Skate or Die
Nolimit City
| Provider | Nolimit City |
|---|---|
| RTP | 96.03% |
| RTP base / bonus | 72.07% / 23.96% |
| Volatility | 21.7 (provider index) |
| Max win | 30000x |
| Bet range | 0.2 - 100 |
| Hit frequency | 27.8% |
| Reels | 3-3-3-3-3 |
| Licences | UKGC |
| Release | 2024-09-10 |
Features
- bonus buy
- free spins
- wild
- scatter
- xNudge
Skate or Die: RTP and specs
Skate or Die is a slot machine by Nolimit City with an RTP of 96.03%, released in 2024.
Overview
What’s up my dudes! My name’s Chad aka Plantface, we should like ... totally shred! If making it to the pro leagues means you gotta break some bones, then it is what it is maaaan!
Description provided by Nolimit City.
Our analysis
Skate or Die is a Nolimit City slot released on 10 September 2024, built on a 3-3-3-3-3 layout of five reels three symbols tall, in keeping with the studio's mechanic-driven design. The structure serves as a base for a wide set of named features rather than relying on a conventional line count.
The feature set is deep. An Extra Sauce Row, an xZone Wild, an xNudge Wild and an xNudge Wild Supreme shape the grid, with Scatters triggering the modes. Face Plant Spins, Dead Meat Spin, Boneyard Spins and Action Spins make up the bonus modes, a Crasher Game adds a further event, and there is a dedicated Max Win event. A Nolimit Bonus Buy and Nolimit Booster provide enhanced entry. The mechanics also include bonus buy, free spins, wild, scatter and xNudge.
The risk profile is extreme. Volatility is given as 21.7 and the maximum win reaches 30000x, against an RTP of 96.03%. Stakes run from 0.2 to 100 per spin. A volatility figure above 21 with a 30000x ceiling marks this as a high-variance game built around its bonus events rather than its base spins, with the named modes and nudging wilds providing the paths toward the top reward.
In factual terms, the specs suit a player comfortable with very high volatility who wants xNudge wild mechanics, multiple bonus modes and bonus-buy or Booster entry. The 0.2 to 100 stake range and the 30000x ceiling define the stakes and the upper limit on returns, and the spread of spin modes shows how many different routes there are toward the headline potential in the bonus.
Editorial analysis by machinesasous.co, based on published data.
Bonus features
Skate or Die offers 13 special features, as published by Nolimit City:
- Extra Sauce Row
- The Extra Sauce Row at the top of the reel area consists of 5 potential multipliers with values of 2, 3, 4, 10 and no multiplier. Multipliers connect with xNudge® and/or xZone™ symbols in the corresponding reels beneath them. The Extra Sauce Row updates on each spin in base game and bonus modes.
- xZone Wild
- If an xZone™ Wild symbol lands and there is an active multiplier in the Extra Sauce Row above its reel, then the xZone™ applies its top row multiplier on every regular paying symbol adjacent to it - vertically, horizontally and diagonally. The xZone™ multiplier affects the xNudge® Wild and xNudge® Wild Supreme when it starts to nudge. Overlapping multipliers are summed together.
- xNudge Wild
- The xNudge® Wild can land on any reel. The xNudge® Wild will always nudge it until fully visible. Each nudge increases the win multiplier by 1. Multiple xNudge® Wilds traversing the win will add their multipliers to the total xNudge® multiplier. The xNudge® Wild symbol and its multipliers are not affected by xZone™ multipliers spreading to the reel that the xNudge® has landed on, but xNudge® picks up any multipliers that it nudges across that have been affected by the xZone™ multipliers. The multiplier on the xNudge® Wild increases by the corresponding multiplier, if any, above its reel on the Extra Sauce Row.
- xNudge Wild Supreme
- The xNudge® Wild Supreme only exists in the Boneyard Spins bonus game. In addition to xNudge® Wild features, each xNudge® Wild Supreme also adds up all the available multipliers from Extra Sauce Row to its respective multiplier. The xNudge® Wild Supreme symbol and its multipliers are not affected by xZone™ multipliers spreading to the reel that the xNudge® has landed on, but xNudge® picks up any multipliers that it nudges across that have been affected by the xZone™ multipliers.
- Scatters
- Scatter symbols can land on any reel in base game. • Landing 3 Scatter symbols will trigger 10 Face Plant Spins. • Landing 4 Scatter symbols will trigger 10 Dead Meat Spins. • Landing 5 Scatter symbols will trigger 10 Boneyard Spins
- Face Plant Spins
- A guaranteed xZone™ Wild symbol lands on every spin.
- Dead Meat Spin
- Two guaranteed xZone™ Wild symbols land on every spin.
- Boneyard Spins
- Two guaranteed xZone™ Wild symbols land on every spin. The xNudge® Wild Supreme can land on any of the reels in this boneyard.
- Max Win
- The max payout of the game is 30,000 times the base bet. When the total win exceeds this amount the game round will end and 30,000 times the base bet is awarded. Max Win can also be achieved by winning/not dying in the Crasher Game.
- Crasher Game
- The Crasher Game symbol can only land in base game. If the symbol lands fully stacked, covering all reels, it will award the player with a 30x times base bet win and the option to bet this win in the Crasher Game. If the Crasher Game symbol lands partially, the positions that it has landed on are dead. After any win from 30x and up, the player will be asked if they want to bet their win and play the Crasher Game. The Crasher Game will then start with the multiplier of the win that enabled the Crasher Game. If the player clicks “No” when asked to play Crasher Game, the winnings will be kept. Bet your win and win any amount from 30x - 30,000x. The player will have to click “STOP” before the skateboarder hits the ground to win anything from 30x to 30,000x. If the skateboarder lands in the grave then all the winnings are lost but if he lands in a dumpster then the Max Win will be awarded.
- Nolimit Bonus Buy
- Buy your way straight into the different bonus features, ranging from 30 to 1,000 times the base bet.
- Nolimit Booster
- Buy a specific game feature in the Nolimit Bonus tool. The total cost for the activated feature will be charged from your balance for each spin.
- Action Spins
- Get your adrenaline flowing and play your regular bonus rounds in HYPER MODE! ‘Action Spins’ is a new optional feature that ushers in an innovative way to play a high volume of rounds of the Base Game or Multiple Bonus rounds in a rapid and exhilarating way!
Play the demo
Free play-money demo hosted by Nolimit City. No account, no deposit, no real winnings. Adults only (18+).
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How it works & rules
- RTP
- Skate or Die has an RTP of 96.03%, the theoretical payout rate returned to players over the very long run. It is a statistical average, never a per-session guarantee. RTP definition · RTP vs volatility
- Volatility
- Skate or Die volatility: 21.7. It describes how often and how big wins are. Understand volatility
- bonus buy
- A bonus buy option lets you trigger the bonus round directly.
- free spins
- A free spins round, usually triggered by scatter symbols.
- wild
- Wild symbols substitute for others to complete winning combinations.
- scatter
- Scatter symbols pay anywhere and trigger bonus rounds.
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