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This is not a slot. There are no reels, no paylines and no scatters. Where Hacksaw is best known for cluster-pays grids and bonus-buy mechanics in titles like Cubes 2 and Wanted Dead or a Wild, Mines strips that machinery out completely. The free play demo loads onto a single 5×5 grid (with options to drop down to 3×3 or scale up to 7×7 and 9×9), the player chooses how many mines to plant, and from there it is just clicking, banking and choosing when to walk. The 98% RTP is the figure that earns the game its place. That is a full two percentage points higher than the RTP usually seen in Hacksaw slots.
Two settings define the round before the first tile is clicked: grid size and number of mines. Grid choices run from 3×3 (nine cells total) up to 9×9 (eighty-one cells). Mine count presets are 1, 3, 5 or 7, with a custom option to set any value the grid will allow. More mines on a smaller grid means each diamond pays a bigger multiplier, but the chance of clicking a bomb on any given pick rises sharply. Fewer mines on a bigger grid drops the per-pick multiplier but lets a long, careful run accumulate value through volume.
Above the grid sits a bar showing the next several payout multipliers in sequence. The highlighted value is what cashing out right now would pay as a multiplier on the original stake. The next value to its right is what one more successful pick would lock in. This forward visibility is the part that turns Mines from a guessing game into a decision game. Every click is weighed against a known reward and a known incremental risk.
Once the initial bet is placed, every subsequent pick is free. The round continues until the player either hits a mine (losing the round) or chooses to collect. There is no minimum number of picks. Even one diamond followed by an immediate cash out is a valid outcome, and the win is paid at the multiplier shown for that single safe pick.
The round ends automatically and pays out if the next successful pick would push the win to €1,000,000 or 10,000x the bet, whichever value is lower. This applies regardless of grid size or mine configuration, and acts as the hard ceiling on a single Mines round.
Bet, pick and collect. The full Mines loop is explained before the game starts.
Five safe picks banked at 3.35x with the bomb locations still unknown under the remaining face-down tiles.
Five diamonds collected at 3.35x with the mine locations revealed — four more safe picks would have pushed the multiplier to 11.92x.
Bet sizes range from €0.20 up to €10,000, set with the up/down arrows next to the green Bet button at the bottom of the screen. Before placing the wager, configure the grid size and mine count in the settings panel on the left. The defaults are a 5×5 grid with 3 mines, which gives a reasonable middle ground between safety and reward.
Pressing Bet locks the configuration and reveals an empty grid. Click any cell to flip it. A diamond reveals safely, the multiplier bar advances and a green collect button appears. A bomb ends the round, the bet is lost and all remaining tiles flip to show where the mines were hiding. There is no auto-play here. Every pick is manual and every decision is yours.
Bankroll management matters more than usual on configurable games. A 5×5 grid with 7 mines plays out almost like a single high-volatility spin: each successful click roughly doubles the running total, but the chance of ending the round on the first click is high. A 9×9 grid with 1 mine pays tiny per-pick multipliers but rarely ends a session on the first click. Adjust both dials based on session length and risk appetite rather than chasing the biggest possible number.
The exact multipliers shift with grid size and mine count, but the table below shows a sample sequence from the default 5×5 grid with 3 mines, illustrating how the payout climbs with each successful pick.
| Diamonds Picked | Multiplier (x stake) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1.10x |
| 2 | 1.27x |
| 3 | 1.46x |
| 4 | 1.69x |
| 5 | 1.97x |
| 6 | 2.32x |
| … | climbs progressively until cash out, mine, or 10,000x cap |
Hacksaw Gaming list the RTP at 98%, deterministically calculated from the probability model and verified across 10 billion simulated rounds. That figure is fixed across every grid and mine combination. Changing the configuration alters the volatility and the per-pick reward, but does not move the long-run return. By comparison, the standard Hacksaw slot catalogue tends to sit between 96% and 96.3%, leaving Mines Dare2Win with a meaningful edge on theoretical return.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| SHIFT + S | Toggle sound |
| SHIFT + M | Toggle music |
| SHIFT + I or G | Show or hide game info |
| SHIFT + arrow up/down | Change bet amount |
| ESC or BACKSPACE | Close fullscreen windows |
