Rusty & Curly (Hacksaw Gaming) – Review & Demo Play

Rusty & Curly - Slot Theme And Storyline

I came to Rusty & Curly expecting another dusty shootout, but Hacksaw plays it for laughs. The duo loiter on either side of a wooden 5x4 set in Dorkville, with Crispy and Chewy popping up for extra silliness. It feels like Dork Unit meets a spaghetti western, and it works. The art is bold and cartoonish, the soundtrack swings, and the tone never gets po faced. Under the jokes sits proper Hacksaw bite, so I stuck around for the mechanics.

Rusty & Curly RTP, Volatility, And Max Win

Rusty & Curly runs on a medium volatility model graded 3 out of 5, with a default RTP of 96.29%. Many sites also ship 94.31%, 92.25%, or 88.31% versions, so I always check the game info before spinning. Max win is 10,000x, realistically tied to the free spins modes. Hit rate sits near 32%. The maths feels fair for the theme, and you get enough air in the base to tease posters with lives and multipliers without it turning into a slog.

Rusty & Curly Rules And Gameplay

You play Rusty & Curly on 5 reels, 4 rows, and 14 fixed paylines. Wins pay left to right from reel one with three to five of a kind. Stakes start at 10p and go up to £100 in the generic spec, though many UK accounts cap spins at £2 for ages 18 to 24 and £5 for 25 plus. I found the pace tidy, and the line layout rewards standard line builders rather than scatter ways, which suits the poster action.

Wild Posters sub in for pays and can land with hearts, a multiplier, or both. As long as at least one heart remains, the poster sticks and triggers a respin, then loses one heart per spin. Up to three hearts can sit on a poster. Multipliers land from x2 to x10 in the base. During these respins, any FS scatters that drop get banked on a progress bar above the grid, which is how I most often reached the free spins.

Symbols And Paytable in Rusty & Curly

The low pays are the wooden J, Q, K, and A, which return 0.1x to 1x for lines of three to five. Premiums are the animal skull, cowboy hat, bottle, horseshoe, and sheriff’s badge. These pay from 0.5x up to 10x for five of a kind, with the badge topping the set. Payouts scale off the stake you selected, and with only 14 lines the maths keeps values tight, so multipliers do the heavy lifting when they show.

Wild Posters also have their own line value, paying 10x for five on a line. FS scatters are the ticket to the features, with three bringing Stick to the Plan and four firing up Who Shot The Sheriff. It is a tidy table, easy to read mid spin, which matters once hearts and multipliers start layering across positions. I had my better hits when a premium stacked across two or three lanes with a poster multiplier connecting.

Rusty & Curly Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x4
	4	x2
	3	x1
	5	x4
	4	x2
	3	x1
	5	x3
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	5	x3
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.1
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.1
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.1
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.1
	Scatter
	5	x10
	4	x4
	3	x2
	Wild
	5	x10

Rusty & Curly Bonuses And Special Features

Almost Sticky Wild Posters are the main base game driver. Each poster can hold up to three hearts and stays while lives remain, granting a respin each time. Posters can also land with x2 to x10 multipliers, which apply to line wins that use them. I like the rhythm here, because the progress bar collects FS scatters during the respin chain, so you get a small build phase with rising chance to jump into one of the bonuses.

Stick to the Plan! Free Spins arrives from three scatters and gives six spins, but respins while any poster with a heart is present do not burn the free spin counter. In this mode, posters are juiced, with a higher chance to land more hearts and bigger multipliers up to x100. Scatters do not appear, so it runs as a self contained session. When the grid catches a couple of sticky posters early, this round can run hot.

Who Shot The Sheriff? Free Spins needs four scatters and plays over three cycles. Each cycle starts with a Collect Phase where Rusty, Curly, or both expand to full wild reels, then shoot one to six times to gather multipliers from x1 to x200. The total sticks to those reels for three Payout spins. Crispy and Chewy may expand as wild reels too, but without multipliers and not sticky. Bonus buys exist outside the UK, including direct entry. Menus offer BonusHunt at 3x, Stick Up at 50x, Stick to the Plan at 100x, and Sheriff at 300x, with RTP figures around 96.3 to 96.4.

Bonus Buy Feature

BonusHunt FeatureSpins
Feature Cost:	x3 Bet
RTP:	96.4%
Volatility:	-
The Stick-Up FeatureSpins
Feature Cost:	x50 Bet
RTP:	96.29%
Volatility:	-
Stick To The Plan! Bonus
Feature Cost:	x100 Bet
RTP:	96.29%
Volatility:	-
Who Shot The Sheriff Bonus
Feature Cost:	x300 Bet
RTP:	96.41%
Volatility:	-

Review Summary And Verdict for Rusty & Curly

I rate Rusty & Curly as a light hearted Western that still bites. The semi sticky posters keep the base honest, and the real ceiling shows in Who Shot The Sheriff when two wild reels pick up chunky multipliers. I stick to the 96.29% config whenever I can, and I only chase buys where allowed. If I am grinding, I watch for posters with lives, nudge the stake, and let the respins drag me toward the sheriff.