Rusty & Curly Slot Review

Rusty & Curly Slot Theme And Storyline

Rusty & Curly throws you into a wacky Wild West slot rather than a grim frontier town. I get a cartoon-style ride along the dusty road to Dorkville, with canyons and fields in the background and the two goofball gunslingers flanking the reels. Crispy the horse and Chewy the chicken pop up in the bonus, adding to the slapstick feel without taking away from the gambling edge.

Rusty & Curly RTP, Volatility, And Max Win

Hacksaw has pitched Rusty & Curly at a sweet spot for regular slot play. The top RTP sits at 96.29%, but lower configurations exist, so I always check which version a site is running. Volatility is officially medium, around 3 out of 5, though the bonuses can still go wild. Bets run from 0.10 to 100 per spin on a 5x4 layout with 14 paylines, and the max win caps at 10,000x stake.

Rusty & Curly Rules And Gameplay

Rusty & Curly runs on 5 reels, 4 rows, and 14 fixed paylines. Wins land when three or more matching symbols hit from the leftmost reel along a line. I can set my stake anywhere between 0.10 and 100 a spin. Wanted Poster wilds can land on any reel, stand in for all regular pays, and even form their own line win of 10x stake for five of a kind.

The base game rhythm is all about those Almost Sticky Wild Posters. When they land with hearts, they hang around and trigger respins, which gives more chances to line up wins and collect scatters at the same time. I find the grid rarely feels dead; even small clusters of posters with low multipliers can keep the balance ticking while I chase the free spins rounds.

Symbols And Paytable In Rusty & Curly

The low pays in Rusty & Curly are the carved wooden royals J, Q, K, and A. Three, four, or five of any royal across a payline award between 0.1x and 1x stake, so they mainly keep the reels ticking while you hunt the features. Payouts scale cleanly with bet size, which makes it easy to sense how each line hit feeds into your overall session.

Premium symbols fit the Wild West theme nicely. Animal skull and cowboy hat pays reach 3x for five of a kind, while the liquor bottle and horseshoe hit 4x. The sheriff badge is the top standard symbol, worth up to 10x. The Wanted Poster wild substitutes and also pays 10x for a full line. FS scatters do not pay directly; they are just your ticket into the free spins bonuses.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x4
	4	x2
	3	x1
	5	x4
	4	x2
	3	x1
	5	x3
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	5	x3
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.1
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.1
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.1
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.1
	Scatter
	5	x10
	4	x4
	3	x2
	Wild
	5	x10

Rusty & Curly Bonuses And Special Features

Almost Sticky Wild Posters are the heartbeat of Rusty & Curly. Each poster can land with up to three hearts, a multiplier, or both. As long as at least one heart remains on any poster, you get a respin and the posters stay in place, losing one heart per spin. Multipliers in the base game range from x2 to x10, and any FS scatters hitting during respins climb into a progress bar above the reels.

Collecting three FS scatters in one paid spin or during those respins triggers the Stick to the Plan bonus with six free spins. Here, the reels feel absolutely packed with posters, extra hearts, and bigger multipliers up to x100. While a poster with at least one heart is on the grid, respins do not reduce the free spin counter. It turns into a tug of war between keeping posters alive and stacking multipliers on key lines.

Landing four FS scatters starts the Who Shot The Sheriff feature, which is where I have seen the slot go properly mad. You get 12 free spins split into three cycles. Each cycle has one Collect Phase spin, where Rusty, Curly, or both expand to wild reels and shoot 1–6 times at multiplier values from x1 to x200, and three Payout Phase spins where those wild reels stay sticky with their collected multipliers. Crispy and Chewy can join as temporary wild reels without multipliers, and extra FS symbols can extend the feature with more cycles.

Bonus Buy Feature

BonusHunt FeatureSpins
Feature Cost:	x3 Bet
RTP:	96.4%
Volatility:	-
The Stick-Up FeatureSpins
Feature Cost:	x50 Bet
RTP:	96.29%
Volatility:	-
Stick To The Plan! Bonus
Feature Cost:	x100 Bet
RTP:	96.29%
Volatility:	-
Who Shot The Sheriff Bonus
Feature Cost:	x300 Bet
RTP:	96.41%
Volatility:	-

Review Summary And Verdict On Rusty & Curly

From my sessions, Rusty & Curly hits a rare mix of comedy and proper slot punch. The Almost Sticky Wild Posters keep the base game lively, and both free spin rounds can walk you right up to that 10,000x cap when the multipliers line up. It is still a Hacksaw game, so dry spells happen, especially when you are chasing the four-scatter bonus, but the balance of medium volatility, smart features, and quirky presentation makes it a slot I am happy to come back to.

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