Steampunk

Steampunk in slots means locomotives, cogs and diesel kings, and the five games in the theme show different sides of it. The loudest hero is Relax Gaming. Money Train 2, released on 2 September 2020, took the robbers from the Wild West into a steampunk post-apocalypse: a 5×4 grid, 40 lines, the Money Cart bonus, very high volatility and x50,000. The fourth part, Money Train 4, came out on 20 September 2023 as the last ride, though the series then carried on: a 6×6 field, pay-anywhere wins, more than twenty features and x150,000 at a high label. The differences between the series entries are laid out in Money Train 2, 3 and 4 compared.
Nolimit City adds grim diesel-punk. Hot Nudge, from 26 July 2018, is the oldest Nolimit game we cover: rusty metal, kings made of iron and a four-cell-high Wild that pulls itself into view. The field is 5×4 with fixed lines, volatility high, RTP 96.29% and x2413.
Play’n GO built Wild Rails with its first horizontal reels: a 5×4 field, thirty fixed lines and Wild Trains that rush along the rows leaving golden carriages. Calmest by label in the theme, it runs medium volatility, 96.53% RTP and x5000.
Pragmatic Play serves the theme as an Egyptian one. Rise of Giza PowerNudge came out on 19 August 2021 and, by the studio’s account, was the first game with the PowerNudge mechanic: reels shift down after every win as long as there is something to pay. Five reels, three rows and ten lines come with 96.49% RTP, low volatility and x4000.
Lining the five games up by tempo gives a clear scale: Rise of Giza PowerNudge is quietest, then Wild Rails, Hot Nudge, Money Train 4 and finally Money Train 2. Payback sits in a tight band of 96.1% to 96.53%, while ceilings stretch from x2413 to x150,000. The volatility explainer shows what to expect from such a spread.