About Cygnus
Cygnus is not your ordinary ancient Egyptian-themed slot. This game is considerably different from the usual pyramid and King Tut-heavy titles we typically see from casino software providers. What you’ve got here is a six-reel, 4,096 ways to win slot. At least, that’s how it starts out. There are times in the gameplay when you could play with as many as 262,144 ways to win. Few casino and slot players will their nose up at that. With an RTP rate of 96.1%, and a maximum non-progressive jackpot worth 5,000x a bet, we’d say that Cygnus is a fair release. Moreover, with stakes stretching from 0.20 up to 100.00, this ELK Studios developed, and highly volatile slot is easily affordable for most.
Special Features
To kick things off, Cygnus features just 4,096 ways to win, as touched on earlier. You’ll need at least three symbols to appear in succession from the first reel to pocket prizes. Following a win, an avalanche mode kicks into gear. Unlike MegaWays slots (which offer you a random number of lines per spin), the more wins you chain together, the more rows become available here. In this manner, you can unlock as many as 262,144 ways to win. You can follow your progress here in the left-hand pillar beside the reels.
To help you win, Cygnus comes with a few other goodies. X symbols will trigger multipliers located on the right-hand side of the reels. This pillar can rise from 2x up to 64x the rate of pay. Any defeat will see these multipliers reset. However, stringing together wins could see them keep rising. Keep your eyes peeled for the “W” symbol, too. This is a wild in Cygnus and can substitute for all standard paying symbols.
Bonus Feature
Look out for the bonus symbols in the game. You’re going to want to get these symbols to work their way from the right to the leftmost pillar (first reel), when they appear. If these symbols touch the left post, then you’ll trigger a free spin bonus.
This mode essentially offers you seven Free Drops. These follow the same rules as free spins. The good news here is that each of your “free spins” comes with all eight rows of symbols unlocked from the off. Moreover, any multipliers you land will become sticky for the duration of the round, and you can retrigger the mode with those multipliers in place. This is clearly the mode you’re going to want to aim for if you want to walk away with Cygnus’ top non-progressive prize. That prize, as mentioned, is capped at around 5,000x a bet, which is no small sum.
