Five games2021 – 2025Pragmatic Play
The Starlight Princess series
Five games, one castle in the clouds. Three of them share the original's engine almost to the digit, one adds a prize to the scatters and one is a different game altogether. Here they are side by side, with every number taken from their own rules screens.
The games
In release order
- Starlight Princess
The original: hearts up to 500x and a 5,000x ceiling - Starlight Christmas
The original in winter clothes, same maths - Starlight Princess 1000
Hearts up to 1000x and a 15,000x ceiling - Starlight Princess Pachi
A 3×3 pachislot spin-off with mini games and guaranteed wins - Starlight Princess Super Scatter
Super scatters that pay up to 50,000x on the spot
How the series grew
2021. Starlight Princess arrived in September, seven months after Gates of Olympus, and took its mathematics wholesale: same grid, same paytable, same multipliers, same RTP and cap. Only the theme changed, from a Greek god to an anime princess.
2022. Starlight Christmas dressed the original for winter without touching the numbers.
2023. Starlight Princess 1000 joined Pragmatic's line of "1000" remakes: one more multiplier value, worth 1000x, and a 15,000x ceiling.
2024. Pachi turned the brand into a small 3×3 pachislot-style game with mini games and no tumbles.
2025. Super Scatter added a gold scatter that pays up to 50,000x on the spot, and a second, pricier buy.
All five games compared
Every figure comes from the game's own rules screen in the official demo, checked on 21 October 2026. "Chance of max win" is the figure the rules give for reaching the cap.
| Game | Original | Christmas | 1000 | Pachi | Super Scatter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Released | 23 September 2021 | 6 December 2022 | 26 October 2023 | 20 May 2024 | 30 October 2025 |
| Grid | 6×5 | 6×5 | 6×5 | 3×3 | 6×5 |
| Pays | 8+ matching symbols anywhere | 8+ matching symbols anywhere | 8+ matching symbols anywhere | 27 ways, left to right | 8+ matching symbols anywhere |
| RTP | 96.50% | 96.50% | 96.50% | 96.04% | 96.50% |
| RTP with ante | 96.50% | 96.50% | 96.50% | – | 96.55% |
| RTP when buying | 96.50% | 96.50% | 96.49% | 96.04% | 96.50% |
| Volatility | Medium | Medium | High | High | Medium |
| Max win | 5,000x | 5,000x | 15,000x | 5,000x | 50,000x |
| Chance of max win | 1 in 697,350 | 1 in 697,350 | 1 in 2,749,771 | 1 in 870,625 | 1 in 666,666,667 |
| Multipliers | hearts 2x–500x | hearts 2x–500x | hearts 2x–1,000x | Super FS multiplier | hearts 2x–500x |
| Buy | 100x | 100x | 100x | 70x / super 300x | 100x / super 500x |
| Ante bet | +25% | +25% | +25% | none | +50% |
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What the 6×5 games share
The original, Christmas, 1000 and Super Scatter send the exact same paytable from their game servers. In all four, eight or more symbols pay anywhere, wins tumble, winged hearts multiply the base game and build a total multiplier in 15 free spins, and three scatters in the round add five more spins. The scatter pays the same in all four: 3x, 5x and 100x.
That is why your choice among them is about the ceiling and the ride, not about RTP, which sits between 96.49% and 96.55% in every mode of every one of them.
Where they differ
- Ceiling: 5,000x in the original and Christmas, 15,000x in the 1000 version, 50,000x in Super Scatter.
- Volatility label: medium for the original, Christmas and Super Scatter; high for 1000 and Pachi.
- Buys: 100x everywhere, plus a 500x Super Free Spins buy in Super Scatter. Pachi charges 70x and 300x.
- Ante: +25% in the original, Christmas and 1000; +50% in Super Scatter; none in Pachi.
- Pachi shares only the art: 3×3, 27 ways, mini games, 96.04% RTP.
Which Starlight game is yours?
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Look-alikes that are not part of the series
Gates of Olympus. Not a Starlight game, but its twin: Starlight Princess runs on the same numbers. We put them side by side here.
Starlight Archer 1000. A Pragmatic Play game in the same "pays anywhere, multipliers up to 1000x, 15 free spins" style, with an archer heroine instead of the princess. At the time of writing, Pragmatic lists it only on the Asian versions of its website.
Moonlight Princess. Another anime-style princess slot from Pragmatic Play, often mentioned as Starlight's sister, but with its own rules.
Starlight Wins and Twilight Princess. Similar names, unrelated games: the first is a 2,000-ways slot, the second a 5×5 cluster game.
Questions about the series
How many Starlight Princess games are there?
Five: Starlight Princess (2021), Starlight Christmas (2022), Starlight Princess 1000 (2023), Starlight Princess Pachi (2024) and Starlight Princess Super Scatter (2025), all from Pragmatic Play.
Which Starlight Princess has the highest max win?
Starlight Princess Super Scatter, at 50,000x the bet. The 1000 version reaches 15,000x, and the original, Christmas and Pachi 5,000x.
Which one has the best RTP?
They are practically level: 96.50% for the base game of every 6×5 version, 96.55% for Super Scatter with the ante bet, and 96.49% for some buys. Pachi is the exception at 96.04%.
Which is the least volatile?
By the games' own labels, the original, Christmas and Super Scatter are medium volatility; 1000 and Pachi are high.
Is Starlight Archer 1000 part of the series?
It isn't a Starlight Princess game: different heroine, and Pragmatic lists it separately, at the time of writing only on its Asian websites. It plays in a similar style.