Outsourced: Design and Theme
🖼️ Graphics
Outsourced looks like a workshop where toys, old gadgets and other cheap mass-market items are assembled. The grid is a conveyor belt, while the symbols include a “Pikachu” head, a Game Boy (though here they call it a Gaybo), trainers, mannequin hands and more. Everything around is styled as a factory line with robotic arms. The slot is intentionally overloaded with neon colours and strange objects — exactly the Nolimit City approach, where grotesque outweighs beauty.
🎶 Sound
In the base game, a simple, almost unnoticeable tune plays — as if someone picked background music for monotonous factory work. Nothing remarkable, just ambience for conveyor labour. But in the bonuses, a bizarre song with 8-bit vocals starts: at first it sounds lively and even catchy, until you listen to the lyrics — “we work in a factory, we are slaves in a factory, we make stuff in a factory, almost die in the factory.” At that point, the atmosphere shifts sharply: this is no cheerful workshop, but more like forced labour disguised as a slot.
Outsourced Mechanics
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🥁 Grid Size |
4x4 |
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📊 Ways to win |
256 |
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➕ Bonus Game |
✅ |
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🤑 Jackpot |
❌ |
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💸 Extra Bet / Ante Bet |
✅ |
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🪂 Fixed Multipliers |
✅ |
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♻️ Respins |
✅ |
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❎ Gamble |
❌ |
Winning Combinations
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Symbol |
3 |
4 |
|---|---|---|
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Baby Mannequin Head |
x0.25 |
x0.50 |
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Handheld Console |
x0.15 |
x0.25 |
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Trainer / Pikachu / Mannequin Hand |
x0.10 |
x0.15 |
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A / K / Q / J |
x0.05 |
x0.05 |
Special Symbols
- Wild — substitutes for all symbols except the scatter; if a full line of wilds lands, it pays on its own: x0.50 for 4 in a row. Any xNudge enhancement applies to the wild as well.
- Scatter — required to enter the bonus: 3 scatters = Sweatshop Spins, 4 scatters = Sweatiershop Spins.
- xWays — a “mystery” symbol that unfolds into 2–4 identical symbols and increases the number of ways; multiple xWays in a spin always reveal the same symbol. If such a block forms part of a win during Print Spins, the payout applies the current positional multiplier.
- xNudge Wild — a wild that nudges to full height on its reel; each “step” adds +1 to the wild multiplier, and multipliers on the screen are combined.
- M-A-K-S letters — appear in the base game; if all letters land in a single spin, an instant max win of x5,000 is awarded, and the round ends immediately.
Bonus Game
In Outsourced, the bonuses revolve around a factory-style system: first, we build multipliers on the conveyor, then we spend them in prize rounds. Simple on paper, chaotic in reality.
- Print Spins. A mechanic active both in the base game and bonuses. Symbols from a winning combination disappear, and their positions gain +1 to the multiplier. When a new win forms, the process repeats. On xWays, the multiplier applies directly to the symbol size, which can blow up the payout instantly. The sequence ends when no more wins form.
- Sweatshop Spins. Triggered by 3 scatters. Awarded 3 spins, and all positional multipliers from the base game are carried over. With each spin, they can continue growing thanks to Print Spins.
- Sweatiershop Spins. Triggered by 4 scatters. Awarded 5 spins with the same rules as Sweatshop, just with more room to build multipliers.
- Extra Spin. After any normal spin, you may purchase one more spin for an additional cost. The price depends on the current multipliers on the grid. It’s a chance to squeeze the setup if it looks like something big is about to happen. However, scatters do not appear in Extra Spins, so extending the bonus further from there is impossible.
RTP, Volatility, Max Win
Outsourced has a stated base RTP of 96.08%. Volatility is marked as extreme — the game can hold long stretches of dead spins and then suddenly “explode” thanks to multipliers and bonuses. The maximum win is capped at x5,000 of your stake.
Our Verdict
Outsourced leaves mixed impressions. On the one hand, it has Nolimit City's signature trash-aesthetic: acidic visuals, factory horror with conveyor humour, and mechanics that are both amusing and disturbing. On the other hand, it’s an extremely volatile slot where regular spins can drag on pointlessly, and everything relies on Print Spins and rare bonuses. During testing, the feeling was clear: Extra Spin tempts you to “push” the multipliers, but more often ends in losses. Yet if you hit a Maks Win in God Mode or get a strong bonus run, the screen turns into a conveyor of banknotes.
This game is definitely not for players expecting quick wins. It suits those ready for severe downswings and sudden bursts of massive payouts. If you want something similar but from a different angle, try Duck Hunters from Nolimit City: it also uses positional multipliers but with a completely different theme and mechanics. And if you prefer the idea of sudden huge multipliers, choose Gates of Olympus from Pragmatic Play, where Zeus throws x500 like lightning bolts out of nowhere.
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