Life and Death

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RTP 96.36%
Volatility High
Provider Hacksaw Gaming
Reels 6
Paylines 19
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Life and Death Specifications

Launch DateMarch 27th, 2025
SoftwareHacksaw Gaming
Game typeVideo slot
ThemeHalloween , Horror
RTP96.36%
VolatilityHigh
Reels6
Paylines19
Max Wager (per line)100
Max Jackpot15000
Bet range0.10 โ€“ 100.00
Max multiplier15,000ร—
Hit frequency27.00%
Paylines typeFixed
SymbolsWild Symbol, Scatter Symbol
Bonus featuresBonus Buy, Random Trigger, Free Spins
MechanicsPaylines
ModifiersExpanding Symbols
Progressive JackpotNo
Practice PlayNo
AutoplayYes

Life and Death, released by Hacksaw Gaming on March 27th, 2025, drags you into a mausoleum by your collar and whispers, โ€œHope you brought your courage (and your wallet).โ€ Itโ€™s all about drama, no sunshine, but thatโ€™s exactly what makes it so intriguing.

It has a 6×5 grid, pays across 19 fixed paylines, and holds nothing back with a max win of 15,000x the bet. It sounds like death has its perks, right? Beware, though; itโ€™s highly volatile, with an average RTP of 96.36%, but other variants are available. Add to this the expanding wild multipliers and two bonus rounds, and your heart rate will hit the roof, and while youโ€™re staring mortality in the face, thereโ€™ll be ยฃ signs in your eyes.

About Life and Death โ˜ ๏ธ

You donโ€™t just play Life and Death. You step into it. The scene is set inside a freezing crypt. Hacksaw Gamingโ€™s signature greyscale is present and features looming statues, faint chanting, and bells that can be heard in the distance, like a countdown to impending doom.

The only flickers of colour are the ghostly auras lighting up the four central reels – each tied to one of the Four Horsemen. They donโ€™t ride in like cavalry and descend like omens, leading the way for those wild multipliers.

The symbols? Equal parts gorgeous and unsettling. Letโ€™s break them down:

Low-paying icons include your usual suspects: 10, J, Q, K, and A. These show up often and pay between 3x and 10x for six of a kind – not flashy, but useful filler while you wait for the chaos.

High-paying symbols take a turn for the occult: a heart with an eye, a sacred chalice, a sun with a serious attitude, a mystical hand, and a nightmare-inducing triple-faced head. Six-of-a-kind wins award between 15x to 50x. If youโ€™re going to have nightmares, at least get paid for the privilege.

Special symbols crank up the tension. Four skeletal horse heads represent a Horseman – Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death. When they land, they expand to cover the entire reel and come with multipliers worth 2x to 200x. Then thereโ€™s the FS Scatter, a tattered banner marked with two horse heads and the letters โ€œFS.โ€ Thatโ€™s your ticket to the bonus rounds if youโ€™re lucky.

Letโ€™s not forget that it’s available on desktop and mobile devices from 10p to ยฃ100 per spin. The slot runs like a dream on any mobile device, with no lagging or loading drama – just pure, well-oiled apocalypse.

Features

If you thought Life and Death was all about a moody mausoleum scattered with skulls, think again. Itโ€™s loaded with features that hit harder than the apocalypse! From expanding wilds to two bonus rounds that dial the intensity up to 11, this thing doesnโ€™t look deadly – it pays like it.

Wild Multipliers โ€“ The Horsemen Have Arrived โ˜ ๏ธ

Enter the stars of the show. Each Horseman – Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death – shows up as a Wild Multiplier, landing only on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th reels. When one of these grim lads appears, it expands to cover the entire reel and comes armed with multipliers between 2x and 200x.

If a winning combination runs through a wild reel, the multiplier is applied to the win. If multiple Horsemen show up on the same spin? Those multipliers multiply together, not add. Thatโ€™s right – stacking multipliers because nothing says “fun” like Pestilence x War = 400x your bet.

Life and Death Free Spins

So, youโ€™ve triggered the FS symbols. Good news: youโ€™ve just opened a gateway to destruction – or divine reward, depending on which bonus round you unlock. There are two possible outcomes here, and neither involves a peaceful afterlife.

Devastation Spins

The first is the Devastation free spins, triggered with three Scatters awarding 10 free spins. Wild multipliers are more active but only on the middle four reels. When they land, they expand to fill the reel and come with multipliers worth 2x to a disrespectful 200x. The more they show up, the more they stack, and the more your heart rate will spike. And when you think itโ€™s over, landing another two scatters secures two extra spins, or three scatters for four extra spins. Devastation? Yes. In the wallet? Hopefully not.

Reckoning Spins

But if the real chaos is what youโ€™re after, youโ€™ll want Reckoning – the darker, nastier sibling. This oneโ€™s triggered with four Scatters and dishes out 10 free spins, but with a sinister twist: Death Reels.

Every time a Wild Multiplier lands on one of the central reels, that reel becomes cursed – we mean activated – as a Death Reel. From that moment on, any Wild that hits on it automatically expands, as long as it contributes to a win. The more reels you convert into Death Reels, the more chance you have of stacking horrifyingly huge multipliers and bringing the whole mausoleum down in spectacular fashion. Oh, and yes – you can still earn extra spins in Reckoning, too, just like in Devastation.

Both modes are loaded with win potential, but Reckoning is the one that can truly blow the doors off. Itโ€™s volatile, vicious, and worth every nail-biting second.

Verdict โœ…

Life and Death isnโ€™t just another edgy slot trying to look mysterious – it is mysterious, brutal, and beautifully executed. Hacksaw Gaming has taken a moody concept and layered it with tension, firepower, and enough feature depth to keep even the most battle-hardened slot fan twitching in anticipation.

The visuals are arresting. The sound design? Spine-tingling. And those Horsemen? Absolute icons. They not only haunt the reels – they pay you for letting them in.

And let’s not forget the 15,000x max win, stacking multipliers, and that slick 96.36% RTP. Thereโ€™s some serious meat on the bone.

This isnโ€™t one for the faint-hearted or the casually curious. Itโ€™s a slot for those who love danger, drama, and a dose of beautifully packaged doom.

Becky M.
Founder & Editor-in-Chief at Slotfruit

Rebecca (Becky) Mosley has been at the heart of the UK online gambling industry since 2008 – making her one of the most experienced voices in the space. She founded Take Marketing Limited and built SlotFruit.co.uk into one of the longest-running independent casino comparison sites in the country.

As editor-in-chief, Becky brings a genuine player-first perspective to everything on the site. She personally oversees every casino review and slot guide, making sure readers get straight-talking, honest information rather than marketing fluff. Her approach has always been the same: transparency, fair bonus terms, and responsible gambling above all else.

Over 17 years in the industry, Becky has built deep expertise across UK Gambling Commission licensing, slot game mechanics, bonus structures, and the constantly evolving regulatory landscape. She works directly with operators and software providers to keep every listing accurate and up to date.

Becky is a Companies House registered director (Take Marketing Limited, company no. 07619813) and is based in Lincolnshire, England.

The numbers on Life and Death

RTP 96.36%
Higher than 74% of the 5,727 slots we hold a figure for
Where you can play it 36 casinos we have confirmed carry it
More widely stocked than 96% of the slots we track
Hit frequency 27.0% Roughly 1 spin in 4 pays something
Volatility High Not better or worse, just how the wins are spread. Higher means rarer but bigger.
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The numbers on Life and Death

RTP 96.36%
Higher than 74% of the 5,727 slots we hold a figure for
Where you can play it 36 casinos we have confirmed carry it
More widely stocked than 96% of the slots we track
Hit frequency 27.0% Roughly 1 spin in 4 pays something
Volatility High Not better or worse, just how the wins are spread. Higher means rarer but bigger.