Looking back at 2021
Release year is recorded for about half of the games in the open data. It is useful for finding games from a particular era, but it is not a quality signal.
Compare the headline RTP with the lowest published version: studios releasing a game often publish a range, and operators choose from it.
RTP of released in 2021
The highest headline RTPs among released in 2021 are Pirates Plenty Megaways by Red Tiger (97.65%), Star Pirates Code by Pragmatic Play (96.74%) and Bigger Bass Bonanza by Pragmatic Play (96.71%). The average headline RTP across all 152 is 96.12%, and the lowest is 90.17% on Mystic Staxx.
46 of them (30%) are published in more than one RTP version, so the return depends on the version an operator runs. The widest gap is on Rich Wilde and the Amulet of Dead: from 96.29% down to 84.24%.
Volatility and max win
Volatility is published for 90 of the 152 games: 1 low, 15 medium, 39 high and 35 very high.
The largest published max wins are 20,000× on Dragon Hot Hold and Spin, 20,000× on Hot to Burn Hold and Spin and 20,000× on Cash Elevator. The median max win of the 52 games that publish one is 5,000×. A max win is a rare ceiling, not a result to expect.
Studios, years and free demos
6 studios make the games in this list. The most represented are Pragmatic Play with 53 (average RTP 96.52%), Play'n GO with 46 (average RTP 96.22%) and BGaming with 19 (average RTP 95.29%).
Release years run from 2021 to 2021; the newest are Pirates Plenty Megaways (2021), Star Pirates Code (2021) and Bigger Bass Bonanza (2021).
139 of the 152 (91%) have a free official demo that runs on their page with no sign-up.