Rusty Red’s Shootout by Design Works Gaming takes us to the Wild West, where bottles become targets and pistols can reveal prizes. Rusty herself appears on the first reel to set the shooting feature in motion.
Among our slot games, this release combines 243 ways to win with a separate prize feature. Free games open the reels further, increasing the number of ways to 3,125.
Cowgirl hats, decorated boots, a heart-shaped mirror and a lasso give the reels a colourful Western identity. Pink and purple symbol panels sit inside an ornate gold frame, while a safe overflowing with coins serves as the Wild.
We get a lighter take on the frontier setting here. The shooting bottles keep the theme connected to the features, and the free games meter sits beneath the reels where it is easy to follow.
Rusty Red appearing on reel one alongside Pistol symbols triggers the shooting feature. The pistols fire at prize bottles, which break open to reveal awards.
Up to four Pistols can appear on a single spin. This feature is available during both the base game and free games, so the bottle shooting continues after the reels expand.
Filling the meter beneath the reels awards seven free games. The layout grows from five reels and three rows to five reels and five rows, increasing the available ways from 243 to 3,125.
The larger grid provides more positions for matching symbols, while the Rusty Red Feature remains active. Once the awarded games finish, play returns to the smaller base layout.
Regular wins form from at least three matching symbols on consecutive reels, beginning with the leftmost reel. Symbols do not need to follow a fixed payline. Multiple matching symbols on a reel create additional winning combinations.
We see this ways-based format across our casino games, but Rusty Red’s separate shooting feature gives us another event to watch for. The Safe Wild supports regular combinations, while Rusty and the Pistols handle the bottle prizes.
We think the bottle-shooting feature gives Rusty Red’s Shootout its personality. Design Works Gaming carries the Western theme into the action, with the combination of Rusty and the Pistols providing a clear event to recognise.
The expanded free games are straightforward to understand: more rows, more ways and the shooting feature still in play. We also like the brighter cowgirl styling, which gives the familiar frontier setting a less severe appearance.