Embrace the Wild West in Le Cowboy

Smokey the Raccoon has done quite a few things during his stint with Hacksaw Gaming. He’s been a bandit, an Elvis impersonator, and even Zeus himself. Now, he’s returning to a more down-to-earth role, taking the reins as a sheriff of a Wild West town.

Join us for an in-depth look at the Le Cowboy slot by Hacksaw Gaming. Learn all about its features, volatility, and payouts in this review.

Le Cowboy Visuals

The graphics in this slot will be immediately familiar if you’ve played games that feature Smokey before. He sits next to the reels, acting tough and following along as you spin the reels. The backdrop shows a small town built near the mountains, which shield it from the worst sandstorms that occasionally blow through. Still, you can tell the place has seen better days, as the wanted poster points out.

Available symbols in this Hacksaw Gaming slot include playing card royals, hats, cacti, twin revolvers, skulls, and sheriff badges. A wanted poster of Smokey is Wild, while letters FS are Scatters. Other bonus symbols to look out for are revolver cylinders, bullets, coins, diamonds, clovers, and loot bags.

Le Cowboy Gameplay and Features

Le Cowboy is played on a 6×5 grid with a Pay Anywhere system. Forming wins requires at least five matching symbols to appear next to one another anywhere on the playing field. After a win, the cascading reels feature will activate. Winning symbols are removed from the reels, allowing the remaining icons to drop and fill any empty spaces. New symbols will appear from the top, potentially leading to multiple consecutive wins.

Revolver Reveals

If a winning cluster contains a Wild, said Wild will transform into a revolver cylinder. The cylinder has between two and six shots, which fire after all wins and cascades have been settled. If multiple revolver cylinders are on the grid, they will activate in order from top to bottom, left to right.

Each symbol hit by the revolver will turn into a special symbol. These include coins, diamonds, clovers, loot bags, and bullets. The bullets act as a reload, refilling all the revolver’s cylinders, allowing it to keep firing. If a coin or clover icon is hit again, it will upgrade to the next tier.

Once all shots have been fired, coin and diamond symbols will reveal their values. Diamonds are the most valuable, going up to 500x. These values are then multiplied by any clovers on the reels. Finally, loot bags will collect all displayed values while removing clover and bullet icons. These empty spots can then be filled by one of the other bonus symbols.

High Noon Saloon

Three Scatters landing on the reels grants 10 free spins. Players can choose to play a bonus gamble, which can upgrade the feature or grant a cash prize up to 100x. Alternatively, you can play it safe and enjoy the standard free spins bonus. While the feature is active, you have an increased chance of activating revolver cylinders.

Trail of Trickery

Activating the Trail of Trickery feature requires upgrading via a bonus gamble or by landing four Scatters simultaneously. Like before, you’re offered a gamble, which can upgrade you to the next tier of free spins or award a cash prize up to 500x.

Alongside the features gained in High Noon Saloon, players benefit from a Bullet Collector outside the grid. Each win adds one bullet to the collector, which roars to life on the last free spin. All positions hit by it will reveal coins, diamonds, clovers, or loot bags.

Pistols at Dawn

Pistols at Dawn is the most potent free spin feature out of the three, triggered when five Scatters land on the reels. The feature retains the effects of Trail of Trickery, with the benefit of the Bullet Collector being progressive. After the collector activates, it resets to the last collected value it had before activating.

Bonus Buy

Hacksaw Gaming offers several Bonus Buy options, allowing players to jump right into the action.

• Bonushunt Featurespins – Each spin is 5x more likely to trigger free spins. Costs 3x.
• Wild West Featurespins – Each spin guarantees that at least two Wilds land. Costs 75x.
• High Noon Saloon – Activates the High Noon Saloon bonus for 65x your stake.
• Trail of Trickery – Triggers the Trail of Trickery feature for 250x your bet.

Le Cowboy RTP and Payouts

The Le Cowboy slot has an RTP of 96.40% if you don’t use the gamble bonus. The RTP drops down if you use gambling, coming down to 96.28%. The top prize for this Hacksaw Gaming release is 25,000x your stake, which is impressive for a medium-variance title.