Branded Megaways

Iron Dog Studio designed Branded Megaways as a customisable release built on the Megaways engine, using the mechanics of its earlier Pirate Kingdom Megaways as the template that operators can restyle with their own branding. The default dress-up features a padded leather backdrop behind the reels and an upbeat, bass-driven soundtrack, giving the base version its own identity even before any custom skin gets applied.

Six reels carry between two and seven symbols each, with the exact count changing on every spin, producing a ways-to-win total that spans from 64 up to 117,649 once the reels are fully stacked. Betting runs from 0.20 up to 20 per spin. The RTP is 96.2%, volatility is rated high at 4.5 out of 5, and the hit frequency runs around 27%, typical for a Megaways title of this style.

The paytable climbs from 10 through Ace as the low-value royals, moving up through silver bars, gold bars, green gems and red gems, with diamonds as the top symbol. Diamonds are the only icon that pays from just two matching symbols; six diamonds landing together return 25 times the stake. Two wild types can land on reels two through six: a standard wild that substitutes for any paying symbol, and a multiplier wild carrying an x2 modifier. Up to three multiplier wilds can appear together, stacking to a combined x8.

Wins trigger a tumble mechanic — the winning symbols clear from the grid and new ones drop into their place, and this can chain into further wins from the same spin without a fresh bet. Four consecutive cascades in a row award 8 free spins, and every cascade beyond that fourth one adds two more, up to a cap of 14 bonus spins layered onto the base 8, for 22 in total.

Inside the free spins round, a multiplier starts at x1 and climbs by one full step with every cascade that occurs. Landing seven symbols on a single reel locks that reel at that count for the rest of the round and adds one extra spin to the tally; as in the base game, four cascades in a row during the bonus still add two further spins each, again capped at 14 additional spins.

Where jurisdictions permit it, the free spins can be purchased outright instead of triggered naturally. The menu offers six, eight or ten spins, each available with zero or one reel pre-locked; the cheapest configuration costs 30x the stake, climbing toward 130x for the most loaded option, and buying in trims the RTP slightly compared with landing the feature through ordinary play.