Gems of Serengeti (Pragmatic Play) – Review & Demo Play

Gems of Serengeti Slot Overview

I fired up Gems of Serengeti and got a familiar African setup on a 5x4 grid with 20 paylines. Stakes run from 0.20 to 100 per spin, with high volatility and a default RTP of 96.40%, though some operators may opt for 95.35% or 94.36%. The cap sits at 4000x the bet, so it leans on its features. It looks agreeable on any device, and the flow is straight to the point, with gems, scatters and wilds doing the lifting.

Gems of Serengeti Slot Information

Low pays are J, Q, K and A, paying 5x to 7.5x for five. High pays are a vulture, a leopard, a lion, a native woman and a native man, paying 10x up to 37.5x for five of a kind. The golden mask is the wild, landing on all reels, substituting normal pays and, when it lines up, it carries its own prizes, with the top five-of-a-kind wild payout hitting 50x the bet.

The drum works as the bonus scatter on reels 1, 3 and 5. Gem symbols can land anywhere and sit outside the regular paytable logic, feeding the respin ladder and the free spins collect. Regular wins build from the left on adjacent reels with three or more matching symbols. This layout keeps the base game tidy, but the grid tightens when gems drop, as they can block lines while setting up the hold and win style round.

Gems of Serengeti Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x37.5
	4	x10
	3	x3
	5	x30
	4	x7.5
	3	x2
	5	x20
	4	x5
	3	x1.5
	5	x15
	4	x4
	3	x1.25
	5	x10
	4	x3
	3	x1
	5	x7.5
	4	x2
	3	x0.6
	5	x7.5
	4	x2
	3	x0.6
	5	x5
	4	x1
	3	x0.4
	5	x5
	4	x1
	3	x0.4
	Respin
	Scatter
	Wild

Gems of Serengeti Slot Features

My sessions showed the wild pulling double duty, standing in for all pay symbols while also paying on its own. Land 3, 4 or 5 wilds and you get 5x, 15x or 50x the bet, topping the table. Wilds appear on any reel and often stitch together thin lines in a high variance setup. They do not replace the scatter or the gem symbol, so the triggers stay clean and the feature logic remains easy to follow.

The respin feature fires when 5 or more gems land in one spin. You get 3 respins on a cleared grid that shows only gems or blanks. Triggering gems lock, new gems stick, and each hit resets the count back to 3. When spins end or the grid fills, you take a ladder payout by total gems, where 5 to 20 pays 1x, 2x, 5x, 10x, 15x, 20x, 30x, 45x, 60x, 80x, 100x, 150x, 200x, 250x, 300x, up to 500x.

Hit 3 scatters on reels 1, 3 and 5 for 10 free spins, with no retrigger. Every gem that lands is collected. If you finish with 5 to 19 collected, you play a follow up respin that starts with those gems placed randomly on the grid, giving another shot at the ladder. If you reach 20 to 27 collected, you skip respins and take an instant prize of 500x, 1000x, 1500x, 2000x, 2500x, 3000x, 3500x or 4000x the bet.

Gems of Serengeti Slot Conclusion

I rate Gems of Serengeti as a tidy hold and win build where the mood rises with gem density. Respins can throw fair hits when you climb into double figures, and the free spins collect is the real ticket, since 20 plus gems pays the lot, capped at 4000x. Outside of that, the base is plain, but the maths feels honest and the variance is punchy. If you like classic gem ladders and simple triggers, this one does the job.