Buffalo King Megaways: Slot Overview

North American wildlife slots are everywhere in casinos right now, and a title that helped shape the trend was Pragmatic Play’s 2019 release Buffalo King. One of Buffalo King’s standout traits was its loudly promoted win potential—though you could argue it bordered on the absurd. Either way, it proved popular and has served as a reference point for similar games ever since. It also felt like an obvious candidate for a Megaways rework—partly because it’s become a modern classic, and partly because, well, everything seems to be getting the treatment. So, time to follow the spirit trail and roam through America’s backcountry alongside its most iconic animals.

The most obvious change is the much larger—if not especially groundbreaking—Megaways reel layout. Rough wooden supports frame 6 main reels with 2-7 symbols on each, plus a top horisontal reel showing 4 symbols. When fully expanded, you can get up to 200,704 ways to win, a big leap from the original’s 4,096 ways. Beyond that, the backdrop is largely familiar: the same rocky outcrops and canyon scenery as before, at least as far as you can see. A rustic, outdoors-style soundtrack rounds things off, and anyone who enjoyed the first Buffalo King shouldn’t find anything too visually disruptive.

On the numbers side, Buffalo King Megaways starts to separate itself, beginning with a stronger default RTP configuration of 96.52%. If nothing else, Pragmatic Play is known for decent return figures—though note the studio uses flexible RTP, which can be lower depending on the casino. Be sure to confirm the value in the paytable. The highly volatile gameplay runs smoothly on any device and supports stakes from 20 p/c to $/€125 per spin. That’s the standard bet level, at least. Players can also raise the cost via the Ante Bet feature. By paying an extra 25% spin cost, you double your odds of landing free spins. Remember, the Ante Bet doesn’t change symbol payouts.

Despite Megaways adding a huge number of win routes, the pay values have risen too. At the bottom of the paytable are 10 to A card ranks, joined by moose, wolves, cougars, eagles, and buffalo—classic North American wildlife. The top symbol is a line of buffalos paying 20 times your stake. There’s also a wild symbol, appearing on reels 2, 3, or 4, which substitutes for any regular paying symbol.

Buffalo King Megaways: Slot Features

As with many Megaways titles, Buffalo King Megaways runs on a cascading system, labelled here as the tumble feature. After each win, the winning symbols disappear from the reels. Fresh symbols then fall into the gaps, potentially creating another win. The tumbling continues for as long as new wins keep forming.

What you’re really hoping for, though, is to land 4 or more scatter symbols. Doing so awards 12, 17, or 22 free spins, plus an instant payout of 5x, 20x, or 100x, for 4, 5, or 6 scatters showing. During free spins, a win multiplier comes into play, but notably it’s not the progressive type commonly associated with Megaways. Instead, wilds now appear with x2, x3, or x5 multipliers attached. These multipliers stack within a single spin sequence—so you might hit an x2 on the first win, then see an x3 land on a later tumble. The combined result for that chain is then boosted by x6. Multipliers don’t carry on endlessly; they reset between free spins. Lastly, the feature can be extended by +5 free spins whenever 3 bonus symbols land—without any cap.

Last up is a feature buy option, where you can trigger free spins for a cost of 100x the total bet – where available.

Buffalo King Megaways: Slot Verdict

Players who liked the original should be largely satisfied with Pragmatic Play’s approach to the remake. The first game’s charm leaned heavily on its wistful, cartoon-style grandeur, and that feel has been carried over well. Big multipliers were another major attraction, and Pragmatic Play has managed to both tweak and preserve that appeal at the same time. Buffalo King Megaways’ headline figures aren’t nearly as eye-catching as the earlier game’s, but how attainable were those numbers in the first place? Over time, many players have come to feel that the stated potential in plenty of Pragmatic Play releases was wildly inflated to draw attention.

Looking closer at the mechanics, the multiplier setup does resemble what you see in Sweet Bonanza. Still, tying multipliers to wild symbols rather than using the usual cascade-driven progressive approach is a notable twist that may interest Megaways fans. Naturally, there are upsides and downsides. It’s excellent when multiple wilds land during a single spin chain, but it can also leave you without any multiplier boosts if wilds don’t show up—even when you’re hitting tumble after tumble.

As for max win, even with Megaways adding more firepower, the potential has dropped sharply. Put simply, Buffalo King Megaways tops out at 5,000x the bet – a figure Pragmatic Play was using more and more often around the time of this review. By comparison, the original’s advertised 93,750x always felt like a number dreamed up by someone with a calculator and too much imagination. For a Megaways slot, the relatively modest cap does feel a little strange. That said, being upfront about what might actually be achievable—rather than dangling a fantasy figure to hook players—is probably the smarter move if you want to stay on the right side of regulators (and players).

Overall, the Buffalo King Megaways rework can mostly be considered a solid entry. The stats aren’t as flashy and it doesn’t introduce a lot of brand-new ideas, but the conversion does scale everything up. Alongside buffalo enthusiasts, anyone curious about a slightly different take on Megaways multipliers may want to give it a spin.