Blueprint Gaming Pokie
A Megaways Take On A Forest Reel Set
Almighty Bear Megaways is Blueprint Gaming's Megaways-format pokie, built around a woodland cast of animals sitting alongside a run of playing-card symbols.
The bear itself carries the top billing on the reels, flanked by smaller forest creatures that fill out the mid-tier symbols. Lower down the pay table, the usual run of J, Q, K and A card symbols does the steady work, which is the standard split on plenty of animal-themed pokies — the wildlife carries the big wins, the cards keep the reels ticking over in between.
What sets this one apart from a straight animal-themed pokie is the frame it's all sitting inside. Rather than a fixed five-by-three grid, the reel structure itself moves, which is the whole point of the Megaways label attached to the title.
Medium Volatility, And What Actually Changes Between Spins
Here's the mechanical detail worth knowing before you load it: the reel itself isn't static, and the return sits a shade under most of the pokies in this guide.
Almighty Bear Megaways carries a 95% RTP, which lands below the roughly 96% median across the pokies I've checked for this guide — worth knowing going in, since it's a leaner long-run return than most of its neighbours here, not a red flag on its own.
Medium volatility means the results sit between the gentle, frequent-but-small wins of a low-volatility pokie and the feast-or-drought swings of a high-volatility one. Expect a mix of modest returns with the occasional bigger jump, rather than long flat stretches or huge spikes.
The Megaways part is the reel modifier itself: it's a dynamic system where the reel height and the number of ways to win can change from one spin to the next, so the board you're looking at rarely looks quite the same twice in a row. I go through this reel format in more depth over on the guide's Here2Win Casino live starter hub, where every volatility rating on the site gets the same plain-English treatment.
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Bonus Rounds And The Bonus Buy Route In
Two features sit on top of the base reel: a bonus round, and a direct Bonus Buy route into it.
The bonus rounds give the reel a proper feature moment beyond the base spins, which is where a Megaways title like this one tends to find its bigger returns. Buying in through the Bonus Buy option skips the wait and takes you straight there, but it costs meaningfully more upfront than a standard spin — worth budgeting for separately, and worth checking the wagering terms first if you're playing through any bonus funds, since bought features don't always carry the same wagering treatment as ordinary spins.
If you'd like to see the same reel engine dressed differently, its Blueprint Gaming sibling Buffalo Rising Megaways runs a buffalo herd through the identical Megaways structure. For another straightforward route into a bonus feature, Big Time Gaming's Bonanza Falls is worth weighing up too. And before you load either one up, it's worth checking the Here2Win Casino sign up bonus terms, since wagering rules apply to whatever you're playing with once bonus funds are in your balance.
Compare Before You Load It Up
More Pokies Worth Comparing
A few near neighbours from the same guide, if you want a second opinion before settling on this one.
- Buffalo Rising Megaways — Blueprint Gaming, 96.5% RTP, the same Megaways reel over a buffalo and wide-plains theme, with bonus rounds and a Bonus Buy.
- 3 Buzzing Wilds — Pragmatic Play, 96.03% RTP, a nature and playing-card mix at high volatility, with bonus rounds and a Bonus Buy.
- 3 Dancing Monkeys — Pragmatic Play, 96.01% RTP, an East Asian-inspired setting over playing-card symbols, high volatility with bonus rounds and a Bonus Buy.
- Agent Jane Blonde — Microgaming, 96% RTP, a spy-themed low-volatility pick with bonus rounds and no Megaways reel.
- Apollo Pays — Big Time Gaming, 96.51% RTP, a Greek mythology and gem-symbol reel at high volatility.
For the full lineup this one sits inside, head back to the Pokies Starter Guide.
Reel Sorted, Reels Shifting
Almighty Bear Megaways, Weighed Up
Medium volatility, a 95% RTP sitting a touch under the site median, and a Megaways reel that keeps the board changing shape between spins — that's the honest read on this one.