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Starlight Princess vs Starlight Princess 1000: max win and multipliers
Start with the ceiling. Starlight Princess limits a win to 5,000x the bet and Starlight Princess 1000 to 15,000x. At a $1 bet that is $5,000 against $15,000, at a $5 bet $25,000 against $75,000, and at a $0.2 bet $1,000 against $3,000.
The multiplier symbols explain much of the gap. They can land in the base game and in the bonus in both titles, taking random values from 2x. The original's list ends at 500x, the sequel's at 1,000x. When a tumbling sequence ends, the values on screen are added together and applied to that sequence's total win.
Starlight Princess vs Starlight Princess 1000: RTP and house edge
There is nothing to separate them here. Each lists one RTP of 96.5%, a 3.5% house edge and an average loss of $35 per $1,000 wagered. A 100-spin session at a $1 bet wagers $100 and costs $3.5 on average in either game.
Pragmatic Play publishes no volatility rating for the pair. The original dates from 2021 and the 1000 version from 2023. The family also includes Starlight Princess Pachi at 96.04% (2024) and Starlight Princess Super Scatter at 96.5% (2025).
How tumbles and free spins compare
Wins pay anywhere on the screen when 8 or more matching symbols land, and the studio puts the range for the original at 8 to 30. Winning symbols vanish, new ones drop in, and tumbling goes on with no limit. The 1000 page adds that the princess symbol itself is a scatter that pays in any position.
The free spins are the same size in both. Landing 4 or more scatters starts 15 free spins, and 3 or more during the round add 5 more. In the round, a multiplier symbol that hits on a winning tumble is added to a total multiplier, and that total multiplies later wins for the rest of the spins.
Starlight Princess bonus buy and ante bet
Both games have an ante setting. Raising the bet by 25%, to the 25x multiplier, doubles the chance of free spins arriving naturally and turns the buy off. Starlight Princess 1000 sells free spins for 100x the bet, with four scatters on the triggering spin.
Which one should you try first
Open the original if you want the smaller multiplier range and a 5,000x ceiling. Open Starlight Princess 1000 if the 15,000x cap and 1,000x multipliers are the reason you are comparing. Since the RTP is the same, the free demos will tell you more about the pace of the multipliers than any number on this page.
Verdict
Starlight Princess suits anyone who wants a 5,000x cap with multipliers up to 500x. Starlight Princess 1000 suits those who want a 15,000x cap with multipliers up to 1,000x and a documented 100x buy. Both return 96.5% on average, a 3.5% house edge, and neither has a published volatility rating. Larger caps are rare top-end outcomes, not a better deal.
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