The visuals in Silver Lion aren't the most sophisticated you'll see but are more than adequate - set against a grassland backdrop, the reels include the usual lower value playing cards as well as meerkats, zebras, a hippo and a Masai warrior.
The silver lion is the top payer, awarding 250 coins for a 5-symbol combination. You only need to land 2 of the higher value symbols to create a winner. They are joined by a standard wild, the tree, which replaces all other symbols apart from the scatter. This can hit on the middle 3 reels only.
The Silver Lion Bonus gemstone is the scatter - landing 3, 4 or 5 of these anywhere on the reels on the same spin will get you a payout of 2, 10 or 20 times your total stake as well as triggering the Free Games feature – you will receive 8, 15 or 20 free spins.
It's here that Silver Lion has the potential to get very interesting - every time the wild forms part of a winning combination, that payout is boosted by a 2x or 3x multiplier. If you manage to land more than 1 wild in the same winner, then the multipliers are combined, meaning you can boost your payouts by up to 27x if you manage to land a hat-trick of 3x wilds on the same successful free spin.
Combine those wilds with a high value character or 2 and some enormous payouts are possible. We managed to win over 120 times our total stake from a single spin after boosting a Silver Lion win by 9x courtesy of a pair of wild multipliers. You can re-trigger more free spins here too. Just 2 gemstone scatters adds 5 free spins to your tally. 3, 4 or 5 will get you another bag of 8, 15 or 20 free spins taking your potential total to 40.
It may not be the best looking slot you'll see (the soundtrack bounces along nicely though) but the bonus feature makes Silver Lion a very playable one. The wild multipliers can have a big impact if they fall nicely. Get lucky there and the big beats in this safari adventure can deliver some wild rewards. If you like lions, Playtech’s White King is a good, and volatile, alternative.