Golden Goose Megaways (Big Time Gaming) – Review & Demo Play

Golden Goose Megaways: Slot Overview

Jack and the Beanstalk is woven right through Golden Goose Megaways. The grid floats up in the sky beside a gated castle, while the beanstalk clings to the frame. It’s a 6 reel Megaways setup, up to 7 symbols per reel and up to 117,649 ways. Reactions clear winning symbols and drop new ones. The view is very Jack-and-the-Beanstalk-ish, and the soundtrack takes on a livelier tone in free spins. You’ll also see the Bonus Boy scooting across the top often.

On the numbers, it’s highly volatile with a default RTP of 96.44%. Stakes run from 0.20 to 30 per spin. The headline twist is growable Cloud Prizes and a collector. In the base game and the bonus, the Bonus Boy shimmies up the stalk to collect cash values for you, and in free spins he does so with a rising multiplier. Win Exchange and a bonus buy round out the options, which suits different moods during a session.

Symbols & Paytable in Golden Goose Megaways

Low values are the royals 9 to A, paying between 0.8x and 1x the stake for six of a kind. Premiums are a golden bell, a golden watering can, a golden box, and a golden harp, worth 1.25x to 25x for six. Wilds land on reels 2 to 5 and substitute for everything except the scatter and the Egg. Reactions remove all symbols in a winning combination; Eggs are replaced during reactions, while scatters stick.

Golden Goose Megaways Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	6	x25
	5	x5
	4	x2.5
	3	x1.5
	2	x1
	6	x2.5
	5	x1
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.5
	6	x1.25
	5	x0.75
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.25
	6	x1.25
	5	x0.75
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.25
	6	x1
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.2
	6	x1
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.2
	6	x0.9
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.25
	3	x0.15
	6	x0.9
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.25
	3	x0.15
	6	x0.8
	5	x0.3
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.8
	5	x0.3
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	Scatter
	Wild

Cloud Prizes in Golden Goose Megaways

Cloud Prizes sit above reels 2, 3, 4, and 5, each starting at 2x the stake. When an Egg symbol hits on any of those reels, it increases the Cloud Prize directly above by up to 500x the stake. Eggs only land on reels 2 to 5, so that’s where the growth happens. Values are on show at all times, which keeps you aware of what’s building as reactions trigger and more symbols tumble through.

Bonus Boy in Golden Goose Megaways

A Bonus Boy may appear above the reels on any spin or reaction and collect one of the Cloud Prizes, paying it straight away. When he grabs one, that Cloud Prize resets to zero, ready to grow again. In the base game he can also multiply a collected Cloud Prize by 10, which can turn a modest figure into a tidy hit if an Egg has been feeding it recently.

From my sessions he did dart out quite regularly. When the numbers up top were small, it felt a bit big whoop. Different story when there’s a chunky value perched above a reel: every scoot across the top brings some genuine tension as you watch him run the line or climb the stalk. That visibility of prizes shapes the rhythm more than most Megaways titles I’ve played. When they stack, it can feel quite punchy.

Free Spins in Golden Goose Megaways

In the base game, landing 3 scatters gives 10 free spins, with 5 extra for every scatter beyond the third. When the bonus is triggered by scatters, Cloud Prizes carry over into free spins, and when free spins end those Cloud Prizes carry back into the base if the trigger was from scatters. That continuity helps lines up the next burst whenever Eggs have done some lifting beforehand quite nicely.

The bonus uses an unlimited Cloud Prize Multiplier tied to Bonus Boy appearances. The first Bonus Boy arrives with x1, the second x2, then x3 and so on. Cloud Prizes are multiplied by whatever is displayed when he collects. It’s also possible for him to grab all four Cloud Prizes in one go during the feature, which is where the game can take off if Eggs have already fattened those values.

Retriggers add +5 free spins for 3 scatters, plus another +5 for every extra scatter in view. With reactions active, the multiplier climbing, and the collector in the mix, the round can snowball. The documentation points to a free spins max win of 150,335x the bet, while the base game caps at 12,800x. I didn’t get near figures like that, but the ceiling gives this beanstalk plot some proper headroom.

Win Exchange and Bonus Buy in Golden Goose Megaways

When a base game win hits 80x the stake or more, you can exchange 80x for 10 free spins. Wins between 25x and 80x offer a gamble on a red and green wheel for the same 10 spins. If waiting isn’t your bag, there’s also a straight bonus buy for 80x the bet. I’ve used all three routes at times, and they do change the tempo of a session nicely.

Golden Goose Megaways: Slot Verdict

Fairy tale slots can look much alike, with countryside, clouds, a stalk, and lashings of gold. Golden Goose Megaways nudges that formula on a different tangent with visible Cloud Prizes and a collector. At times it felt oddly unexciting when the values up top were tiny; flip that, and it’s tense when chunky numbers sit there. Hold onto your beans: on paper this thing can lay some sizable golden eggs.