Limbo Cat review
Limbo Cat is a crash game from Onlyplay, released on 1 November 2020. Instead of reels and paylines, each round is a single ride: a cute cat on a tank rolls forward while a multiplier grows over it. The longer the ride lasts, the higher the multiplier, but the tank can crash at any moment, and any bet not yet cashed out is lost. The studio pitches it as a fast, colourful game where you decide when to leave the round. Its own twist is a set of boxes on the road that make the multiplier jump.
The ride and multiplier
Visually it’s closer to a cartoon than to a gaming machine. The hero is a cat riding a small tank, with the current multiplier climbing over the scene. Boxes turn up in the tank’s path from time to time, and each hit shows on the display as a jump. When the tank crashes, the ride stops dead, and whatever wasn’t cashed out goes with it.
Your stake goes in before the round begins. Once it starts, the multiplier climbs until the tank crashes. Your job is to take the win in time: it equals your stake multiplied by the current multiplier at the moment you cash out. Miss the crash and the bet is lost.
The crash point is set at random for every round, and nothing you do affects it. What you control is the stake and the moment you press the button. That makes the rules as simple as they come and the psychology surprisingly hard, because the decision has to be made in a split second while the number keeps rising.
When the tank smashes a box, the multiplier it had just before the hit is multiplied by 1.2, so the curve jumps as well as climbing smoothly.
| Multiplier before the box | After the box | Jump |
|---|---|---|
| 1.10 | 1.32 | +0.22 |
| 1.60 | 1.92 | +0.32 |
| 2.50 | 3.00 | +0.50 |
| 5.00 | 6.00 | +1.00 |
A box raises the current multiplier by 20% rather than adding 1.2x: 1.6x becomes 1.92x. Two immediate multiplications give 1.44 times the starting level; growth between boxes must be accounted for separately. A box is no signal of the ride’s remaining length. Box frequency, crash-point distribution and the overall cap are unpublished.
Two panels and Auto
The + button opens a second betting panel. Stakes and exits are set separately, and using only one is allowed. Both panels share a ride and its crash: independently configured bets do not have independent random outcomes. Two equal stakes double total exposure, while unequal amounts need not have that ratio.
For illustration, two one-unit bets exit at 1.5x and 3x. A crash before either exit loses two units; after the first but before the second gives a net −0.5; both successful exits give +2.5. These are outcomes for assumed completed exits rather than probabilities. Stakes of 1.5 and 0.5 exiting at 1.5x and 5x produce +0.25 in the middle case and +2.75 when both exits succeed.
Auto places bets in new rounds and takes wins according to its settings. Manual cash-out requires a press before the crash; automation executes selected actions, but its presence does not establish higher return. My Bets shows personal results, Players other players’ results, and history past crash multipliers. These displays reveal no next crash point. Emoji reactions are visible to other participants.
Maths and related formats
Listed figures are 95% RTP and high volatility rated 4/5. Crash distribution is unspecified: RTP/m cannot be presented as exact odds of reaching a chosen target. The overall return does not establish equal RTP at every cash-out setting; data for that comparison is absent. Listed stakes are 0.1–100, with the overall maximum unknown. The game has no reels, paylines, bonus buy or conventional free spins.
Aviator from Spribe, released in 2019, also uses a rising multiplier and cash-out, with listed RTP of 97%. Crash X from Turbo Games, released in 2021, lists 96% RTP. Limbo Cat’s boxes make growth stepped. Related formats are described in the crash games explainer; other studio games appear on the Onlyplay page.
