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Quickspin brings another daring Wild West ride to life with Sticky Bandits Thunder Rail! Thunder Rail is the sixth entry in its long-running Sticky Bandits series. This 2025 release blends the excitement of recognizable sticky wilds, familiar comic book visuals of a Western heist, and a completely reimagined bonus game that spins the classic Hold & Win mechanic into something brand new.

In fact, it’s the sixth game in a long series, but it’s the first one bearing the brand-new Hold & Win game engine. Besides the Hold and Spin bonus round, you will also get to enjoy gunslingers, bold wins, sticky modifiers, and a strategic train heist bonus.

It’s obvious that with the new release, Quickspin was ready to take the franchise into bold new territory. Read the rest of our game review below to get more information about Sticky Bandits Thunder Rail payouts, features, and other stats.

It’s been a long time since we’ve seen a Sticky Bandit slot, to be honest. The slot series is one of the most famous Quickspin slot series, dating back to 2017.

Thunder Rail is the sixth slot so far. This time, we found ourselves in the desert trying to pull a heist of a train transporting all sorts of goods.

The game opens with a short dialogue between Colt and Ezra, two robbers discussing the heist. After the scene ends, it immediately cuts to the game screen where you see the 5×4 grid.

In total, there are 53 paylines. Game symbols include low-value and high-value icons that pay from 0.60x to 80x the stake.

To play, you first need to select the stake. Bets are possible from 0.05 to $100, and you can also activate the Extra Bet to double the cost and enable Mystery Wilds. At first, the game screen contains a 5×4 grid, but that can gradually expand to 7×7 as you progress.

In the game, Wilds are the most important type of icon. There are several Wild types, each with its own effect and a chance to trigger sticky respins. As you play, you can either win prizes by landing icons that match on paylines (26 starting up to 53 paylines in total) or try to enter special game rounds.

Scatters lead to the Train Heist Bonus Game. If you want a shortcut into bonus rounds or wild spins, you can use the Buy Feature. However, bear in mind that that might not be possible in every market.

The smallest bet possible in the game is $0.05 per spin. This is a very low minimum bet, which is excellent as it will surely suit casual players.

On the other hand, you can stake up to $100 per spin as the maximum bet. All in all, a very standard betting range.

There is also the Extra Bet, which allows you to double the stake to increase RTP to 96.33% and add potential Mystery Wilds to the grid. Conversely, this will increase your winning chances.

The game is very volatile.

Regular 5-of-a-kind wins with range icons such as horseshoes, bottles,  horses and bullets range from 0.6x to 4x.  If you are lucky to expand the grid to a full 7×7, matching 7-of-a-kind on the expanded grid icons will generate wins worth up to 80x.

Wilds also pay. A full line of 7 wilds pays 200x.

In the base game, the maximum win is 1,000x, but 10,000x in Train Heist Bonus.

The game also has a Feature Buy worth 5x, 60x, or 155x.

Sticky Bandits Thunder Rail thrives on variety. In the game, the Wilds are the special type of bonus, but we cannot disregard the distinctive Train Heist Bonus Game.

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Each wild symbol that lands triggers a Respin. Besides a Respin, they also trigger a different modifier. Here are the main types of Wilds you’ll see in Thunder Rail and their respective modifiers.

• Tall Wild: Fills the entire reel.
• Diagonal Wild: Spreads wilds diagonally.
• Big Wild: Becomes a 2×2 wild block.
• Random Wild: Adds 2–4 wilds anywhere.
• Multiplier Wild: Multiplies wins up to x100.
• Cash Wild: Awards up to 100x per winning spin.
• Row/Column Expansion Wilds: Expand the grid to increase ways to win.
• Mystery Wild (Extra Bet): Randomly transforms into any of the above wild types.

Mystery Wilds are available only when Extra Bets are active.

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The distinctive bonus game is the main reason Thunder Rail is so famous. The bonus game is a Hold and Spin type of bonus round.

It’s triggered  with 3 to 5 scatter symbols. But, instead of instant wins, players guide a Bandit who “activates” symbols by reaching them. He must avoid Guard symbols or risk ending the round early. Special modifiers like Grabbers, Doublers, Boosters, and Re-Activators layer extra strategy and payout potential into each bonus round.

• Grabber – adds all the values of all symbols that the Bandit activated to its own value when it is active
• Doubler – doubles the value of symbols that the Bandit activated
• Booster – adds its own multiplier value to symbols that the Bandit activated
• Re-Activator – refreshes all the symbols that the Bandit activated so they activate their features again

The point of the feature is to try to reach the end with 3 lives awarded. The lives reset every time a new icon lands on the grid, whereas a spin without symbols drops one life until you reach 0.

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You can enter the special rounds faster with Feature Buy. You have three options:

• 5x bet for a guaranteed wild feature spin.
• 60x bet to buy a 3-scatter Train Heist Bonus.
• 155x bet to buy a 5-scatter Bonus Game with a larger initial area.

Sticky Bandits Thunder Rail is fully optimized for mobile play.

The expanding grid and animated modifiers translate smoothly to smaller screens.

Moreover, Quickspin’s slick UI ensures you can easily access all features of the game with no stress, including the Buy Bonus and Extra Bet toggles. It performs flawlessly on iOS and Android devices, maintaining the same comic-style visuals and feature-rich gameplay.

You can play both on browsers and mobile apps, the choice is entirely yours. We recommend browser-based casinos as they require no storage or ing (or app updates). You can play wherever you are whenever you want.

The game design is a very interesting one, we have to it. It blends stylized comic book artwork with the recognizable gritty Wild West charm.

Set against a dusty Arizona backdrop and featuring dynamic train animations, the slot oozes personality. First, we open up to a discussion of the two main characters, which then cuts directly to the heist game screen. One thing that we enjoyed thoroughly was the soundtrack. It’s not something we expected to hear, as it’s a bit more modern than Sticky Bandits typically sound. Still, it’s a perfect choice that adds a layer of excitement to the game without overpowering it or stealing the attention.

The bonus game intensifies the mood with cinematic cut-ins of the Bandit confronting Guards. Sound design includes harmonica twangs, train whistles, and tense guitar riffs, all reinforcing the outlaw atmosphere. A 10/10 design-wise.

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Sticky Bandits Thunder Rail feels like a bold new chapter in the franchise. The cool  variety of wild modifiers keeps the base game interesting even before the bonus kicks in. We loved that, to be honest.

The famous sticky respins were both engaging and unpredictable, which is something that we appreciate since the entire brand was built on Sticky Respins.

But the Train Heist Bonus Game is where the slot truly separates itself and shines bright.

It’s slower and more strategic than your average Hold and Spin slot, sure, but we think that’s the whole point. Oh, and the 10,000x potential feels well-earned here, so it’s not a quick-releasing slot as some other releases.

It’s great, we truly loved it.

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Responsible gaming is a priority for us, along with innovation and safety. We also care about access – platform options – and the way that the game plays out.

With that said, we can list our priorities to:

• Gameplay
• Innovation
• Mobile performance
• Fairness and security

Gameplay in Sticky Bandits reveals a fantastic way that Quickspin found to introduce innovation to a tried and tested game series. Sticky Bandits is a famous series, and with 5 slots already, it was easy to slip into repetition and old-school features. However, that did not happen here.

Thunder Rail is a fantastic game that is very innovative thanks to its Hold and Win feature. Besides that, it’s very engaging and entertaining, so many players will love it. You can play it on any device, which is another point for Quickspin.