Blueprint Gaming Megaways
A Second Megaways Pick On This List
This isn't the only Megaways title I've covered for this guide, and that's worth knowing before you pick one.
Buffalo Rising Megaways sits alongside Almighty Bear Megaways as the second Blueprint Gaming title running this reel format on Here2Win Casino. Both share the same studio and the same dynamic reel engine, but the theme and the deposit budget you'll want for each session differ, which is really the point of putting the two side by side rather than treating either as the default choice.
I'll be upfront: buffalo-and-plains reel skins aren't rare, but this one earns its keep by running the Megaways engine cleanly rather than just slapping the format on for the sake of a bigger paytable.
Theme
Wide Plains, Big Herds
The reels are built around an animal theme centred on a buffalo herd moving across open plains — wild symbols, herd imagery and a wide-country colour palette rather than anything cartoonish. It's a straightforward setting that leaves the Megaways mechanics to do the heavy lifting instead of leaning on the scenery.
RTP and pace
How It Plays: Medium Volatility And The Megaways Twist
Buffalo Rising Megaways carries a return to player of 96.5%, which sits above the median of roughly 96.04% across the pokies covered in this guide, and it's closer to the top of the range (96.82%) than the bottom (94.73%). That's a solid starting point before volatility even comes into it.
Volatility here is Medium, so wins land more often than on the guide's high-volatility picks, without stretching every gap between them the way a low-volatility title does. On top of that, Megaways itself is a dynamic reel modifier — reel height and the number of ways to win can shift from spin to spin, a mechanic Big Time Gaming explains in its own note on the Megaways reel format. That's what makes the ways-to-win figure jump around between spins rather than sitting fixed like a standard payline grid.
Budgeting the session
With RTP sitting a touch above the median for the pokies in this guide, I'd still treat Buffalo Rising Megaways as a medium-pace session: set a spin budget for the sitting rather than chasing the reel-height swings that Megaways can throw up.
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Features
Bonus Rounds And The Bonus Buy Option
Buffalo Rising Megaways includes bonus rounds triggered on the reels, plus a bonus buy option that skips the wait and pays for direct entry. Buying the feature spends a much larger chunk of your session budget in one go than a normal spin does, so if you're partway through clearing wagering on the welcome package, check that offer's terms before you buy — a bought feature isn't guaranteed to count toward wagering the same way ordinary spins do.
If you want another bonus buy title to weigh this against, the Bonanza Falls pokie runs the same purchase option at a higher volatility, which makes for a useful comparison if you're deciding how much swing you actually want in a session.
Worth noting too: if Buffalo Rising Megaways turns into a regular pick rather than a one-off try, it's worth reading how Withdrawal actually works at Here2Win Casino before you're relying on it.
Compare before you spin
Other Titles From This Guide
A few neighbours from the wider pokies range, for anyone still deciding where to start.
From The Pokies Starter Guide
For the full run of titles and how the volatility scale works across every pokie, head back to the Pokies Starter Guide — or catch the format explained again from scratch over on Here2Win Casino live if the Megaways mechanic still feels fuzzy.
Buffalo Rising Megaways, sorted
A Medium-Pace Megaways Pick Worth The Look
Solid RTP, a dynamic reel format and a bonus buy shortcut if you'd rather skip the wait — that's the whole pitch, no more, no less.