Buffalo Trail Slot Review

11/01/2023 | Categories: Gamebeat Studio Slots | Published by: Joe | Last updated: 05/01/2024

We often get contacted by operators and game providers for various reasons. Recently, we have been talking with Gamebeat Studios, a rather young developer filled with ambition, proclaiming that it strives to innovate. Headquartered in Nikosia, Gamebeat seeks to target the Canadian, EU, and Australian markets. And so far, they have churned out around twenty titles, with their first, Book of Elixir, released in February of 2021. We have to be honest and tell you that we initially found out about this company a while back when looking at a list of miner-themed slots. Due to the popularity of Woohoo’s Gold Rush Gus in the US market, these games have been gaining traction, and we saw Max Miner from Gamebeat on one list promoting this sub-genre. However, in this article, we will be looking at what we believe to be Gamebeat’s most established game, Buffalo Trail, which appeared online in July 2021, and is still doing Okay in Australia and some Asian countries.

Theme & Design

As we have mentioned multiple times before, Buffalos have carved a niche in the interactive gaming sphere. Naturally, that has a lot to do with the popularity of Aristocrat’s land-based machine named Buffalo, whom we credit as responsible for kicking off this trend. From what we can tell. Currently, the number of internet Buffalo-themed spinners has surpassed one hundred and fifty. Going by the available data, Buffalo King Megaways from Pragmatic Play, Great White Buffalo from Genii, and Playson’s Buffalo Power Hold and Win rank as the most played ones boasting this motif.

Visually, Buffalo Trail reminded us of games from Pragmatic Play’s Gold series, particularly Wolf and Mustang Gold. The visuals here are painterly, but when compared to those in Pragmatic’s games, they are a bit overly sharp. There seems to be a bevel/emboss effect to them, giving them some rounded edges and shadows for a faux 3D impression, which we did not like. The backdrop of Buffalo Trail is a mountainous landscape, with the reels spinning in a transparent wooden frame. We have to say that for a product from a developer as young as Gamebeat, we did not expect this slot to look as good as it did. Its presentation, overall, is quite decent, featuring surprisingly quality animations. The audio side of things is not shabby, with acceptable sound effects and a Western-themed tune that was quite relaxing.

You will find the spin functions and the bet adjuster on the right side of your screen, while the mute button and the settings are on the left. Below the game’s grid is a section that wishes you good luck and lists your balance and the total bet.

Buffalo Trail

Specs & Gameplay

Buffalo Trail is a medium to high variance spinner with a slightly above-average RTP of 96.14%. Its gameplay plays out on a 6×4 layout with 4,096 paylines, and the game accepts bets starting at $0.4 up to $40 per spin. Though, the demo version we tested allowed us to put down a max wager of $5,000. We don’t know if any operators out there are taking advantage of this setting, and we are unsure who, outside of TrainwreckTV, can make such bets per reel rotation. We could not find the max exposure of this slot. The attribute has not gotten listed on Gamebeat’s official website, and we found conflicting info on other hubs, with some mentioning that it stands at x5,000.

You form winning combinations in this game when two or three identical symbols land on a payline on adjacent reels. The low-pay ones in Buffalo Trail are your standard A-9 royals, producing wins of x2.5 to x3.75 for six matching tokens falling on the grid, on a payline, on the same spin. The premiums here are animal icons, supplying prizes of x5 to x7.5 for six-of-a-kind combos.

A mountain is a wild symbol, and a golden buffalo coin is a scatter. We go into explaining them below.

Bonus Features

Landing three or more scatters gets you access to Buffalo Trail’s free spins round, where you can get up to one hundred complimentary reel rotations if you hit six activating scatters. Note that the scatter symbols don’t contribute to wins, and wilds inside this mode can have random multipliers of x2, x3, or x5. All win combos containing a wild get multiplied by all the wild multipliers in that combination.

That is all concerning bonus features in Buffalo Trail.

GOSU Verdict

There is not much to Buffalo Trail. We are not saying that this is a bad game. It’s just one most suited for casuals who fancy uncomplicated gameplay. Again, it is reminiscent of some Pragmatic Play releases. Both in presentation and mechanics. For simple gaming fun, give Buffalo Trail a try. If you want something more novel and modern, we suggest looking for another title in this subgenre. That said, tracking down a complicated slot with a Buffalo motif is super hard. We recommend trying Buffalo Rising Megaways from Blueprint or Beasts of Fire from Play’n GO if that is what you are after. It is not that these products are super complex or state-of-the-art, but they have gameplay where the reels change, plus some other nifty features.