NetEnt · 2009 · sticky wilds
Dead or Alive on a phone
No portrait build. It is in the 104 titles out of 306 that still expect a sideways phone, and it loads in 2.9 s.
The phone check
Sideways is the only layout and the buttons are built for it. Fine in two hands, awkward hanging off a pole on the subway. The demo pulls about 12 MB before the first tap registers, which on a poor bar is where the 2.9 s goes. Getting money back out is a separate count and we keep it at cashout.
One build, one return figure
NetEnt licenses a single build of this one, at 96.82%. The figure in the game's rules footer will match the figure above, every time. That is not true of the 123 titles here that ship in more than one configuration.
Where it sits on the board
Ranked 288 of 306 here, and none of that ranking is about the game. It is about the handset. It runs 0.8 s over the 2.1 s board median, which you notice on a weak bar.
Across the 24 NetEnt titles here the median is 2.6 s and 14 render upright.
What the game is
Out in 2009. NetEnt built it as 5x3, 9 lines with sticky wilds. The original Wild-West streamer favourite: brutal variance, sticky-wild free spins and legendary full-line wild screens.
Volatility reads very high, so the balance moves in lumps, and fifty spins will mislead you either way. C$0.09 a spin, so twenty dollars runs to roughly 222 of them. Ceiling is 12,000x and it is not going to happen to you.
The rest of it
| Studio | NetEnt |
|---|---|
| Released | 2009 |
| Board | 5x3, 9 lines |
| Mechanic | sticky wilds |
| Volatility | Very high |
| Top licensed return | 96.82% |
| House edge on that build | 3.18% |
| Max win | 12,000x |
| Minimum stake | C$0.09 |
| Spins on twenty dollars | about 222 |
| Free demo | yes, no account needed |
| Tags | western, sticky-wilds, streamer-favourite |
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