1. Oktober 2026
Dead or Alive Slot: All Three NetEnt Games Compared
Dead or Alive slot guide: how NetEnt's sticky wild free spins work in the 2009 original, the three bonus modes in Dead or Alive 2 and 3: Wanted's multipliers.
People still search for Dead or Alive by name, which is quite something for a slot this old. NetEnt put it out in November 2009 with one big idea, sticky wilds in the free spins, and that idea has kept the series going through a sequel in 2019 and a third game that landed in March 2026. We carry all of them, plus the Feature Buy version of the sequel.
Below: how each one plays, what it can pay at the very top, and which suits the session you've got in mind.
Dead or Alive (2009): where it started
Dead or Alive is a 5x3 slot with just 9 paylines, and it's built almost entirely around its bonus. Three or more scatters give you 12 free spins. Any wild that lands during those spins sticks for the rest of the round, every line win is doubled, and a sticky wild on all five reels earns you 5 more spins.
NetEnt lists the max win at 8,600x your bet. The base game is fairly plain, so most of the excitement rides on how many wilds you can pin down once the free spins start. Our game page shows an RTP of 96.8%.
Dead or Alive 2 (2019): pick your bonus
Dead or Alive 2 keeps the 5x3 grid and the 9 lines, and the wilds are five outlaws. NetEnt rates it high volatility with a 30% hit frequency, and the top prize jumps past 100,000x your bet. Three scatters give 12 free spins and a choice of three rounds.
Old Saloon is the gentle one. Wilds are sticky and every win is doubled, much like the original's bonus. Train Heist fills a progress bar one step for each wild that lands, and each step pushes the win multiplier higher. Fill all 16 steps and you're playing at 16x with 5 extra spins, and NetEnt says wins in this mode can reach 100,000x.
High Noon Saloon turns the wilds into multipliers instead. Two wilds on the same reel become a Double Multiplier Wild, three become a Triple, and a sticky wild on every reel adds 5 more spins.
The Feature Buy version is the same sequel with the option to pay your way straight into the free spins instead of waiting for scatters. Both versions show 96.8% RTP on our game pages.
Dead or Alive 3: Wanted (2026): multipliers everywhere
Dead or Alive 3: Wanted is a much bigger game, played on a 5x5 grid with 21 fixed paylines. Its Wanted Wilds arrive carrying a random multiplier anywhere from 2x up to 100x, and in the free spins they stay put. Bounty Hunter Wilds cover a whole reel and collect the multipliers from every Wanted Wild in view. Land two on neighbouring reels and they merge, multipliers combined.
Three bonus symbols give 10 free spins. Four give the same 10 spins plus a 50x win, and five add a 2,500x win on top. Wanted Wilds on all five reels award 5 more spins, and in the Super Free Spins a Bounty Hunter lands on every spin.
The standard max win is 33,333x your stake, and it doubles to 66,666x with the Wanted Wilds bet option. That's one of five paid extras in the game, running from a 2x bet mode that guarantees at least one Bonus or Super Bonus symbol up to a 1,000x buy straight into the Super Free Spins. RTP sits just over 96%.
Which Dead or Alive should you play?
If you want the classic, the original is still hard to beat for plain simplicity: one bonus, sticky wilds, double wins. Dead or Alive 2 hands you control over how wild the bonus gets, with Old Saloon at the calm end and the two multiplier modes at the other. Wanted is the one for players who like multipliers stacking up on a bigger grid, and it has the most going on per spin by a distance.
The RTPs sit close together, from just over 96% to 96.8%, so there's little between them on cost. Put $100 through a 96.8% game and the expected cost is about $3.20. At 96% it's about $4. Let the way the game plays decide it.
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Common questions
Who makes the Dead or Alive slot?
NetEnt. The original came out in 2009, Dead or Alive 2 in 2019 and Dead or Alive 3: Wanted in March 2026.
What is the max win on Dead or Alive?
8,600x on the original and more than 100,000x on Dead or Alive 2. Dead or Alive 3: Wanted pays up to 33,333x, or 66,666x with its Wanted Wilds bet option.
How do you get free spins on Dead or Alive?
Land three or more scatters. You get 12 free spins on the original and on Dead or Alive 2, and 10 on Wanted.
What's the RTP on Dead or Alive?
Our game pages show 96.8% for the original and for Dead or Alive 2, and just over 96% for Dead or Alive 3: Wanted.