Wanted Dead or a Wild and Hacksaw westerns

Wanted Dead or a Wild and the Hacksaw western line-up

Hacksaw doesn’t sell its westerns as a numbered series in the way Relax does with Money Train. Instead, a handful of games share outlaws, revolvers and showdowns, with Wanted Dead or a Wild as the anchor. These are the titles we can describe from checked data or the developer’s announcements:

Our western slots page covers the genre as a whole, and the slot themes and series hub lists every collection we’ve written up.

Who makes Wanted: Hacksaw Gaming in brief

Hacksaw Gaming launched in September 2018 and is based in Malta. Its parent, Hacksaw AB, has been listed on Nasdaq Stockholm under the ticker HACK since 25 June 2025, and the group is led by chief executive Christoffer Källberg. The company says it has more than 250 games across slots, scratchcards and instant-win titles, and it holds a Gambling Commission licence (reference 000-054059). Its best-known slot is Wanted Dead or a Wild.

Many Hacksaw games in our data publish volatility on a five-point scale: Chaos Crew is rated 5 of 5, for example, and RIP City 3 of 5. That scale is Hacksaw’s own, so a ‘5 of 5’ here can’t be compared directly with another studio’s ‘high’.

Wanted Dead or a Wild: RTP, volatility and max win

Wanted Dead or a Wild is played on 5 reels and 5 rows with 15 paylines. Its published RTP of 96.38% gives a house edge of 3.62%, so the long-run average cost is 3.62p per £1 staked. It’s rated high volatility, and its top prize is 12,500x the stake.

The bonus rounds carry much of this game’s value, but we haven’t confirmed their rules from a developer source, so we won’t describe them here; the help screen sets out how each feature starts and what it pays. Developers don’t publish how often features land, and we don’t repeat third-party estimates.

Hacksaw RTP versions: what 2 Wild 2 Die costs at each setting

Like many studios, Hacksaw lets casinos choose between several RTP settings for some games. 2 Wild 2 Die, the revolver-and-wilds slot listed by SlotCatalog’s 2 Wild 2 Die page (opens in a new tab), shows how wide the range can be. Here is the average cost of £100 of total stakes at each one:

On the 88.25% version, the same play costs more than three times as much on average as on the default. You can’t feel that difference spin by spin, which is why the Gambling Commission requires the RTP to be shown in the game information. The question of whether a higher RTP slot is better covers when the figure matters most.

Bullets and Bounty and Hacksaw’s DuelReels

Hacksaw’s most explicitly Wild West release in our sources is Bullets and Bounty, released in August 2025. According to World Casino Directory’s Bullets and Bounty report (opens in a new tab), it uses Outlaw DuelReels with multipliers from 2x to 100x, combining when more than one is part of a win, and Bounty DuelReels in which the Bounty Hunter takes on each defeated outlaw’s multiplier over up to three duels.

DuelReels is a recurring Hacksaw mechanic: when a VS symbol lands as part of a win, it expands to cover its reel and two characters duel, with the winner’s multiplier applied to that reel. Ranges differ between games, so a figure from one title shouldn’t be assumed for another. Our DuelReels explainer covers the mechanic in full, and Slayers Inc is another Hacksaw game built around it.

Western slots from other studios compared with Wanted

If you like the setting, other studios have covered the same ground with very different maths. Several have far higher ceilings than Wanted; one of the most famous has a lower one but a higher RTP.

NetEnt’s Dead or Alive dates from 2009 and is one of the oldest games here. For Nolimit City’s darker frontier games, see our Tombstone series page, and for train robberies, the Money Train slots.

High, Extreme, Insane: reading western slot volatility labels

Western slots seem to attract dramatic volatility labels. Hacksaw uses a five-point scale, Nolimit City describes some games as ‘Extreme’ and others, such as Tombstone RIP, as ‘Insane’, and Quickspin rates Sticky Bandits ‘medium-high’. These are marketing-friendly descriptions of the same underlying idea: how unevenly a game spreads its return.

• A label tells you the direction, not the size. ‘Insane’ on one studio’s scale isn’t a measured amount bigger than ‘High’ on another’s.
• The max win is a better clue. A 300,000x ceiling, like Tombstone RIP’s, with an RTP near 96% has to be balanced by many weak spins.
• None of these labels changes the average cost, which depends only on the RTP and how much you stake.

Our volatility guide puts numbers on the idea.

UK rules for Hacksaw western slots

Every game on this page follows Gambling Commission rules when played at a UK-licensed casino. Stakes are capped at £5 a spin for players aged 25 and over and £2 for those aged 18 to 24. Spins must take at least 2.5 seconds, with no autoplay, turbo or slam-stop, and the game can’t celebrate a return that doesn’t beat your stake. Feature buy-ins have not been offered to British players since the Commission’s January 2020 games warning to operators (opens in a new tab). See UK feature buy rules and slot stake limits.

How to check a Hacksaw slot before you spin

1. Open the game and tap the menu or “i” icon to reach the rules.
2. Find the RTP and compare it with the default in our tables.
3. Check the volatility rating and the max win so you know how swingy the game is.
4. Read how the bonus rounds start and what the multipliers do in this particular game.
5. Confirm the stake you plan to use sits within your UK limit.
6. Set a deposit limit and session reminder, and stop when you reach them.

Where to play Wanted Dead or a Wild in the UK

Our partner welcome offers are slot offers, but none is tied to Wanted Dead or a Wild or any other Hacksaw game, and we can’t confirm which lobbies carry them, so check the casino’s game lobby. Offers are 18+ for new customers, and terms apply.

• PlayOJO: 80 free spins on Big Bass Bonanza with a first deposit of £10 or more, 10p per spin, no wagering so winnings are cash; excludes Northern Ireland and can’t be combined with other offers.
• Coral: deposit and bet £10 on slots to get 100 free spins on selected games at 10p, accept within 48 hours, use within 7 days, no wagering on winnings; some e-wallets, prepaid cards and certain debit cards are excluded.
• Ladbrokes: spend £10 on slots for 50 free spins a day over 10 days (up to 500), 10p each on selected games, claim by 23:59 each day, valid 7 days, no wagering; some payment methods are excluded.

LC International Limited runs both Coral and Ladbrokes, so you may not be able to open new accounts at both. The house edge applies to every spin.

18+. Every casino game has a built-in house edge, so over time you should expect to lose what you stake. Set a budget before you play and stop when it’s gone: safer gambling tools and support. Free, confidential help: National Gambling Helpline 0808 8020 133.