Pick your showdown — sticky wilds, heists and a 100,000x ceiling
Trigger the bonus and you choose your gunfight: Train Heist, Old Saloon or High Noon Saloon, each with its own maths.
High Noon Saloon's multiplying wilds — x2 for two on a reel, x3 for three — power a maximum win of 100,000 times the bet.
In Old Saloon every wild locks in place for all 12 free spins, with a x2 multiplier riding along.
Each wild adds one to the multiplier and one extra spin; reach x16 and five more free games are dealt in.
Stakes run from 0.09 to 18 per spin across the sequel's 5 reels and 9 paylines.
Two or more scatters already pay — five are worth 2,500x — and three unlock the free spins.
Choose Train Heist for steady accumulation, Old Saloon for sticky wilds, or High Noon Saloon for the 100,000x swing.
In the saloon modes, a wild on every spin (or reel) is what re-arms the feature with 5 extra games.
The sequel's masterstroke is handing the volatility decision to the player at the moment the bonus triggers. Train Heist builds steadily — every wild raises the multiplier and adds a spin, with five bonus games at x16. Old Saloon replays the original's beloved sticky-wild dozen with a x2 multiplier. High Noon Saloon is the gunslinger's option: wilds multiply per reel, two paying x2 and three x3, and it is here that the 100,000x maximum win waits. Landing a wild on each spin or reel re-arms any mode with five more games.
NetEnt almost never makes sequels, which is what made Dead or Alive 2 such an event. The original DOA had spent a decade as the reference point for high-volatility play, and rather than reinvent it, NetEnt did what Yggdrasil pulled off with its Vikings follow-up: kept the skeleton — 5 reels, 9 lines, the same 96.8% return — and rebuilt everything around it. The dusty frontier town got a full visual overhaul, the soundtrack was re-recorded, and the same five outlaws returned as wilds with ten years of graphical polish.
The real upgrade is choice. Where the original offered one free-spin feature, the sequel deals three, from the grinding Train Heist to the ruinous High Noon Saloon and its 100,000x ceiling. That decision point changes how the game feels: you are no longer just watching reels, you are setting your own risk before every bonus. It plays identically well on mobile — we ran a long session on an ageing iPhone without a stutter.
A satisfying base game, three genuinely different features and NetEnt MAX-scale wins: this is everything a remake of a classic should be. The free demo above is the safest way to meet the gang.
Three, chosen by you when 3+ scatters land: Train Heist (growing multiplier, extra spin per wild), Old Saloon (12 spins with sticky wilds and a x2 multiplier) and High Noon Saloon (wilds that multiply per reel).
Up to 100,000x your bet, achievable in the High Noon Saloon feature thanks to the NetEnt MAX concept.
No — the sequel keeps the original’s 96.8% return, along with the same 5-reel, 9-payline structure.
Dead or Alive 2 free play is for entertainment only. If gambling is a problem, contact the National Problem Gambling Helpline (1-800-GAMBLER). Must be 18+ to play.