Fighter Pit Slot (Hacksaw Gaming)

The Fighter Pit slot has 5 reels, 4 rows and 14 fixed paylines. Winning combinations are created in a pretty familiar fashion: land 3, 4 or 5 identical symbols from left to right (beginning from reel 1) and across any of the 14 paylines. Only the highest payout is awarded per payline naturally.

As with all Hacksaw Gaming slot games, the minimum bet is 10p a spin with the maximum ranging up to £100. To change your bet, there are up and down arrows. Non-UK players have the added functionality of Autoplay, Turbo/Super Turbo mode.

The Fighter Pit RTP rate is 96.3% which is above the online average of around 96%. Hacksaw has also created 94.33% and 92.38% RTP alternative settings (open the Paytable to check which rate you’re using). The Fighter Pit demo above uses the highest RTP.

In terms of volatility, it’s in the medium to high category (4/5) with winning combinations landing every 2.92 spins on average (34.16% hit frequency rate). When it comes to win potential, Fighter Pit offers 10,000 times bet max wins: this can be won in the base game and all bonus features. There is no max win probability information available.

With a fighting/arcade game theme, the Fighter Pit slot takes place in a gritty back alley battleground where fights go toe-to-toe to emerge victorious. On first impressions, you’ll see a fighter on either side of the reels which instantly reminded me of the Street Fighter 2 video game. You can change which 2 fighters appear at any time by pressing/clicking the desired fighters which appear above the reels.

With a rather cheesy 80s-style rock soundtrack, symbols on the reels include low-value A, K, Q, J and 10 royals. The higher-value symbols consist of guitarist, pirate, cowboy and roller fighters with both the pirate and guitarist paying 10 times your total bet for 5 in combination.

There is also a Wild symbol that substitutes for all paying symbols and pays 10 times your total bet for 5 across a payline. Other special symbols include the Fist and FS Scatter: more details about the functions are available below.

Fighter Pit Mobile

HTML5 technology is deployed for all Hacksaw Gaming slots. This means that Fighter Pit can be played on mobile, tablet and desktop devices, including iOS and Android smartphones. If using a mobile device, you’ll use Portrait Mode to occupy more of your vertical screen set-up.

The Fighter Pit slot has a quartet of bonus features. Central to the gameplay are Fist symbols which, when activated, expand to award Wild Fist Reels. If Fist symbols punch fighters or Wilds, a multiplier up to 200x applies to the Wild Fist Reel. Multiple Wild Fist Reels can also land. With 2 free spins features, the aim is to collect Victory Points which sees your Victory Level rise. Each level you reach awards an Epic Drop respin where you’re guaranteed a certain number of Fist symbols.

Wild Fist Reels

Look out for Fist symbols as, when activated, expand into a Wild Fist Reel that begins from the position of the Fist symbol and rises upwards to the top of the reel. Fist symbols only activate if the Wild Fist Reel will be part of at least 1 winning combination. Acting as wilds, they substitute for all paying symbols.

Now, Fist symbols will belong to the Red or Green team: this is indicated by the colour of the Fist symbol. If the Fist symbol punches a fighter symbol of the opposite team or a Wild, a multiplier is added to the Wild Fist Reel which applies to every winning combination it’s part of.

If the Fist symbol expands through several fighter symbols, the multiplier values are added together and applied to the Wild Fist Reel. If a winning combination involves multiple Wild Fist Reels, their multiplier values are combined and then applied. Multipliers range between 2x and 200x. Finally, only 1 Fist symbol can land per reel.

Showdown

When you land 3 FS Scatter symbols simultaneously during a base game spin, you’ll trigger the Showdown feature with 10 free spins.

With Wild Fist Reels like in the base game, the Red and Green teams battle against each other to reach higher Victory Levels. Each team begins at Victory Level 3+: each time a Fist symbol punches an opponent’s fighter or Wild symbol, the Fist’s team earns 1 Victory Point.

When the Red or Green team collects 3 Victory Points, a respin with an Epic Drop is awarded with the winning team’s Victory Level rising by 1. The number of Fist symbols that land during the Epic Drop respin depends on the team’s Victory Level:

However, Fist symbols landing during the Epic Drop respin will not contribute to the winning team’s Victory Level. Finally, 2 or 3 FS Scatter symbols will reward you with 2 or 4 extra free spins, respectively (with no limits).

Ultimate Showdown

When you land 4 FS Scatter symbols at the same time during a base game spin, you’ll activate the Ultimate Showdown feature. With 10 free spins awarded, it’s like the Showdown feature but each team begins at Victory Level 4+. If you land 2 or 3 scatters, 2 or 4 more free spins are won.

Bonus Buy

Non-UK players have the added extra of the Bonus Buy feature. With a variety of options, below is a table highlighting all the important information:

Fighter Pit Slot

Rating: 3.5/5

Fighter Pit is a clone of Fist of Destruction and comes with wild reels with multipliers, 2 free spins features, Epic Drop respins and 10,000 x bet max wins.

Chris Taylor

For fans of Hacksaw Gaming slots, you’ll notice that the Fighter Pit slot game is a reskin of Fist of Destruction (released in February 2024).

For that reason, it doesn’t have quite the same appeal. The gameplay focuses on Fist symbols which, when activated, award Wild Fist Reels. If the Fist symbol punches a fighter symbol of the opposite team or a Wild, a multiplier up to 200x will be added to the Wild Fist Reel. Multiple Wild Fist Reels will see multipliers added together too.

With 2 free spins features, Red and Green teams battle each other. Each time you collect 3 Victory Points, you’ll get an Epic Drop respin with a certain number of Fist symbols guaranteed to land. With the Victory Level also rising by 1, Victory Levels 3+, 4+ or 5+ ensure at least 3, 4 or 5 Fist symbols land, respectively. In the Ultimate Showdown feature, you begin at a higher Victory Level.

The key is to land Fist symbols on the bottom rows which expand upwards for a bigger Wild Fist Reel which in turn brings in multipliers. With 10,000 times bet max wins, Fighter Pit may look the part but fails to deliver due to it being a clone.

If you want fighting action, NetEnt’s official Street Fighter 2: The World Warrior slot would be my pick. Featuring Ken, Ryu, Guile, Zangief, Chun Li, Blanka, E. Honda and Dhalsim, it uses the actual graphics and soundtrack from the iconic video game. The bonus features are top-notch as characters battle for Wild Combos, you smash cars for cash prizes and play free spins where you take on bosses for multipliers up to 10x. It comes with 7,142 times bet max wins too.

Finally, if love Hacksaw slots, there are better alternatives available. My favourites include Donut Division, Hand of Anubis and Fire My Laser.

The Fighter Pit slot review was written by Chris Taylor from our OLBG Expert team who who written over 10,000 slot game reviews in an iGaming career spanning over 2 decades. It was then verified/checked by Jenny Mason, our prime slot reviewer who has 17+ years working in online gambling, top UK brands. 

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Chris Taylor is an industry veteran originally from Gibraltar. Having worked in the online gambling industry since 2004, Chris loves slots and has reviewed over 10,000 online slot games. Running a slots-focused website for 13 years, Chris is the go-to guy for everything slots-related.