Moon Shadow Pokie

9.3

Denis Anipchenko

Expert opinion

Barcrest company has released a stunning online slot machine named «Moon Shadow», the main heroine of which is a charming girl in an elegant crown, which is walking under the full moon in the night and doesn't afraid of wolves’ earn and owls’ screech. It is hard to say who she is, so we leave it to your imagination and start talking about the features and capabilities of the colorful novelty.

Where to Play Moon Shadow pokie?

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Logos of online casinos where this model can be available are presented below. All of them provide an opportunity to test slot machines in a demo mode. Our experts have written the review after testing «Moon Shadow» in Vera and John Casino.
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How to Play pokie

«Moon Shadow» is the five reeled online video slot with twenty active lines where winning combinations are formed at. Herewith, it is possible to play only by ten lines if you pace the basic bet or only by all twenty if you activate so called Big Bet. Anyway, bets per each of the lines are always equal.
In the regular mode it is possible to stake from one cent to fifty dollars per each of the lines. If you want to use Big Bet, you need to choose one of two options: five spins running by the same bet or five spins by the double bet. In this case all twenty lines are active and gaming conditions get more beneficial.
«Moon Shadow» is provided with the standard and special symbols, as well as free spins with advanced features. Please read about it below.
The standard symbols win when they make combinations of three and more same elements at the active lines. As usually, only the longest combination at each of the lines is taken in account, while an amount of the payoff depends on the bet per line and the index of formed combination (from x5 to x500). In case of several combinations formed at different lines by result of the same spin, all charged credits are summarized and immediately transferred to the player’s account.
The gambling feature is not provided by the rules. All exceptions from the general rules are discussed in the following paragraph of the article.
The theoretical payback level of «Moon Shadow» is 96,07% in the game by basic bet. If you activate Big Bet, this index rises up to 98,01% (according to the information provided by the producer).

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Moon Shadow Symbols, Wild, Scatter

There are six standard and two special symbols in this model. The basic symbols are images of a night flower, an earning wolf and an owl, as well as card symbols from queen to ace.
Such symbols as Wild (this title at the background of the magic ball) and Free Spins Bonus (the main heroine) make advanced functions. Please read about it below:

• Wild works by the standard rules making combinations at the active lines, but it also replaces missed elements in combinations formed of other icons, except of Bonus. The interesting thing is that it appears at the screen only in free spins. Moreover, one of the basic symbols picked randomly makes its functions.
• Bonus is imaged at the first, the third and the fifth reels. When this symbol drops at any positions of these three reels in the same time, ten free spins begin. The casino places the bet of the previous size instead of the customer.

Every bonus symbol dropped during this round at the fifth reel brings from four to eight spins more. Please read more about them in the informational section.

Bonus games

Any prize rounds by the topic of the game are not provided.

Jackpots

A progressive jackpot is not drawn in «Moon Shadow» slot machine.

Comparison Moon Shadow pokie with analogues

	Moon Shadow	Lobster House	You Can Piggy Bank on It	777 Hot Reels
RTP	98.01 %	96.51 %	96.53 %	95.71 %
Volatility		High	High	Low
Lines	20	20	10	10
Drums	5	5	5	5
Issue date		4 September 2025	24 July 2025	12 June 2025
Scatters
Free Spins
Progressive multipliers
Jokers
Max payout	500	4000	2100	861
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Interface

Well, now a couple of words about functions of different elements of the interface:

• Stake/Line – set up an amount of the bet per line.
• Stake – an amount of the bet.
• Lines – quantity of the active lines.
• BB – Big Bet button.
• Balance – a state of the gaming account.
• Total Win – an amount of the payoff for a round.

New spin is triggered by the green button with a white round arrow. The red button triggers the automatic game.
Please pay your attention on two buttons with I letter. The one at the right open the pay table with payoff indexes and general rules. The button situated at the left opens the special department with detailed description of model’s features.
The only available user’s settings are sound parameters and size of the screen. It is not necessary to download «Moon Shadow» video slot.

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Should You Play Slot for Real Money in New Zealand?

«Moon Shadow» is not a bad model with interesting features of the gameplay and the cool design. Make sure you test the bonus bets and wait until the round of free spins. In general, the payback of «Moon Shadow» is quite high when Big Bet is active.

Denis Anipchenko

Editor-in-chief and online gambling expert

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