Hacksaw Gaming Slots

Hacksaw Gaming slots at a glance

For a Western slot with a distinctive reel feature, start with Wanted Dead or a Wild. For a changing cluster board, compare Le Bandit and Hand of Anubis. For a bonus built around collected values, look at Chaos Crew. These are our starting choices by design, not a ranking of likely winnings.

Research last checked: 9 September 2026. Our assessment uses official game descriptions and regulator information. The profiles explain each design's strengths and trade-offs; they do not report personal play sessions.

Eight Hacksaw slots to compare

The shortlist covers contrasting mechanics rather than every release. Choose an expanding-wild design if you want a visible change to a reel, or a cascade game if you prefer following a board through successive wins. The final column explains why each exact title earns a place.

Wanted Dead or a Wild: the DuelReels reference point

Wanted Dead or a Wild uses a five-reel, five-row layout with 15 paylines. A qualifying VS symbol expands into a wild reel and starts a duel; the winning character's multiplier applies to that reel. Hacksaw identifies it as the first game to use DuelReels, making it a useful starting point for understanding the mechanic.

The bonuses change what you watch for. Great Train Robbery revolves around sticky wilds, Duel at Dawn gives more opportunities for VS symbols, and Dead Man's Hand collects wilds and multipliers before a Showdown phase. The distinctions are meaningful: collecting something for later is different from resolving an individual expanded-reel win.

The feature's most easily missed detail is how several duelling reels interact: their multipliers add together when the reels share the same winning combination. The visual showdown supplies the drama, but the combined value supplies the calculation. We like that connection between setting and rules. The trade-off is that learning one bonus does not explain the other two; each changes the role of wilds.

Chaos Crew: collection rather than a conventional free-spin tally

Chaos Crew centres its bonus on Cranky and Sketchy multiplier values collected above the reels. Epic symbols can boost the collected values, with the eventual total applied to the wager. That gives the feature a different emphasis from simply adding together ordinary payline wins during a fixed run of spins.

The original is rated 5/5 for volatility by Hacksaw, compared with 4/5 for Wanted Dead or a Wild. Treat those as the supplier's own classifications, not a promise about how the next few rounds will feel. Its neon, graffiti-heavy presentation is also quite different from Wanted's dusty Western setting.

For the original game, the Chaos Crew slot review provides the game-level detail behind this collection summary. Its main appeal is the visible accumulation above the reels. The drawback is that the action is split between that display and the symbols below: anyone who prefers reading ordinary line wins may find the bonus less immediate.

Hand of Anubis: an Egyptian cluster alternative

Hand of Anubis was released on 21 April 2022. It uses a five-by-six layout, cascading cluster wins and Soul Orbs associated with multiplier collection. Hacksaw describes the game as high volatility and publishes a maximum win of 10,000 times the bet.

For a cluster game, position matters: read which matching symbols form the group, then follow the spaces opened by the cascade. The same paid round can contain a sequence of changing board states. That gives the Anubis grid a different reading rhythm from a conventional payline display.

For an Egyptian-themed payline counterpoint to Anubis, the Cleopatra slot review covers IGT's payline-based approach. That makes the difference concrete: Anubis asks you to follow clusters, while Cleopatra supplies a line-game comparison. Shared imagery is useful for choosing a visual style, but it is not evidence of shared rules.

Le Bandit: watch what the Golden Squares retain

Le Bandit combines Super Cascades with Golden Squares. A win removes both the contributing regular symbols and other visible symbols of the same types, making space for replacements. Winning positions become highlighted; a Rainbow can activate those squares to reveal feature values and symbols. The useful thing to understand is persistence: what remains highlighted, and for how long, changes between bonus modes.

Three FS symbols trigger Luck of the Bandit, four trigger All That Glitters Is Gold, and five trigger Treasure at the End of the Rainbow. The highest mode keeps the squares highlighted and brings a Rainbow on every spin. Hacksaw's own volatility rating is 3/5, a lower classification than the original Chaos Crew.

Our reason to shortlist Le Bandit is the changing board. A useful distinction is whether Golden Squares remain only until activation or throughout the feature: this separates the ordinary bonus from the higher modes. Its raccoon character supplies the humour, while that persistence rule supplies the comparison.

Dork Unit: two different bonus ideas

Dork Unit pairs Gift Bonanza with Dork Spins. Three gift symbols can trigger the former, while three Long Lenny symbols trigger the latter. In Dork Spins, Lenny can expand into a sticky wild reel on the middle reels. Hacksaw's July 2022 release description gives it a 3/5 volatility rating and a 10,000-times-bet maximum.

The appeal here is the contrast with the studio's darker games. The colourful characters and gift imagery offer a different tone, while the sticky-wild idea gives the bonus something concrete to follow. If you dislike grim or aggressive artwork, that is a legitimate reason to prefer its presentation.

For readers choosing by presentation, Carnival and Party slots offer more of the stage-and-celebration aesthetic. Dork Unit's mechanical distinction is more specific: Lenny's expanded reel stays for the whole Dork Spins feature. That gives the screen a stable point of reference while the other positions continue changing.

R.I.P. City: an expanding wild with a different job

R.I.P. City uses Wild Cat symbols that can expand down a reel. When an expanding cat covers a regular wild, that wild becomes a multiplier absorbed into the expanded symbol. It is an expanding-wild design, but it should not be read as another name for Wanted's duel process.

The character-specific bonuses also differ. Ro$$ increases Wild Cat appearances, while Maxx uses activated reels for subsequent Wild Cats. Hacksaw currently classifies the title at 3/5 volatility and publishes a 12,500-times-bet maximum. Those facts describe the design; they do not put a probability on reaching that ceiling.

The cat-and-mouse presentation makes this an obvious visual comparison with animal-themed slots, although the useful mechanical comparison is with other expanding wilds. Ask what activates the expansion, what it covers and whether it persists. Identical-looking full reels can be created by different rules and therefore need different explanations.

Chaos Crew 2: compare the sequel's additions

Chaos Crew 2 is a 2023 sequel rather than an alternative label for the original. Its additions include Epic Drop in the base game and an expanded set of bonus possibilities, including sticky symbol variants and a Super Bonus. Its published 20,000-times-bet maximum also differs from the original's 10,000-times-bet cap.

The sequel uses a five-by-five grid with 19 paylines and carries Hacksaw's 5/5 volatility rating. Its published RTP configurations are included in the table below. Epic Drop is the clearest reason to compare it with the original: part of the familiar bonus-style reveal can now happen during base play.

Our preference would depend on how much feature detail you enjoy tracking. Chaos Crew 2 adds variety around an already busy collection system. The original offers a more contained introduction to that idea; the sequel is the more interesting comparison once you understand what the collected values represent.

Eternal Duel: the duel idea applied to bonus entry

Eternal Duel extends the DuelReels concept into free-spin awards. FS DuelReels resolve competing free-spin values, with the winning values contributing to the bonus allocation. Its named bonus modes are Hades Havoc, Zeus Fury and Eternal Destruction, with different feature conditions.

The useful comparison with Wanted is therefore not just the mythology artwork. Both use duels, but Eternal Duel also makes that presentation part of determining the free-spin award. A familiar trademark can describe a family of ideas without making the surrounding bonus structure identical.

The confrontations also place its presentation alongside Battle slots, although the category does not define a pay system. In Eternal Duel, distinguish an ordinary VS symbol from a free-spin symbol and identify the triggered bonus. The visual conflict connects the theme; the rules explain what each duel is awarding.

Who makes Hacksaw Gaming slots?

Founded in 2018, Hacksaw develops games and supplies technology to casino businesses. HGMT Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hacksaw AB. The developer supplies the software; the casino operator holds your customer account and sets its payment, withdrawal and complaint arrangements.

Hacksaw also operates OpenRGS, which became available to other studios in 2023. Partners such as Pineapple Play can use its development and distribution infrastructure while remaining separately credited game creators. A title delivered through OpenRGS is therefore not automatically a Hacksaw-developed slot.

That distinction defines this guide's selection: the main profiles cover Hacksaw's own games. A shared delivery platform says little about two titles' prize structures or bonus rules, so we keep the credited developer attached to each comparison.

The feature differences that matter

A wild, a multiplier and a bonus trigger are separate concepts. A wild substitutes under the game's rules; a multiplier changes a qualifying award; a trigger starts a feature. A single symbol can combine some of these jobs, but the combination needs to be explained for that game. The label alone does not tell you everything it does.

Expanding is not the same as sticky

An expanding wild changes how much of the grid a symbol covers. A sticky wild remains in place for the period specified by the feature. One describes size, the other persistence. Dork Unit's Dork Spins combines the ideas, whereas other expanding-wild features resolve their effect within a different sequence.

For sticky wilds, the reset point matters as much as the expansion: Dork Unit retains Lenny through the bonus. A symbol that simply fills a reel during one result has a different job. Look for the stated duration in the rules, rather than inferring it from the animation.

Clusters and cascades answer different questions

A cluster rule tells you how symbols form a win. A cascade describes the replacement of symbols after a result. They often appear together, but a falling-symbol animation does not by itself prove that adjacent clusters are the winning condition. Hand of Anubis belongs in the cluster comparison; other studios also use falling symbols with different pay systems.

For a contrasting collection system, the Jammin Jars 2 bonus design from Push Gaming includes Wild Jar free spins and a separate Giga Jar feature, with Gold Vinyl collection feeding the chance to trigger it. That is a different progression from Le Bandit's Golden Squares. Compare what the meter records and what actually starts the feature, not simply whether both screens display accumulated objects.

For any feature, read the final award in relation to the total paid stake. A multiplier applied to a qualifying line win is not necessarily a multiplier of your whole bet. Keeping those units separate makes screenshots and feature descriptions much easier to interpret without exaggerating what the game has awarded.

Hacksaw RTP: compare the published versions

The table compares five official product listings, including the original Chaos Crew and its sequel. These are published RTP configurations, not a catalogue ranking or confirmation of the version installed at your casino. Maximum wins are multiples of the total bet; volatility uses Hacksaw's own scale.

The practical check is inside the exact game at the casino you intend to use. Open its information or help panel and find the return information for the selected mode. Match the title carefully, including sequel numbers. If a catalogue page and the game disagree, do not assume that the larger percentage is the active one.

A theoretical return is the game's designed long-run percentage across play, not a refund rate for each deposit. Your own results over a short session can differ sharply from it. Equally, an observed run of results does not reveal which mathematical version is installed: you cannot identify an RTP setting reliably by watching a handful of spins.

Volatility, maximum wins and the cost of play

RTP and volatility describe different things. RTP concerns the long-run return; volatility concerns the spread of possible outcomes. A high-volatility game can combine many uneventful rounds with less frequent large prizes. It does not follow that a quiet period is storing up a win or that changing your stake will bring one closer.

Hacksaw's ratings are useful within the supplier's stated scale, but they are not a budget calculator. Nor should a middle rating from one studio be treated as mathematically identical to a middle rating from another. For a reader choosing a game, the sensible use is comparative: it flags which designs the supplier classifies as more variable.

Maximum win is a third measure. It places a ceiling on an award under the relevant game rules, but says nothing by itself about the probability of reaching it. A large maximum can dominate a promotional image while telling you very little about ordinary play. It is a poor substitute for understanding the feature and the stake you are committing.

The calculation is turnover multiplied by the house edge, where the edge is the gap between the return percentage and full repayment of stakes. The difference in this example is £1.83 per £100 of turnover in long-run expectation. It is not a forecast of what a particular person will lose, and £100 of turnover is not necessarily a £100 deposit: winnings staked again also add to turnover.

Stake size changes exposure much more directly than a thumbnail does. As a simple illustration, £20 would fund 100 paid spins at £0.20 or 20 at £1 if no prizes were returned. Neither calculation predicts a session's duration, and neither is a suggestion to spend the whole amount. Choose an affordable limit first and stop when that limit or your planned time is reached.

What changes in the British version?

Global game pages and screenshots can display controls that are not offered in British-licensed versions. Bonus-buy menus are an important example. The Gambling Commission required operators to remove feature-buy functionality after concerns about how it allowed customers to pay directly for slot bonus entry. A supplier demonstration is not a list of functions you should expect at a British casino.

FeatureSpins is also a label to read carefully. Its presence in international product information is not evidence that a particular paid mode is available locally, or that every mode works in the same way. This guide compares the underlying game features without recommending a route around local restrictions.

For British online slots, the maximum stake per game cycle is £2 for adults aged 18 to 24 and £5 for adults aged 25 and over. These are regulatory ceilings, not recommended betting levels. An operator or an individual account can impose a lower limit, and a player can choose a lower affordable stake.

Autoplay is not permitted for online gaming. Slot cycles require an individual action and a minimum interval of 2.5 seconds between starts; turbo and similar paid-game speed-up functions are not permitted either. Consequently, an overseas video is a poor benchmark for the pace or control layout you will encounter locally.

A bonus still needs to be understood on its own terms: identify its natural trigger, the type of award and the point at which it ends. Those details remain useful even when the international shortcut into it is absent.

UK licensing and choosing a casino

HGMT Limited's current public-register entry shows active remote Gambling Software and Game Host (Casino) activities, with a start date of 2 October 2019. Those are supplier and hosting credentials. They should not be presented as a guarantee of every operator's service, withdrawal speed or treatment of customer funds.

There is documented British distribution history: Hacksaw announced its Sky Betting & Gaming launch in November 2024, naming Wanted Dead or a Wild, Chaos Crew 2 and Le Bandit. That establishes a specific past launch, not permanent availability of every Hacksaw title at that operator or across the market.

For a current choice, check the operator's own licence details and the exact website domain against the public register. Then check whether the title you want is actually in its lobby and whether you can access the rules before staking. A provider filter helps with discovery, but the casino's own account terms still govern your relationship with it.

A game's free-spin bonus is also different from a casino promotion. One belongs to the slot's rules; the other has offer-specific eligibility, game restrictions and withdrawal conditions. Check the terms of any advertised promotion separately.

Before depositing, the useful details to resolve are the operator identity, its contact and complaint route, the payment terms and any restrictions on the game or offer you intend to use. Keep those account checks separate from the game shortlist so that an appealing title does not stand in for a casino assessment.

Le Bandit, Le King and Le Cowboy: how the related games differ

Smokey's returning character links these games visually, but each deserves its own rules explanation. Le Bandit establishes the Golden Squares comparison; Le King develops the reveal system, while Le Cowboy introduces Revolver Reveal. None should be read as a reskin with interchangeable specifications.

Le King: Golden Squares with Jackpot Markers

Le King uses winning positions to create Golden Squares. A Neon Rainbow activates them after wins are collected, revealing coins, clovers, treasure pots or Jackpot Markers. Clovers modify coin values, while pots collect visible values. The reveal process can continue through further activations.

Jackpot Markers are the distinctive addition to compare with Le Bandit. They carry prizes based on the bet and activate with a Neon Rainbow; multiple markers can combine. The term jackpot here should not be confused with a separate, growing network prize.

For us, Le King's attraction is the chain of transformations on the board. Its trade-off is a busier sequence: a win, activation, value boost and collection have different roles. Follow which squares are active and what each revealed symbol does; the board's changing state is central to understanding the award.

Le Cowboy: Revolver Reveal rather than a duel

Le Cowboy turns a wild involved in a winning cluster into a Revolver Cylinder. After cascades settle, its shots reveal special symbols. Reload symbols can renew the cylinders; coins and diamonds supply values, clovers multiply them, and loot bags collect them. The converted cylinder is no longer a wild.

Its bonuses also change the collection pattern. High Noon Saloon increases cylinder opportunities. Trail of Trickery adds a Bullet Collector that activates on the last free spin, while Pistols at Dawn makes that collector active on every free spin. The timing of the collector is the clearest distinction between those higher modes.

Despite the Western setting, this is a different proposition from Wanted. Wanted's duel resolves competing multipliers on reels; Le Cowboy turns positions into a reveal-and-collection sequence. Choose between them by the display you prefer following, not by the shared gunslinger imagery.

Le Sortudo: a different feature family

Le Sortudo provides a recent example. Its release was on 4 August 2026, followed by a Brazilian market-launch announcement later that month. That announcement describes Rainbow Fortune Hold & Win and Rainbow Epic Drop Hold & Win features. The shared raccoon character does not make it a copy of Le Bandit's Golden Squares system.

That Brazilian launch does not establish British availability. It is included here to explain the character family's changing mechanics, not as a UK new-release recommendation.

A useful wider reference is our Buffalo Power Hold And Win review, covering the Playson title. Its bonus uses Power symbols for in-game jackpots and a full-grid award condition. Those details make a practical comparison with Le Sortudo: the shared Hold & Win label is a starting category, not proof that the prize collection or ending conditions are identical.

Compare mechanics, not just provider logos

Compare named games rather than treating an entire studio as simple or complex. These examples separate the winning condition from the animation and theme.

For comparison, NetEnt's Starburst is a useful expanding-wild reference because the visible full reel leads into respins. That differs from the duel calculation in Wanted. The comparison does not require declaring either studio superior: it lets you decide whether you prefer a more immediately recognisable respin event or the additional presentation of a multiplier showdown.

The Sweet Bonanza comparison is useful for a different reason. Falling symbols are an animation shared by games with different winning conditions. Pay-anywhere slots count matching symbols across the grid, while a cluster design depends on the group required by its rules. If you only notice the tumble, you can miss the most important distinction.

Gates of Olympus and Eternal Duel illustrate the difference between theme and calculation: both use mythology, but one centres on pay-anywhere tumbles and the other on duels. Familiar artwork is an entry point, not a rules shortcut.

Within Playtech Gaming, the Age of the Gods series offers a further distinction: a progressive jackpot network. A growing network prize and Wanted's fixed multiplier cap are different measures. Compare the jackpot rules separately from the ordinary reel wins instead of ranking the games by whichever promotional number looks larger.

Mobile play and what a demo can tell you

On a phone, the useful question is whether you can read the information you need. Before committing a stake, locate the bet control, balance, return information and feature rules. A large spin button is not enough if the active stake or the meaning of a bonus meter is difficult to see.

Check the feature display as well as the reels. Chaos Crew places collected values above them; Le Bandit highlights positions within the board. Those are the elements that must remain legible on your device. Use another orientation if supported and if it makes the information easier to read.

A legitimate demo can help you understand what a symbol does and where the information lives. It cannot establish the frequency of a rare feature from a short sample, predict your paid results or demonstrate that you will tolerate losses in real-money play. Learning the rules and measuring the mathematics are different exercises. For a cluster example, our Hand Of Anubis review explains the game to compare against the grid you see.

British operators must verify age before providing their free-to-play gambling games. Access therefore depends on the operator and jurisdiction; it should not be advertised as universally available without checks. On the same gambling facility, corresponding free-play games must accurately represent winning likelihood and prize distribution. Supplier demonstrations can have a different purpose and require clear disclosure when showing enhanced feature behaviour.

Use a permitted demo to locate the accumulated total and stopping condition of a collecting bonus, or the covered positions of an expanding wild. Focus on understanding the display, not the size of demo wins.

Hacksaw's scratchcards and instant-win games

Hacksaw also makes scratchcards and instant-win games. They explain the company's broader output but should not be added to a count of its slots. The interface, prize structure and interaction can differ substantially from a reel game.

When comparing online Instant Games, start with that game's rules rather than carrying over a familiar slot's RTP or volatility. A shared studio or character is not evidence of shared mathematics. These products sit outside the slot shortlist in this guide, and a simpler interface does not make them a lower-risk alternative.

Who these slots suit, and how to narrow the choice

Hacksaw is a strong design fit for readers who enjoy distinctive characters and layered features. It is less appealing if you prefer an uncluttered reel game with little happening outside the ordinary win calculation. Narrow the shortlist by presentation first, then compare the features you would actually enjoy following.

Set time and spending limits separately. A small stake does not stop a long session building substantial turnover, and a short session can still be expensive at a larger stake. Avoid raising the bet to recover a loss or extending play because a bonus has not appeared. An unfinished-looking sequence is not a reason to ignore a limit you set in advance.

If gambling is becoming difficult to control, take a break and use the operator's account restrictions, time-out or self-exclusion options. Seek independent support when needed. These are practical safeguards, not tests of whether you are experienced enough for a particular studio's games.

Our verdict on Hacksaw Gaming slots

Our strongest starting comparisons are Wanted for reel-based duels, Chaos Crew for collected multipliers and Le Bandit for a changing cluster board. Hand of Anubis offers a darker cluster alternative, while the related Smokey games show how far a familiar character can move between feature systems.

The studio's strength is that variety; its trade-off is the amount of detail some bonuses ask you to follow. Choose the design you understand and enjoy within an affordable limit, then check the exact version at the licensed casino. A larger advertised maximum is not a better reason to play.