Dead or Alive 2

First impressions

Dead or Alive 2 is NetEnt’s follow-up to its famous Wild West slot, released on 23 April 2019. It plays on five reels and three rows with nine fixed paylines, and its reputation rests on one thing: a free-spins round that can pay enormously but rarely arrives. NetEnt describes it as high volatility and rates it 9.9 on its own scale.

The headline RTP is 96.80%, and databases report that it is the only figure found at UK casinos, with no lower builds seen. NetEnt also publishes a hit frequency of 30%, so roughly three spins in ten return something. That keeps the base game from feeling empty, though most of those wins are small.

This is a slot for players who accept long dry runs in exchange for a bonus with real variety. If that is not you, it will be an expensive way to find out.

Where to play Dead or Alive 2 in the UK

UK-licensed casinos that carry NetEnt content can offer it. The RTP is the easy part: 96.80% is the figure NetEnt publishes, and no lower build has been reported on British sites. The operator table further down lists the UK casinos where we found the game in the lobby on 13 October 2026; line-ups change, so confirm the game is in the lobby before you deposit. A feature-buy version exists in other markets, but it is not offered to UK players.

How it plays in practice

The base game is a nine-line grid with outlaw Wilds that substitute for paying symbols. The scatters pay 2x, 4x, 25x or 2,500x your stake for two, three, four or five. A database puts the free-spins trigger at about one spin in 195, which tells you how much of a session is spent waiting. The bonus is the point of the game.

Choosing a free-spins mode

Three or more scatters give 12 free spins and you choose a mode. Old Saloon applies a 2x multiplier to every win and uses sticky wilds, which can win extra spins. High Noon Saloon also uses sticky wilds, and when two or three wilds land on the same reel they become double or triple multiplier wilds. Train Heist fills a multiplier bar by one step for each wild that lands; reaching 16 steps gives a 16x multiplier and five more free spins.

One database ranks High Noon Saloon as the most volatile mode and Train Heist as the least, which is the opposite of what the names suggest. NetEnt’s wording for the extra spins in Old Saloon is ambiguous, so we do not state a rule for them.

The max-win question

NetEnt’s own page gives two different top figures: 1,600x in its statistics block and “up to 100,000x” in the text. Third-party databases say 111,111x. We have not picked one, because the provider’s data disagrees with itself. If it matters to you, check the paytable inside the game.

Stake range and feel at low limits

NetEnt’s bet range starts at around 9p. Under UK Gambling Commission rules the online slot stake limit is £5 per game cycle for players aged 25 and over and £2 for ages 18–24, and there is no autoplay or turbo option. With a trigger rate near one in 195 spins, a small stake buys you more spins, which is the only sensible way to give this slot a chance to reach its bonus.

Dead or Alive 2 demo and free play

There is no demo of Dead or Alive 2 itself on this page. The demo provider blocks NetEnt games for UK visitors, and the UK Gambling Commission expects free-to-play games on consumer sites to sit behind age verification. The demo above is Wild West Gold from Pragmatic Play, another slot set in the Wild West, so you can try a similar kind of game without staking anything. UK-licensed casinos that carry Dead or Alive 2 may offer a free version once you have registered and been verified; check the lobby of the operator you intend to use.

How Dead or Alive 2 compares to other NetEnt slots

If the volatility sounds like too much, our beginner-friendly list has calmer options, and Starburst is the gentler NetEnt slot by a distance. The NetEnt page lists the studio’s other games.