About Crystal Sun
Crystal Sun was released on 24 April 2019. Play'n GO files it under a sci-fi theme and describes it on its own page as "a vibrant and colourful 5-reel slot, this simple little game has lots of unique characteristics that will 'multiply' your fun". That is an honest description: the game is short, and its only feature is a multiplier.
The grid runs five reels by three rows, with ten paylines read in both directions. That point deserves a moment: paying both ways does not double the number of lines shown, it doubles the number of directions evaluated. A combination starting on reel 5 counts exactly as much as one starting on reel 1.
The wild is a sun, and it only lands on reels 2, 3 and 4. The outer reels never turn wild, so the maximum reachable is three fully covered reels. When a sun appears it stretches across the full height of its reel and is assigned a win multiplier of x1, x2 or x3. Wins are paid, the wild then stays stuck in place and a respin starts. The sequence repeats for as long as a new sun keeps landing, and stops when none appears or when all three centre reels are wild.
Only combinations containing a wild get multiplied. When several wilds sit on the same line their multipliers are added together: three x3 wilds give x9, and that is the game's ceiling. One specialist database instead describes a fixed x3 per wild; both readings land on the same x9 maximum, but the detailed version with randomly drawn x1, x2 or x3 values explains better why some respin chains return so little.
The paytable is modest. The coloured crystals, the low symbols, return 2x to 4x the stake for five of a kind. Triple 7s pay 8x and triple diamonds 16x for five. Take the best possible screen: five diamonds on a line at 16x, multiplied by x9, is 144x per line. Ten lines make 1,440x, and reading in both directions brings the total to 2,880x. Yet specialist databases publish a ceiling of 4,000x. The gap comes from how the chain works: each respin pays separately and the wins add up, so a long sequence can exceed what a single screen returns.
The default RTP is 96.60%, leaving the house a theoretical €3.40 margin per €100 wagered. That is a strong figure for the studio — only nine of the 180 Play'n GO titles BetsRank tracks do better, and it is the highest of the eleven 2019 releases in our database. SlotCatalog also documents a 94.5% build: which one is installed depends on the operator, not the player.
Stakes run from €0.10 to €100, and volatility is rated high. The 4,000x cap is worth €400 at €0.10, €4,000 at €1 and €400,000 at €100. That sits below the catalogue median of 5,000x, and 135 Play'n GO machines in our database climb higher. One last detail: SlotCatalog dates the release to 23 April 2019, the studio's own page to the 24th.
