Betsoft Gaming launched Stampede on November 23, 2017; it is an African ecosystem-inspired html5 video slot whose themes are wildlife, card values, and ecological interaction. Similar Betsoft-owned games include Primal Hunt (September 2020), Safari Sam (October 2012), and the upcoming Safari Sam (March 2021).

Stampede’s rival games include Cash Stampede (September 2015) from NextGen, African Stampede (November 2019) from Greentube, and Stampede (December 2016) from Eyecon. Two symbols (elephant and 10) requires two, three, four, or five winning combinations. Ten symbols (acacia, cheetah, eagle, zebra, giraffe, antelope, A, K, Q, and J) require three, four, or five winning combinations.

Stampede Game Characteristics
Stampede is set in the sunny, yellowing rolling plains of African savannah. Its translucent, frameless 5X4 grid comprises of freestanding, yellow-lined and currant reels. There are 1024 left-to-right winning ways, thirteen symbols, eleven coin denominations, five bet levels, 55 total bets, two self-multiplying win multipliers, (extra) free games, side game, and regularly pays from $0.02 to $1500.00.

Stampede has two special symbols and eleven ordinary symbols. Special symbols: exclusive to the inner reels, the substitute is a patterned vibrant “wild” game reserve signpost; and the free games-triggering scatter is an acacia suffused with golden sunset.

Ordinary symbols: huge elephant; cheetah; white-headed eagle; zebra; giraffe; antelope; and ethno patterned card values—light green A, purple K, orange Q, blue J, and teal 10.

The Stampede’s coin denominations (and bet level 1’s total bets): $0.40 (minimum bet), $0.80, $1.20, $1.60, $2.00, $4.00, $6.00, $8.00, $10.00, $20.00, and $40.00. Bet level 2’s total bets: $0.80, $1.60, $2.40, $3.20, $4.00, $8.00, $12.00, $16.00, $20.00, $40.00, and $80.00.

Bet level 3’s total bets: $1.20, $2.40, $3.60, $4.80, $6.00, $12.00, $18.00, $24.00, $30.00, $60.00, and $120.00. Bet level 4’s total bets: $1.60, $3.20, $4.80, $6.40, $8.00, $16.00, $24.00, $32.00, $40.00, $80.00, and $160.00. Bet level 5’s total bets: $2.00, $4.00, $6.00, $8.00, $10.00, $20.00, $30.00, $40.00, $50.00, $100.00, and $200.00 (maximum bet).

The $200.00 bet offers these highest Stampede payouts. Two, three, four, or five winning combinations: elephant pays $50.00, $250.00, $500.00, and $1500.00; and 10 pays $10.00, $25.00, $50.00, and $500.00.
Three, four, and five winning combinations: cheetah, or eagle $250.00, $500.00, and $750.00; zebra, or giraffe pays $100.00, $400.00, and $600.00; antelope, or A pays $50.00, $250.00, and $500.00. K, or Q, or J pays $25.00, $100.00, and $500.00.

Three acacia trees offer $400.00 and eight free games. Four acacias offer $2000.00 and twelve free games. And five acacias offer $4000.00 and 20 free games. The free games-related wins may attract “wild X2” and/or “wild X3” win multipliers, which may increase to between X4 and X27 after self-multiplication.

Players may claim their current wins, or either partially or wholly gamble the wins in the side game—accessed via the “2X double up” icon at bottom left); it results in nullified or doubled payouts, after predicting if the golden coin’s next side is heads (elephant) or tails (acacia). Stampede’s non-progressive jackpot (200X3847.5) is $769500.00.

The good Stampede software features: smartphone-friendly and supports desktops; quick spin; and optional 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, and 100 automated spins. Sounds effects: chinking, African drumming, lion’s roar, rhumba shakers, horn blowing, singing natives, and trumpeting. The animated 3D graphics: gushing coins, golden sunburst, and swaying elephant.

Luck in Stampede
Stampede is a game of chance. Its RTP rate is 95.27% and the house edge is 4.73%.