Dorks of the Deep

What Dorks of the Deep has actually done in our bonus hunts

We have opened Dorks of the Deep 30 times across 30 separate bonus hunts between 26 May 2026 and 4 Oct 2026 and recorded every result. Across those 30 opens the median result was 74.9× the bet, against 50× for every slot in our recorded dataset. The biggest single result we have recorded on it is 1,106×. 13 of those 30 opens were 100× or better. These figures describe only the sessions we recorded — they are not this slot's RTP and they do not predict what your next bonus will do.

Hacksaw Gaming sends players beneath the waves in Dorks of the Deep, a 5x4 grid slot with 14 paylines set among a brightly coloured cast of sea creatures — an octopus, a mermaid and a character called the Ocean King anchor the theme, giving the game a cartoonish, colourful look rather than a murky ocean-floor one.

Wins form across the 14 paylines from three or more matching symbols reading left to right. Low-paying symbols run from Ten through Ace, worth 0.8x to 1.5x the stake for five of a kind, and three fish icons plus the Mermaid and Ocean King take the premium spots, worth 2x to 10x for a full line of five. A wild symbol can land anywhere on the grid, substitutes for any paying symbol, and pays 10x the bet for five in a row on its own.

The game's central mechanic is the Expanding Wild Reels feature. A Treasure Chest symbol that forms part of a win expands into a fully stacked wild reel showing one of three characters, each tied to its own multiplier band: the Ocean King carries the top range at x25-x200, the Mermaid a middle band of x10-x20, and the Octopus the smallest boost at x2-x9. Whichever character lands, its multiplier applies to every winning combination running through that expanded reel.

Dorks of the Deep spreads that idea across three separate free spins modes. Three scatters trigger the Deep Blue Bonus Game, awarding 10 free spins in which Treasure Chests always expand into wild reels, gain 0-3 lives, and stay sticky (and re-roll their multiplier) between spins until their lives run out; a Last Chance mechanic keeps awarding respins as long as a wild reel still has lives left. Four scatters instead trigger the Down Under Bonus Game, also 10 free spins, with the same sticky-wild rules but weighted so multipliers can't downgrade to a lower character tier. Landing five scatters unlocks the Hidden Treasure Bonus Game, which runs on the Down Under rules but keeps two expanded wild reels active on the grid for the whole feature. All three bonus rounds can be extended further by landing two or three scatters mid-feature. Feature buys are also available: paying 3x the bet raises the odds of triggering a bonus naturally, 60x guarantees two Treasure Chests every spin, and the Deep Blue and Down Under rounds can be bought outright for 100x and 200x the stake respectively.

Dorks of the Deep is rated medium volatility at 3 out of 5, with a 35% hit frequency and stakes running from 0.10 to 100 per spin. The headline RTP is 96.2%, with three lower configurations available at 94.22%, 91.21% and 88.19%. Maximum win is capped at 10,000x the bet, reachable mainly through the higher-tier wild multipliers stacking during the free spins features rather than through the base game alone.