Play’n GO’s Bigfoot-themed Stompin’ Gold arrives with playful characters and a 50,000x ceiling

Play’n GO has lined up Stompin’ Gold for an expected launch on 6 August 2026, adding a Bigfoot-themed slot to its 2026 calendar. The game follows young explorer Jack Tracker into a misty forest where two mischievous creatures, Biggie and Boogie, lurk behind the reels, turning what could be a horror premise into a warm, humorous hide-and-seek. The presentation leans on soft 3D artwork, with a campsite, campfire and dense woodland framing the action and symbols such as tents, backpacks, cameras and thermos flasks reinforcing the adventure theme.

Maths, paytable and potential

Stompin’ Gold is a 5x3 video slot with 20 active paylines and stakes ranging from €0.10 to €100 per spin. The game is volatile, with a default RTP of 96.2% plus lower configurations of 94.2%, 91.2%, 87.2% and 84.2% available to operators. The maximum winning potential is 50,000x the stake, a figure one review singled out as the game’s most striking feature. The low end of the paytable consists of card ranks 10-A, with a five-of-a-kind line worth 1.2x the bet; premium tent, backpack, camera and flask symbols pay 2.5x-3x for five matches.

GO Collect and wild upgrades

Stompin’ Gold uses the GO Collect mechanic that Play’n GO previously added to legacy titles such as Book of Dead and Wild North Radiant Skies. When one to three Bounty Coins land during the base game, they are deposited into a meter; the meter can then randomly trigger the Hold’n Grow bonus, awarding one to three random coins at the start of the feature. Landing four or more Bounty Coins at once triggers the round directly.

Mystery Symbols can appear on any reel and reveal a shared paying symbol at the end of a spin, though individual symbols in a batch may turn into wilds or Bounty Coins. In the base game, Biggie and Boogie may appear above the reels when wilds are present: Biggie makes all wilds expand across the reels, Boogie attaches multipliers of x2, x3, x5, x10, x20, x50 or x100, and both together combine the effects. When multiple multipliers contribute to one win, their values are added together.

Hold’n Grow and Hold’n Spin

The bonus round moves to Biggie and Boogie’s hideout, overflowing with gold coins, where the Hold’n Grow feature is played. It begins with three respins and a 5x3 area with three open rows; each new Bounty Coin resets the respin counter and advances progress toward unlocking the remaining rows, up to a 5x8 grid. Bounty Coins carry values from 1x to 5x the bet, while special coins offer the named Mini (10x), Minor (25x), Major (100x), Mega (250x) and Grand (1,000x) jackpots. A Bonus Bounty Coin during the round triggers Hold’n Spin, a separate 3x3 respin mini-game; once it concludes, the combined value of its collected coins becomes the Bonus Bounty Coin’s value as the action returns to Hold’n Grow.

Reception

Play’n GO’s Games Ambassador Magnus Wallentin said the release is a “playful forest mystery with plenty of character,” with Biggie and Boogie providing the title’s personality and Jack Tracker anchoring the story through curiosity and humour. Reviews broadly agreed on the game’s charm but were more cautious about its mechanics, with one outlet describing the Hold’n Grow round as a straightforward hold-and-win setup and another saying having a two-level hold-and-win round is quite novel. Early commentary positions Stompin’ Gold as a breezy, character-led slot that plays it safe on the feature side while dressing familiar mechanics in an appealing woodland disguise.