Starlight Archer 1000 Demo (Pragmatic Play) Slot Demo & Review

Game Overview

Casino game provider Pragmatic Play returns with Starlight Archer 1000, a game you’ll almost certainly recognise. This 6×5 high variance scatter pays slot offers tumbling wins, free spins with sticky multipliers, and a maximum win potential of 15,000x. It looks familiar, but is it any good? Let’s find out.

Theme & Design

The moment you load Starlight Archer 1000, you know exactly what you’re looking at. It’s the familiar temple setting complete with anime-inspired characters that Pragmatic has used in loads of slots in the last few years. Of course, we’re talking about games like Gates of Olympus and Starlight Princess.

Like pretty much all Pragmatic Play released today, Starlight Archer 1000 looks fantastic. The graphics are clean, polished, and slick. Still, if you’ve seen or played Gates of Olympus or the various “1000” spin-offs, then you’ve already seen this theme before; Starlight Archer 1000 is just a reskin, essentially.

Starlight Archer 1000 Gameplay & Features

Starlight Archer 1000 uses the same scatter-pays, tumble-based system as its predecessors. The action unfolds on a 6×5 grid. Wins are formed by landing 8+ matching symbols anywhere in view, so it’s the standard scatter pays, too. The game offers an above-average RTP of 96.50%, and you can stake between €0.20 and €100 per spin.

Starlight Archer 1000 uses tumbling reels, so any time you form a win, the symbols involved in that win disappear. Now, like its predecessors, Starlight Archer 1000 is pretty simple to get the hang of. The core of the game is the multipliers. At any time during the base game or free spins, multiplier symbols can drop into view with values ranging from 2x all the way up to 1,000x. 

When multipliers land, their values are added together, and their combined value (if there’s more than one) is then applied to your total tumble sequence for that spin.

To trigger the game’s free spins bonus round, you need to land 4+ scatter symbols. Doing so awards you with 15 free spins. The global multiplier mechanic also comes into play. Every time a multiplier symbol lands during a winning tumble, its value is permanently added to the total multiplier stored on the side of the screen. 

Unlike in the base game, this multiplier never resets, so if you manage to hit a few high multipliers early on, you can enjoy some mega win potential in the latter stages of the feature. You can also win +5 spins by landing another three or more scatter symbols anywhere in view during the free spins.

Bonus Buy

Starlight Archer 1000 includes a few extra betting options. The optional Ante Bet increases your stake by 25% and doubles the chance of you triggering the bonus round naturally. You can pay 100x for instant entry into the free spins, too, although interestingly, there’s no super feature available.