Pirots 2
Slots · Released October 31, 2023
The grid itself is the feature here. Pirots 2 starts at 6x6 and physically expands to 8x8 as birds collect symbols, so the playing area grows during a round rather than the payouts merely multiplying. That is ELK's signature mechanic and almost nobody else builds it. The cost shows in the published RTP of 94%, two points under the catalogue median.
Pirots 2 at a glance
94%
RTP
High
Volatility
10,000x
Max win
Cluster pays
Pays by
25.4%
Hit frequency
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How Pirots 2 pays
The game runs on a grid that expands from 6x6 to 8x8.
Pirots 2 is rated high volatility. Against the 7 ELK Studios titles here, its 94% return matches their 94% median, and the 10,000x ceiling is close to their 10,000x median.
The ceiling is 10,000x the stake, so a $1 spin caps at $10,000.
It is the 14th of 17 2023 releases from ELK Studios that we track.
ELK Studios publishes the 94% return, the 10,000x ceiling and the 25.4% hit frequency on its own page for Pirots 2 at elk-studios.com.
What Pirots 2 actually does
Pirots 2 pays by cluster pays, the format on 30 of the 221 games in this catalogue.
Free Spins is the round the rest feeds, with expanding grid changing how it behaves once it starts. The 10,000x ceiling is reachable there and effectively nowhere else.
Buy Bonus shortens the wait at a higher stake. That widens the swing on a high-volatility game without moving the 94% return, and several regulated markets switch the option off entirely.
| Mechanic | What it does |
|---|---|
| Cluster Pays | Groups pay, not lines |
| Wild | Substitutes for regular symbols |
| Expanding Grid | The playing field grows |
| Free Spins | Spins awarded without a stake |
| Buy Bonus | Pay to enter the bonus round |
Cluster Pays
Wins form when enough matching symbols touch each other horizontally or vertically, with no paylines involved. The minimum cluster is typically five symbols, and clusters usually clear to allow further wins from the same spin.
Expanding Grid
The grid adds rows or reels under set conditions, increasing the number of positions and therefore the number of ways a combination can form. The expansion is often tied to the bonus round and may persist for its duration.
Setting and presentation
Pirate. Ships, doubloons and island maps, with the bonus round normally framed as a raid or a buried hoard.
Animals. Wildlife imagery on the reels, from farm animals to big game, usually with the higher paying symbols reserved for the more dramatic species.
Also tagged: Dinosaurs.
Games like Pirots 2
| Game | Provider | RTP | Volatility | Max win | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cygnus 6 | ELK Studios | 94% | high | 50,000x | 2026-01-06 |
| Grizzly Stampede | ELK Studios | 96% | high | 50,000x | 2026-09-01 |
| Bushido Gold | ELK Studios | 94% | high | 25,000x | 2026-03-24 |
| Ryze 2 | ELK Studios | 94% | high | 10,000x | 2026-03-03 |
| Le Bruno | Hacksaw Gaming | 94.29% | medium | 2,500x | 2026-07-20 |
| Lucky Ferret | Onlyplay | 96.5% | high | 25,610x | 2026-01-08 |
Cygnus 6 is the nearest match of the 6: they share Wild, Expanding Grid and Free Spins, and it runs 94% against its 94%.
3 of the 6 published returns above beat 94%, topped by Lucky Ferret at 96.5%, and Cygnus 6 sits lowest at 94%.
Its 10,000x ceiling is well under the 25,000x middle of that set, where Cygnus 6 reaches 50,000x.
5 of the 6 rated games there share its high volatility; Le Bruno is the exception at medium.
4 of the 6 come from ELK Studios as well; the rest are Hacksaw Gaming, Onlyplay and Onlyplay.
6 of them are newer than it, and it landed 26 months before Cygnus 6.
Every one of them carries Wild, Buy Bonus as well.
Pirots 2 questions
How does the expanding grid in Pirots 2 work?
Each of the four birds collects symbols of its own colour, and filling a collection expands the grid one step, from 6x6 up to a maximum of 8x8. The expansion persists for the rest of the round, so later wins are evaluated on a larger area.
Why is the Pirots 2 RTP only 94%?
The expanding grid and the collection meters are expensive features to fund, and ELK pays for them out of return. At 94% it sits about two percentage points below the median across our catalogue, so it is a game to play for the mechanic rather than for the odds.
What is the RTP of Pirots 2?
94%, published by ELK Studios. That is 0 points above the 94% median of the other 6 ELK Studios games with a page here. Against the 220 published returns across the whole catalogue it is 2.2 points below the 96.2% median.
Can I play Pirots 2 for free?
Yes. The build above is the one ELK Studios ships, at the same 94% return and the same 10,000x ceiling; only the credits are virtual, and there is no deposit or signup. It runs the same a grid that expands from 6x6 to 8x8 as the paid build.
What is the maximum win on Pirots 2?
The ceiling is 10,000x the stake, so a $1 spin caps at $10,000. The other 6 ELK Studios games published here sit at a 17,500x median. Across the 219 published ceilings the median is 10,000x, and 91 of them reach further than this one, while 47 stop at the same figure.
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Written by Tasho Tashev
Slots & Crypto-Casino Editorial Author