Bison Valley Slot Review

YouBison Valley Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Bison Valley slot is played on 5 reels, 4 rows and 1,024 ways to win. Winning combinations are created by landing 3, 4 or 5 matching symbols on consecutive reels beginning from reel 1 (the leftmost reel). Symbols can appear in any position on the reels too.

In terms of betting options, you can play Bison Valley from 20p to £20 per spin. To change your bet, click/press the Casino Chip icon which appears next to the main ‘Spin’ button. This will bring up plus and minus buttons which you can use to change to bet appropriately. Non-UK players have 2 gameplay options: Auto Play allows up to 1,000 auto spins with loss and win limits whilst Turbo Mode speeds up the spins.

The Bison Valley RTP is 96% which is exactly the online slots average. iSoftBet has also created a 92% RTP version which may be used by some slot sites. Check by opening the game’s Paytable. The hit frequency rate is 32.3% meaning a win will land every 3.09 spins on average.

Medium to high volatility (7.5/10), the Bison Valley slot comes with 5,998 x bet max wins. With the Bonus Wheel awarding fixed jackpots up to 1,000 x bet, bigger wins will come in the free spins where there are wild multipliers. Triggering the Free Spins feature will occur every 200 spins on average.

Theme: go in search of the majestic golden herd

With a Native American/Western theme, the Bison Valley slot takes you to the American plains in search of the majestic golden herd of the mighty bison. Well designed, you’ll see a dusty canyon in the backdrop that is blurred out to give full focus to the reels and symbols.

You’ll also notice the Ennio Morricone-inspired soundtrack which sets the tone. The symbols are big and bright to stand out from the dusty background where the sun rises above the plains.

On the reels, there are Western-styled A, K, Q, J, 10 and 9 royals. Higher-value symbols include gophers, hawks, armadillos, coyotes and bison. The bison symbol is the best paying with 10, 12.5 or 15 x bet awarded for 3, 4 or 5 in combination.

You’ll also come across a Wild symbol that appears on the 3 middle reels only (i.e. reels 2, 3 and/or 4). Substitutes for all paying symbols, only 1 Wild symbol is possible per reel. Finally, the other symbol to keep an eye out for is the Bonus Wheel Scatter which is key to triggering the bonus features.

Symbol	Payouts/Info
9	3, 4 or 5 = 0.25, 1 or 5 x bet
10	3, 4 or 5 = 0.25, 1 or 5 x bet
J	3, 4 or 5 = 0.25, 2 or 6 x bet
Q	3, 4 or 5 = 0.25, 2 or 6 x bet
K	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 3 or 7 x bet
A	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 3 or 7 x bet
Gopher	3, 4 or 5 = 2, 5 or 7.5 x bet
Hawk	3, 4 or 5 = 2, 5 or 7.5 x bet
Armadillo	3, 4 or 5 = 4, 10 or 12.5 x bet
Coyote	3, 4 or 5 = 4, 10 or 12.5 x bet
Bison	3, 4 or 5 = 10, 12.5 or 15 x bet
Wild	Substitutes for paying symbols
Bonus Wheel Scatter	3+ triggers Bonus Wheel feature
3x Wild Multiplier	2x or 3x Wild Multipliers appear during free spins

Bison Valley Mobile

Released on the 9^th of August 2023, Bison Valley can be played on mobile, desktop and/or tablet devices. Created with HTML5 technology, it’s available to play on iOS, Android and Windows smartphones. The 5×4 layout works well on mobile devices too.

Bison Valley Bonus Features

The Bison Valley slot has 3 bonus features. Double your chances of landing the Bonus Wheel feature with the Double Up Side Bet option. Once in, you get up to 3 Wheel Spins for fixed jackpots up to 1,000 x bet or up to 15 free spins. In the Free Spins feature, there are 2x and 3 wild multipliers which can combine on the 3 middle reels for 27x multipliers.

Double Up Side Bet feature

The Double Up Side Bet feature is optional and can be activated by clicking/pressing the Double Up option to the side of the reels. Doubling the cost of each spin, all Bonus Wheel Scatters double in size which helps you trigger the Bonus Wheel feature. If you choose this feature, the hit frequency rate goes down from 32.3% to 30.3% but landing a bonus feature occurs every 115 spins as opposed to 200 spins.

Bonus Wheel feature

The Bison Valley slot comes with a Bonus Wheel feature that is activated when landing 3 or more Bonus Wheel Scatters anywhere in view. 3, 4 or 5 scatters will award 1, 2 or 3 Wheel Spins respectively. On each Wheel Spin, you can win 1 of 8 awards. They include:

Free Spins feature

The Free Spins feature can only be triggered from the Bonus Wheel feature. Beginning with at least 8 free spins, the bison symbol appears both as a single symbol and stacked. Furthermore, Wild symbols come with 2x or 3x multipliers and multiply any winning combinations they are part of.

With only 1 Wild Multiplier appearing on each of the 3 middle reels, a 3x Wild Multiplier across the 3 middle reels will lead to a 27x multiplier overall (if part of the same winning combination). You can also win additional free spins with 2, 3, 4 or 5 scatters awarding 5, 8, 15 or 20 extra free spins.

Bison Valley Review Summary: popular theme but regular gameplay

With so many online slot games sharing this theme, the Bison Valley slot has a lot to live up. Visually, iSoftBet has done a decent job but it doesn’t stand out aesthetically in a very crowded market.

In terms of the gameplay, the Double Up Side bet feature increases your chances of triggering the all-important Bonus Wheel feature. With up to 3 Wheel Spins, you could land 3 Grand Jackpot prizes for a 3,000 x bet payout. Alternatively, you could be rewarded with 3 sets of 15 free spins which sees you enter the Free Spins feature with 45 starting free spins.

In the Free Spins feature, there are 2x and 3x Wild Multipliers on the 3 middle reels. These can combine to give you a 27x multiplier on each free spin. This is where the bigger wins of up to 5,998 x bet will come from.

That said, the Bison Valley slot is quite mundane with bonus features found in countless other titles. If you take NetEnt’s Dead or Alive 2 slot, the High Noon Saloon Free Spins feature offers you 2x and 3x sticky wild multipliers which can lead to 40,500 x bet wins per free spin and overall feature payouts of 111,111.11 x bet.

If you’re a fan of this majestic beast, there are many better options available. Push Gaming’s Bison Battle sees bison clash for multipliers, unlimited free spins, sticky bison wilds with multipliers, Bison Coins worth up to 2,500 x bet and overall 50,000 x bet max wins.

Another option is the Buffalo Blitz: Mega Merge slot by Playtech. With 6 reels and 6,144 ways to win, reels can merge for up to 196,608 ways to win. There are up to 500 free spins with Diamond Wild multipliers with a minimum of 1 merged reel. Randomly, 4 progressive jackpots can be won. You also have 11,677.8 x bet max wins and a Blitz Jackpot worth at least £100,000.