Arizona James and the Lost Relics Slot Preview: Hacksaw’s Latest Reveals Adventure

by Kevin Lentz 22.07.2026

Arizona James and the Lost Relics arrives from Hacksaw Gaming on 25 August 2026. Think ancient temples, hidden relics and plenty of gunfights. This adventure includes Pistol Reveals, cluster pays, three bonus rounds, medium volatility, and up to 25,000x.

Pistol Packing, Treasure Hunting Fun

Arizona James and the Lost Relics in Brief:

• Release Date: 25 August 2026
• Type: Video Slot
• Theme: Adventure, Treasure Hunt, Ancient Ruins
• Software Studio: Hacksaw Gaming
• RTP: 96.28%
• Hit Frequency: 38.7%
• Volatility: Medium
• Special Features: Cluster Pays, Super Cascades, Pistol Reveals
• Bonus Rounds: Cursed Temple, Tombs of Gold, Crystal Caverns
• How to Trigger Bonus Round: Land 3 or more Scatter Symbols

We’re a little torn here. Hacksaw Gaming once stood for out-on-a-limb innovation, grab-you-by-the-throat storytelling, and games unlike anything else on the market. On the other hand, there is something irresistible about an Indiana Jones-meets-Smokey Raccoon, Le Cowboy mash-up that absolutely screams ’80s adventure.

In the end, we think every studio should shoot their shot when they see a chance to make a slot that combines one of their most beloved characters with a cinematic action hero in a jungle-packed adventure filled with snakes, mummies and scorpions, though what mummies are doing in the jungle, we’ve no idea.

Full Rules & Information About the Arizona James and the Lost Relics Online Slot

We’ve got a 6×5 grid here with a medium-volatility mix. The max win is a very respectable 25,000x, and the RTP is also up there at 96.28%. The graphics are clean and clear, though not a huge fan of the spiders on the screen edges. And the soundtrack is almost a little too good in an odd way, like they’ve taken every action movie from the last thirty years and blended them all.

Gameplay is straightforward if you’ve ever played one of Hacksaw’s Reveal games. First, we have cluster pays; you’ll need five of any symbol to land on the paytable. These are then replaced in a Super Cascade, which, honestly, seems to be just a regular cascade. This leads us to the Pistol Reveal, which may seem very, very similar to a revolver reveal from a different Hacksaw title.

Essentially, if you have a wild as part of any winning cluster, it turns into a gun cylinder. Once the board has resolved from cascades, it will fire, striking as many symbols as there are rounds in the chamber. You can land more than one cylinder at a time.

These bullets will then reveal either coins, amulets, Sacred Relics or potentially a reload. If minor coins or amulets appear, they can be shot again and upgraded, but not relics, diamond coins, or gold amulets. The lower bronze coins have multipliers from 1x to 4x, whereas the top diamond coins have multipliers from 150x to 500x.

The amulets then multiply the multipliers anywhere from 2x to 20x. The emerald one only multiplies adjacent coins, whereas the gold one multiplies any coins on the grid. You will need one of the sacred relics to collect all the coin and amulet multipliers.

Arizona James and the Lost Relics Symbols & Payouts

The lower-paying symbols are the 10 through ace, as often seen in Hacksaw titles. The five premium symbols are a scorpion, a snake, a mummy, an Anubis warrior, and an undead guardian. Should you land just five of the 10 symbols, you’ll receive just 40 cents on a $2 dollar bet. In fact, you’ll need 8 of the scorpions just to get your $2 back.

However, should you land ten of the mummies, you’ll get $10, and should you land 14 of the undead guardians, you can get the top prize before multipliers of $400 on a $2 bet. As you have probably surmised, the real money is in the Pistol Reveal Wilds, with their coins and amulets quickly building up big prizes.

A large cluster of undead guardians are what you want to see.

• All symbols: 10
• Highest-Paying Symbol: Undead Guardian
• Wilds: Pistol Cylinder Wilds
• Paylines Pay: Cluster Pays
• Maximum Win: 25,000x

Arizona James and the Lost Relics Bonuses & Features

There’s also also some big wins to be had in the bonus rounds. You’ll need three of the FS Scarab scatter symbols to get started. This first bonus game is titled Cursed Temple. This is where the Gamble feature comes in. You can choose from either the actual bonus round or choose from four Holy Grails.

One Grail has an upgrade to Tomb of Gold; one has a 1x to 4x multiplier; one has a slightly better 5x to 20x multiplier; and one has anywhere from 25x to 100x. Or you can play the bonus round, which is 10 free spins on the base game, but now with increased chances of pistol cylinder wilds. More scarabs mean more free spins.

Should you land four scarabs in the base game or get upgraded by the Grail, you enter the Tomb of Gold. The Gamble feature here has eight Grails. One upgrades to Crystal Cavern. Four awards 25x to 100x, one gets you 5x to 20x, and one gets you 150x to 500x.

Choose to play the bonus round instead, and you have ten free spins, an increased chance of wilds, and a bullet collector. The more wins, the more extra ammunition. And that means more rounds to fire for our intrepid adventurer.

Buy your way into Temple of Gold for just 250X

Five scarabs get you into the Crystal Caverns. No gamble feature here, and you get all the extras from Tomb of Gold, plus the bullet collector starts at five. Also, no bronze coins here, only silver or higher. You can buy your way into Cursed Temple or Tomb of Gold in the Buy Bonus, but not Crystal Caverns.

Similar Games & Best Alternatives

Let’s be honest, this is just Le Cowboy with a suave Hollywood action man instead of a bumbling raccoon, and that’s fine. In fact, it shares a ton of DNA with many Hacksaw games, but that doesn’t make it any less fun to play.

If you’re looking for a good Tomb Raider-type game outside the Hacksaw Universe, might we suggest you start with the original Indiana Jones knockoff, Lara Croft and her game Tomb Raider from MicroGaming.

Whipping Up Borrowed Treasure

Is it derivative, absolutely? Did Hacksaw reuse the same mechanics as another title? Unfortunately. Is it worth playing? Undeniably. Even Indiana Jones copied his style from Harry Steele in Secret of the Incas, and many of the most famous scenes from the series, from the rolling boulder to the Thuggee cult, were taken almost scene-for-scene from earlier Tinseltown treasure-hunting tropes.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and in this case, Hacksaw may have tipped its fedora to a Hollywood classic while revisiting mechanics from a hit of their own. But sometimes, if it ain’t broke, there’s no need to fix it.