Old Gun - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Old Gun Slot Review

There’s a lot about the Old Gun slot that’s actually pretty new, at least as far as video slot formats go. Take the 6x5 layout, or the fact that every symbol is like a scatter symbol that can pay from anywhere. That’s before we reach the Old Gun bonus features, including cascading symbols, multipliers and free spins. Not all Backseat Gaming slots have all that. They could impact your payout potential as well as your enjoyment. Don’t forget timeout or self-exclusion if necessary.

Howdy, Cowboy!

The Old West may not have been the most comfortable place to live, but for generations of children and adults, the idea of the cowboy has captured the imagination. We’ve seen them on film and television, and now we’ve seen them in slots. The cowboy of Old Gun stands just next to the reels, but he’s not really the grizzled and gritty type. Like the rest of the slot’s design, the colourful, cartoon style has a sense of fun.

From Deserted Street to Desert

In the base game, that cowboy stands on Main Street. The road is dusty, the sky is blue, and there are wooden buildings on either side. It’s a typical scene from a Western. During the free spins bonus, the symbols remain the same, with sheriff’s stars and bottles of whiskey alongside some colourful but more generic gems, but the background is the desert proper, with cliffs and cacti under an orange sunset.

Old Gun RTP and Variance

The usual RTP of the Old Gun slot is 96.29%, although some casinos may adjust it. The variance is medium to high.

How to Play Old Gun

Draw your pistols:

1. Start in the menu to look up the rules. Reading through the paytable and features will make sure you’re ready to play.


2. Find your current bet and adjust it to suit your budget and taste for risk. Your stake must be at least 0.10.


3. Quickly run through the other adjustable settings so you can tweak them how you like.


4. Spin those reels and hope for the best. Remember, there are no guarantees once you hit that button.


5. To know when to stop spinning, consider your current balance; your loss, single win and session length limits; and all the other principles of responsible gambling.


6. Stay in control, and stick to your limits.

How to Win at Old Gun

Old Gun doesn’t look like most other slots, partly because of its unusual 6x5 layout and partly because it doesn’t have regular paylines. Like most slots, wins are based on matching symbols, but you need at least 8 of them, and they’ll pay from anywhere on the reels. There’s a regular scatter symbol for bonus purposes, and you can boost your game with multipliers.

Top Wins

• The 5 gem symbols are low paying, while the 4 themed symbols are high.


• It may take 8 symbols to start scoring, but the top wins require 19 matches or more.


• All 5 gems have a maximum payout of x50 your stake.


• Look into the chamber of a revolver 19 times and the payout is x300.


• Overall, the max win available is x12,500.

Old Gun Bonuses 

It’s the section of our Old Gun slot review you’ve been waiting to read: bonuses. Like in St Louis 1904, they’re a big part of the gameplay. In this case, it means cascades, multipliers and free spins. If you think you’ve played slots with similar features before, some of the multiplier mechanics are similar to Gates of Olympus.

Cascading Symbols

Functioning almost like a free respin, variations on this feature are common in slots. First you win, then the symbols from that winning combination are removed from the reels. The cascade refers to the new symbols that fall from above to occupy the gaps and hopefully create more matches.

Dynamite Symbols

Every dynamite symbol comes with a win multiplier worth between x2 and x200. You collect all dynamite symbols after a cascading sequence and add them to your total win bar, meaning you can combine more than 1 multiplier together. Multipliers only activate when there are winning symbols on the reels.

Fire in the Hole

This is a base game feature that can randomly activate on any spin to increase the value of your multipliers.

Free Spins

If you find the designated scatter (rather than just regular symbols working like scatters) 4 times on one turn, that’s enough to award you 10 free spins. The ladder next to the reels is active during free spins to show the progression of your multipliers. Additional bonus symbols allow you to climb the 5 rungs from x2 to x5 to x10 to x25 to x100. You also collect 5 extra free spins with every new rung of the ladder.

Dynamite Dave’s Long Fuse

Another free spins game is triggered with 5 base game scatters. It’s still 10 free spins, but you could start on any of the first four rungs of the multiplier ladder. Again, climbing the ladder means more spins, too.

Max-win 12,500x

Volatility Med to High

Top RTP 96.29%

Old Gun Review - Summary 

Slots set in the Old West can be dark and bloody, but Old Gun doesn’t really go that way. The 3D cowboy is too colourful for that. He gives the setting much of its character. You do see many of the typical images of Westerns, if you like that sort of thing, and few players are going to complain about cascading symbols, free spins and multipliers.