Buffalo King Untamed Megaways: Slot Overview

Saddle up, because Buffalo King Untamed Megaways has arrived, fresh from software provider Pragmatic Play. It joins a small stampede of related titles, following the original Buffalo King and Buffalo King Megaways, released in 2019 and 2021. This instalment is, apparently, “untamed.” Exactly what that implies isn’t immediately obvious, but it suggests these buffalo are more wild and unruly than calm and grazing. There’s only one way to see what that looks like in play.

You’ve probably seen those Instagram vs reality videos online—where the dreamy clip shows a lone traveller strolling through a bucket-list spot, then the reality shot reveals the place is packed with tourists all trying to get the same photo. The American wilderness slot theme often feels similar. Each game frames the setting as untouched and newly discovered, even though there are roughly fourteen hundred other slots set in the very same landscape. Many of them share a familiar look too, and Buffalo King Untamed Megaways fits right into that crowd—helped along by its direct connection to two earlier games.

Buffalo King Untamed Megaways uses a slightly unconventional layout. It runs on 6 reels, with up to 6 rows of symbols landing on the far-left and far-right reels, while the four middle reels can show up to 7 symbols. As a result, the game can reach a maximum of 86,436 ways to win. Like the earlier titles, it is highly volatile, and it also carries the lowest default RTP of the trio at 96.02%. Bets range from 20 c to $/€240, and players can raise the effective stake via the Ante Bet. When enabled, the Ante Bet makes it three times as likely to win the feature for an increase to the stake of 50%. The RTP remains the same when the Ante Bet is used.

The paytable contains 11 standard paying symbols. At the low end are 9-A card ranks, paying 0.5 to 1 times the bet for a 6 OAK win. Above them sit deer, wolves, cougars, eagles, and buffalo, which return 1.5 to 5 times the bet for a 6 OAK winning way.

Buffalo King Untamed Megaways: Slot Features

Wilds are a major part of Buffalo King Untamed Megaways’ toolkit, since they can arrive with multipliers and also develop progressively during free spins.

Wilds

The wild replaces all symbols except the scatter and can land on reels 2, 3, 4, and 5. Wilds may come with a multiplier of x2, x3, or x5, which applies to all wins on the screen. If multiple multiplier wilds appear together, their multipliers multiply with one another.

Modifiers

On any spin, at random, a minimum of 10,000 ways may guarantee to hit. It is possible the full 86,436 ways may be randomly awarded. Also, on any spin at random, 100 buffalo symbols may be added to the reel strips.

Free Spins

Landing 4, 5, or 6+ scatter symbols awards 10, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively. In free spins, wilds begin without a multiplier, but whenever a wild symbol is on the screen and a winning combination hits, the multiplier for future wilds increases by +1. During the feature, hitting 3, 4, 5, or 6+ scatters grants an extra 5, 10, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively. Scatter symbols also pay 2x, 5x, 15x, or 100x the bet when 3, 4, 5, or 6 of them respectively land.

Buy Free Spins

The free spins feature is available to purchase for 100x the bet, and the default RTP when doing so is 96.02%. After buying, 4, 5, or 6 scatters are guaranteed to appear on the triggering spin.

Buffalo King Untamed Megaways: Slot Verdict

One of the standout talking points around the Buffalo King series is still the contrast in advertised max wins: the first game promoted a potential of over 90,000x, while the second entry slashed that down to 5,000x (a figure that later became a familiar Pragmatic benchmark). Even now, it’s hard to argue that the original game’s stated top prize was anything other than a fantasy. So, yes, that happened. Rather than wagging fingers, though, we can simply note it with a raised eyebrow and move on. Buffalo King Untamed Megaways settles into a more comfortable middle, with a 10,000x the bet win cap that feels neither laughably far-fetched nor disappointingly low for a Megaways title.

Reflecting on the series’ past debates was arguably the most interesting part of assessing Buffalo King Untamed Megaways. The theme didn’t spark much curiosity, and the core gameplay didn’t do a great deal to change that. Technically, however, Buffalo King Untamed Megaways can combine several strong mechanics to push toward a sizeable payout, and the retriggers can be quite giving. Even if the well-worn setting makes it harder to feel genuinely excited, there’s little doubt Buffalo King Untamed Megaways is at least as solid as—if not stronger than—the two earlier Buffalo King slots. There’s a clear reason the previous games performed well, and there’s little to suggest the third entry won’t find similar success.