Hacksaw Gaming

Dorks of the Deep

Slots Video Slots Action & Adventure Mythology Animals Fish Shark Sea Humor Love Treasure Cartoon

Comic deep-sea slot driven by expanding multiplier wild reels

SlotRanker Score

/ 99

05099

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How this score is built

RTP

96.2%

return to player

Volatility

Medium volatility

variance

Max win

10,000×

top multiplier

Min bet

$0.10

per spin

Reels

14 lines

Player rating

4.0 ★

13 votes

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4.0 / 5

13 ratings

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Five weighted signals shape the composite. Four context signals refine ties. See how we rate for the full methodology.

Payouts & RTP9/10

RTP 96.2% → 9.0/10

Volatility8/10

medium → 8.0/10

Win Potential8/10

x10000.00 (10000×) → 8.0/10

Features6.5/10

10 features → 6.5/10

Game Mechanics4.8/10

f=10 r=6 p=14 → 4.8/10

Context signals (tie-breakers)

Layout5/10

6x4 → 5.0/10

Bet Flexibility4/10

0.1–10 (×100) → 4.0/10

Provider Reputation6.6/10

provider avg 6.6 → 6.6/10

Popularity5/10

synthetic proxy → 5.0/10

Popularity blends real player search demand (~30 markets) with a catalogue-derived proxy; games without measurable search demand use the proxy alone. Not live play telemetry.

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SlotRanker Score: 68 — Dorks of the Deep by Hacksaw Gaming

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Slot Summary

A six-reel, four-row board gives Dorks of the Deep enough width for entire reels to turn wild. Hacksaw Gaming makes the Treasure Chest the pivot: it expands when doing so creates a win, then assigns a character-based multiplier to that reel. Medium volatility tempers a 10000x ceiling, while three free-spin variants change how readily expanded wild reels persist.

How It Plays

Fourteen paylines cross the six-reel board. A Treasure Chest may land on any reel, but only one can occupy a given reel at a time.

The chest checks whether a reel-wide expansion would complete a paying combination. When it does, every covered position acts as wild for that result.

Theme & Atmosphere

Cartoon and Humor shape the Sea adventure, turning its Animals into named comic characters rather than treating the underwater setting as a realistic expedition.

Mythology enters through the Ocean King and Mermaid, while Treasure gives the chest symbol a clear thematic reason to control the game's main transformation.

Action & Adventure Mythology Animals Fish Shark Sea Humor Love Treasure Cartoon

Features & Win Potential

Expanding Symbols convert complete reels into wild positions. Each resulting Wild Multiplier applies across that reel, and multipliers add when several expanded reels share a win.

Random multiplier values differ by the character revealed on the wild reel. The medium-volatility rating sits beside a 10000x maximum rather than defining every individual spin.

Free Spins Scatter Symbol Wild Symbol Medium volatility Wild Multipliers Bonus Buy Additional Free Spins Expanding Symbols RTP range Random multiplier

Bonus & Free Spins

Three Free Spins variants begin from different scatter counts. Each retains expanding wild reels, while the stronger entries give those reels more favorable staying power.

Additional Free Spins symbols can extend an active round. Respins may continue after the scheduled spins when an expanded wild reel still has remaining lives.

Spec sheet

Dorks of the Deep at a glance.

Identity

Slot nameDorks of the Deep

StudioHacksaw Gaming

Released3/13/2025

Math

SlotRanker Score68

RTP96.2%

VolatilityMedium volatility

Max win10,000×

Bet range$0.10 – $10.00

Player rating4.0 / 5 · 13 votes

Format

Reels6

Paylines14

Layout6x4

Expected average based on this slot's 96.2% RTP — individual sessions vary with volatility.

Bet per spin

Spins per hour400

Session length (hours)

Cost per hour$1.52

Cost per session$1.52

Estimate only, for entertainment purposes — treat gambling as entertainment, not a way to make money, and set a budget you can afford to lose.

How long could a bankroll last on Dorks of the Deep? We simulate thousands of sessions from this game's published RTP and volatility — the long-run math, not a prediction of your next spin.

Bankroll ($)Bet per spin ($)Speed

Volatility tier: Medium

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How this works

Each simulated spin either misses or returns a win drawn from a log-normal distribution, with the hit rate and spread set by the slot's volatility tier (Medium). The model is calibrated so the average return equals this slot's published RTP (96.20%), with wins capped at its top multiplier (10,000×).

This is a simplified, parametric model of the game's math — not its real paytable. It exists to make the house edge visible over many sessions, so the numbers above are averages across thousands of runs, never a forecast of one.

This is math, not a prediction. Real sessions vary wildly, and no strategy changes a game's built-in house edge. Play for fun, set limits, and never bet more than you can afford to lose.

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Compare Dorks of the Deep with other games

	Dorks of the Deep Score 68This game	Poseidon Score 80	Broadsiders Score 86	Release the Kraken Score 76	Sharkys Gang Score 76
Identity
Studio	Hacksaw Gaming	Tada Gaming	Massive Studios	Pragmatic Play	Amatic
Released	3/13/2025	10/2/2024	1/27/2025	1/28/2020	4/25/2024
Math
RTP	96.2%	97.11%	96.62%	95.5%	97%
Volatility	Medium volatility	Medium volatility	—	High volatility	—
Max win	10,000×	20,000×	30,000×	10,000×	—
Format
Reels	6	6	7	5	5
Layout	6x4	6x5	7x7	5x3	5x3
Paylines	14	Pay Anywhere	Cluster Pays	20	40
Min bet	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1
Max bet	10	100	100	5	375
Features
Progressive	—	—	—	—	—
Wild symbol	✓	—	✓	✓	✓
Free spins	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Scatter symbol	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multiplier	—	✓	✓	✓	—
Bonus game	—	—	—	✓	—
Respins	—	—	—	✓	—

Every number is shown as a delta against Dorks of the Deep.

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Dorks of the Deep

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RTP

96.2%

Max win

10,000×

Score

+ Multiplier+ Bonus Game+ Respins

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