giving Crystal Cavern a whirl is perhaps the solid 1 in 3,039,514 max win probability.

If you enjoy Crystal Cavern Megaways you should also try:

Frozen Gems - is a somewhat similar release from Play’n Go, and it comes with a dynamic reels symbol split mechanic. This happens via the frozen top reel, and it can increase the number of payways from 243 to 8,748. A progressive win multiplier is active at all times, and it keeps building in the bonus round for payouts up to 10,000x your stake.

Starz Megaways - is the second Megaways effort from Pragmatic Play, and it’s clearly inspired by NetEnt’s Starburst. You thus get a gemstone-infused dynamic reels experience, with expanding wilds that are sticky in the bonus round. The volatility is high, and you can win up to 10,000x your stake.

Star Clusters Megaclusters - is the Big Time Gaming release that introduced us to their innovative Megaclusters engine, and the winning symbols both split and tumble to create a highly dynamic reels experience. This is further enhanced in the base game, where the non-resetting progressive wild multiplier can lead to payouts up to 23,960x your stake.