Jack and the Beanstalk 2 Slot Review

It's been 15 years since NetEnt released the original Jack and the Beanstalk, so a sequel was always going to carry some heavy expectations. Arriving in September 2026, Jack and the Beanstalk 2 takes a pretty wild thematic swing, moving the classic fairytale out of the countryside and into a corporate office setting. It's a quirky choice, but the gameplay is what really matters.

The good news for fans of the original is that the sequel keeps nearly everything of its setup, with walking wilds running the base game. However, the real focus of this sequel, and the biggest change, is the entirely new coin-collecting bonus round.

If you land three Bonus symbols, the traditional reels vanish, replaced by a grid filled with blank spaces and Golden Bean Coins. On their own, the coins just sit there holding multiplier values. The action comes entirely from the modifier symbols that land around them.

It plays a lot like a modern "hold and win" feature, but with some clever twists. You've got a "Collector" that sucks up all the coin values into one space, a "Sharer" that boosts other coins, and a "Spreader" that chucks up to eight new coins onto the board. The standout feature, though, is the Walking Rocket. It drops in, triggers re-spins, and steps to the left on each spin, tripling the value of any coin it passes over.

Here is the defining rule of the game: you don't get paid a dime until the feature completely ends. The game just builds potential on the screen, and the final tally only happens when you run out of spins.

This creates real suspense, but it also has a downside. However full the board looks along the way, a good-looking grid of 1x and 2x coins can still add up to less than you paid, and you only find out on the last spin.

If you like to buy your bonuses, the game offers an "Elevate" menu that looks very similar to what ELK Studios uses in games like Concrete Cowboys. There are two main options, and they offer a really interesting trade-off:

• Bonus Spins at 75x: You get 5 starting spins. As you play, you can collect Upgrade symbols to make your rockets taller and earn extra spins. I paid 75x, earned three extra spins, and walked away with a 59x return (a slight loss, but a fun ride). At 75x, it's actually a bit cheaper than the 100x that Concrete Cowboys, Bamboo Pandits and Man vs Gator charge for their standard bonus.
• Super Bonus Spins at 250x: This guarantees a 10x starting coin and gives you maxed-out, five-symbol-high rockets from the first spin. However, because you skip the upgrade meter entirely, you cannot win extra spins. You get exactly five spins to make it happen. I bought this, built a 59x coin next to a 19x coin, and got a 118x return, meaning I lost more than half my buy-in. It's high risk, high reward, and over very quickly.

As a sequel, Jack and the Beanstalk 2 does a good job of keeping the spirit of the original base game while bolting on a very modern, highly volatile bonus round.

Its maths has company. The walking multipliers add their x3 values together rather than multiplying them by each other (the same additive multiplier maths as Wicked Games' Don't Die), and its 20,000x max win is double Don't Die's 10,000x. Within NetEnt's own lineup, its closest board is Dead or Alive 3: Wanted, also 5x5 with re-spins and cash collect, which goes higher, to 33,333x, at a lower 96.03% RTP.

If you can handle the nerve-wracking "all or nothing at the very end" payout structure, the mechanics here are a lot of fun. Just be aware that the expensive 250x Super Bonus is a strict five-spin gamble, so size your stake accordingly (it tops out at 50).