Think the Wild West was all quick draws and heroics? Try dysentery in a ditch after your horse decides today’s the day it’s had enough of your nonsense. Hollywood sells you gunfights and glory, but reality was more like playing Russian roulette with a can of spoiled beans. Saloons? More like petri dishes with whiskey. And let’s talk about those “romantic” campfire nights: You’re spooning with three dudes for warmth because the desert doesn’t care if you freeze to death.

If cold nights and dysentery aren’t your thing, you can always enjoy the cowboy aesthetic minus all the hardships with a game like the Sticky Bandits Thunder Rail slot from Quickspin.

Saddle up and spin those reels

The Sticky Bandits Thunder Rail slot from Quickspin features 53 paylines spread across five reels. Betting starts at $0.10, with a maximum limit of $20. If you’re betting at the upper limit, you could win up to $200,000, thanks to the 10,000x maximum multiplier. The slot has high volatility, meaning wins may be less frequent, but when they do hit, they tend to be larger. The slot’s RTP is 96%.

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Wild symbols are a key part of the slot’s gameplay, with eight distinct types available. While each wild features distinct mechanics, all of them substitute for other paying symbols to complete or boost winning combinations.

The Tall Wild fills all non-wild positions on the reel it lands on with wilds, while the Diagonal Wild covers non-wild positions in a diagonal line. The Big Wild expands to a 2×2 size, converting adjacent positions into wilds. The Random Wild places two to four wilds in random positions across the reels, and the Multiplier Wild applies a random multiplier between x2 and x100, which remains active for your entire round of free spins. The Cash Wild displays a prize value of 1x to 100x your bet, awarded if it forms part of a winning combination. The Row Expansion Wild and Column Expansion Wild increase the grid size, up to a maximum of seven rows or columns. The Mystery Wild, exclusive to the Extra Bet, randomly selects a wild feature and converts all Mystery Wilds into that type.

Landing three or more scatter symbols triggers the Train Heist Bonus Game. The initial play area depends on the number of scatters. Three scatter symbols activate only the center position, four scatters expand it to include left and right positions, and five scatters add the symbols above and below. You begin with three lives, and each new symbol that lands resets the life count. The Bandit character activates symbols by moving horizontally or vertically within the play area, applying modifiers as it goes. Guard symbols must be eliminated using ammunition, and if three land consecutively, the round ends. The Grabber accumulates the values of activated symbols, the Doubler multiplies their worth, the Booster applies an additional multiplier, and the Re-Activator refreshes previously activated symbols.

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If you’re keen to try out the bonus game but you’re not willing to wait around, the slot does offer a buy bonus feature.

Is the Sticky Bandits Thunder Rail slot wilder than the Wild West?

Quickspin released the first Sticky Bandits slot in 2017. Since then, the provider has four sequels to the game. Sticky Bandits: Wild Return was released in 2019, Sticky Bandits: Trail of Blood in 2022, and Sticky Bandits: Unchained in 2023. Now, in 2025, the latest edition to the series, the Sticky Bandits Thunder Rail slot, has been released. The slot is a significant upgrade to what came before, with some incredible cut scenes and superb graphics and animations. Yes, the insane number of wild symbols does make the gameplay a little confusing at times, but they also liven the gameplay up. While possibly not the best cowboy-themed slot I’ve ever come across, it’s definitely close. I give the Sticky Bandits Thunder Rail slot a nine out of ten.

If you’re keen on trying out a few other fun Quickspin slots, I recommend Shields of Lambda and Feasting Fox.