What is the RTP of Starlight Princess?

96.50%, and it is the same with the ante bet and with Buy Free Spins.

What is the max win in Starlight Princess?

5,000x the bet. The round ends as soon as that cap is reached. The game config lists the odds as 1 in 697,350 rounds.

How many free spins do you get?

Four or more Scatters award 15 free spins, and 3 or more Scatters during the round add 5 more.

How much does the Starlight Princess bonus buy cost?

100x the bet, so $200 at a $2 bet. It is not available while the ante bet is on.

How do the multipliers work in free spins?

Each multiplier (2x to 500x) that lands on a winning spin is added to a total multiplier, and that total is applied to later wins whenever a new multiplier hits with a win.

What does the ante bet do?

It raises the bet by 25% (20x to 25x bet multiplier) and doubles the chance to trigger free spins naturally, but it disables Buy Free Spins.

Starlight Princess Guide: Rules, Tumbles, Multipliers and Free Spins

Starlight Princess slot by Pragmatic Play

By the CasinoDemo editorial team · Updated 2026-11-09 · How we review

Starlight Princess is Pragmatic Play's anime take on the pay-anywhere tumble format: a 6 by 5 grid, symbols that pay in clusters of 8 or more anywhere on screen, and heart-shaped multipliers that can reach 500x. In free spins those multipliers stack into a running total, which is where the game's 5,000x ceiling lives.

We played the free demo, read all seven rules pages, bought the free spins and tried the ante bet. Every number below comes from the in-game rules, the game config or our own screenshots.

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Starlight Princess at a glance

Provider: Pragmatic Play
RTP: 96.50%
Demo: Free, no sign-up

How Starlight Princess works

The grid has 6 reels and 5 rows. Symbols pay anywhere: the total number of the same symbol on screen at the end of a spin decides the win, with 8 or more needed to pay. Wins are paid in tiers of 8 to 9, 10 to 11 and 12 to 30 symbols.

At a $2 bet, the top symbol (the red sun emblem) pays $20 for 8 to 9, $50 for 10 to 11 and $100 for 12 or more. The lowest, the yellow gem, pays $0.50, $1.50 and $4.00. The remaining symbols (heart, moon, star, red heart gem, blue, green and teal gems) sit in between.

The Tumble Feature removes winning symbols after every win and drops new ones in from above. Tumbling continues until no new wins appear, with no limit on the number of tumbles, and the total is added to your balance once the sequence ends.

Starlight Princess base game 6x5 grid with Buy Free Spins and ante bet buttons — Base game at a $2 bet, with the buy button and ante bet toggle on the left.

Scatters and multiplier symbols

The Scatter is the princess herself. It appears on all reels and pays on any position: 4 Scatters pay $6, 5 pay $10 and 6 pay $200 at a $2 bet. Four or more also trigger free spins.

The multiplier symbols are winged hearts in green, blue, pink and orange. They appear on all reels in both the base game and free spins and take a random value of 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 8x, 10x, 12x, 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x, 100x, 250x or 500x. In the base game, when a tumble sequence ends, all multiplier values on screen are added together and the sequence's total win is multiplied by that sum.

Free spins

Four or more Scatters anywhere award 15 free spins. Special reels are used during the round, and 3 or more Scatters during free spins add 5 more spins.

The big change is the total multiplier. Whenever a multiplier symbol lands and the spin wins, its value is added to a total multiplier shown on the left. For the rest of the round, every new multiplier hit that comes with a win also applies that running total to the win. So early multipliers make later ones count for more.

Starlight Princess four princess scatter symbols triggering free spins — Four Scatters on the trigger spin, paying $6 on their own.

Starlight Princess congratulations screen awarding 15 free spins — The round always starts with 15 free spins.

Buy Free Spins

The free spins round can be bought from the base game for 100x the bet. At the default $2 bet the button showed $200. The rules list the RTP with the buy at 96.50%, the same as the base game. The buy is switched off while the ante bet is active.

We bought it once at $2. The trigger spin landed 4 Scatters for $6, and we got 15 free spins. Wins came mostly from small tumbles: an 11 yellow gem tumble for $1.50, a green gem cluster for $2.00 and so on. The total multiplier only woke up on the last spin, reaching 5x and turning a $3.00 tumble into $15.00. The round finished at $31.30, about 15.7x the bet. That is well under the $200 price, and it is a single round, not an average.

Starlight Princess Buy Free Spins confirmation for $200 at a $2 bet — Buy Free Spins costs 100x the bet: $200 at $2.

Starlight Princess free spins tumble win with 11 yellow gems paying $1.50 — A typical free spins tumble in our round.

Starlight Princess free spins with total multiplier at 5x on the last spin — The total multiplier reached 5x on the final spin.

Starlight Princess free spins result screen showing $31.30 won in 15 free spins — Our bought round: $31.30 from 15 free spins.

Ante bet

The ante bet raises the bet multiplier from 20x to 25x, so a $2 bet becomes $2.50. In return the chance to win free spins naturally is doubled, because more Scatters are placed on the reels. The RTP with the ante bet is also 96.50%, and the Buy Free Spins option is disabled while it is on. The game config lists a 4,000x cap in ante mode, against 5,000x normally.

We ran 12 spins with the ante on at $2.50. No free spins came in that short run, which tells you nothing about the odds; it is simply what happened.

Starlight Princess with ante bet switched on at $2.50 and Buy Free Spins greyed out — Ante on: the bet rises to $2.50 and the buy button is greyed out.

RTP, max win and bet range

The theoretical RTP is 96.50% in all three modes: regular play, ante bet and Buy Free Spins. The maximum win is 5,000x the bet. If a round reaches that, it ends immediately, pays the cap and forfeits any remaining features. The game config puts the odds of hitting the max at 1 in 697,350 rounds.

The rules screen labels volatility as Medium, described as paying out steadily with a range of pays from low to very high. The demo's bet range is $0.20 minimum to $300 maximum, with $2 as the starting bet.

Our verdict

Starlight Princess is easy to read: count symbols, watch for hearts, hope the total multiplier gets going early in free spins. The rules are simple and the RTP is the same whichever way you play, which is a nice touch. Our 100x buy returned only 15.7x, and it showed the game's weak spot plainly: without multipliers landing early, 15 spins of small tumbles add up to very little. Try the demo to get a feel for how often the hearts actually connect.

How to play Starlight Princess free in Canada

Press Play demo for free on the game page and the Pragmatic Play demo loads with virtual credits. There is nothing to download, no account to create and no deposit to make, and it works in your browser on desktop and mobile.

Because nothing is at stake, the demo is the easiest way to learn how Starlight Princess's features trigger and how often it pays.

Playing Starlight Princess for real money in Canada

Real-money online gambling in Canada is regulated province by province. Ontario runs a regulated market where licensed operators are overseen by iGaming Ontario and the AGCO; other provinces offer play through their own provincial sites, such as PlayNow (British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan), Loto-Québec, PlayAlberta and ALC in Atlantic Canada.

The legal age is 19 in most provinces and 18 in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec. Only play at sites licensed where you live, set limits before you start, and treat gambling as entertainment, never as a way to make money.

Starlight Princess FAQ

What is the RTP of Starlight Princess?: 96.50%, and it is the same with the ante bet and with Buy Free Spins.
What is the max win in Starlight Princess?: 5,000x the bet. The round ends as soon as that cap is reached. The game config lists the odds as 1 in 697,350 rounds.
How many free spins do you get?: Four or more Scatters award 15 free spins, and 3 or more Scatters during the round add 5 more.
How much does the Starlight Princess bonus buy cost?: 100x the bet, so $200 at a $2 bet. It is not available while the ante bet is on.
How do the multipliers work in free spins?: Each multiplier (2x to 500x) that lands on a winning spin is added to a total multiplier, and that total is applied to later wins whenever a new multiplier hits with a win.
What does the ante bet do?: It raises the bet by 25% (20x to 25x bet multiplier) and doubles the chance to trigger free spins naturally, but it disables Buy Free Spins.

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