When you take a fruit machine and give it the Megaways treatment, you get The Ruby Megaways. The iSoftBet 2021 release is a 6-reel video slot offering up to 117,649 ways to win thanks to the popular Megaways mechanics. Despite its old-school appearance, the game has a lot to offer, including cascading wins, Mystery symbols and free spins with an increasing multiplier. The maximum payout you can win while playing The Ruby Megaways slot is 35,000x the bet.

Theme-wise, this is a classic fruit machine with plain white reels populated by traditional slot symbols. They include rubies, dollar signs, money bags, golden bells as well as red and blue lucky sevens, cherries and triple, double and single bar symbols. The game also features three special icons, including Wild, Bonus Scatter and Mystery symbol depicted as the question mark.

If you want to play The Ruby Megaways, you have to wager from $0.20 to $20 per spin. You can spin the reels manually or activate up to 1,000 autospins and enjoy the gameplay without interruptions. To win a payout, you have to land at least 2 or 3 matching symbols on adjacent reels left to right.
Above the main reel set, you will notice another horizontal reel. Symbols appearing on it can help you complete more winning combinations. That’s where the Wild symbol appears to complete your winning combos as well. On every winning spin, the Cascading Wins feature triggers to remove successful icons and let new ones replace them. The feature is active as long as new wins land. The Mystery symbol can also appear on every spin to reveal identical regular symbols.

Land 4 or more Bonus Scatters anywhere in view and you will win 12 free spins. Each extra Scatter will add 5 more free spins to your tally. You can benefit from up to 27 free spins per trigger. Just like in other Megaways games, the free spins feature in this one comes with a multiplier that increases by 1 on each cascade. The game also offers the Ruby Bet feature that allows you to buy 12 free spins at a price of 75x the total bet.

If you have played other Megaways slots, The Ruby Megaways may strike you as too basic. Truth be told, its appearance will appeal to players who prefer old-school slot machines while the bonus features on offer have been used many times before. We don’t say that the iSoftBet title is bad; it’s just nothing revolutionary. However, the maximum payout of 35,000x the bet seems appealing enough to give it a try and if you get lucky, you can end up winning big. This is a medium to high variance slot game with an RTP of 96.11%. If you use the Ruby Bet feature, the RTP will increase to 96.86%. Still, there is no guarantee that the winnings from the free spins round will recoup the investment of 75x the bet.