Forest Idols

Forest Idols Overview

Forest Idols is a classic video slot from Inbet Games, released on 8 September 2023. It is set in a sunlit jungle clearing, where foxes, deer, owls, tigers and panthers share the reels with a carved totem idol. The layout is a traditional 5x3 grid with 20 paylines, and Inbet’s own catalogue lists stakes from 1 to 100 credits per line. There are no free spins in this game: the extras are a wild, a scatter and a risk game. Inbet does not publish an RTP, volatility rating or maximum win for Forest Idols.

The Symbols

All the pictures on the reels are animals, drawn in round medallions: the fox, the deer, the owl, the tiger and a black panther. The special symbols are two carved idols:

• WILD – a purple totem mask that substitutes for the animals on the lines.
• SCATTER – a green totem pole, which pays wherever it lands.

What Our Spins Showed

We played at 1 FUN per line, a total bet of 20, and the win messages under the reels let us follow each result:

• A deer line with a wild on the fourth reel: 60, “win on 4 lines”.
• Tigers joined by two stacked wilds: 120 on 6 lines.
• Five deer across a zig-zag line paid 100 on its own – 5x the total bet – within a spin that paid 410 in total.

Reading the Paytable From Our Wins

Because every win message also states the number of lines, the line values can be worked out even without the paytable screen. At 1 credit per line:

• The 60 on 4 lines comes to 15 per line – three deer completed by the wild.
• The 120 on 6 lines is 20 per line for the tiger combinations.
• The five-deer line paid 100 on a single line, so a full line of deer is worth 100 times the line bet.

The fox screen fits the same pattern: 1,000 spread over 14 lines is a mix of four- and five-fox lines, which is why no single figure divides evenly.

Bets and Lines

Inbet’s catalogue lists ten bet steps per line – 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 100 – and all 20 lines are always active, so the total bet is simply twenty times the chosen step. SlotCatalog gives the range in cash as €0.20 to €200 per spin. The theme tags in the catalogue are just two: 20 lines and forest.

The Fox Screen

The best moment of our session came when the reels filled almost entirely with foxes: thirteen of the fifteen positions, with only a deer on the second reel and an owl on the fifth. The fox paid on 14 lines at once, and the game celebrated a SUPER WIN of 1,000 – 50x the bet – with golden butterflies and lilies spilling across the screen.

The Risk Game

After a win you can press TAKE to bank it or RISK to gamble it. The risk screen shows a face-down card with blue butterflies and offers two kinds of guess:

• Pick the colour (red or black) to double the win.
• Pick the suit (hearts, diamonds, spades or clubs) to quadruple it.

A row of previous cards sits at the top right, so you can see what has come up. There is also a TAKE 1/2 button, which banks half of the amount and keeps the other half in play – a useful middle ground for a big win.

We Gambled the 1,000

We took the 1,000 from the fox screen into the risk game. The panel showed the stakes plainly: amount of risk 1,000, 2,000 for the right colour and 4,000 for the right suit. We went for the suit – and the next screenshot shows the result: “Last game win: 4000”, with the balance up from 1,220 to 5,220. That is exactly 4,000 credited, or 200x the original bet from a single spin plus one lucky guess.

The odds are the ones you would expect from a card guess – one in two for a colour, one in four for a suit – so the risk game does not change the long-run return, only the shape of it.

Graphics and Sound

Forest Idols has a bright, friendly look: green foliage frames the reels, the animals are drawn in a clean cartoon style, and wins trigger flying leaves and fluttering butterflies. The interface is Inbet’s standard: balance, bet and last win along the bottom, with AUTO and START buttons on the right.

Who It Is For

Forest Idols is for players who like simple line slots without complicated features. Everything happens on the 20 lines, the wild helps build combinations, and the card-guess risk game is there for anyone who wants to push a good win further. Because there are no free spins, wins come steadily from the base game.

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