Gems of Serengeti Slot Review

Gems of Serengeti Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Gems of Serengeti slot is played on 5 reels, 4 rows and comes with 20 fixed paylines. All symbols pay from left to right on selected paylines, beginning from the leftmost reel.

Spin away from just 20p up to £100 per bet. The space and Enter buttons on the keyboard can be used to spin the reels on desktop. To adjust your total bet, simply use the + and – buttons on either side of the spin button below the reels. Like all Pragmatic Play slots, autoplay is possible too if you’re outside the UK. Up to 1000 spins can be automated at any one time.

The Gems of Serengeti RTP is a healthy 96.4%. The provider is often generous with the return to player rate compared to a lot of other providers. In terms of volatility, it’s in the high range (4.5/5).

The maximum win is 4,000 x your total bet. While this isn’t too bad and a lot higher than many other slots on the market, it’s lower than a lot of slots from this provider. You can land the max win in the base game, but your best chance will arguably come in the Free Spins feature where 27 Gems will land you the top prize.

Theme – head to the plains of North Africa

The theme in the Gems of Serengeti slot game is all about the plains of North Africa. The title gives the location away – The Serengeti. Being a protected area in Tanzania, it’s renowned for its large lion population, which is illustrated on the reels.

The reels are set in the beaming heat of the Serengeti, with colourful symbols dominating the screen. Everything from the audio to the visuals is pretty basic here, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. All of the efforts have been put into the bonus features, but the animal sound effects and the traditional African music playing in the background are a nice touch.

On the reels, the A-J Royals make up the lower-paying symbols. These are joined by the higher-paying vultures, cheetahs and lions. You’ve also got a male and female character. The male character symbol pays the most, awarding 3, 10 or 37.5 x your stake for 3, 4 or 5 in combination.

The game’s Wild is what looks to be a tribal mask. It can pay up to 50 x your stake for 5 on a payline. It also substitutes for all symbols apart from the Bonus symbols, which appear on reels 1, 3 and 5. Here’s a helpful list of the symbols you will see in the game:

Symbol	Payouts/Info
J	3, 4 or 5 = 0.4, 1 or 5 x stake
Q	3, 4 or 5 = 0.4, 1 or 5 x stake
K	3, 4 or 5 = 0.6, 2 or 7.5 x stake
A	3, 4 or 5 = 0.6, 2 or 7.5 x stake
Vulture	3, 4 or 5 = 1, 3 or 10 x stake
Cheetah	3, 4 or 5 = 1.25, 4 or 15 x stake
Lion	3, 4 or 5 = 1.5, 5 or 20 x stake
Female Character	3, 4 or 5 = 2, 7.5 or 30 x stake
Male Character	3, 4 or 5 = 3, 10 or 37.5 x stake
Wild	Substitutes for all except Bonus + pays up to 50x
Bonus	3 in view triggers Free Spins feature
Gem	5+ triggers Respin feature

Gems of Serengeti Mobile

The Gems of Serengeti slot uses the latest HTML5 technology. This allows for play on mobiles, laptops, PCs and tablet devices. Optimised for Android and iOS smartphones, it plays well on smaller screens with the 5×4 reel setup, although I do prefer a bigger screen whenever possible personally.

Gems of Serengeti Bonus Features

There are 2 main bonus features in the Gems of Serengeti slot – respins and free spins. Both have the Gem symbol at the heart of the action, and the more of those you collect, the more you can win. Let’s expand on the features so that you have a full understanding of how everything works.

Respin feature

You will trigger the Respin feature when 5 or more Gem symbols land in view. Normal symbols disappear and the Gem symbols that triggered the feature will remain in place. Only Gem symbols and empty positions are in play for this bonus round.

You start with 3 respins, just like any typical Respin feature. Any Gem symbols that land will stay in position and the respins will reset back to 3. This continues until you either fill the screen with Gem symbols or you run out of respins. Here’s what you could win based on how many Gem symbols land during the bonus round:

Free Spins feature

Land 3 Bonus symbols to trigger the Free Spins feature. You will start the bonus round with 10 free spins. Just like the Respin feature, you will collect all Gem symbols that land in view. At the end of the free spins, if you have collected between 5 and 19 Gems, the Respin feature will be awarded and played as described above.

If you manage to collect 20 or more Gem symbols during the Free Spins feature, you win 1 of the following amounts depending on how many Gems there are in total but nor Respin feature is then triggered:

Gems of Serengeti Review Summary – hunt the gems for bigger wins

I often expect Pragmatic Play to release a slot with some innovative features or something new. They’ve been around long enough to surprise us with new features a lot of the time. However, I am often left disappointed when they release a game that’s not really been thought about too much. I get that feeling with this one. It feels like a lot of other slots from this provider that has a different theme attached this time around.

Ok, so the bonus features are fairly good and there is at least more than just a Free Spins feature here. But there’s no real innovation. Nothing is unique, which is something that’s been missing for a while with these guys at the time of writing this review (October 2022).

I commend the fact that the RTP rate here and with many others is always generous and above average. But the max win of 4,000 x your stake lets it down a little. I was hoping for more in the 10,000x region. It’s not going to win any awards, but the Gems of Serengeti slot still has enough going for it to be enjoyed by many.