Quick verdict: Legend of Cleopatra Megaways takes Playson's earlier Egyptian catalogue and rebuilds it on Big Time Gaming's Megaways engine, adding tumbling reels and a Scarab Multiplier on top. At 95.84% RTP, high volatility, up to 200,704 ways to win and a 6,584x max win, it's a considerably bigger, higher-ceiling game than Playson's earlier fixed-payline Egyptian titles.
The Story
Playson released Legend of Cleopatra Megaways in December 2020, taking the Cleopatra-themed art and symbols from its earlier, simpler Legend of Cleopatra line and rebuilding the mechanics around a licensed Megaways engine. Rather than a fresh narrative, it's best understood as Playson applying a bigger, more volatile structure to material it had already established — the queen herself, temple imagery and scarab iconography carry over, with the mechanical overhaul doing the heavy lifting.
Theme, Gameplay & Symbols
Legend of Cleopatra Megaways runs on a 6-reel Megaways grid, with each reel able to display a variable number of symbols per spin — Playson states this gives the game between 324 and 200,704 ways to win depending on how the reels land. Low-value symbols are card royals, while high-value symbols run through Egyptian iconography: scarabs, an ankh-style symbol, and Cleopatra herself as the top payer. Colossal symbols — larger blocks spanning multiple positions — appear alongside the standard symbol set, a common Megaways-format addition.
Presentation & Sound
The presentation shares its visual language with Playson's earlier Egyptian titles — gold, sandstone and deep-blue temple tones — but with a more polished, higher-production look befitting a Megaways release. Animation on winning tumbles is more pronounced than in Playson's simpler fixed-payline games, and the soundtrack builds noticeably during a strong tumble sequence rather than staying flat throughout.
How to Play Legend of Cleopatra Megaways
- Set your stake. Legend of Cleopatra Megaways' own bet range runs from roughly £0.20 up to £100 per spin, though UKGC rules cap online slot stakes at £5 per spin for players 25 and over (£2 for 18–24-year-olds), so UK players can't stake anywhere near the top of that published range.
- Spin the 6-reel Megaways grid. The number of symbols shown on each reel varies every spin, changing the total ways to win.
- Watch symbols tumble. Winning symbols clear from the grid and new ones drop in, and this can continue for as long as new wins keep forming on the same spin.
- Look for Scarab Multipliers. These appear during tumbles and add to a progressive multiplier applied to that sequence's wins.
- Trigger Free Spins. Clearing enough symbols on the game's top bonus row awards 12 free spins, during which tumbles and multipliers continue to apply.
- Try the demo first. A free-play demo of Legend of Cleopatra Megaways is available on this page, a sensible way to see the tumbling reels and multiplier build-up before spinning for real money.
Features & Mechanics
The core of Legend of Cleopatra Megaways is its tumbling reels: symbols that form part of a winning combination clear from the grid, new symbols drop in to replace them, and the process repeats for as long as new wins keep forming on a single spin. A Scarab Multiplier climbs with each successive tumble in a sequence, so a long chain of consecutive wins can multiply the total payout for that spin considerably before the sequence ends. The Free Spins bonus is triggered by clearing enough symbols along the top bonus row, awarding 12 free spins in which the tumbling reels and Scarab Multiplier both continue to apply, giving the feature round meaningfully higher ceiling potential than the base game. Playson's build of the game also includes a feature-buy option in some markets — UK-licensed operators don't offer this to UK players, in line with the UKGC's 2020 position discouraging feature-buy mechanics for UK-facing games, so it isn't something to expect or look for when playing through a licensed UK site.
Volatility & Win Potential
Legend of Cleopatra Megaways carries a published RTP of 95.84% and a high volatility rating — expect longer stretches between significant wins, offset by a considerably higher ceiling than Playson's earlier fixed-payline Egyptian titles. The maximum win is 6,584x your stake, reached through a long tumble chain with the Scarab Multiplier fully built up, most likely during the Free Spins bonus. Bet range runs from roughly £0.20 to £100 per spin — well above the UK's own stake cap of £5 per spin for players 25 and over (£2 for 18–24-year-olds), so UK players should expect to play well below the game's advertised maximum.
Pros & Cons
- Pro: a genuinely bigger structure than Playson's earlier Egyptian titles, with up to 200,704 ways to win.
- Pro: the Scarab Multiplier gives tumbling sequences real escalating potential rather than a flat payout per tumble.
- Pro: familiar Egyptian art direction carried over from Playson's existing Cleopatra line, so it should feel instantly recognisable to fans of the earlier game.
- Con: high volatility with a 6,584x ceiling means long dry spells between meaningful wins are the norm rather than the exception.
- Con: the feature-buy option built into the wider release isn't available to UK players, so anyone expecting it from non-UK coverage of the game will be disappointed.
- Con: as with many licensed Megaways builds, the underlying visuals and Egyptian theme are less of a departure than the mechanical overhaul suggests.
Final Verdict
Legend of Cleopatra Megaways is a considerable step up in scale from Playson's earlier fixed-payline Egyptian slots, trading a modest ceiling for a genuinely high-volatility, high-ceiling Megaways structure with tumbling reels and an escalating Scarab Multiplier. It asks for patience between big wins, and UK players should go in expecting to stake well below its published maximum bet — but for players who already like Playson's Egyptian art direction and want a bigger structural swing, it delivers a meaningfully different experience from the studio's simpler titles. Trying the free demo first is worth doing to get a feel for how quickly (or slowly) the tumble chains and multiplier build up before playing for real money.
