Verdict: On paper this is the wildest of the buffalo Megaways games: very high volatility, and free spins drawn at random, 5 to 15 of them with a x2 to x25 multiplier. It is offshore-only, so US players should look at the licensed Megaways buffalo titles.
A remake with a lottery in the middle
Savage Buffalo Spirit Megaways is BGaming’s Megaways remake of its own Savage Buffalo Spirit, released on August 24, 2023 under a licence from Big Time Gaming. Keyword lists sometimes credit RubyPlay. The game is hosted on BGaming’s site, and that is the provider this page uses.
The layout copies the familiar Megaways template: six reels of two to seven symbols plus a four-symbol horizontal top reel over reels two to five, for up to 200,704 ways. That is the same maximum as Pragmatic Play’s Buffalo King Megaways. The resemblance stops at the reel frame.
Reels refill after every win, the way tumbles work in other Megaways games. A white buffalo wild lands on reels two to five and on the top reel, and every win it joins is doubled. That x2 is fixed, in the base game and the free spins alike.
The free spins draw
Three scatters start the round, and four, five or six work too. The trigger pays 5x, 10x, 20x or 50x the bet for three, four, five or six scatters. Then the game draws two random numbers: a spin count from 5 to 15 and a round multiplier from x2 to x25.
That draw decides most of what happens next. Five spins at x2 is a weak round. Fifteen spins at x25 is where a result near the 6,000x maximum win starts to look possible. Retriggers add more random spins and push the multiplier further, with no cap on retriggers until the maximum win is reached.
BGaming lists a free spins rate of 1 in 136 spins, which is short for a game the provider itself labels very high volatility. The numbers make the logic plain. Free spins come round often; the swing lives in the random draw, where a low multiplier and a high one can separate two rounds by an order of magnitude.
This is a different idea from Buffalo Rising Megaways, where the player picks the spin count and starting multiplier from three fixed options. Here nobody picks anything.
RTP, the ante and the buy
BGaming’s game page currently shows an RTP of 96.75%. Bigwinboard, Slotcatalog and other listings carry the launch figures instead: 97.04% for the base game, 97.25% with the buy and 96.87% with the Chance x2 ante. This page uses 96.75%, the provider’s current value, and it is still one of the highest figures among the buffalo games covered on this site.
Chance x2 adds 50% to the stake to raise the trigger chance. The Buy Bonus costs 90x the bet, a little cheaper than the 100x buys on the Pragmatic and Blueprint Megaways games.
The provider lists a hit rate of 3.42, which keeps the base game moving between free spins rounds.
Ante or buy: what the launch figures suggest
The launch RTP figures give a rough guide to the three ways of playing. The base game was listed at 97.04%, play with Chance x2 at 96.87% and the Buy Bonus at 97.25%. On those numbers the ante gives back slightly less over time and the buy slightly more, though the provider’s page now shows a single 96.75% and does not break it down by mode.
The bigger difference is the swing. A 90x buy lands straight on the random draw, so one bought round can return far less than its price or many times more, with nothing in between to soften it. The ante spreads the cost across ordinary spins. Neither changes the draw itself: the spin count stays between 5 and 15 and the multiplier between x2 and x25 however the round was reached. Some jurisdictions do not allow bonus buys, so the option depends on where the game is offered.
Stakes and the maximum win
Bets run from 0.10 to 35 per spin on Bigwinboard’s figures. The maximum win is 6,000x the stake, and BGaming also caps a single win at €240,000. At the top bet Bigwinboard lists, the 6,000x multiple stays under that cap, so the multiple is the figure that matters for most players; the euro cap only comes into play where an operator allows larger stakes.
Against the other buffalo Megaways titles, 6,000x is modest. Buffalo King Megaways is listed at 5,000x, Buffalo Rising Megaways at 10,000x and Buffalo King Untamed Megaways at 10,000x. Savage Buffalo Spirit sits near the bottom of that group on ceiling, near the top on RTP.
US availability
Savage Buffalo Spirit Megaways is not confirmed at any regulated US online casino. The only listings found are at unlicensed offshore sites, which sit outside US state regulation and offer none of its protections. This page does not point to them.
Players in New Jersey, Michigan or Pennsylvania who want a buffalo Megaways game at a licensed casino have two clear options: Buffalo King Megaways, confirmed in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan, and Almighty Buffalo Megaways, confirmed in Michigan, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The real-money hub lists the licensed casinos in each state, and the Megaways hub compares the buffalo Megaways games side by side.
How it plays in practice
Savage Buffalo Spirit is the most random of the buffalo Megaways games. The base game is busy, with a 3.42 hit rate and a fixed x2 wild. The free spins arrive often by the standards of the genre. And then a single draw decides whether the round is worth anything. Players who like control will be frustrated. Players who enjoy the moment the multiplier is revealed will find it the most exciting round in the group.
Two details stand out against the rest of the buffalo field. Three scatters are enough to trigger, where Buffalo King Megaways and Buffalo Rising Megaways both need four. And the round multiplier, not the wilds, carries the round, so a free spin without a wild can still pay well if the drawn multiplier is high.
Playing the demo is the easiest way to see how wide the gap is between a low draw and a high one, which no description captures. The full list of buffalo slots shows where it sits among the other games, and BGaming’s provider figures put the free spins rate at 1 in 136 spins.