In 2020, Fantasma Games created a slot machine that takes you to Ancient Greece. It is Maze Escape Megaways, a 6-reel slot offering up to 117,649 ways to win, where you need to escape the Minotaur hidden in a labyrinth for a chance to win up to 25,000x the total bet. The Fantasma Games title is a highly innovative take on the genre in its structure and bonus features, so let’s take a closer look at it.
Maze Escape Megaways boasts an excellent design accompanied by suspense background music. The reels are set within a labyrinth and surrounded by giant blocks of marble. Three characters, including Theseus and King Aegeus, represent high-paying icons, while helmets, laurel wreaths and axes are in the middle of the paytable. Coins featuring Greek letters make up the lower ends of the paytable. The game also features four blockers – stone, Athena, Minotaur and Labyrinth, and Maze Scatter.
The Maze Escape Megaways slot uses 6 reels and 7 rows, with up to 6 positions on any reel containing blockers at the beginning of any spin. To play the game, you must wager between $0.20 and $40 per spin. If you don’t feel like spinning the reels manually, you can activate up to 100 autospins. Land 3 or more matching icons left to right on adjacent reels to get paid.
Although it is a Megaways title, the Fantasma Games slot differs from other games using the same engine. The number of symbols per reel is determined by blockers that change from spin to spin. On the reel 1, you will notice a highlighted position. When a symbol that contributes to a winning combination lands in it, it becomes the so-called Path symbol activates the Shifting Maze Avalanche feature. It moves all the winning icons to the middle row and moves the reels one position to the left. On each turn, 2 random blockers will be removed. If you manage to remove the Athena or Minotaur blocker, you will benefit from the Guidance of Athena or Minotaur Wild feature, respectively.
If you activate the Guidance of Athena feature, you will get up to 4 Path symbols added to empty positions. The Minotaur Wild feature covers the whole reel with Wilds and awards up to 7x multiplier. These multipliers will combine for bigger payouts.
Like most Megaways slots, this one benefits from Avalanches or cascading reels, meaning that successful symbols are removed from the grid, and new ones land in their positions.
There is also a free spins feature unlocked by 3 Scatters. It awards 10 Labyrinth Free Spins where the Shifting Maze Avalanche is active on every successful free turn. Unblocking blockers will add up to 3 freebies to your tally along with up to 3x multiplier.
Although it may strike you as overwhelming at first, Maze Escape Megaways is a fun game to play. It has a huge winning potential with up to 25,000x the stake in prizes. Yet, keep in mind that it is a high volatility game, which may not be suitable for all kinds of players. On the other hand, its RTP is solid, sitting at 96.15%, which is the industry average.
