Safari Sam 2

Safari Sam 2 Slot Review

A safari guide waves a red flag at the edge of the reels while a hunter with binoculars watches from the other side, a jeep parked behind them in the golden grass, all of it wrapped in the trunk and vines of a giant jungle tree. Betsoft have built their savanna sequel around an argument: that a slot can hold your attention with constant small movement rather than one big number. The wins here rarely finish when they appear to.

It’s a 5×3 slot with 50 fixed paylines and a 96.3% RTP, comfortably above the average for the format. Sister releases like Trinity Reels and Stay Frosty cover similar ground.

Base Game and Symbols

Sam and Pam lead the paytable, with the animal cast and safari kit behind them and the royals filling out the bottom. The premium symbols are the two guides, the Lion, the Zebra, a Truck and a Tent, and the royals run Ace down to Jack. All values below are multiples of the total bet.

• Sam (man): 1.25x / 2.5x / 10x for three, four or five
• Pam (woman): 1x / 2x / 8x
• Lion: 0.75x / 1.5x / 4x
• Zebra: 0.6x / 1.25x / 3.5x
• Truck: 0.5x / 1x / 3x
• Tent: 0.5x / 1x / 2.5x
• Ace: 0.35x / 0.6x / 1.5x
• King: 0.35x / 0.6x / 1.25x
• Queen: 0.25x / 0.5x / 1.25x
• Jack: 0.25x / 0.5x / 1x

Wins pay left to right, coinciding wins on different lines are added, and only the highest win per line counts. Payouts are reflected dynamically against your chosen bet, so the figures scale with whatever stake you’ve set.

The Compass is the wild and substitutes for every symbol except the Acacia Tree scatter. It’s also tied with Sam as the joint-top payer, which makes a full Compass reel worth more than most symbols manage across five reels.

The Acacia Tree is the scatter. Three, four or five trees pay 3x, 12x and 50x the total bet respectively, and those scatter wins are added on top of any payline wins. One quirk worth knowing: the scatter award doesn’t count while a Safari Stack is active on the reels, so a stack can quietly eat a scatter pay.

Safari Stacks and Compass Wilds

Safari Stacks is the base game’s engine, and it works in a fixed order. When an entire reel is made up of three identical symbols stacked vertically, any regular winning paylines are paid first, before anything else happens.

Once those regular wins are settled, a three-of-a-kind prize is awarded based on the stacked symbol’s value and your current bet. The stacked symbols then collapse and new ones drop into their places, and any new winning lines formed by the incoming symbols are paid too.

Stacks can recur in a chain, collapsing and refilling for as long as new triple vertical matches keep forming. A single spin can therefore pay several times over: regular lines, the stack prize, then whatever the refill creates.

Each stage is settled separately, which is why a quiet-looking spin can keep paying after it appears to have finished. Because the stack prize is based on the symbol’s value, a stack of Sams is worth considerably more than a stack of Jacks, and both go through the same sequence.

Call of the Wild

Every spin has a chance to sound the Call of the Wild, which covers up to four reels entirely with Compass wilds. Those wilds don’t collapse, but they do let further symbols fall down in the same way a Safari Stack would, opening room for additional wins.

Anything won is paid out and the next spin can then begin. Because up to four of the five reels can be wild at once, the mode pairs naturally with the 50 lines: nearly every paying symbol in view becomes part of a winning line.

Free Spins

Landing Acacia Tree scatters is the way into the bonus round, and the more trees you land, the better it gets:

• 3 Acacia Trees: pays 3x the bet and awards 7 free spins
• 4 Acacia Trees: pays 12x and awards 12 free spins
• 5 Acacia Trees: pays 50x and awards 20 free spins

Every free spin comes with a Call of the Wild, so up to four reels are covered in wilds on each one. Better still, any new symbols that drop in to replace a vertical Safari Stack during the round are guaranteed to be wilds, which is where the mode’s real ceiling sits.

That guarantee is the difference between the two modes of play. In the base game a collapsing stack refills with whatever lands; in free spins it refills with Compass wilds, which then stand their ground and feed further drops. A lucky chain can tile most of the grid with wilds.

The round plays at the bet of the triggering spin and can be retriggered, with the number of extra spins depending on how many scatters land during the feature. Scatter pays collected inside the round are added to payline wins as normal.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.7/10

This is a game that never sits still. Something is always collapsing, dropping or turning wild, and the pleasure of it is watching a spin keep going long after it looked finished. That restlessness is the one reason to pick Safari Sam 2 over the dozens of quieter 50-liners on the shelf.

The best thing here is the free spins round, because it stacks its own ideas on top of each other: every spin gets the wild reels, and the refills become wilds too, so a good round builds rather than repeats itself. The worst is the paytable sitting under all that machinery, which tops out at 10x for five Sams and pays the royals peanuts. All that motion, and the prizes underneath it are modest.

It’s a good home for players who enjoy the ride more than the destination: steady, busy, gently funny, with a beautiful savanna wrapped around it. Anyone chasing a life-changing multiplier won’t find one on this tour. Sam and Pam keep the safari pleasant for everybody else.

Safari Sam 2 FAQs

• What is the RTP of Safari Sam 2?

  Safari Sam 2 runs at an RTP of 96.3%, which is above the average for a 5×3, 50-payline slot.
• How many paylines does Safari Sam 2 have?

  There are 50 fixed paylines across five reels, and the game pays left to right on all of them.
• What is the grid size of Safari Sam 2?

  Safari Sam 2 uses a 5×3 grid, with five reels and three rows of symbols.
• How do you trigger free spins in Safari Sam 2?

  Acacia Tree scatter symbols are the key: three of them start the round with 7 free spins and a 3x scatter pay, four give 12 spins and 12x, and five give 20 spins and 50x.
• What is Call of the Wild in Safari Sam 2?

  Call of the Wild can trigger on any spin and covers up to four reels entirely with Compass wilds. Those wilds don’t collapse, but they allow further symbols to fall down like a standard Safari Stack. Every free spin in the bonus round features one.
• How does the Safari Stacks mechanic work?

  When a whole reel is filled with three identical stacked symbols, a three-of-a-kind prize is paid, the stack collapses and new symbols drop down. Any new winning paylines are paid, and the process can chain for as long as new triple vertical matches form.
• Can free spins be retriggered in Safari Sam 2?

  Yes. Free Spins can be retriggered during the mode, with the number of extra spins depending on how many Acacia Tree scatters land during the feature.
• Who makes Safari Sam 2?

  Safari Sam 2 is made by Betsoft.