Play Curse of the Werewolf Megaways

A quiet European village is rarely improved by a full moon, particularly when Pragmatic Play is in charge of the weather. Curse of the Werewolf Megaways turns lycanthropy into a 6-reel Megaways game where changing reel sizes, Mystery symbols and random spin modifiers lead into a progressive Free Spins round. The real trouble starts there, as attacking werewolves gradually replace the human characters with the game's highest-paying regular symbol. 

The local tourism board may have some explaining to do. Curse of the Werewolf Megaways places its reels on a cobbled European street lined with old stone buildings, creating the sort of moonlit village that rarely ends well in horror-themed online slots. The characters look more fairy tale than full-blown nightmare, while the wolf provides the necessary teeth. A gothic soundtrack led by harpsichord-style notes keeps the atmosphere appropriately suspicious. 

There’s also enough visual restraint to stop the variable reel layout from becoming messy. Among the more elaborate games found at online casinos, this one keeps most of its attention on the changing symbols and feature animations. Mystery tiles transform together, while the Free Spins progression visibly removes villagers from the reel strips as the werewolf takes over. 

The regular symbols pay through matching combinations on adjacent reels from left to right. The werewolf is the only regular symbol that can produce a potential payout from two matching symbols. 

• Wild: The Wild appears only on reels 2 to 6 and substitutes for regular paying symbols. It doesn't replace the Bonus, Mystery or Attacking Werewolf symbols. 
• Mystery: The Mystery can appear in any size on every reel during the base game. When one or more land, all Mystery symbols reveal the same randomly selected regular paying symbol before wins are evaluated. 
• Bonus: The Bonus symbol can appear on every reel in different sizes. Landing at least three triggers the Free Spins feature. 
• Attacking Werewolf: The Attacking Werewolf appears only during Free Spins and substitutes for the regular Werewolf symbol while also driving the character-removal progression. 

Mystery Symbols 

Mystery symbols appear only in the base game and may occupy different-sized positions on any reel. Whenever several are present together, they all transform into the same regular paying symbol. Any potential combinations are then calculated using the revealed symbol. 

Super Spin 

A Super Spin can activate randomly during the base game. When it does, stacks of higher-paying character symbols are added to the reels for that spin. 

Guaranteed Win Spin 

The Guaranteed Win Spin is another random base-game modifier. It changes the reel result so that a winning combination is created across multiple ways. 

Free Spins 

Landing 3, 4, 5 or 6 Bonus symbols triggers 8, 10, 12 or 15 Free Spins respectively. 

The round uses special reel strips and introduces the Attacking Werewolf. Whenever this symbol lands, it removes between 1 and 5 lives from one of the four human character symbols. Once a character has lost all 5 lives, that character is removed from the reel strips and replaced by the regular Werewolf for the remainder of the feature. Each completed transformation also adds one extra spin. 

Bonus symbols can extend the round. Landing 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 during Free Spins adds 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 additional spins respectively. 

Curse of the Werewolf Megaways uses six reels, with each reel holding up to six symbols on a spin. The changing reel heights produce between 64 and 46,656 possible ways to win. 

Matching symbols need to appear on consecutive reels from left to right, beginning with the first reel. Unlike many Megaways games, there isn't a tumble or reaction mechanic after a winning combination. Instead, the base game relies on Mystery transformations and the two random spin modifiers to change individual results. 

The progression becomes more involved during Free Spins. Every human character that loses all five lives is permanently replaced by the Werewolf on the special reel strips, gradually increasing the presence of the highest-paying regular symbol as the feature continues. 

While a Megaways mechanic working around werewolves is hard to duplicate, these three online slots have their own out-of-the-box themes to bring to the table: 

• Sanatorium Secrets: A darker horror setting with unsettling characters and a more sinister atmosphere than the fairy-tale streets found here. 
• Sleeping Dragon Ultra Dark: Gothic fantasy imagery, an imposing central creature and a shadowy setting give this one a similarly ominous visual character. 
• Le Viking: Another old-world adventure built around stylised characters and a historic European setting, though its Norse humour is considerably less interested in full moons and unfortunate villagers. 

The villagers have a fairly serious survival problem, but at least their disappearance serves a mechanical purpose. Curse of the Werewolf Megaways is at its best during Free Spins, where gradually replacing the human characters with Werewolves gives the round a clear sense of progression. Early transformations matter, since more Werewolf symbols remain available for the spins that follow. 

The base game is less distinctive. Mystery symbols and random enhanced spins are familiar territory, and removing the usual Megaways tumble system leaves individual spins feeling comparatively straightforward. And yet, we like how Pragmatic Play ties the werewolf theme directly into the bonus mechanics instead of merely decorating the reels with claws and a full moon. The result isn't especially subtle, but then neither is turning half the village into wolves.