Chaos Crew slot review

Chaos Crew slot overview

Hacksaw Gaming launched in September 2018 and is now part of Hacksaw AB, listed on Nasdaq Stockholm since June 2025. Chaos Crew, released in 2020, was one of its early slots, and a sequel, Chaos Crew 2, followed in 2023.

The game uses a square 5x5 grid with 15 paylines and is built on just two ideas: wilds with multipliers, and a bonus that stacks multipliers above the reels. It’s easy to learn, but the 5 out of 5 volatility rating means the results are anything but steady.

Specifications are the published figures, also shown on SlotCatalog’s Chaos Crew listing (opens in a new tab). Casinos can run other RTP versions of a game, so confirm the number in the help screen of the game inside your app.

How the features work in Chaos Crew

Cranky Cat wilds and multiplying multipliers

The Cranky Cat is the wild. It substitutes to help form wins on the 15 paylines, and each one carries a multiplier of 2x, 3x or 5x. When more than one Cranky Cat forms part of the same win, their multipliers are multiplied together rather than added.

That difference is what gives the base game its punch. Adding 3x and 5x would give 8x; multiplying them gives 15x.

The 40p line win is a made-up example to show the arithmetic. What a line pays depends on the symbols and your stake, which the paytable sets out.

The bonus: a multiplier above every reel

Three scatters start the bonus. It begins with three spins. Each time a multiplier symbol lands, the spin count resets to three, and that symbol either adds to or multiplies the multiplier sitting above its reel. When the spins finally run out, the five reel multipliers are added together and the total is paid as a multiple of your stake.

A Chaos Crew bonus round, step by step

Here’s how a bonus round unfolds, using made-up numbers to show the arithmetic. Your own rounds will differ.

1. Three scatters land and the bonus starts with three spins, with a multiplier position above each of the five reels.
2. A multiplier symbol lands on reel 2. The count resets to three and reel 2’s multiplier builds up.
3. Over later spins, more multiplier symbols land on reels 2, 4 and 5, each resetting the count and either adding to or multiplying the value above that reel.
4. Three spins pass with no new multiplier symbol, so the round ends.
5. The reel multipliers are added together, for example 0x + 12x + 0x + 6x + 4x = 22x.
6. That total is paid as a multiple of your stake: 22x at a 50p stake is £11.

Because the final payout is a sum of reel multipliers, rounds that only touch one or two reels tend to be small. The large outcomes come when a multiply step lands on a reel that already has a high value.

Chaos Crew RTP and volatility: what you pay per hour

The RTP is 96.30%, so the house edge is 3.70%. Multiply any amount you stake by 3.70% to get the average cost. Hacksaw rates the volatility 5 out of 5, its top band, so most sessions will land some distance from that average.

This table assumes 450 spins in an hour, an illustrative pace. UK rules cap the rate at 1,440 spins an hour through the 2.5-second minimum.

A £20 budget lasts 200 spins at 10p, 40 at 50p and 20 at £1. In every case the average loss on that £20 is 74p, but with a 5 out of 5 game the chance of finishing a short session with nothing is high, so the 10p option gives you the most play.

Chaos Crew max win in pounds

Payouts are capped at 10,000x your stake: £1,000 at 10p, £5,000 at 50p, £10,000 at £1, £20,000 at £2 and £50,000 at £5.

As the bonus pays the sum of the reel multipliers as a multiple of stake, the cap is a hard ceiling on that total. Reaching it is very rare.

Chaos Crew vs Chaos Crew 2 and other Hacksaw slots

The sequel doubles the cap to 20,000x at almost the same RTP. Hand of Anubis shares the 10,000x cap and top volatility, while RIP City is the gentler choice at 3 out of 5. Wanted Dead or a Wild is Hacksaw’s best-known slot.

Playing the Chaos Crew slot on iPhone and Android

There’s no Chaos Crew app to download. If the game is in your casino app’s lobby, it runs inside that app, with the same account and balance you use on the mobile site.

A square 5x5 grid fits a phone screen better than a wide 6-reel layout, and in the bonus each reel’s multiplier sits directly above that reel, so you can see which reels are building. Whether the game opens in portrait or landscape depends on the build and the casino; our portrait vs landscape guide explains more.

• Only install casino apps from the official App Store or Google Play listing. See Android phones and iPhone.
• Game outcomes are settled on the casino’s server, so a signal drop won’t change a result.
• Keep the app up to date so games continue to load properly; see how to update a casino app.

UK rules on Chaos Crew in casino apps

Since a Gambling Commission warning in January 2020, feature buy-ins are not offered to British players, so the bonus comes only from three scatters. The game-speed rules are in RTS 14 (opens in a new tab), and the government explained the lower limit for younger adults when it announced the £2 maximum stake for under-25s (opens in a new tab). Our slot stake limits page covers both caps.

Is Chaos Crew worth playing?

Chaos Crew suits players who like a game with few rules and big swings, played at a low stake from a fixed budget. Set a deposit limit first, and consider the sequel or other games in our slot reviews if you want to compare.

Where to play Hacksaw slots like Chaos Crew with a welcome offer

We can’t confirm that our partner apps carry Chaos Crew, so look in the lobby first. These are slot welcome offers on selected games, not Chaos Crew. All are 18+ and terms apply.

• PlayOJO: new UK customers, excluding Northern Ireland, get 80 free spins on Big Bass Bonanza at 10p each with a first deposit of £10 or more. No wagering applies, and winnings are paid in cash. The offer can’t be combined with others and is available only through the designated offer link.
• Coral: runs 1 October 2026 to 1 February 2027 for new players. Deposit and bet £10 or more on slots to get 100 free spins at 10p each on selected games, accepted within 48 hours and used within 7 days, with no wagering on winnings. Neteller, PayPal, Paysafe, Skrill, prepaid cards and certain debit cards are excluded.
• Ladbrokes: new customers who deposit and spend £10 or more on slots get 50 free spins daily for 10 days, up to 500, at 10p each on selected games. Claim before 23:59 each day; spins are valid for 7 days; no wagering. Prepaid cards, PayPal, Paysafe, Neteller, Skrill and Moneybookers don’t qualify.

The house edge applies to every spin, including welcome spins. Coral and Ladbrokes share an operator, LC International Limited (Entain), so one person may not be able to open new accounts at both.

18+. Every casino game has a built-in house edge, so over time you should expect to lose what you stake. Set a budget before you play and stop when it’s gone: safer gambling tools and support. Free, confidential help: National Gambling Helpline 0808 8020 133.