Heart of Africa: Lion Way
Slots · Released April 7, 2026
5,237x is another of Evoplay's computed ceilings rather than a round marketing number, in the same family as 6,414x on Gems of Ra and 9,419x on Olympus Gold Rush. The 96.26% return is a quarter of a point over the studio's 96.02% median across nine other pages, and the 24.44% hit frequency is about one paying spin in four.
Heart of Africa: Lion Way at a glance
96.26%
RTP
High
Volatility
5,237x
Max win
5x4
Grid
Ways to win
Pays by
24.44%
Hit frequency
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Virtual credits only, nothing wagered.
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How Heart of Africa: Lion Way pays
The game runs on 5 reels of 4 rows, 20 positions in total.
Heart of Africa: Lion Way is rated high volatility. Against the 10 Evoplay titles here, its 96.26% return runs 0.24 points above their 96.02% median, and the 5,237x ceiling is close to their 6,414x median.
The ceiling is 5,237x the stake, so a $1 spin caps at $5,237.
It is the 19th of 36 2026 releases from Evoplay that we track.
Evoplay has no public page for Heart of Africa: Lion Way; what it does list is in its own catalogue at evoplay.games.
What Heart of Africa: Lion Way actually does
Heart of Africa: Lion Way pays by ways to win across a 5x4 grid, the format on 49 of the 221 games in this catalogue.
Buy Bonus shortens the wait at a higher stake. That widens the swing on a high-volatility game without moving the 96.26% return, and several regulated markets switch the option off entirely.
| Mechanic | What it does |
|---|---|
| Free Spins | Spins awarded without a stake |
| Wild | Substitutes for regular symbols |
| Scatter | Pays or triggers from anywhere |
| Buy Bonus | Pay to enter the bonus round |
| Jackpot | Separate top prize pool |
| Bonus Game | A separate round with its own rules |
| Hold And Win | Lock symbols, respin the rest |
Bonus Game
The bonus game moves play to a distinct screen or mode with mechanics the base game does not use. It is triggered by its own symbol combination and pays out before returning to normal play.
Setting and presentation
African. Savannah wildlife and sunset palettes, closely related to the animals tag but tied to a specific landscape.
Animals. Wildlife imagery on the reels, from farm animals to big game, usually with the higher paying symbols reserved for the more dramatic species.
Games like Heart of Africa: Lion Way
| Game | Provider | RTP | Volatility | Max win | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger of Fortune | Evoplay | 96.02% | high | 6,414x | 2026-07-28 |
| Young Eagle Song | Evoplay | 95.95% | high | 1,268x | 2025-12-09 |
| Super Stampede | Betsoft | 96.04% | high | 10,000x | 2026-08-13 |
| Buffalo King Megaways | Pragmatic Play | 96.52% | high | 5,000x | 2021-04-29 |
| Bear Patrol | Peter & Sons | 96.2% | high | 5,000x | 2026-08-20 |
| The Dog House Megaways 1000 | Pragmatic Play | 96.5% | high | 25,000x | 2026-07-13 |
Tiger of Fortune is the nearest match of the 6: they share Wild, Buy Bonus and Jackpot, and it runs 96.02% against its 96.26%.
2 of the 6 published returns above beat 96.26%, topped by Buffalo King Megaways at 96.52%, and Young Eagle Song sits lowest at 95.95%.
Its 5,237x ceiling is close to the 5,000x middle of that set, where The Dog House Megaways 1000 reaches 25,000x.
2 of the 6 come from Evoplay as well; the rest are Betsoft, Pragmatic Play and Peter & Sons.
4 of them are newer than it, and it landed 59 months after Buffalo King Megaways.
Every one of them carries Wild, Buy Bonus as well. Bonus Game is the one only one of them shares.
Heart of Africa: Lion Way questions
Why is the maximum win 5,237x?
Because Evoplay publishes the figure its maths model produces instead of rounding it. Across its ten pages here the ceilings include 415x, 2,532x, 5,237x, 6,414x, 9,419x and 9,995x, which is a pattern rather than an accident. Only Uncrossable Rush sits on a round 10,000x.
How does Heart of Africa compare with other Evoplay games?
Only Adrenaline Rush at 97% and Olympus Gold Rush at 96.27% return more, and the latter by a hundredth of a point, so this sits at the top of the studio's range on value. The 5,237x ceiling is below middle: six of the nine other Evoplay pages here hold back more.
What is the RTP of Heart of Africa: Lion Way?
96.26%, published by Evoplay. That is 0.24 points above the 96.02% median of the other 9 Evoplay games with a page here. Against the 220 published returns across the whole catalogue it is 0.06 points above the 96.2% median. 91 of those pages publish a higher figure and 128 a lower one.
Can I play Heart of Africa: Lion Way for free?
Yes. The build above is the one Evoplay ships, at the same 96.26% return and the same 5,237x ceiling; only the credits are virtual, and there is no deposit or signup. It runs the same 5 reels of 4 rows, 20 positions in total as the paid build.
What is the maximum win on Heart of Africa: Lion Way?
The ceiling is 5,237x the stake, so a $1 spin caps at $5,237. The other 9 Evoplay games published here sit at a 6,414x median. Across the 219 published ceilings the median is 10,000x, and 149 of them reach further than this one.
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Written by Tasho Tashev
Slots & Crypto-Casino Editorial Author