Mermaid Megaways Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Mermaid Megaways Review

We hadn’t heard much about Baltic Studios before Mermaid Megaways dumped down on our proverbial desk to be reviewed. They seem to favor a cartoonish visual style from what we can gather from their moderate back catalog, and this is their first effort with the licensed dynamic reels engine. There’s certain harmony over the subsea visuals, and the pace of the game is excellent since there are no cascading win hiccups.

Cash fish can be collected in different ways in the base game and in the bonus round, and the latter is clearly inspired by the most popular releases in the fishing slot genre. The big twist is that you can unlock a Mermaid prize symbol, and she can deliver up to a 2,000x catch one time per free spins session. The 4,303x overall max win is still well below average for this engine though, and the same can be said about the 15,625 win ways capacity.

Mermaid Megaways Slot - Reels Screen

Mermaid Megaways Slot Features

The premium sea creature symbols pay between 10 and 75 x your stake for 6 of a kind wins, and the fish symbols also carry a prize tag that can be collected in all stages of the game. You trigger the Twin Win feature when 2 bonus scatters appear together with fish symbols in the base game, and this awards an instant cash prize from a randomly selected fish symbol.

Silver and Gold Treasure Chests may appear on the 6th reel in the base game, and they trigger different tiers of the same Pick Bonus Game. You will pick from a lineup of seashells, and these award cash prizes until you hit a collect symbol.

You can also win the bonus round from this feature.

The Bonus Round triggers when you land 3, 4, 5 or 6 bonus scatters anywhere in view, and this awards 10, 12, 14 or 16 free spins, respectively. A fisherman Wild symbol can appear on all reels during the feature, and it substitutes for pay symbols while also collecting all cash fish prizes in view. Multiple wilds means your fish prizes are collected more than one time.

If you manage to catch 10 fish, you fill the progression bar above the grid. This awards +10 extra free spins, as well as unleashing the Mermaid. The Mermaid comes with random cash prizes of 200x, 250x, 300x, 400x, 500x, 800x, 1,000x or 2,000x your stake, and these prizes are collected by the fisherman wild.

Only 1 Mermaid prize is possible per bonus round, but you can multiply the amount by collecting her with more than one wild.

The 200 Spins Mermaid Megaways Slot Experience

We had a decent time testing Mermaid Megaways, as at least the pace of the game is pretty solid and enjoyable. We have created a brief and edited highlights video for your viewing pleasure as usual, and you can check it all out by hitting the play button below.

Mermaid Megaways Slot - Bonus Game

Review Summary

Baltic Studios could’ve taken this opportunity to go large, but their Megaways debut is well below par when it comes to the math model. Only up to 15,625 win ways can be achieved via the dynamic reels engine, and the 4,303x potential is below half of what most Megaways titles offer. In addition, you get a below average RTP of 95.76 %, which makes it hard for us to recommend this game unless you really love the theme and features.

It does stick out from most Megaways releases in the feature department, but the core instant fish prize feature is obviously lifted from other games. The pick game usually awards only smaller prizes, and you’ll most likely need to unlock the Mermaid in the bonus round to truly make a dent. It’s not the worst Megaways debut we’ve seen, but it could’ve been that much better with a stronger math model.

Pros

• Twin Win fish prize collect feature
• Pick Game w/ cash prizes or FS round
• FS w/ wild/collect fish prizes feature
• Unlock FS Mermaid to win up to 2,000x

Cons

• The 4,303x potential is weak for this engine
• Only up to 15,625 Megaways possible

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Golden Catch - is the inventor of the Megaways engine’s take on the fish prize slot genre, and this BTG release comes with up to 117,649 win ways. Reaction wins reveal cash fish underneath the symbols, and fishing boats with or without multipliers collect the prizes.

The multiplier keeps increasing per boat in the bonus round, for wins up to 31,430x your stake.

Big Fin Bay - is an original take on the fishing slot genre from Thunderkick, and it comes with a Pay Ways engine where wild wins expand the grid in the bonus round. This can give you up to 117,649 win ways, and the win respins feature can lead to payouts up to 15,040x your stake.

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