A x2 wild and a x3 wild in the same tumble sequence leave the meter on 6x. Added together, they would give 5x. Muertos Multiplier Megaways collects every wild multiplier into a candle stack beside the reels, and each new wild multiplies the value already there. In standard play, the meter clears when the tumbles stop. Inside the round, it opens at x1 and gains x1 on every tumble. That one rule carries the slot, because the sugar skull pays 5x for six of a kind and nothing else on the paytable will do it.
Every wild arrives with a random x2 or x3. The value applies to the win on the current tumble and to every tumble after it, and a second wild multiplies the running total instead of adding to it. Three x3 wilds in one sequence give 27x.
The frame is the one Pragmatic uses across its Megaways line. Buffalo King Megaways and the Dog House Megaways demo both use the same six reels, the same independent top row, and the same tumbles. Neither has a multiplier that multiplies itself.
Every win clears its symbols, the survivors drop, and fresh ones fall in until a spin stops paying. Reels 1 and 6 show up to 7 symbols, and reels 2 to 5 show up to 6, with a strip above reels 2 to 5 that spins from right to left on its own. At full height, that is 117,649 ways.
Three or more BONUS symbols trigger the round wherever they land, and the spin count is drawn rather than fixed.
Special reels come into play for the feature, and the meter that clears every spin in standard play now retains its value until the last spin.
One buy option exists, and it drops 3, 4, 5, or 6 BONUS symbols at random, so the ladder the round uses is drawn too.
The wild only ever arrives on the strip above reels 2 to 5, which is the shortest part of the board and the part that spins on its own. It can’t make a combination by itself, so its whole job is to feed the meter. That places the multiplier system on a single narrow row, which is why a tumble sequence can run for several drops while the meter remains at x1.
If the game awards fewer than 14 free spins, you can gamble for one more or collect what you have and start the round. The wheel includes a losing segment that wipes out the entire bonus, but the chance of winning each gamble is shown before you spin. It ranges from 64.43% when moving from 5 to 6 spins to 86.41% when moving from 13 to 14. Taking a 5-spin bonus all the way to 14 requires nine consecutive gambled wins, so it will not happen often. You can still collect at any point, including at 7 or 8 spins.
The cap applies to a round, not to a spin. When the total reaches 10,000x the bet, the round ends immediately, the game pays out what has built up, and any remaining free spins go unplayed. A meter that multiplies rather than adds can take a round to that point while spins remain on the counter.
| Minimum bet | $0.20 |
|---|---|
| Maximum bet | $240.00 |
| RTP | 96.03% |
| RTP with Buy Free Spins | 96.00% |
| Buy Free Spins | 100x total bet |
The High volatility badge the game gives itself agrees with the tier on this page, which is not something Pragmatic’s wave icons always manage.
Two of a kind pays only with the sugar skull, and the four card suits fill the bottom of the table in matched pairs.
| Symbol | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar skull | 0.5x | 1x | 1.5x | 2.5x | 5x |
| Tequila bottle | – | 0.5x | 0.75x | 1.5x | 3x |
| Sombrero cactus | – | 0.25x | 0.75x | 1x | 2x |
| Taco | – | 0.25x | 0.5x | 0.75x | 1x |
| Nachos star, guitar | – | 0.2x | 0.3x | 0.5x | 0.75x |
| Spade, diamond | – | 0.15x | 0.25x | 0.4x | 0.6x |
| Club, heart | – | 0.1x | 0.2x | 0.3x | 0.5x |
Muertos Multiplier Megaways is the Megaways slot where the multiplier is the game. Wilds are small and common, the meter multiplies them together rather than adding, and in free spins it climbs on every tumble and never resets. The paytable doesn't offer much, and that's deliberate. . This is Pragmatic's best answer so far for anyone who wants a Megaways board whose standard play is worth watching.
Pragmatic has built a lot of Megaways slots, and most of them treat the format as a delivery system for free spins with a rising multiplier. The studio’s Megaways shelf is full of games where standard play is something to get through. Muertos introduces a working multiplier system on every spin, which changes what an ordinary spin is worth.
The paytable is why the meter matters. Only the sugar skull pays from two of a kind, and the drop from it to the card suits is short. A board that fills with premiums is worth a few times the bet and no more. Every large result here is a multiplier result, and the game hands multipliers out freely, in small values, then compounds them.
There is a downside. A 96.03% RTP and a round that can be as short as 5 spins is a lot of faith to place in one meter, and the gamble wheel exists because the draw is short more often than it is long. Five of its nine steps give you less than an 80% chance of winning. Risking the whole round for one more spin, with the odds displayed while you decide, is the most uncomfortable button in the game.
What lands is the design. A meter that multiplies rather than adds turns a run of small tumbles into something worth watching, and the demo shows it doing so within a few minutes. This review has it as the best use Pragmatic has made of a multiplier wild on the Megaways frame, and the score is for the system rather than the theme, which is pretty and does its job.
