Safari Chase Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Safari Chase Review

There are close to 200 Safari-themed slots in our catalog at the time of writing, and plenty of new installments are released every month. Kalamba hasn’t done all that much to make Safari Chase stand out in any way, but it comes with a relaxing atmosphere and decent symbol animations. With the watering hole as a backdrop, the scenery changes from day to night when the sole feature is triggered.

The barebones base game offers nothing but wilds to keep you going however, and you can expect longer walks in the bone dry savannah between each trigger. Upgrading symbols from lower-level premiums to the top-tier Lion isn’t a prospect that’s super exciting in our view, but the extra spins you pick up along the way will prolong the feature and hopefully take you as close as possible to the 5,000x max win.

Safari Chase Slot Features

The shield & spear Wild symbol steps in for all regular pay symbols to help you form winning combos. The Pay Ways system means that you win by landing 3+ matching symbols on any row starting from the leftmost reel. The wild holds no value of its own, but the premium animal symbols pay between 2 and 10 x your stake for 5-oak.

Landing at least 3 savannah tree scatters on the same spin triggers the Bonus Round. More specifically, you win 2x, 5x or 10x your stake up front for 3, 4 or 5 scatters, respectively, and this also awards 10, 12 or 15 free spins.

These accumulation drops are collected in the Symbol Upgrade Meter above the reels, and this is how you convert lower-tier animal symbols into the top-tier Lion symbol. Each transformation also awards +2 extra spin, and it works as follows:

• Collect 4 drops - the Elephant turns into the Lion on all following spins and you get 2 extra spins.
• Collect 4 more drops - the Crocodile turns into the Lion on all following spins and you get 2 extra spins.
• Collect 5 more drops - the Giraffe turns into the Lion on all following spins and you get 2 extra spins.
• Collect 5 more drops - the Zebra turns into the Lion on all following spins and you get 2 extra spins.
• Collect 5 more drops - awards +2 extra spins indefinitely.

You thus need to collect 18 drops in total to convert all the lower-tier animal symbols, and this also awards a total of 8 extra spins. Non-UK players can take advantage of the HyperBonus feature. This allows you to buy 3 versions of the feature for 78.70x, 147x or 318x your stake, and this gives you 10, 12 or 15 free spins, respectively. It also increases the RTP to 96.62 %, 96.66 % or 96.81 %, respectively.

The 200 Spins Safari Chase Slot Experience

Nothing overly exciting happened for us in the featureless base game, which wasn’t a big surprise.

Review Summary

Resting your eyes on the pastel-colored African savannah is not unpleasant, but the Safari theme is hardly done in a very original way. You get semi-cartoonish animal symbols with decent win animations, and you have to rely solely on wilds for assistance in the base game. The 1,024 pay ways means that the 5,000x potential can be cracked at any time, but let’s face it, you’ll probably need the bonus round to get even close.

As is usually the case with these kinds of symbol upgrade bonus rounds, you need to upgrade as many symbols as possible as early on as possible to truly do damage. Anything can happen, of course, but when all 4 animals land as the top-tier Lion you’ll definitely notice the difference. Many times the feature will roar like a lion but deliver like a sheep however, and it can take a good while to get from one “watering hole” to the next.

Pros

• HyperBonus buy feature (not in the UK)
• FS w/ symbol upgrade and extra spins
• Win up to 5,000x your stake

Cons

• No real features in the base game

If you love/enjoy/appreciate Safari Chase Slot you should also try:

Dragon Tribe - is a somewhat underestimated NoLimit City release, and you can look forward to both xNudge Wilds and xWays Mystery symbols. The bonus round is all about upgrading premium dragon symbols to wilds, and there is an extreme version where you can win up to 27,000x your stake.

Savanna Roar - comes with a very similar theme and overall visual presentation, and this debut release from YGS Master, Jelly, also plays out on 5x4 reels with 1,024 win ways. The base game comes with 4 random modifiers, and you can win up to 10,459x your stake in the enhanced modifier bonus round.

King of Cats - can be considered a lesson from BTG in how possible it still is to do something unique and special with the African/Safari theme.

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