Nolimit City

About Nolimit City

Nolimit City is an Evolution studio with 27 slots in our library of slot providers as of 10 November 2026. It is known for the xNudge and xWays mechanics and for games such as San Quentin and Tombstone Slaughter.

Evolution completed its purchase of Nolimit City on 8 August 2022, according to the deal announcement. Evolution's 2025 annual report describes the studio as standing out "for its high-volatility games, daring style, and complex mechanics". It also shares an owner with NetEnt, Red Tiger and Big Time Gaming.

Nolimit City Limited has a registered address in Malta and an MGA licence (MGA/B2B/299/2015, issued 1 August 2018), according to its website. Its games are known for cartoon violence: prisoners, outlaws, miners with dynamite and asylum patients.

Nolimit City signature features

Nearly every game uses a mechanic with its own name. Evolution lists xWays and xNudge as registered trademarks, and the studio repeats them across its releases:

• xNudge: a stacked wild that nudges into view and adds 1 to a multiplier for each step. It is the heart of Deadwood, which pays up to 13,950x.
• xWays: a symbol that opens to reveal several of the same on one position, which grows the ways to win. Punk Rocker uses it.
• xBomb: a wild that detonates, clears the symbols around it and raises the multiplier for the next collapse, as in Fire in the Hole.
• xSplit: splits the symbols on a reel in two to double their positions, as in Mental 2.
• xBet: optional bets that cost more and raise the chance of entering a feature, as in Folsom Prison.

Here is how each plays out, one number per game. xNudge in Deadwood: the wild is four symbols high, it nudges until fully in view, and each step adds +1 to the multiplier, so a wild that nudges three times adds 3. xWays in Punk Rocker, a 6x3 game with 243 base ways: a mystery symbol splits into several matching ones, and the max win is 15,072x. xBomb in Fire in the Hole: the reels start at 6x3 and grow to 6x6, up to 46,656 ways, and each xBomb wild adds one to the multiplier of the next collapse. xSplit in Mental 2, on a 3-2-3-2-3 layout with at least 108 ways: symbols split in two, so a single win spreads over more positions. xBet in Folsom Prison, which starts as a 2-2-2-2 grid and grows to 4-6-6-6-4: you pay extra for a higher chance of triggering a feature, and it pays up to 75,000x.

In our library, 11 of its slots have free spins and 11 have multipliers, 10 have bonus buy and 3 use cascading reels. The game's info screen explains each mechanic, and the demo lets you watch them combine for free.

Best-known Nolimit City slots

RTP 96.03%HIGH

San Quentin

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RTP 96.08%HIGH

Tombstone R.I.P

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RTP 96%HIGH

Tombstone Slaughter

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RTP 96.05%HIGH

Fire in the Hole 3

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RTP 96.06%HIGH

Mental 2

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RTP 96.05%HIGH

Duck Hunters

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• San Quentin (2021): upgrade cells on each reel release wilds, xWays symbols or splits. It pays up to 150,000x.
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  Tombstone R.I.P

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  A merciless Wild West where the xRIP rule voids any spin that pays less than your stake. Up to 300,000x.
• Tombstone Slaughter (2025): up to 500,000x, the highest of the 27, on a grid that starts with 324 ways to win.
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  Fire in the Hole 3

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  A frozen mine with up to 46,656 ways, paying up to 70,000x.
• Mental 2 (2025): an asylum with xWays, xSplit, xNudge and xHole, paying up to 99,999x.
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  Duck Hunters

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  Wins with 8 or more matching symbols, and every empty position leaves a multiplier that doubles up to 8,192x. Up to 30,000x.

Nolimit City game series

Nolimit City builds sequels on the same scheme with a higher cap. San Quentin continues in San Quentin 2: Death Row (2024, 1,024 starting ways) and San Quentin Manhunt (2026). Fire in the Hole goes on with Fire in the Hole 2, up to 65,000x, and the third game.

The Wild West line runs from Tombstone to Tombstone R.I.P., Tombstone Slaughter and Tombstone Begins (2026). Duck Hunters has Duck Hunters 2, released on 10 September 2026 with a 40,000x cap.

Nolimit City RTP and volatility profile

According to the studio's game pages, RTP across its slots runs from 96.00% to 96.19%, averaging 96.06%. That is the average for the whole studio, and the gap between games is too small to choose by.

What changes is how often a game pays. The studio's own pages give a hit frequency of 34.25% for San Quentin and 9.08% for Tombstone R.I.P. With near-identical RTP, the first pays small wins often and the second pays rarely.

All 27 slots are in the high-volatility band. Big wins exist, but they come very rarely. On a 20 cent spin, Tombstone Slaughter's 500,000x is €100,000 in theory, and the studio puts the chance of reaching it at 1 in 189 million spins. A usual session is a long run of small or empty spins. For the contrast, Hacksaw Gaming has 43 of 82 rated games in that band, and its own Le Bandit is rated medium.

Max wins run a long way: from 11,456x in the original Tombstone to 500,000x in Tombstone Slaughter, so the top prize alone says little about a game. Compare the hit frequency and the number of ways in the base game too. Folsom Prison, for example, starts as a 2-2-2-2 grid and grows to 4-6-6-6-4 as the feature builds, and it pays up to 75,000x, while Deadwood stops at 13,950x. In practice, if you only want to see what the studio does, the demo of a lower-cap game such as Deadwood or Punk Rocker (15,072x) is a gentler start than a 500,000x one.

A worked example shows what "very high volatility" means in practice. A €20 balance at a 20 cent stake is 100 spins. At the studio's 9.08% hit frequency for Tombstone R.I.P., about 9 of those 100 spins would pay anything, and the other 91 would not. At San Quentin's 34.25%, about 34 would pay. These are averages over very long runs, so a real session of 100 spins can pay more or less, and most hits in a high-volatility game return less than the stake. The 300,000x cap on Tombstone R.I.P. would be €60,000 on 20 cent, and it is not something to plan around.

Set a budget before you start and never raise the stake to win back a loss. A €20 balance at 20 cent is 100 spins, which is short for a game of this type.

Nolimit City themes

The most frequent theme is the Wild West, with 8 games, and outlaws appear in 4. Prison, crime and horror also have 4 each. By style, 7 are realistic, 6 dark and 5 hand-drawn.

New Nolimit City releases in 2026

7 Nolimit City slots were released in 2026 in our library: Duck Hunters Happy Hour in January, Punk Rocker 3 in April, San Quentin Manhunt in April, Tombstone Begins in May, Soaked by Seamen in June, Outsourced 2 in August and Duck Hunters 2 in September. They are all on the new slots 2026 page.

Nolimit City in Ireland

Casino coverage. Of the 37 Irish casinos we review, 23 carry Nolimit City games (November 2026, from our casino reviews), about three in five. A casino that carries the studio will not necessarily have every title.

Lobby sightings. We saw no Nolimit City game in the Irish casino lobbies we checked in early November 2026, so you may need to search for the studio by name.

Irish searches. "Nolimit City" gets about 590 searches a month on Google in Ireland, and "nolimit city slots" 30 (November 2026). That is a little more than Hacksaw Gaming's 480, even though lobbies show it less.

Irish themes. The studio has no Irish-themed slot in our library. Its theme leans to the Wild West, prisons and horror, so for leprechauns try the Irish slots page, or Hacksaw's Le Prechaun.

Where to play Nolimit City slots in Ireland

All Nolimit City demos are free here, with no account. For euro, start with the best slot sites in Ireland we review, and use our real-money casinos list to compare licences. The GRAI has issued remote betting licences since 1 July 2026, and online gaming licences are due from 2027, so check what licence a casino holds.

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