Cherries and golden bells, floating in deep space. That's the first thing that hits you about Supernova Galaxy Orbs, Hacksaw Gaming's newest stop on its long-running Space Race. The reels stack old-school fruit-machine icons and chunky gold card letters against a purple cosmic backdrop, all swirling orbit trails and distant stars. It's a 5×4 grid running 26 paylines, and the math sits at 96.23% RTP with very-high volatility. Five out of five lightning bolts on the splash. So yeah, this one bites.
The engine here is Orb Rush, a Hold & Win collector built around two glowing spheres. A Blue Orb is the quick option: land one and it instantly sweeps every Coin and Jackpot value on the board, no ceremony. The Red Orb is where things get serious. It kicks off a proper Hold & Win round with three refilling lives, and every Coin, Jackpot or extra Red Orb that lands resets the counter and buys you more spins. Coins stick. Fill the grid or run out of lives, and the whole board pays out at once.
Those Coins climb through four tiers. Bronze runs a modest 0.2x to 2x, Silver covers 3x to 10x, Gold jumps to 15x-50x, and Diamond is the big one, paying anywhere from 100x up to a monstrous 1,000x. Above the reels sit four jackpots too: Mini 10x, Major 50x, Mega 500x, and the Max Win at 5,000x your stake. That last figure is the ceiling for the whole game.
Free spins come via the Sphere Factor bonus. Three, four or five FS scatters hand you 10, 15 or 20 spins, with a better shot at Red Orbs and a guarantee that no Coin pays under 1x. Not patient enough to wait? Three FeatureSpins buys are on the menu. Bonushunt triples your trigger odds, Cosmic guarantees a Red Orb and a Hold & Win, and Galactic drops 1 to 5 Blue Orbs onto a board packed with Coins.
One gripe. The retro fruit symbols look great, but the base game can feel thin between bonus hits, which is the price you pay for volatility this steep. Is the 5,000x worth chasing? For a Hold & Win with a Diamond tier reaching 1,000x on a single coin, probably yes. Just don't expect a smooth ride getting there.