The Lovely Outlaws Slot Review
Sunset over a frontier town, adobe walls washed pink in the last light, a wagon wheel leaning in the yard, and three armed women running the territory. The Lovely Outlaws hands the Western to the bandits, and it’s a smarter fit than the theme first admits: High 5 Games have packed the game’s real punch into a handful of wild-heavy spins instead of spreading it thin across the session. On paper it’s a modest build – a 5×3 grid, 99 paylines, 94.9% RTP and low volatility – but the short, dense bonus gives it a bite the spec sheet doesn’t.
Sister titles like Fugitive Gold and Ultimate Heist cover similar outlaw country if this one takes your fancy.
The Base Game and Tumbling Reels
Wins pay left to right on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost one. Only the highest combination counts on each line, and line wins are multiplied by the bet per line. Both the number of lines in play and the value on each are adjustable before a spin, so you can dial the total stake up or down to taste.
The WILD tile stands in for every symbol except the Sugar Skull, and it only lands on reels two, three and four. Holding the spin button activates Speed Spin where it’s accepted, which plays the games faster until you let go.
Every winning combination sets off the Tumbling Reels mechanic. The winning symbols vanish, new symbols tumble down from above to fill the gaps, and the reels are re-evaluated for fresh wins.
The tumbles keep coming until no new combination forms, so a single spin can chain several payouts on the one stake. A tumble sequence works like this:
- A winning combination lands and pays out
- Every symbol in that combination disappears from the reels
- New symbols tumble from above to fill the empty positions
- The full grid is re-evaluated for new winning combinations
- If one forms, it pays and the sequence repeats from step two
- The tumble only stops when no new win appears
The same mechanic runs in the base game and the bonus alike, so it’s the whole rhythm of the game.
The paytable is quoted in credits at the game’s standard bet of 99 for 99 lines, and it’s a steep ladder from the royals to the logo:
- The Lovely Outlaws logo – 50, 500 and 5,000 credits for three, four and five
- Woman in green hat with pistol – 40, 200 and 1,000 credits
- Woman in orange poncho – 25, 100 and 400 credits
- Woman in blue hat with pistol – 20, 75 and 300 credits
- A – 10, 40 and 100 credits
- K – 10, 30 and 100 credits
- Q – 5, 20 and 75 credits
Read against the total bet, that ladder runs from just over 50x your stake for a full line of logos down to under 1x for five Queens. The four character symbols pull well clear of the royals, but there’s no single symbol doing the heavy lifting on its own.
All credit wins are shown without any bet modifiers, so what you see on the reels is what you get. Wins are subject to verification, and stopping the spin animation early with the stop button has no effect on the outcome.
Free Games Feature
The Sugar Skull is the feature trigger, and it can only appear on reels one, two and three, which makes every trigger a left-side event. The round itself works like this:
- Three Sugar Skull symbols on a played line starts the round
- Each initiating line awards one or two free games
- Skulls on several lines in the same spin all count, so the awards stack
- Every Sugar Skull on the reels is replaced with a WILD for the duration
- Tumbling Reels stay active throughout
- The round can’t retrigger, and it ends when the counter reaches zero
Free games run on the same reels, played automatically on maximum lines at the same bet per line as the spin that triggered them. Nothing changes but the symbols: the skulls become wilds, and the tumbles carry on as normal.
The skull conversion is the twist. In the bonus, the gold WILD on reels two to four and the pink skull WILD on reels one to three both substitute for all symbols, with no exceptions. Between them they cover every reel except the fifth, so most of the grid is wild territory.
The wilds pay generously on lines too. Three of a kind pays as three of a kind when the line shows four, and four of a kind pays as four when the line shows five, so a wild-heavy line is never wasted on a shorter combination.
No free games are awarded while the round runs, so what you win in those few wild-heavy spins is all it will ever pay. With Tumbling Reels live throughout, wilds landing and re-tumbling into new combinations is where the feature does its best work.
The skulls are the only route in, so how often they line up on those first three reels shapes every session. There’s no bonus buy to shortcut the wait.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 6.3/10
Playing The Lovely Outlaws is a steady, dusty ride through the base game waiting for the one moment the town comes alive: a board full of wilds tumbling over each other for a few spins. That’s the reason to pick it, and the skull-to-wild conversion inside a tumbling engine is its best idea – between the two wilds covering four of the five reels, a short round can genuinely chain.
The round is just too short to bank on. One or two free games per line, no retrigger, means the feature is usually over before it has finished proving how good it could be, and the low volatility base game rarely makes up the difference.
It’s a comfortable game for steadier players who like their bonuses brief and eventful, and the warm frontier artwork makes the quiet spells easy to sit through. It won’t suit anyone after a long bonus build or a big ceiling. This town’s worth a visit, just not an extended stay.
The Lovely Outlaws FAQs
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What is the RTP of The Lovely Outlaws?
The Lovely Outlaws runs at a 94.9% RTP in its standard configuration. -
Is The Lovely Outlaws high volatility?
No. The Lovely Outlaws is a low volatility slot, so wins tend to be smaller and steadier rather than rare and large. -
How do you trigger the Free Games Feature?
Three Sugar Skull symbols on a played line start the Free Games Feature. The skull only appears on reels one, two and three, and each initiating line awards one or two free games. -
Can free games retrigger in The Lovely Outlaws?
No. The Free Games Feature doesn’t award additional free games and ends when the counter reaches zero. During the round, every Sugar Skull on the reels is replaced with a WILD. -
What does the Tumbling Reels feature do?
All symbols in a winning combination disappear and new symbols tumble down to fill the empty positions. The reels are then re-evaluated, and tumbles continue until no new winning combination is created. -
What does the wild substitute for in The Lovely Outlaws?
In the base game the WILD substitutes for all symbols except the Sugar Skull, and only appears on reels two, three and four. During free games, the gold WILD and the pink skull WILD substitute for all symbols. -
How many paylines does The Lovely Outlaws have?
The Lovely Outlaws has 99 paylines on a 5×3 grid, and free games automatically play on the maximum number of lines at the same bet per line as the triggering spin. -
Who makes The Lovely Outlaws?
The Lovely Outlaws is made by High 5 Games, the studio behind titles like Fugitive Gold and Ultimate Heist.
