Nolimit City Slots Explained: xWays, xNudge and More
Nolimit City slots use their own mechanics and swing hard. This guide explains xWays, xNudge, xSplit and max win figures, with real RTP numbers.
By CasinoRadius team, updated 3 November 2026, 8 min read
Last checked: 3 November 2026
If you search for Nolimit City slots, you will find a long list of games with odd names and dark themes. This guide explains who the studio is, what its special features mean, and what the big "max win" numbers really say. It is education only. It is not advice to play.
Who Nolimit City is
Nolimit City is a slot studio: it makes the games, and casinos offer them to players. Its official site lists a company registered in Malta and licensed by the Malta Gaming Authority.
In August 2022, Evolution completed the purchase of Nolimit City. Evolution's own press release gives the date as 8 August 2022 and says the deal was paid in cash. iGaming Business, a trade news site, reports a price of up to 340 million euros, with part of it tied to results in 2023, 2024 and 2025. The same article calls its slots distinctive and says new releases came less often than at many rivals.
You can browse its games on the Nolimit City provider page.
What the studio is known for
Three things come up again and again on the game pages we read.
- High swings. Pages for the games below describe the volatility as extreme or insane. Not every page shows a rating.
- Dark and edgy themes. Titles such as Mental, Six Feet Under and San Quentin 2: Death Row show this. The theme is style only. It has no link to how a game pays.
- Own mechanics. The studio gives its special features names that start with an "x". The official site has a post called "xMechanics Explained", but it only teases the idea. The details below come from the game pages on Playin, a games catalogue.
The "x" features in plain words
These names return in many games, but each game uses them in its own way. Always read the rules screen of the game you open. Below is what the pages we read say.
xWays
On the Mental page, xWays expands a symbol into a stack, which adds more ways to win. On the San Quentin 2 page, an xWays symbol reveals a stack of five matching symbols. As in our Megaways guide, more ways describes the layout. It does not mean you win more often.
xNudge
On the Mental page, a wild nudges to fill the reel, and each nudge raises the wild's multiplier by 1. A simple example: a wild that starts at 2x and nudges twice ends at 4x.
xSplit
On the Mental page, an xSplit symbol splits the symbols to its left into two. On the San Quentin 2 page, a similar feature is called a Razor Split, and it doubles the regular positions on its reel. On the Fire in the Hole 3 page, xSplit splits other symbols on the reel and doubles their value or ways. The effect depends on the game.
xBomb
The Fire in the Hole 3 page describes an xBomb wild. When it explodes, it clears the symbols next to it, and it raises the multiplier for the next collapse. Other games may use bombs differently. In Six Feet Under, the page lists six bomb types that each clear a different pattern of symbols.
Other names, such as Infectious xWays, exist too. We did not read every variant, so the in-game help is the safe source.
xBet and feature buy
The San Quentin 2 page describes an xBet option. It costs extra on each spin and raises the chance of reaching a bonus mode. That is a paid choice, not a free boost. The same page lists a bonus buy, which skips straight to a bonus feature for a fixed price, and says it may be removed in some regulated markets. Our guide to bonus buy slots covers how those prices work, and there is a list of bonus buy games.
What "up to 30,000x or more" means
A max win is written as a multiple of your stake. If you bet 1 unit and the max win is 30,000x, the cap is 30,000 units. At 0.20 per spin the same cap is 6,000. The figure is a ceiling for a single round, not a typical result.
Here are four games from our data, with the numbers as shown on their Playin pages.
| Game | RTP | Max win | Chance of max win (page figure) | |---|---|---|---| | Six Feet Under | 96.05% | 30,000x | about 1 in 93 million | | Fire in the Hole 3 | 96.05% | 70,000x | about 1 in 14.3 million | | Mental | 96.08% | 66,666x | about 1 in 18 million | | San Quentin 2: Death Row | 96.13% | 200,000x | about 1 in 1.5 million |
Read the last column slowly. One in 93 million means you would need tens of millions of spins to meet it once on average. Even one in 1.5 million is far beyond a normal session. These are page figures. We did not test them.
Why is a big max win rare? The whole game must stay at its RTP. If one outcome pays 200,000 times the stake, it must come very rarely, or the long-run return would pass the RTP.
A higher max win does not mean better value. Many games also end the round when the cap is reached, as the Fire in the Hole 3 and Six Feet Under pages say.
Volatility and RTP
The four games above sit close on RTP, between 96.05% and 96.13%. At 96%, a game keeps about 4 of every 100 staked over a very long run. See our guide RTP vs volatility explained.
Volatility is about the pattern. The Fire in the Hole 3 page lists hit frequency at 22.18%, so roughly 78 in 100 spins do not hit a win at all. The Mental page lists 34.19%, and the Six Feet Under page lists 21.90%.
In practice, long dry runs are normal in extreme volatility games, and one session tells you almost nothing. RTP does not make a win "due". Check the figure in the rules screen of the exact game you open, not in a list.
Budget tips for extreme games
- Set a budget before you start. Treat it as money spent on entertainment.
- Use only money you can afford to lose. Never use money for rent, bills or food.
- Work out the number of spins. At 0.20 per spin, a budget of 20 gives 100 spins. At 1.00 per spin it gives 20.
- Feature buys and xBet raise the cost of each round. A 100x buy on a 1 unit stake costs 100 units at once.
- Set a time limit, take breaks, and never raise stakes to win back a loss.
In short
- Nolimit City is a slot studio. Evolution completed its purchase on 8 August 2022.
- The studio uses "x" features such as xWays, xNudge, xSplit and xBomb. They differ from game to game.
- xBet and bonus buy cost extra and do not make a win likely.
- Max wins of 30,000x and more are ceilings with very low odds, shown on page figures from 1 in 1.5 million to 1 in 93 million.
- RTP is a long-run average. Volatility is the pattern. Read both in the game's own rules.
- Set a budget and a time limit before you start.
Play with care
Gambling is for adults aged 18 and over. It is entertainment, not a way to earn money, and it can be addictive. Play only with money you can afford to lose. Set a deposit limit and a time limit before you start, and stop when you reach them. If gambling stops being fun, talk to someone you trust. Organisations such as GambleAware offer free, confidential help (GambleAware serves people in Great Britain, so look for a service in your own country). Gambling rules and what is allowed differ by country. Check the law where you live before you play.
