Circle of Sylvan
By Fantasma Games
Circle of Sylvan is a magical slot from Fantasma Games with a medium variance and 720 win ways on each spin. It comes a Jackpot Wheel in the base game with prizes of up to 5,000x. Landing Sylvan symbols increases the size of the prizes and eventually triggers the wheel. The free spins round is a Hold and Win game with a special multiplier taken from a multiplier meter that is active in all game phases. The top win is 5,542x and spins start at 10p.
| Game Name | Circle of Sylvan |
|---|---|
| Developer | Fantasma Games |
| Theme(s) | Fantasy, Magic |
| Release Date | 30.05.24 |
| Rows | 3-3-4-4-5 |
| Reels | 5 |
| Paylines | 720 |
| Volatility | Medium |
| RTP Rate | 96.38% | 94.41% |
| Max Win | 5,542x |
| Min Bet | £0.10 |
| Format | 5-Reel |
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Review Scorecard
What Our Reviewer Says …
Awesome production and nicely balanced gameplay make this a really fun slot to play with regular wins and chances to spin for the big jackpots.
What We Like
- Fun progressive multiplier and jackpot features
- Jackpot wheel with up to 5,000x prizes in base game
- Hold and Win game in free spins round
- Amazing magical visuals and soundtrack
- Medium variance brings on regular wins
What We Didn't Like
- Relatively low max win
Theme and Design
Superb Atmosphere In This Magical Game
Fantasma are known for their fantastical game themes and designs so the mystical style of Circle of Sylvan comes as no surprise. The backdrop is a river, forest and mountains, lit up by silvery moonlight. A solitary tree sits to the left of the grid and in front of it a giant gold and purple circle with another tree inside of that, emanating gold coins. Its all very enchanting and the soundtrack adds a further magical vibe to proceedings that fans of this studio will no doubt appreciate.
RTP and Variance
Circle of Sylvan has 2 RTP rates – 96.38% and 94.41%. Any slot site you play at will choose for themselves which rate they run the game at. To be honest there is not much to choose between the two, but we recommend playing at 96.38% if you can. Sites like Casumo and Grand Ivy usually run Fantasma Games at the optimum RTP settings.
Circle of Sylvan is a medium volatility game. So it is not as volatile as most of the slots we review here. It may be more forgiving and the wins may be more evenly spread making this one a good entry point for casual slots fans trying out Fantasma Games for the first time.
Maximum Win
Reflecting the mid-range volatility the win potential in Circle of Sylvan is just 5,542x. That’s still the chance to win over £5,000 with a £1 bet, but there are much bigger max wins out there if this doesn’t float your boat.
Symbols and Paytable
The game plays out on a slightly unusual 5-reel grid with a Christmas tree shape of 3-3-4-4-5 rows. It is a win ways game which means wins are triggered by landing 3 or more identical symbols on adjacent reels from left to right, regardless of the row they land on.
That gives you 720 win ways per spin (3x3x4x4x5).
The pay table has 8 pay symbols. The 4 low value ones are the spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts. These are valued at from 0.2x for 3 clubs up to 1.2x for 5 hearts. The premium symbols are the owl, hawk, wolf and bull, valued at from 0.8x for 3 owls up to 8x for 5 bulls.
There is also a Wild represented by the letter W. That will substitute for any pay symbol to complete a win. It only lands on reels 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Features and Gameplay
There are jackpots and a Hold and Win free spins round in Circle of Sylvan with some interesting progressive features built in too. Here is how they work.
Jackpot Wheel
First you have the jackpot wheel which can only be activated by landing Sylvan symbols – gold coins with trees on them – anywhere on the grid.
You’ll notice jackpot values displayed above each reel. When a Sylvan symbol lands it increases the value of the jackpot above it by 0.5x the stake. The jackpots are as follows:
- Reel 1 - 5x to 75x
- Reel 2 -10x to 100x
- Reel 3 -50x to 250x
- Reel 4 -200x to 1,000x
- Reel 5 -1,000x to 5,000x
When the Jackpot Wheel is activated then it will spin and land on a colored segment representing the prize value for that jackpot level with a top prize of 5,000x.
Free Spins Multiplier and Free Spins
The bonus scatter is represented by the letters B-O-N-U-S. You need one to land on each of the reels to trigger the free spins round. That gets you 3 spins.
But before that happens, in the base game you have a chance to build a multiplier that will be applied during the free spins round. The multiplier grows when bonus symbols land on ONLY four reels. Then a point is added to the multiplier meter instead. When you have 2 points in that meter, then the multiplier goes up a level.
The levels are as follows:
1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 8x, 10x, 12x, 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x.
When the free spins round starts – when you land B-O-N-U-S on all 5 reels – then those bonus symbols LOCK into position and convert into coins. Remaining positions become individual spinning symbols which may only settle as blanks or more coins.
When coins land, they lock into position too and the counter re-sets to 3 spins.
If you manage to fill a reel with coins then they are all collected as prizes and the positions unlock again. And … another point is added to the multiplier meter.
Only when you run out of spins is the total prize evaluated and the multiplier applied before a payout is made.
Final Verdict
This is a really well constructed slot game. The audio and visuals are superb and knit perfectly with the gameplay which is nicely balanced so that Sylvan symbols are regularly dropping and pushing up those jackpots whilst moving you closer to the next jackpot wheel event. It helps that this is a medium variance game so it will trigger its features more regularly than high volatility games. Certainly that was the case in our test session which produced 2 free spins rounds and 4 jackpot wheels in just 200 plays. Overall, this is an excellent place to start for anyone new to Fantasma, or for those who just enjoy magic-themed games with charming visuals.
Testing Notes
I played 200 spins on Circle of Sylvan on Fantasma Games test server prior to release to test the game. This is what happened.
- Stake Size: 1
- Start balance: 10,000
- End balance: 10,013.80
- Win Rate: 16% (32 winning spins in 200)
- Biggest Win: 42x
- Free Spins Round: 2
Despite a relatively low win rate – just 16% of base game spins triggered a win – there was always a lot going on in this slot. That’s because Sylvan symbols dropped many times, easily on 1 in 4 spins, triggering animations that lit up the tree and grew the jackpots. So as a result the game feels much busier than the win rate suggests.
In 200 spins I got 4 Jackpot Wheels with wins of 29.5x, 12x, 12x and 6.5x. These were made up of 2 of the lowest value jackpots and 2 of the second lowest. Then the free spins Hold and Win dropped twice, producing wins of 42x and 32.4x. How successful you are there depends in part on the multiplier meter. On both occasions I had only increased it to 2x by the time the round triggered, which is an indicator of how hard it is to grow it. You’d have to play for a long time to earn a high value multiplier.
