Fire Stampede Slot Review

Fire Stampede Slot Game

The mighty buffalo from Buffalo King is back in this slot, which steers into the North American desert. However, unlike what we saw in the earlier game, he comes with a fiery design in the Fire Stampede slot game.

As already alluded, this title comes as a product of Pragmatic Play, in cahoots with Wild Streak Gaming!

The game is set in the North American wild, where you’ll spot a sandy desert and rocky hills in the backdrop. The playing field rests on the right, while the charging buffalo and prize values cover most of the left-hand side — just like Firebird Spirit.

Uniquely, the ambiance changes from day to nighttime, depending on whether you’re playing the base mode or free spins, respectively. The cherry on top is an old-school rock melody that evokes the Western atmosphere. 

Improve your understanding of the gameplay through the Fire Stampede demo from the GoodLuckMate catalog of free games! 

Symbols and Payouts

It didn’t surprise me when I noted some symbols in the Fire Stampede online slot aren’t thematic. And if you guessed it, I’m referring to the classic playing cards. However, the Eagles, Gold Nuggets, and Buffalos add to the ambiance.

Paying symbols are only active on a 5-5-3-5-5 grid, but we’ll delve deeper into that later!

Payouts are made conventionally for adjacent symbol sequences, appearing from left to right. And all values, as displayed in the paytable, correspond to your total selected bet!

To avoid confusion when gambling, constantly consult the paytable, whether you’re playing the Fire Stampede free demoor the real-money version!

The lowest and highest possible wins from 3+ of the classic 9 to A poker royals are 0.1x and 1x the stake, respectively!

Further, the high-valued Cactus, Eagle, and Gold Nugget pay between 0.25x and 2x the total bet for at least three of the same! Meanwhile, the most valuable Flaming Buffalo is worth 0.5x to 5x the bet for 2+ of its kind!

Hope for more Cowboy Hat with ‘Wild’ icons. They appear on reels 2 to 4 and help to complete winning patterns by substitution.

The Sheriff’s Badge scatter triggers free spins, while the Connect & Collect symbol can start the related feature. Read the following Fire Stampede slot review segment to discover the features!   

Fire Stampede Slot Bonus Features

Into the bargain of a Connect & Collect feature, players also get free spins, random features, and a bonus buy!

Connect & Collect

The Connect & Collect symbols appear in basic positions from the 1st to 5th columns. Link them vertically or horizontally from the leftmost column to the right until the chain touches one of the special cells to receive the award on the reached cell!

Five types of Fire Stampede bonus coins can randomly land on the framed positions on reels 3 and 6:

• Respins (Green) land only on the framed cells of column 3, triggering five (5) re-spins. All the Connect & Collect symbols from the initial round remain locked as all other reels 1-5 positions re-spin. The process continues until no re-spins remain.

• Money Value (Red) has random 2x to 800x values that payout whenever a complete chain reaches it.

• Add Wilds (Purple) does just that on random cells of the 2nd to 5th columns.

• Free Spins (Blue) activates 7-25 random bonus spins after all awards from the ongoing spin and pays 2x the total stake!

• Minor, Major, and Grand award 25, 200, or 4000 times, respectively, the selected bet whenever either is reached by a connection chain.

Fire Stampede Free Spins

Hit 3 to 5 scatters or collect the scatters by reaching them with the Connect & Collect symbols to activate this feature. You receive the total number displayed on all the accumulated scatters plus/or 7, 10, or 15 free spins from at least 3 respective scatters.

The Connect & Collect feature functions as in the main game during the bonus rounds. More free spins equal to the number on a touched symbol are awarded.  

Random Awards

The Grand award and a random number of Connect & Collect and Wilds can be awarded randomly in the base game spins.

Bonus Buy

Purchase the Fire Stampede free playinstantly from the base game at 100x the current stake. The triggering spin will have enough Connect & Collect symbols that form a chain, reaching the special reel 3 positions and at least a position on column 6.

How to Win at Fire Stampede Slot

The Fire Stampede slot machine adopts a unique gameboard with an icing of excitement. Its grid has 6 reels, but the rightmost column only contains special symbols. Further, the 3rd reel has two special positions at the top and bottom, containing special symbols.

As such, the game pays on a 5x5x3x5x5 configuration with 1875 pay ways!

The cost of every spin ranges from €0.20 to €240. The Space/Enter buttons of the keyboard of the Spin button start a game round. However, the Autoplay button opens the corresponding menu, allowing you to select several auto-spins!

Speed up the game round by enabling Turbo or Quick Spin options. Finally, access the Fire Stampede slot information page through the “i” button.

Fire Stampede Slot RTP & Volatility

The theoretical Fire Stampede RTP is 96%. It also changes to 96.10% when using bonus buy! On the other hand, the 5 over 5 variance rating implies that the gameplay should be highly volatile!

The Final Thoughts

If you’ve hanged around the online slot world for some time, then you’ll bear witness to how Pragmatic Play keeps most of its games short but sweet.

However, a couple of the company’s games display a large deal of generosity, having tons of features that make them worth playing!

This online slot is one of the stuffed ones, as seen in this Fire Stampede slot review! 

However, right from when I saw a similar setup as in the Firebird Spirit slot, I pictured this video slot having the same mechanics. And true to my suspicions, it also adopts the Connect & Collect feature, which makes it unoriginal. Nevertheless, playing the mechanic still felt unique since it's not a common sighting in the iGaming world.

Further, players get free spins, random base game features, and a buy bonus!

However, despite the eventful gameplay, players can only win up to 4,275x the bet, which felt somewhat unfair. Furthermore, the gameplay is highly volatile and only supports bets ideal for high-rollers.