Hacksaw Gaming · 2023 · ghost-ship wilds / multipliers
Cursed Seas on a phone
Portrait is fine here, which puts it in the 202 out of 306 that manage it. Load sits at 2.5 s.
The phone check
Upright, the spin button shrinks and the bet stepper crowds it. A wide thumb hits the wrong one. The demo pulls about 11 MB before the first tap registers, which on a poor bar is where the 2.5 s goes. Getting money back out is a separate count and we keep it at cashout.
This title ships in more than one return build
Hacksaw Gaming licenses 3 configurations of Cursed Seas. The spread from top to bottom is 3.75 points, which is about C$38 in expected cost per C$1,000 staked. Same reels, same features, different maths.
| Configuration | Return | House edge | Cost per C$1,000 vs the top build |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highest build the studio licenses | 96.28% | 3.72% | baseline |
| Middle build | 93.92% | 6.08% | C$24 |
| Lowest build | 92.53% | 7.47% | C$38 |
How to see which one you are on, in three taps
- Open the demo and tap the burger or the ⓘ in the game's own toolbar, not the casino's.
- Scroll the info panel to the bottom. The return figure is printed in the rules footer.
- Compare it to the table above. If it is not the top row, that is the build you are being served.
123 of the 306 titles on this board carry more than one build, so this is worth doing once per game rather than once ever.
Where it sits on the board
On the phone score it lands 168 of 306. Orientation carries the most weight, the wait carries the next, the buttons carry the rest. It runs 0.4 s over the 2.1 s board median, which you notice on a weak bar.
For context, 26 of the 32 Hacksaw Gaming games on this board hold portrait and the studio median is 1.6 s.
What the game is
5x5, ghost-ship wilds / multipliers, Hacksaw Gaming, 2023. Ghost-pirate slot where cursed ship wilds sail across the grid leaving multipliers in their wake.
Very high volatility. A short session tells you nothing, which is arithmetic rather than a criticism. Twenty dollars buys around 100 spins at the C$0.20 floor. Ceiling is 10,000x and it is not going to happen to you.
The rest of it
| Studio | Hacksaw Gaming |
|---|---|
| Released | 2023 |
| Board | 5x5 |
| Mechanic | ghost-ship wilds / multipliers |
| Volatility | Very high |
| Top licensed return | 96.28% |
| House edge on that build | 3.72% |
| Max win | 10,000x |
| Minimum stake | C$0.20 |
| Spins on twenty dollars | about 100 |
| Free demo | yes, no account needed |
| Tags | bonus-buy |
Done with the demo?
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