Dirty Dawgs of Nitropolis (ELK Studios) – Review & Demo Play

Dirty Dawgs of Nitropolis - Slot Overview

I went into Dirty Dawgs of Nitropolis expecting widescreen chaos, yet this one pares it back. It’s a 6x4 slot with 20 fixed lines in an urban dystopia, betting from 0.20 to 100 per spin. RTP sits at 94% with high volatility. The vibe is gritty and the audio lands well, while the gameplay leans on Nitro Wild Reels and a Feature Box rather than expanding reels. It’s a return to something more traditional, but the payout cap remains a hefty 25,000x.

Symbols and Payouts in Dirty Dawgs of Nitropolis

Lines pay left to right, and I found the paytable simple. Low pays are 10 to A, with a six-of-a-kind paying 1x to 3.5x the bet. High pays are the food bowl, stein, pistol, collar, and badge, worth 5x to 25x for six. The wild substitutes for all pays except scatter and the Feature Box, and a full wild line pays like the top symbol. With only 20 lines, clean connections matter more than in the wider Nitropolis clan.

Scatters trigger free spins, while the Nitro Feature Box is its own symbol that can fire modifiers. Those extras don’t change the base symbol values, yet they influence how often lines land by dropping wild stacks, upgrades, or respins. On a compact grid, that swing can be the difference between a light hit and a tidy line-up, especially when a wild stack locks in during bonuses.

Dirty Dawgs of Nitropolis Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	6	x25
	5	x5
	4	x2.5
	3	x1.25
	6	x20
	5	x4
	4	x2
	3	x1
	6	x15
	5	x3
	4	x1.5
	3	x0.75
	6	x10
	5	x2
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	6	x5
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.25
	6	x3.5
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.25
	6	x2.5
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.15
	6	x2
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.3
	3	x0.15
	6	x1.5
	6	x0.4
	5	x0.2
	4	x0.1
	6	x1
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	Scatter
	Wild

Bonus Features in Dirty Dawgs of Nitropolis

Nitro Wild Reels were the star for me. They land as stacked wilds covering two to four positions on a reel, with an indicator showing the wild count. They can randomly upgrade and expand from 1x2 to 1x3 to 1x4, and only one can land per reel. When a couple line up across the grid, the 20-line format suddenly feels potent, as simple lines turn into tidy pay ladders.

The Nitro Feature Box can trigger one of several modifiers. Respin holds Nitro Wild Reels, Feature Boxes, and scatters. Wild turns the box into a wild. Nitro Expand grows a Nitro Wild Reel. Nitro Raffle converts each Nitro Wild Reel in view into 1x1 coin reels, paying coin values times the bet. A Max Win coin can land here, jumping straight to the 25,000x cap. Timing matters, especially if a respin is already locked.

Dirty Wilds can trigger at random in the base game, dropping a random number of fully expanded Nitro Wild Reels before the rest stop. Free Spins land from three or more scatters, with extra scatters adding up to three sticky Nitro Wild Reels from the start. In the round, any Nitro Wild Reel that lands stays sticky, and hitting six Nitro Wild Reels grants +5 spins once. X-iter offers buys: 3x Bonus Hunt, 25x three Nitro Wild Reels, 100x Dirty Wilds, 100x Bonus Game, and 500x Super Bonus.

Bonus Buy Feature

Bonus Hunt
Feature Cost:	x3 Bet
RTP:	-
Volatility:	-
Three Nitro Wild Reels
Feature Cost:	x25 Bet
RTP:	-
Volatility:	-
Dirty Wilds
Feature Cost:	x100 Bet
RTP:	-
Volatility:	-
Bonus Game
Feature Cost:	x100 Bet
RTP:	-
Volatility:	-
Super Bonus Game
Feature Cost:	x500 Bet
RTP:	-
Volatility:	-

How to Win at Dirty Dawgs of Nitropolis

Wins come from three or more matching symbols on one of the 20 fixed lines, starting from the leftmost reel. I stuck to stakes that fit the session plan, anywhere from 0.20 to 100. You can tap spin or set an autoplay. The top payout is capped at 25,000x the bet, and the layout doesn’t grow, so the best stretches often involve stacked wild reels landing in sync or sticking during the bonus.

Dirty Dawgs of Nitropolis RTP & Volatility

RTP is 94%, which is below the old standard, and volatility is high. A quoted hit rate of about 21.6% means the slot can run dry, then spark when modifiers and wild stacks show up. With only 20 lines, the game lives and dies by how those features land across a short run. It’s not a floods-of-ways format, so I treated it as a streak slot where timing is everything.

The top end sits at 25,000x, and Nitro Raffle can drop a Max Win coin. From my time on it, the Feature Box frequency and the narrower list of modifiers give it a steadier, less manic flow than some Nitropolis titles. That can feel lean in parts, yet Dirty Wilds and upgraded Nitro Wild Reels can turn it around fast. If you chase the ceiling, the Raffle coin is the clear outlier event.

Final Thoughts on Dirty Dawgs of Nitropolis

I like the stripped-back approach here. The 6x4, 20-line setup puts the weight on Nitro Wild Reels, Dirty Wilds, and the Feature Box, with sticky wild stacks carrying the bonus. It’s not the widest Nitropolis ride, yet it still swings hard and keeps the 25,000x cap in play. The RTP is on the low side, so I pace sessions, but when the stacks line up or stick, it ticks the right boxes for me.