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Developer: ELK Studios
Release date: 12th Dec 2024
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RTP: 94.00%
Max Payout: 10,000x stake
Volatility: High
Min Bet: 0.20
Max Bet: 100.00
Reels: 5
Paylines: N/A
Theme: WTF
Jackpot: No

Shadow Shifter

Paul Clare
Reviewed by Paul Clare Last updated:

There's something lurking in the shadows but it might not be exactly what you're thinking. Instead of a deviant in a raincoat, we've got a big smiling cat and some nudging reels. In Shadow Shifter, rows expand, winning combos refuse to quit and the max win is 10,000x. It all takes place in a dark forest to a slightly trippy dance track. Bring it on!

Full review continued below ↓

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Our Rating

“A trippy adventure with increasing multipliers!”

3.9 out of 5

Features
7.5/10
Design
9/10
Gameplay
7/10
Win potential
8/10

Shadow Shifter Review

Watching a big grinning cat nudging wins and moving his eyes frantically to a catchy EDM track isn't something you'll see every day. And that's because it comes from the odd minds residing over at ELK studios. These guys have produced wacky titles before and they continue pushing the limits of sanity with this release.

Gameplay & Features

Who wants to play on a standard 5x4 grid, anyway? Not me, that's for sure! ELK doesn't seem to be fond of it either. As you begin, Shadow Shifter seems a little restrictive in the way it approaches paylines as you need winning symbols to land in a row rather than across a fancy pattern or just simply adjacent reels. It makes it much harder to drop a win into your balance but there are other modifications which can help things along. 

You're looking out for just five regular payers. Winning combos of between 3 and 5 matching symbols are possible and the payouts range from 0.10x to 50x. When you hit a win, you get to see the shifter come into play. If it's possible to create another win by moving another matching symbol towards the group, then you'll pick up another payout. At the same time, a multiplier begins to grow with each winning combo and this is added to your original payout. 

As you play, you can see modifiers popping up and these could help to create even more action. The both ways symbol will make it possible to land wins from left to right and from right to left. The wild symbol substitutes for other regular payers and the expanding wild will replace all symbols on a reel. The max grow could be the most valuable of all as it stretches the grid to eight rows and increases your opportunities of hitting decent payouts. 

Bonus Game

If you want to play for free, then you’ll need three bonus symbols and for this, you get five free spins. As you spin away merrily at ELK’s expense, your multipliers and rows will be a little fancy. Between each of the following spins, the multipliers refuse to go down and the rows will not shrink. Hopefully, this all means that your final total should be quite attractive. 

The X-iter option exists and this gives players an opportunity to enhance the chances of seeing certain features. 

For 3x, spins are more than three times more likely to trigger the bonus game. For 10x, you get an expanding wild that creates an entire wild column and possibly some bounty. 50x stretches the reels to the maximum height and all multipliers start at 5x. 

Outside the UK, you can try your luck in the bonus game without waiting for scatter symbols. Simply pay the 100x entrance fee and off you go. If you're feeling a little more adventurous, 500x will start the game off with multipliers at x5 and the fully stretched grid. 

After triggering the bonus game, I was pleased to see that the original setup hadn't changed too much so there was no confusion. 

My first couple of spins saw the multipliers begin to grow and the shifter continued to push other payouts into view – the returns were very lucrative. By the end of my time in the bonus game, I was picking up 20x multipliers and smashing Super Wins out of the park! I eventually walked off with 262x.

Pushers & Multipliers

Landing a winning combo isn't a one-time deal in this game. You pick up your standard win and then a shifter is applied to push potential winning symbols towards a matching group and create another win. Each time a win is accrued, a multiplier builds.

Special Modifiers

While you play, there are four special symbols that can help increase the action and win potential. You might collect wins from both directions, wild symbols can land, wild symbols might expand and the rows can grow to their maximum height.

Bonus Game

Three scatter symbols will trigger the bonus game and you'll collect a total of five free spins. During the bonus round, multipliers and rows remain persistent between the spins, so your chances of hitting a big payout are decidedly better! A super version of the bonus makes all multipliers begin at x5 and starts you off with the maximum row height.

Win Potential

The payline mechanic is a tough one to evaluate. Personally, I didn’t find much love with the shifting rows during the base game and I think the bonus is keeping all the fun for itself! On a good day, you could grab wins of up to 10,000x.

The volatility is pretty high and the RTP is 94%.

Design

My god, this soundtrack is catchy! I didn't want to like it as I thought it was just an odd noise that didn't really connect to the game but then the owl started joining into the beat and I couldn't switch it off! The big grinning cat sits on top of the reels and the production takes place in a forest clearing – obviously at night. A few trippy mushrooms have a neon glow and it's probably best not to concentrate too hard as you might feel your brain slipping away.

Our Verdict

I could play Shadow Shifter for hours simply because I love looking at it and listening to it. In terms of gameplay, it wasn't my favourite mechanic and it felt very restrictive. However, big wins are possible and as I saw for myself, the multipliers can send your balance off on a magical adventure.

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Shadow Shifter hasn't been released yet, but we expect it to be available at the following UK slot sites on 12th December . Get ahead of the game and sign up now - you might even get some free spins to play Shadow Shifter when it does arrive!

These fully licenced slot sites have been thoroughly audited and reviewed by the team here at Slot Gods to ensure they offer an exceptional user experience, are trustworthy, safe, secure, and boast the best selection of online slots in their portfolio including other games from ELK Studios :-