Jungle Jim and the Lost Sphinx

Jungle Jim and the Lost Sphinx Review

Jungle Jim and the Lost Sphinx Reviewed November 6 2019 by Casinogamesonnet.com

Jungle Jim and the Lost Sphinx is a five-reel slot from Stormcraft Studios (commissioned by Microgaming). This game is a sequel to Microgaming’s highly successful Jungle Jim El Dorado.

The big question is whether the Lost Sphinx version is an improvement on its predecessor. We’ll answer this by looking at Jungle Jim and the Lost Sphinx’s gameplay, graphics, payouts, return to player (RTP), and more.

Gameplay and Atmosphere

The first Jungle Jim game took place in a South American rainforest. Lost Sphinx, meanwhile, happens in a nondescript desert location.

The background features a dusk sky, sands, and stone structure where the reels are housed. Overall, this backdrop is cliché and isn’t as unique as what’s seen in Jungle Jim El Dorado.

This game opens on a 5x4 grid with 35 paylines. The reels can expand to a 5x5 grid with 50 lines (during bonus).

Wins are formed when matching symbols land in active paylines. Each win must start in the first reel.

Jungle Jim and the Lost Sphinx features rolling reels, where winning symbols disappear and other icons fall into their places. This feature helps you form additional payouts within each round. You’ll also benefit from win multipliers as rolling-reels wins keep piling up.

Payouts and Symbols

Symbols include an ancient book, pot, treasure chest, Jungle Jim, and various gemstones. Jim offers the highest payout at 10x your stake for five symbols. This game’s highest-possible prize is 6,250x when accounting for bonus features.

Jungle Jim also serves as the wild icon and substitutes for every symbol except the scatter. However, he only appears on reels 2 through 5.

Jungle Jim and the Lost Sphinx RTP and Betting Options

You can bet between €0.10 and €20 per spin. The Jungle Jim and the Lost Sphinx RTP ranges between 96.10% and 96.30%.

Jungle Jim and the Lost Sphinx Slot Special Features

Every win that’s caused by cascading reels increases your multiplier trail by 1x. The reels also have a chance at expanding too. Here’s a look at how large your multiplier and the reels grow with more wins:

• Level 0 – No multiplier; 5x4 grid with 35 paylines
• Level 1 – 2x multiplier
• Level 2 – 3x multiplier
• Level 3 – 4x multiplier; 5x5 grid with 50 paylines
• Level 4 – 5x multiplier
• Level 5 – 10x multiplier

This progression continues as long as you keep getting wins from cascading reels. However, you go back to level 0 whenever no more wins can be formed.

However, the Second Chance Respin will help out if you fail to earn a win on level 3. Second Chance Respin awards you one opportunity to get a winning combination and advance to level 4.

Jungle Jim and the Lost Sphinx slot also offers free spins. You trigger this bonus whenever landing three or more scatters anywhere on the reels. Free spins take place on 50 lines (5x5 grid) instead of the standard 35 lines (5x4 grid).

You’ll also enjoy boosted multipliers during this bonus. The increased multipliers during free spins include:

• Level 0 – 2x multiplier
• Level 1 – 3x multiplier
• Level 2 – 4x multiplier
• Level 3 – 8x multiplier
• Level 4 – 12x multiplier
• Level 5 – 20x multiplier

A sphinx symbol also makes an appearance on reel 3 during free spins. It’s collected and taken off the reels while causing a roll in the process. You receive one free spin and a 1x multiplier increase for every sphinx collected.

Final Thoughts on Jungle Jim and the Lost Sphinx Slot

Jungle Jim and the Lost Sphinx is solid, but nothing spectacular. It doesn’t improve upon Jungle Jim El Dorado — it may even be a small step backward.

Our biggest issue is that the new setting and backdrop don’t have the same impact as the original game’s atmosphere. Instead, the sequel just feels like any other Egyptian-treasure-hunting slot.

The bonus scheme, which offers increasing multipliers for rolling-reels wins, is fairly impressive. We especially like how the multiplier increases even more during free spins.

In summary, we’re not blown away by Jungle Jim and the Lost Sphinx. However, you may like it if you really enjoy Jungle Jim El Dorado.

Release Date

Jungle Jim and the Lost Sphinx was released on November 6 2019.