PG Soft: Mahjong Ways, the Fortune series and Wilds-on-the-Way
PG Soft (Pocket Games Soft) is a mobile-first slot studio founded in autumn 2015, headquartered in Malta with more than 200 staff across Europe, Asia and North America. Mahjong Ways and the three-reel Fortune series are the titles that made its name.
The studio
Who PG Soft are
Pocket Games Soft was founded in autumn 2015 and is headquartered in Malta, at Valletta Buildings on South Street. It employs more than 200 people across offices in Europe, Asia and North America — though it names no cities beyond Malta.
The company describes itself around delivery rather than genre: a mobile games company shipping across iOS, Android, macOS, Windows and HTML5. In practice the output is mobile-first HTML5 slots, and the design reflects it — compact 3×3 grids alongside 6×5 cascading boards, built to be played on a phone in short sessions.
It does not publish a catalogue total. Its own game index carried around 170 live titles when we checked in September 2026, numbered into the 200s, with releases arriving roughly every two weeks.
Ownership and founders are not disclosed, and while the company names the MGA and the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority as its regulators, it publishes no licence numbers for either. Certification is through BMM Testlabs and Gaming Audits.
- Founded: autumn 2015
- Headquarters: Valletta Buildings, South Street, Valletta, Malta
- Staff: 200+ across Europe, Asia and North America
- Produces: mobile-first HTML5 video slots
- Catalogue: ~170 live titles as of September 2026; no official total
- Regulators named: MGA and Gibraltar — no numbers published
- Testing: BMM Testlabs, Gaming Audits
The games
PG Soft slots
Release dates below come from PG Soft’s own game records, not from a demo site — which is why they are exact.
| Title | Released | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Mahjong Ways | 15 Jan 2020 | 5×4 slot with wild symbol transformation and free spins on an increasing multiplier — 12 free spins on three scatters, two more per extra scatter, up to x10 |
| Mahjong Ways 2 | 14 Apr 2020 | 5×4 with an extra row on reels 2, 3 and 4. During free spins every symbol on reel 3 except wild and scatter turns golden, and the multiplier ceiling rises to x10 |
| Caishen Wins | 8 Apr 2020 | Chinese wealth-deity themed slot, one of the studio’s highest-ceiling early titles |
| Treasures of Aztec | 24 Aug 2020 | 6×5 board using Wilds-on-the-Way with multipliers that increase in both the base game and free spins; four scatters trigger the feature |
| Lucky Neko | 30 Nov 2020 | 6×5 with an additional reel above reels 2 to 5. Every Cat symbol landing raises the win multiplier by 2; four scatters award 10 or more free spins |
| Fortune Ox | 2 Feb 2021 | 3-reel grid, 3 rows on reels 1 and 3, 4 on reel 2. The randomly triggered Fortune Ox Feature respins until a win lands, with an x10 multiplier |
| Wild Bandito | 3 May 2021 | 5×4 with Gold Framed Symbols and an increasing free-spins multiplier; during free spins the whole of reel 3 turns gold-framed |
| Ways of the Qilin | 17 May 2021 | Ways-structure slot on the Qilin theme, from the studio’s strongest release run |
| Fortune Tiger | 17 Jan 2022 | 3×3 with respins and an x10 multiplier, the Fortune Tiger Feature triggering at random on any spin |
| Fortune Rabbit | 11 Jan 2023 | 3-reel grid with Prize symbols worth up to 500x. During the eight Fortune Spins the reels carry Prize symbols only |
| Fortune Dragon | 22 Jan 2024 | 3×3 with a multiplier reel up to x10 and Fortune Spins on an expanded multiplier reel; a Sure Win Bet option guarantees a win on every Fortune Spin |
| Funky Fortunez | 20 Apr 2026 | 4×4 grid on a Prize Symbol mechanic — a position activated twice converts to a Prize symbol carrying a cash value, upgradeable to Gold and then Platinum tiers |
| Touchdown Wins | 18 Aug 2026 | 3-reel American football slot with free-spin multipliers reaching x2048; eight extra free spins can trigger at random with every multiplier doubled |
| Prosperity Lanterns | 1 Sep 2026 | Recent release; the studio publishes a new title roughly every two weeks |
| Lucky Mischief | 14 Sep 2026 | The newest title on the index at the time of writing |
No RTP figures are quoted here. PG Soft publishes a nominal figure per title, but online slot RTP is routinely shipped as a configurable band and set per operator and per market, so a single number would be wrong somewhere.
What makes it different
How a PG Soft slot is built
PG Soft does not brand its mechanics the way a European studio does, so these are named from how the games actually behave.
Wilds-on-the-Way
Used on the big 6×5 boards — Treasures of Aztec, Lucky Neko. Wilds are generated as part of the cascade rather than only landing on the reels, so the grid keeps producing new winning routes from a single spin. It is the mechanic behind the studio’s highest-ceiling titles.
The increasing free-spins multiplier
The single most consistent feature across the catalogue. Free spins do not run at a flat multiplier; the multiplier climbs as the round progresses, which is why PG Soft free-spin rounds build rather than plateau. Mahjong Ways, Wild Bandito and Treasures of Aztec all use it.
The three-reel Fortune series
Fortune Ox (2021), Fortune Tiger (2022), Fortune Rabbit (2023) and Fortune Dragon (2024) follow the Chinese zodiac on a deliberately tiny 3×3 or 3×4 grid. A randomly triggered feature awards respins or Fortune Spins. Low complexity, extremely fast rounds — built for a phone, and hugely popular in Southeast Asia and Brazil.
Symbol transformation and Gold Framed Symbols
In Mahjong Ways a wild transforms; in Mahjong Ways 2 and Wild Bandito an entire reel converts to gold-framed symbols during free spins. Same underlying idea — change the composition of a reel mid-round rather than add a separate bonus screen.
Prize symbols
Fortune Rabbit and Funky Fortunez replace the paytable with cash-value symbols during the feature. In Funky Fortunez a position activated twice becomes a Prize symbol that can upgrade to Gold and then Platinum. It is the studio’s route into hold-and-win territory without copying the format outright.
Mobile-first construction
Everything above is designed to be legible on a phone in a short session: small grids, features that resolve in seconds, no long bonus sequences. That is the actual product decision underneath the catalogue.
Where it runs
Where PG Soft content runs
The company names Brazil as “one of our prime markets” and spent the first half of 2026 sponsoring the major Latin American trade events — SBC Summit Rio in March and BiS SiGMA South America in São Paulo in April.
Southeast Asia is the other core region, and the catalogue shows it: mahjong, the Chinese zodiac, Qilin, Caishen. These are not themes chosen by a European art department.
Regulated-market detail is where the company is thin. It enumerates no jurisdictions, names no operator partners, and publishes no licence numbers. If your compliance team needs written confirmation for a specific market, request it directly — it is not on the public site.
- Malta Gaming Authority: named as a regulator — no licence number published
- Gibraltar Regulatory Authority: named as a regulator — no licence number published
- Testing: BMM Testlabs and Gaming Audits
- No UKGC, GGL, ADM, Romania, Greece or Ontario credential is published
- A studio this size publishing no licence numbers is unusual — ask for them in writing
Recent activity
PG Soft in the last 18 months
A heavy Latin American push through the first half of 2026, alongside a steady fortnightly release schedule.
FAQ
PG Soft — common questions
Autumn 2015, per the company’s own site. Founders are not named. Most third-party profiles state 2015 too, but few of them sourced it — the company page is where it actually appears.
Malta — Valletta Buildings, South Street, Valletta. It also states offices in Europe, Asia and North America without naming the cities, and employs more than 200 people in total.
A 5×4 slot released 15 January 2020 with wild symbol transformation and free spins on an increasing multiplier: three scatters award 12 free spins, each extra scatter adds two more, and wins can be multiplied up to x10. Mahjong Ways 2 followed in April 2020 with extra rows on reels 2, 3 and 4 and reel 3 turning golden during free spins.
Four three-reel slots following the Chinese zodiac — Fortune Ox (2021), Fortune Tiger (2022), Fortune Rabbit (2023), Fortune Dragon (2024). Each has a randomly triggered feature awarding respins or Fortune Spins with a multiplier up to x10. The grids are deliberately tiny and the rounds are very fast, which is why they travel so well on mobile.
The mechanic behind PG Soft’s big 6×5 boards such as Treasures of Aztec and Lucky Neko. Wilds are generated within the cascade rather than only landing on the reels, so one spin keeps opening new winning routes as symbols fall.
The company publishes no total. Its own game index carried roughly 170 live titles in September 2026, numbered into the 200s. The counts circulating on affiliate sites range from about 40 to 130 and are not sourced to PG Soft.
It names the Malta Gaming Authority and the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority as its regulators, but publishes no licence number for either, and no other jurisdiction appears on its site. Testing is through BMM Testlabs and Gaming Audits. If you need documented licence references, ask for them directly.
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