Clumsy Cowboys (Backseat Gaming) Slot Demo & Review

As a slot reviewer, there are not many better omens than learning your next slot to review is from Hacksaw Gaming and it has a Wild West theme. While this is a Backseat Gaming slot, the studio is part of the OpenRGS platform of Hacksaw’s, so you’d hope they’ve picked up pointers. In my opinion, Hacksaw titles such as 2 Wild 2 Die and Wanted Dead or a Wild are among the developer’s best releases. Even the likes of Old Gun and Rusty & Curly, which are not at the same level as those two, are strong efforts in their own right. With a team capable of that quality in the office next door, you’d have to say there’s a decent chance for Clumsy Cowboys, right?

Moving on to the paytable, the Rhino Cowboy takes the top spot with 50x the stake payable when it lines up five times across a payline. His bumbling mate, the Hippo, is next with a top return of 20x, whilst the Watermelon, Orange, and Plum are the last of the premiums and pay out up to 5x, 4x, and 3x, respectively. Finally, the Ace and King reward up to 2.5x and 2x, and the Queen, Jack, and Ten top out at 1.5x, 1.2x, and 1x.

Betting options are what you’d expect from a Backseat Gaming slot, with a bottom-end and low-roller friendly €0.10 per spin available. At the opposite end of the scale, those with cash on the hip can spend up to €100.00 a press.

Aside from Wild Multipliers, which I’ll get to shortly, there isn’t a huge deal to discuss regarding the base game. There are 5 reels and 4 rows, and across them are 20 fixed paylines for you to land winning combinations. Those combos form when three or more matching symbols appear on consecutive reels along a payline starting from the leftmost reel. 

Wild Multiplier Symbols

Wild Multiplier symbols can appear on the three middle reels only, substitute for all regular symbols, and hold multiplier values of 2x, 3x, or 5x. Those values will apply to the payouts of any symbol combinations the wilds help create. Adding to that, if more than one is involved in a combo, the multipliers are added together before they’re applied to those payouts.  

There are two variations of a free spins bonus to aim for on Clumsy Cowboys, a regular version and a Super version. You can trigger them naturally by landing three or four scatter symbols, respectively, or purchasing them outright via the slot’s buy bonus feature. 

Free Spin Features

The common denominator across both bonus games is the Symbol Removal mechanic. Whenever scatter symbols land simultaneously on the first and fifth reels, all instances of the lowest-value symbols are removed. With each new symbol removal, you’re also rewarded an additional two free spins. 

• Stick Them Up Bonus: You receive 10 free spins featuring Sticky Wild Multiplier symbols in exchange for 3 Scatter symbols.

• Sheriff’s Showdown Bonus: For 4 Scatter symbols, you get the same 10 spins with Sticky Wild Multipliers, but now, all low-paying symbols are removed from the start. The symbol removal feature now starts on the lowest-value high-paying symbol.

Bonus Buy

If you’re playing in regions where they’re allowed, you can consider the following buy bonus options on the Clumsy Cowboys slot. 

• BonusHunt Featurepins: For 2x the current spin bet, you’ll spin with 3 times the chance of triggering a bonus game. 

• Bandit’s Grab FeatureSpins: Costing 25x the current stake, you can spin with a random number of low-value symbols removed and a guarantee of between 3 and 13 multiplier wilds. 

• Outlaw’s Steal FeatureSpins: 75x gives you spins with all low-value symbols removed and a guarantee of between 3 and 12 multiplier wilds. 

• Stick Them Up Bonus: This free spins bonus can be bought outright for 100x the current spin bet. 

• Sheriff’s Showdown Bonus: 200x buys you the Sheriff’s Showdown free spins bonus.