Pickle Bandits Slot Review

Pickle Bandits: Slot Overview

Pickles in cowboy hats might sound like pure nonsense, yet Bullshark Games has turned the idea into a fully fledged Wild West slot with Pickle Bandits. The action plays out on a 5x4 grid with 14 fixed paylines and cascading wins, backed by Hacksaw Gaming's OpenRGS platform. A gruff cigar-chomping pickle twirls his six-shooter beside the reels while a twangy, dusty soundtrack sets the scene for multiplier-driven action.

Under the cartoon overlay sits a medium volatility model that feels very much on point for bonus hunting. The main RTP is 96.27%, though a trimmed 94.33% build exists so I always check the info screen first. Stakes span from 0.10 to 100 per spin, and every win explodes off the reels, letting fresh symbols drop in and giving the Global Multiplier a chance to go wild.

Pickle Bandits Slot Rules And Gameplay

Pickle Bandits keeps the core gameplay pleasingly straightforward. Wins pay left to right across 14 lines, needing at least three matching symbols on adjacent reels. Hit a line and those symbols are removed, with the remaining icons tumbling down and new ones falling in from above. This cascading system makes a single paid spin feel more like a mini session, especially once multipliers start stacking.

Controls sit in the usual places, with bet adjustment beside the spin button and quick access to Autoplay, Turbo, and Super Turbo modes if you want faster drops. I tend to park the bet around the middle of the range and let a block of spins run, watching the counter above reel five, as that Global Multiplier is what turns modest hits into something worth cashing out.

Symbols And Paytable In Pickle Bandits

The paytable in Pickle Bandits sticks to familiar territory. Lows are card ranks from 10 through to A, paying up to 2x your stake for five of a kind. High pays fit the Wild West theme better, with stirrups, boots, a battered hat, a revolver, and golden horseshoes topping the set at 15x for five. All regular symbols pay from three of a kind upwards on a line.

The star icon is the Wild Pickle, which substitutes for all regular symbols and pays a chunky 25x the bet for a full five-line. On top of that you have Multiplier Wilds, which look similar but carry either additive values from 1x up to 100x or multiplicative values from x2 to x10. These special wilds stay locked when they hit, feed their value into the Global Multiplier, then turn into standard wilds.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x15
	4	x7.5
	3	x2
	5	x10
	4	x3
	3	x1
	5	x10
	4	x3
	3	x1
	5	x5
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x5
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.5
	5	x2
	4	x0.7
	3	x0.2
	5	x2
	4	x0.7
	3	x0.2
	5	x2
	4	x0.7
	3	x0.2
	5	x2
	4	x0.7
	3	x0.2
	5	x2
	4	x0.7
	3	x0.2
	Wild
	5	x25
	Scatter

Bonuses And Special Features In Pickle Bandits

Bonus play in Pickle Bandits circles around three core ideas: Mystery Symbols, Multiplier Wilds, and the Global Win Multiplier. Mystery Symbols arrive as wanted posters anywhere on the grid in both base game and bonus rounds. When they flip, every poster on screen reveals the same result, which can be a regular pay symbol, a standard wild, or one of those tasty Multiplier Wilds that charge up the Global Multiplier.

Multiplier Wilds carry either flat or multiplying values and behave a little differently from normal substitutes. They sit locked in place after appearing, then when part of a win they add their value into the Global Multiplier for the next cascade, finally downgrading into a regular Wild. Additive amounts are counted first, then multiplicative ones crank everything up. The Global Multiplier applies to every win during a cascade sequence, then resets on the next paid spin.

The main feature, Outlaw Free Spins, triggers when you land three or four scatters. Three give you six spins, four give eight and start the Global Multiplier at x5. During this round the multiplier does not reset between spins, and every extra scatter adds one extra free spin. If you are in a jurisdiction that allows it, four Bonus Buy options let you jump straight into enhanced modes, from cheap Bonushunt spins through to Extreme Outlaw Free Spins.

Pickle Bandits RTP, Volatility And Max Win

On the numbers side, Pickle Bandits lands in that sweet spot many regular slot players look for. The headline RTP is 96.27% but operators can switch to a 94.33% version, so I always check the help page before committing a balance. Volatility feels medium to medium-high in practice, with a stated hit rate of 23.78% and a maximum win of 12,000x stake, translating to 1,200,000 at table-limit bets.

My Experience Playing Pickle Bandits For Real Money

When I first sat down with Pickle Bandits for cash, I treated it as a typical medium slot and bought in for a 200-spin test at mid-range stakes. The base game felt fairly gentle; lots of small lines at below-bet values, punctuated by the odd better cascade when a couple of multiplier wilds landed together. I found the Global Multiplier occasionally jumping hard enough to wipe out several dud spins in one go.

Reaching Outlaw Free Spins off natural scatters took a while, but when it came the feature showed what the set-up can do. My first bonus round barely reached 20x, yet the second chained multipliers early and rocketed to just over 150x, more than covering the session. I later tried the FeatureSpins and full Bonus Buys; they can be tempting, but chewing through a balance is very easy when volatility climbs.

Final Thoughts On Pickle Bandits

Overall, Pickle Bandits feels like a light-hearted Wild West slot with more bite than the cartoon art suggests. The combination of cascading reels, Mystery Symbols, and a Global Multiplier that can stack additive and multiplicative values gives the game proper punch, especially in free spins. It will not rewrite any rulebooks, yet the 12,000x potential and lively presentation make it a solid option when I fancy something a bit quirky.

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