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    Bounty Hunters

    8.7/10
    Release July 2023· Updated September 2026

    Bounty hunting in a dying West: Bounty Hunters wires the house xNudge into a hold and win, and pushes the ceiling to 52,310 times the stake. Released on 11 July 2023.

    RTP
    96.07%
    Volatility
    Extreme
    Max Win
    52 310x
    Grid
    5 reels × 3 rows (3-3-3-3-3), 5x4 in Raid Spins and 5x5 in Showdown Spins
    Bonus Buy
    Yes
    xNudge® Bounty Hunter WildMexican StandoffRaid Spins (hold and win)Showdown Spins (hold and win)xBet®Revelations (plafond)
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    8.7

    BetsRank Verdict

    Our read of the game, based on the data the studio publishes

    Bounty Hunters is the game where Nolimit City agrees to play with other people's conventions. Hold and win has been everywhere for years, usually soft and predictable. Here it arrives after a base game built around xNudge, and the two registers are so unalike that the switch into Raid Spins produces a genuine sense of rupture. Mexican Standoff is the best idea in the pile. Two symbols freezing into x6 wilds for a single respin: it is a feature of almost insolent brevity, no progression, no build-up, just a decision by the machine and one spin to make it real. It regularly produces wins wildly out of proportion with its 136x buy-in price. The complaint is about scale. 52,310x at one chance in 29 million is a shop-window figure more than a target. And Showdown Spins at 850x the stake puts the most interesting content behind a purchase very few players will make at a serious stake. xBet at +200% raises the same problem: it improves RTP but triples exposure. Score: 8.7 out of 10. An excellent game, probably the best hold and win this studio has ever released, provided you accept that the good part costs a lot.

    Strengths

    • +Marrying xNudge with hold and win creates a genuine sense of rupture
    • +Mexican Standoff produces wins out of all proportion to such a short feature
    • +The respin counter resetting to three sustains tension to the very end
    • +Four well-spaced bonus buys, each with its own RTP stated
    • +xBet genuinely improves RTP, up to 96.34%

    To consider

    • −52,310x at 1 in 29 million odds stays deeply theoretical
    • −Showdown Spins at 850x put the best content out of reach
    • −xBet triples the stake, making its RTP advantage hard to actually use
    • −RTP tiers at 94.14% and 92.18% circulate at some operators
    • −The base game stays plain between features, with little to say

    Bounty Hunters in detail

    Released on 11 July 2023, Bounty Hunters is one of the rare Nolimit City games to marry two families of mechanic that almost never meet: xNudge, the studio's trademark, and hold and win, the coin-collection system that has become an industry standard. The result carries the highest ceiling we have recorded across this catalogue so far: 52,310 times the stake, with a stated probability of 1 in 29 million spins. The base grid is plain: a 3-3-3-3-3, five reels of three cells, 243 ways. The Bounty Hunter Wild rules it — a three-cell-tall wild that only appears on reels 2, 3 and 4 and always shifts until it covers its reel completely. Every step crossed adds +1 to its multiplier, following the xNudge principle the studio has been iterating on since Tombstone. Mexican Standoff triggers when two bonus symbols land on the same row, at the outer edges of the grid. The triggering symbols then turn into wilds carrying an x6 multiplier and the grid runs a single respin. It is short, it is violent, and it can be enough to produce an enormous spin. Raid Spins flip the game into hold and win on a 5x4 area. Thugs carry values from 1 to 25, Bosses are worth more, and Hunters apply multipliers up to x12. Three respins run, and the counter resets to three the moment a new symbol lands. Showdown Spins are the upgraded version: a 5x5 grid with a Hard Honcho Boss in the centre worth six times the starting coin, surrounded by twelve Thugs arranged in a diamond. Finally, the Revelations rule caps the round the moment 52,310x is reached. The headline RTP is 96.07%, with tiers at 94.14% and 92.18%.

    Bounty Hunters mechanics

    • ▸xNudge® Bounty Hunter Wild: a three-cell-tall wild restricted to reels 2 to 4 that always shifts until it covers its whole reel. Every step crossed adds +1 to its multiplier.
    • ▸Mexican Standoff: two bonus symbols on the same row turn those symbols into wilds carrying an x6 multiplier, followed by a single respin. Short, but capable of producing a huge spin.
    • ▸Raid Spins: a switch into hold and win on a 5x4 area. Thugs are worth 1 to 25, Bosses more, and Hunters apply multipliers reaching x12.
    • ▸Resetting respin counter: Raid and Showdown Spins run on three respins, and the counter returns to three every time a new symbol lands on the grid.
    • ▸Showdown Spins: the upper tier, played on 5x5 with a central Hard Honcho Boss worth six times the starting coin, surrounded by twelve Thugs in a diamond formation.
    • ▸xBet®: raises the stake by 200% and increases the chances of triggering features, with RTP lifted to 96.34%, the best figure available on this game.
    💰 Bonus Buy: Raid Spins 100x, Mexican Standoff 136x, Lucky Draw 175x, Showdown Spins 850x

    ❓Bounty Hunters FAQ

    What is the maximum win in Bounty Hunters?▾

    52,310 times the stake, one of the highest ceilings in the entire Nolimit City catalogue.

    The stated probability is roughly 1 in 29 million spins. A rule called Revelations stops the round the moment that amount is reached, exactly as on the studio's other very-high-cap games.

    What separates Raid Spins from Showdown Spins?▾

    Raid Spins play as hold and win on a 5x4 area, with Thugs worth 1 to 25 and Hunter multipliers up to x12.

    Showdown Spins move to 5x5 and add a central Hard Honcho Boss worth six times the starting coin, surrounded by twelve Thugs. The gap in potential is considerable.

    How does the Bounty Hunter Wild work?▾

    It is a classic xNudge applied to the theme.

    The wild is three cells tall and only appears on the middle reels. If it lands partly visible, it slides until it occupies the whole reel, and each cell of movement adds +1 to the multiplier applied to the win.

    What is Mexican Standoff?▾

    A short feature that triggers when two bonus symbols land on the same row.

    The symbols involved become wilds carrying an x6 multiplier, then the grid runs a single respin. An x6 already sitting on two positions at the moment of the respin completely changes the scale of the possible win.

    What does xBet do in Bounty Hunters?▾

    It raises the stake by 200%, tripling it, and in exchange increases the probability of triggering features.

    It also moves RTP from 96. 07% to 96. 34%, the best rate available on this game — but at the cost of far heavier financial exposure on every spin.

    How much do the bonus buys cost?▾

    Four options with slightly different RTP: Raid Spins at 100x the stake for 96.

    14%, Mexican Standoff at 136x for 96. 07%, Lucky Draw at 175x for 96. 09% and Showdown Spins at 850x for 96. 09%. The 850x Showdown is one of the most expensive buys in the catalogue.

    What is the RTP of Bounty Hunters?▾

    96.

    07% for the reference version and 96. 34% under xBet. Nolimit City also ships tiers at 94. 14% and 92. 18%, which some operators install. As always with this studio, only the figure printed in the game rules at your casino counts.

    Alexandre Dubois
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    Last updated: 9/16/2026

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