Ways of the Qilin

Provider

PG Soft

RTP

96.69%

Volatility

Medium

Maximum win

7,106x

Layout

6x6 grid, 576–46,656 ways

Released

15 July 2021

Ways of the Qilin has the highest hit rate and the widest ways range of any PG Soft game covered here, and a precisely computed maximum win rather than a suspicious round number. On data quality alone it is the strongest entry in the studio's catalogue on this site.

The ways range is the game

576 to 46,656. That is an eighty-one-fold swing within a single game, and it is the widest range in this studio's catalogue — Lucky Neko's 2,025–32,400 is a sixteen-fold swing by comparison.

A 6x6 grid at full expansion produces 46,656 ways because six symbols on each of six reels is 6⁶. At minimum expansion it produces 576. Every spin sits somewhere between those two states, and where it sits matters more than which symbols land.

This is a fundamentally different proposition from a fixed-ways game like Wild Bandito at 1,024. There, coverage is constant and the symbols decide everything. Here, coverage itself is the variable.

Wilds-on-the-Way

The game's named feature. Wilds appear along winning paths rather than landing in fixed reel positions, which means they are generated by the win rather than causing it.

That is a subtle but real distinction. A wild that lands on reel 3 either helps or does not. A wild generated along a winning way is always contributing, and on an expanding-ways grid it contributes across however many ways are currently active — which at full expansion is a very large number.

Cascades, free spins and an escalating multiplier layer on top, in the studio's usual construction.

The highest hit rate in the catalogue

33.67% — roughly one paying spin in three, and comfortably the highest PG Soft publishes among its ten most-played titles here. For comparison, Fortune Rabbit sits at 21.83%.

That difference is large enough to change the character of a session. A third of spins paying something means the balance moves constantly. It also means most of those wins are small — a high hit rate on a 96.69% return necessarily implies modest average win size.

7,106x, and why the precision matters

Compare this figure with the 100,000x attached to Mahjong Ways 2 and Treasures of Aztec.

7,106x is what a computed maximum looks like — an odd number falling out of the game's actual maths. 100,000x is what a policy ceiling looks like. When the same studio publishes both kinds of figure across its catalogue, the specific ones are the ones to trust.

Feature buy

Available where legal. UK players will not see it; several other regulated markets restrict it. The usual reasoning applies — a purchase changes how fast you reach an outcome, not how good the outcome is.

Who it suits

Someone who wants an active, high-frequency game with genuine mechanical interest and reliable published data. The combination of a 33.67% hit rate, a 96.69% return and an expanding-ways grid produces a session with a lot happening in it.

It does not suit anyone chasing a large multiple. 7,106x is real, but it is modest by modern standards and the high hit rate is precisely why.

Also on this site

• Lucky Neko — the studio's other expanding-ways game
• Wild Bandito — fixed ways, for direct contrast
• Big Time Gaming — the studio that invented variable-ways slots

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Source: PG Soft's published game information, cross-referenced with SlotCatalog. Reviewed 29 August 2026.

Reviewed by SlotzKilla Editorial · Published 29 August 2026 · Last updated 29 August 2026 · How we source figures