Stampede

Going on an African safari is a dream for a lot of people, and BetSoft's Stampede video slot brings this dream to your desktop or mobile device. It has excellent graphics, just like you'd expect from a company that has a reputation for great-looking games like this one does, and the gameplay is centered around a ton of fast-paced action. This is not a game for players who shy away from a high hit-rate experience, and it has a great set of features that give you plenty of opportunities to take down some serious winnings.

Format and Layout

The layout for this game is five reels with four rows and the all-ways format. This gives players 1,024 ways to win on each spin by turning every symbol into a scatter that pays on adjacent reels starting from the left and working to the right. You'll pay for 40 coins on each spin, and those coins go from $0.02 to $1 each, bringing the minimum bet size to $0.80 per turn. You also have the ability to multiply the total number of coins being wagered up to 80, 120, 160 or 200 per spin, and the maximum amount you can bet on a given spin is $200 accordingly.

Scattered Tree Symbol

The symbol with the tree in front of a beautiful sunset is the scatter in this game, and it's the only symbol that pays no matter where it's located on the reels. You can pick up 800x for five of a kind or 400x for four of a kind. The win for three of a kind is 80x, and all of these payouts are multiplied by your total bet size, which makes the scatter one of the most profitable symbols in the whole game. Like all of the symbols and the background for this game, this symbol looks amazing.

Free Spins Bonus Round

The scatter noted above is also responsible for the free spins bonus feature. You can get eight, 12 or 20 free spins for three, four or five of the scatter, respectively. During these free turns, you'll get extra value as the wilds become wild multipliers. They can multiply winning combinations that use them by either 2x or 3x, which boosts your ability to get larger payouts. This makes the free spins worth more than regular spins, and that's important to keep in mind as the scatter symbol packs a ton of value in two different ways with its own payouts and with entry into the bonus feature.

Wild Symbol

Speaking of the wild symbol, it shows up on the middle three reels only. This means it doesn't get its own multipliers. However, it does give you a chance to get multipliers in the free spins, and those multipliers can combine. For example, if you got a 2x multiplier, another 2x multiplier and a 3x multiplier on the reels all at the same time, then that would come to a 2 * 2 * 3 = 12x multiplier in total for wins that used all three of them. The largest multiplier you can get like this is 27x.

Important Payouts and Symbols

The largest regular payout is 300x for five of the elephant, which is also the only high symbol in the game that gives you a win for two of a kind or more. You can also pick up 150x for five of the cheetah or five of a kind of the bird. A win worth 120x is yours for five of the zebra or the giraffe, and it drops down to 100x for five of the gazelle.

There are five card rank symbols that round things off for the bottom of the pay table, but all five of them give you 100x for five of a kind. The green 10 symbol also awards a small win for two of a kind, making it the only other symbol in the game besides the elephant that doesn't require at least three for a payout.

Overview

It's clear that BetSoft put a lot of time into the graphics for their Stampede online slot, but they also made sure that the gameplay is fast-paced and centered around a reasonably low volatility and a high hit-rate. The chances for huge 27x multipliers gives you a chance for a 8,100x jackpot win for five of the elephant with three of the 3x wild multipliers in the free spins feature, so the lower volatility doesn't keep you from being able to take down huge payouts in this game either. It has a great balance to it in this way, and that's why it appeals to many different kinds of players.