Rad Maxx
Hacksaw Gaming Slot Review
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Rad Maxx: Slot Overview
Whenever Hacksaw Gaming has a runaway hit on their hands, you can usually bet a sequel isn’t far behind. Following the massive success of RIP City, the studio is dragging us back into the same grimy, neon-soaked back alley for Rad Maxx. The default RTP is 96.32%, and volatility is very high at 4.5/5.
While our favorite cat-and-mouse duo, Ro$ and Maxx, are back on either side of the reels, this isn’t just a lazy reskin. Hacksaw has completely ripped out the expanding wilds of the original game and replaced them with a multi-directional payline system and sticky, multiplicative wilds. With a 12,500x max win, Rad Maxx is a louder, slightly more complex beast than its predecessor. Here is how it actually plays out.
Theme and Presentation
If you played RIP City, you already know the vibe here. Hacksaw sticks to its signature high-contrast, monochrome art style, swapping out the original’s yellow/pink accents for jolts of toxic neon green. It looks like an underground comic book come to life, complete with chain-link fences, graffiti tags, and an edgy, punk-electronic soundtrack that keeps the pace moving.
Ro$ the cat still looks delightfully unhinged, while Maxx the mouse stands by watching the chaos unfold. It’s not a groundbreaking visual leap forward from the first game, but it doesn’t need to be, because the aesthetic is still one of the cleanest in the industry.
Rad Maxx: Slot Features
Rad Maxx plays out on a 5×5 grid with betting options ranging from €0.20 to €100 per spin.
Core Gameplay & The 4-Way Pay Mechanic
By default, the game uses 19 fixed paylines, paying left-to-right. 19 paylines on a 5×5 grid is pretty tight, which leads to plenty of dead spins in the base game. However, the whole hook of Rad Maxx is how you unlock the rest of the board using the Pay Direction Arrows sitting on the four borders of the grid.
- Wild Plus Symbols: Normally, only the Left arrow is lit. When a Wild Plus symbol lands, it activates between 1 and 3 additional arrows clockwise (Top, Right, and Bottom) for that spin only.
- Up to 76 Paylines: Each active arrow applies those 19 base paylines in its respective direction. If you light up all four arrows, you get "360 Wins", meaning the game evaluates 76 paylines simultaneously (left-to-right, top-to-bottom, right-to-left, and bottom-to-top).
- Crazy Cat Multipliers: Replacing the expanding cat reels from RIP City, the Crazy Cat symbols here are single-tile wilds that reveal a multiplier between x2 and x20. Best of all, if you get more than one Crazy Cat on the same winning payline, they multiply each other rather than adding together. Hitting an x4 and an x5 Cat on a line gives you a 20x boost, which gets applied across every direction that line pays.
As for standard payouts, the 10-A royals are your low-payers, while the street-trash premiums (apple core, pizza, banana, fish bones, and the mouse) pay out better. A five-of-a-kind of the top premium, Wild Plus, or a Crazy Cat pays 10x your stake before any multipliers get involved.
Bonus Features and Free Spins
Like most modern Hacksaw releases, Rad Maxx uses a tiered three-level bonus structure. In all three rounds, landing 2 or 3 FS scatters awards +2 or +4 extra spins.
1. Mad Maxx Bonus (3 Scatters)
Triggering the entry-level bonus gets you 10 Free Spins. The big upgrade here is that all Crazy Cat multiplier wilds become sticky for the duration of the round. You also get a boosted chance of landing Wild Plus symbols to open up the extra pay directions. If you can land a couple of decent Cats early in the middle of the grid, the potential builds quickly.
2. Maxximice Bonus (4 Scatters)
You get 10 Free Spins with the same sticky Crazy Cats, but with one massive quality-of-life upgrade: you are guaranteed to land at least one Wild Plus symbol on every single spin. In the 3-scatter bonus, it’s frustrating to have a screen full of sticky multipliers that miss because you’re only paying left-to-right. Maxximice fixes that by ensuring at least two pay directions are active on every spin.
3. To The Maxx Hidden Epic Bonus (5 Scatters)
Manage to land five scatters in the base game, and you’re in for a treat. You get 10 Free Spins with sticky Crazy Cats, and all four Pay Direction Arrows are permanently locked on for the entire bonus. With 76 paylines active on every spin and sticky multiplicative wilds accumulating on the board, a single well-placed premium line can pay out up to four times on a single spin.
FeatureSpins™ & Bonus Buys
For players outside the UK and other restricted jurisdictions, Rad Maxx offers four buy options:
| Feature | Cost | RTP | What It Does |
|---|---|---|---|
| BonusHunt FeatureSpins™ | 3x Bet | 96.25% | Makes each spin 5x more likely to trigger a bonus round. |
| Feline Frenzy FeatureSpins™ | 50x Bet | 96.28% | Guarantees at least 1 Wild Plus and 3 Crazy Cat symbols on that spin. |
| Mad Maxx (3-Scatter Bonus) | 100x Bet | 96.32% | Standard 10 free spins with sticky Crazy Cats. |
| Maxximice (4-Scatter Bonus) | 200x Bet | 96.24% | 10 free spins with sticky Cats + guaranteed Wild Plus every spin. |
As usual for Hacksaw, the 5-scatter "To The Maxx" bonus cannot be bought directly. Also, tread carefully with the 50x Feline Frenzy spins, if the Cats land on dead paylines with low multipliers, it can rinse your balance in record time.
RTP, Volatility, and Max Win
Because the base game relies on both Crazy Cats and a Wild Plus symbol landing simultaneously to do real damage, you should expect stretches of quiet gameplay while waiting for a feature.
You should always check the casino’s help file before spinning. Hacksaw supplies operators with lower RTP settings (94.42%, 92.40%, and 88.33%), which drastically affect your long-term returns. The max win is capped at 12,500x your bet, matching the ceiling of RIP City.
Compared with RIP City
Comparing Rad Maxx to RIP City comes down to personal preference. RIP City was easier to read at a glance; when a Cat expanded over a reel, you knew instantly if you had a hit. In Rad Maxx, reading 19 paylines across four different directions at the same time can feel a little chaotic until you get used to it.
That said, Rad Maxx arguably has a more exciting bonus game ceiling. Having sticky, multiplicative wilds locked on the grid while the game pays in multiple directions creates that classic snow-balling tension Hacksaw fans love. It’s a volatile, unforgiving ride when it’s cold, but as far as sequels go, Rad Maxx completely justifies its existence.