The Cage Slot Review

The Cage Slot Overview

Stepping into The Cage, I felt like I had walked straight into an underground MMA show, with the octagon ring filling the screen and the crowd roaring in the background. Nolimit City has gone for a 7 reel, 3-4-3-4-3-4-3 layout with 5,184 ways to win and a gravity style cascade engine, so wins drop away and new symbols slide into place, keeping the action flowing from spin to spin.

The Cage pairs that unusual grid with a proper fighting roster, featuring Big Fatty, Ironjaw, One Glove Man, The Constrictor and Little Dragon as the premium symbols. Behind the noise and blood spatters sits a high volatility maths model rated eight out of ten, with a default RTP of 96.05% and feature hits driven by Wild Knockout xBombs, Roundhouse Kicks and a multi stage Title Fight free spins bonus.

Symbols and Payouts in The Cage

I always start The Cage by opening the paytable, since half the symbols are the card royals 10 to A splattered with blood, and the rest are the fighters. In the base game a seven of a kind hit on the royals pays around 1.5 to 3 times your stake, while lining up the character symbols across seven reels pays roughly 2.25 to 4 times the bet before any multipliers land.

The wild symbol is a clenched fist that stands in for regular pays except the Title Fight scatter, and it often arrives via the Wild Knockout xBomb mechanic. There is also the red Uppercut glove which only appears in the bonus fights and removes hit points from opponents. Once you have those pieces clear, The Cage feels much easier to read, even with all the diagonal lines and tumbling reactions.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	9	x4
	8	x3.5
	7	x3
	6	x2.5
	5	x2
	4	x1.5
	3	x1.25
	9	x3.75
	8	x3.25
	7	x2.75
	6	x2.25
	5	x1.75
	4	x1.25
	3	x1
	9	x3.5
	8	x3
	7	x2.5
	6	x2
	5	x1.5
	4	x1
	3	x0.75
	9	x3.25
	8	x2.75
	7	x2.25
	6	x1.75
	5	x1.25
	4	x0.75
	3	x0.6
	9	x3.25
	8	x2.75
	7	x2.25
	6	x1.75
	5	x1
	4	x0.75
	3	x0.5
	9	x3
	8	x2.5
	7	x2
	6	x1.2
	5	x0.9
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.3
	9	x3
	8	x2.5
	7	x2
	6	x1.2
	5	x0.9
	4	x0.6
	3	x0.3
	9	x2.5
	8	x2
	7	x1.5
	6	x1
	5	x0.75
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.25
	9	x2.5
	8	x2
	7	x1.5
	6	x1
	5	x0.75
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.25
	9	x2.5
	8	x2
	7	x1.5
	6	x1
	5	x0.75
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.25
	Scatter

The Cage Slot Bonus Features

In The Cage, winning clusters trigger the collapse mechanic, stripping out the matching symbols and letting others slide down, but the Wild Knockout xBombs are what really crank things up. When one lands it counts as a wild, then explodes in a cross pattern, removing adjacent symbols except scatters or other xBombs and raising the global win multiplier by one step for the next collapse, so chained hits can climb fast.

The Roundhouse Kick feature in The Cage fires when three to six matching symbols sit diagonally without forming a standard win. Those symbols vanish and you get between one and four Wild Knockout xBombs dropped into the middle of the line, depending on how many triggered it. The new xBombs then blow out surrounding icons, ramp up the multiplier again and give the grid a fresh shot at connecting something tasty.

The main event in The Cage is the Title Fight free spins triggered by three scatters. The grid shifts to a 3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3 layout that pays both ways and adds four title belt booster spots in the centre. Uppercut gloves shave hit points off Big Fatty, Ironjaw, One Glove Man and The Constrictor, giving extra spins and belt modifiers, before you meet Little Dragon, where hitting the 25,000x win cap is the only way to win.

Bonus Buy Feature

Big Fatty
Feature Cost:	x68 Bet
RTP:	96.13%
Volatility:	-
One Glove Man
Feature Cost:	x198 Bet
RTP:	96.15%
Volatility:	-
Little Dragon
Feature Cost:	x498 Bet
RTP:	96.33%
Volatility:	-
Lucky Draw
Feature Cost:	x279 Bet
RTP:	96.27%
Volatility:	-

How to Win at The Cage

When I grind The Cage, I keep the structure in mind. The base game uses a seven reel, 3-4-3-4-3-4-3 grid with 5,184 ways, and wins land for three to nine matching symbols on adjacent reels from the left. During Title Fights the 3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3 layout pays both ways instead. Stakes run from 20 pence to 100 pounds per spin, and in some regions you can pay fixed bet multiples to buy specific title battles.

The Cage RTP, Volatility and Win Potential

The Cage runs on a high volatility engine rated eight out of ten, so sessions can be swingy, though the hit rate hovers around thirty two percent. The default RTP is 96.05%, but casinos can pick 94.09% or 92.09%, so I always check the info screen first. On paper the max win of 25,000 times your stake lands around once every thirty five to thirty six million spins, so it sits firmly in dreamland.

In practice my balance in The Cage tended to bob around with frequent small cascades and the odd 20x to 100x punch, while the Title Fight bonus arrived roughly in line with the stated one in two hundred spins. The slot can feel brutal when multipliers refuse to show, yet a single good fight with belts active can throw out a several hundred times stake hit and wipe out earlier damage.

My Verdict on The Cage

After a long spell with The Cage I rate it as one of Nolimit City's more demanding but rewarding slots. The diagonal wins, gravity engine and layered Title Fight mean a learning curve, and the graphic violence will put some players off. For me though the octagon setting, fighter personalities, xBomb explosions and climbing multipliers create a fierce, adrenaline filled experience that keeps dragging me back in for one more bout.

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