Mayan Stackways

Mayan Stackways Review

This game explores a Mayan theme with an innovative dynamic grid mechanic. Reels can stack with up to 10 matching symbols when a win is guaranteed. This can produce up to 100K ways to win, allowing you to crack the 10,000x potential also in the base game.

The stone symbols drop inside a jungle temple, and a Mayan shaman is present. The Stack Spins bonus round offers more StackWays action, and there is also a Mayan Gold feature. This involves accumulating coin values attached to stacks for the final pay spin, with a Golden version that starts you off with 50x per reel.

Mayan Stackways Slot Features

You win by landing 3+ matching symbols on adjacent reels from left to right, and the premium symbols pay between 2 and 4 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins. There are no Wild symbols, but there are plenty of features.

The Stackways symbol can appear on all reels, stacking between 2 and 10 matching symbols. This increases the number of win ways, and you can get up to 100,000 ways to win if all reels are stacked to the max. The stacked symbol is the one that will make the longest win line, and the stacking feature only happens if it will result in a win.

You trigger the Stack Spins Bonus Round when you land 2 skull scatters, giving you 10 free spins. This feature has more frequent Stackways symbols, and you can activate reels via the Reel Activator symbol. Activated reels are guaranteed to land Stackways symbols for the remainder of the bonus round, and you win +4 extra spins when you land 3 skull scatters on the same free spin.

The Mayan Gold Bonus Round triggers from 4 skull scatters, and you will land blanks and Coin symbols. The Coin symbol adds their value to the counter above each reel, and there are 3 levels of coins. Bronze coins add 1-5 to the counter, silver coins add 10, 15, or 20, while gold coins add values between 25 and 1,000. You can also land an ‘X’ multiplier symbol that boosts the current reel counter value by x2, x3, x4, or x5.

After a while you will start to land Stackways symbols on different reels, filling them with stacked coins of the current reel counter value. Stacked reels stop spinning, but you can also land a Collect scatter on other reels. This symbol collects all the coins on the stacked reels, and stores the total value in a vault below, unlocking the involved stacked reels. When all reels are stacked the total value of all coins (and the vault) are summed up as your win.

In addition, there is a Golden Opportunity version of the Mayan Gold feature, and it triggers from 5 skull scatters. Each reel starts out with a value of 50 in this golden version of the bonus, and it can only be triggered organically.

The Bonus Buy menu is available in some jurisdictions. It comes with 4 options:

• BonusHunt FeatureSpins (high volatility and RTP of 96.33 %) - pay 3x your stake to be 5x more likely to trigger one of the bonus rounds.
• StackWays FeatureSpins (very high volatility and RTP of 96.27 %) - pay 40x your stake for a spin with 2 guaranteed Stackways symbols (2+ Stackways symbols does not guarantee that the feature triggers, as this only happens if you’re guaranteed to win).
• Stack Spins Bonus (high volatility and RTP of 96.32 %) - pay 110x your stake to get this free spins round. Mayan Gold (medium volatility and RTP of 96.32 %) - pay 200x your stake to get this bonus round.

The 200 Spins Mayan Stackways Slot Experience

You get a brief taste of the base game, before the Stack Spins round is triggered. The Mayan Gold feature follows. You can see how it all played out.

Review Summary

The StackWays mechanic provides a dynamic grid experience that triggers on a regular basis. It offers a unique and fresh way to increase the win ways. More importantly, it can deliver solid payouts also in the base game, which keeps the whole experience more tense and interesting.

Whenever the reels get stacked and the win ways increase, you are guaranteed a win. This adds to the excitement, and you get even more of that in the Stack Spins round. The Mayan Gold feature has higher average payouts judging by the bonus buy price, but you probably need the golden version to spike up towards the 10,000x potential. The Stack Spins feature can deliver solid payouts.