Every Cash Bandits Game Ranked

The Cash Bandits series is one of the few Realtime Gaming slot series that just seem to outshine all its competition in the robber-themed slots department. Sure, Realtime Gaming often does an excellent job - they have a long history of supplying users with solid games featuring great features, amazing return to player percentages and captivating themes, but there are some games that just instantly become classics, which usually entice RTG into coming out with sequel after sequel. This is the case when it comes to Cash Bandits, and while every Cash Bandit game is playable, exciting, and rewarding, comparing the games and picking the best one can be a difficult task. Luckily, as a Cash Bandits expert, I've ranked every game according to playability, special features, and game theme for you.

1. Cash Bandits 3

When Cash Bandits 3 came out, fans were hungry for the next installment, filled with glee at the possibility of more wins through the vault feature. My first impression of this game was the graphics - which improved greatly from the original incarnation of the slot. I would argue this is the best of the games because RTG had to think long and hard about how to top Cash Bandits 1 and 2 without taking away all of the elements that make those games fantastic. This game has high-paying wild robbers, and still features the iconic Vault Feature available in the prior games. Jackpots are also available, and the slot is playable via Android, IOS and desktop computer if you prefer.

This highly rated game offers the most iconic aspects of Cash Bandits in a new and improved way. The reels are located outside of a bank that you're trying to rob, and it feature plenty of familiar symbols if you played the prior games, such as handcuffs and donuts. The medium-paying symbols include policemen and bank tellers, while the robber is unsurprisingly the highest paying symbol. This game offers more variety in bets than the previous incarnations, awarding 62.50 coins as the maximum bet, and as little as 2.50 for the minimum. To land wins, you'll need to stack two to five matching symbols, and if you land five wild robbers you'll scoop up 5,000x your line bet. These robbers also operate as substitute symbols. Two jackpots are available and the amount of the mini and minor jackpot payout will be displayed at the top of the reels.

The vault feature hasn't changed much, but has been improved upon. If you land three, four or five scatters, you'll trigger the Vault Feature. It's the same as the prior games, you guess the numbers on the keypad to open the vault. However, this game variation offers more winning potential. You can win up to 390 free spins this time, with a 23x multiplier. The overall maximum win potential is 50,000x your bet, and at first glance that's not much better than other Cash Bandit games, however the major differences between this slot and the other games is The Vault Featuree pays out more spins, and the stake range has also been increased to include high rollers. While the game is thematically similar to the original two, the graphs are updated for a sleeker, modern and more detailed appearance.

2. Cash Bandits Museum Heist

This game ranks second on the list for theme originality. Rather than just improving upon the features of the Cash Bandits slots that already exist, the developers focused on providing players with a unique, new experience. This time, the gang is trying to rob a museum filled with valuable artifacts. The slot played on a five reel, three row slot machine with 25 total pay lines. Visually, this slot is well rendered with a plethora of symbols that represent both the characters you'd encounter at a museum, along with the items you'd find. The highest paying symbol is the security guard, followed by the receptionist and the museum itself. Other symbols include a fancy bust, a painting, the king’s crown and a Faberge egg. The lower paying symbols consist of a pink necklace and purple earnings, blue gem rings and green gem rings., This game has two robbers, which represent the game’s wilds. The two wilds are exciting, both operating as a substitute to create new payouts, along with being able to randomly morph nine symbols into an expanded version of itself. The crash bandits scatter will also trigger up to nine free games. Like other incarnations of Cash Bandits, this game has two progressive jackpots, represented as majors and minors, and both can be triggered at random.

The best real money slots have lots of features to keep things interesting, and the Cash Bandits Museum Heist online slot is no different. There is the Crash Bandits scatter symbol that will trigger up to nine free games. On top of all that, there are two progressive jackpots, called the major and Minor, which can be randomly triggered. The minimum bet is 0.01, while the maximum bet is 20 coins. This is a high volatility slot like other Cash Bandits games, and includes a nice RTP of 96%. While this game doesn't feature the legendary Vault Feature the others did, this game is fun because of its fresh theme and morphing feature. Instead of cops, the robbers are fighting against security guards.

3. Cash Bandits 2

Cash Bandits 2 is the sequel to the original and is most loved for its progressive jackpots. However, this is a high volatility slot with a RTP percentage of 95.3%, that being said the free games feature delivers up to 190 free spins with a 17x multiplier, plus two progressive jackpots. So while this game is a high risk affair, the reward is generally worth it. This game is played on a 5x3 format with 25 adjustable pay lines, and features 11 symbols like a cop, a cop badge, a key, a wanted poster, an alarm, a loot bag, handcuffs, and a cup of coffee with a donut. This time, the game logo is the wild, and will substitute for all symbols except the scatter. The scatter is the bandit and holds a bag of loot comically.

Like the first game, it pokes fun at stereotypes with masked robbers and gluttonous donut-loving cops, and the aesthetics and graphics haven't shifted much from the original, but they are more up-to-date and detailed. There are a lot of charming added details, like the police tape operating as a user interface. While this is technically a high risk, high reward game stats wise, the maximum bet you can place is 6.25 coins, which probably adds to the allure for an average player. You need to bet high on the game to have a good chance of winning, but the game’s highest wager itself doesn't ascend past reasonable limits for the average player. The maximum obtainable win is 50,000x your stake, while the highest paying base symbol is the cop, followed by the woman. In many ways, this sequel just feels like an update to the original, and doesn't stray far away from it feature-wise. Three or more scatters activate the Vault Feature, where you need to guess a random five-digit code to land the prizes. You can also retrigger the feature with five more free spins, giving you another chance to land rewards. This novelty game is pretty similar to the first Cash Bandits when you first glance at it, but the vault feature pays out more, so in ways, this second game in the series took everything successful about the first Cash Bandits, and made it a little more lucrative.

4. Cash Bandits

This is the original game that started it all, and surprisingly it’s still as timeless as ever despite being the oldest game on the list. This game plays on the cops and robbers scenario, and your job is to assist the robbers in unlocking as many vaults as possible. This original game is one of RTGs most popular games, period. The goal is to essentially play as the robber and steal the cop’s doughnuts, guns, and racing police cars. Winning big is possible by landing a bunch of the wilds, and triggering the legendary Vault feature, where you need to unlock four vaults to win up to 90 free games, along with large prize multipliers. This game is also lovable for its stake range, allowing players to participate in this lucrative game for as little as 0.25 per spin. While this is the oldest RTG slot here, as I previously mentioned, it's still mobile phone adaptable and can be accessed through your smartphone or tablet. This game is played on five reels and features three rows of symbols. The ultimate goal of the game is to avoid cops and rob a bank. The artwork of the classic features iconic imagery that is later revisited in other Cash Bandit games.

Players can expect to see handcuffs, megaphones and donut symbols worth 100 coins, while guns pay out 250 coins for a match, and sirens award 500. Other robbers pay out 800, and the cop symbol pays out 1,250. The banking symbols are the most valuable and award 1,500 coins. If you land wild safe symbols, you'll be rewarded generously. However, the best bonus comes through the scattered cops and robber symbols. These symbols instantly award 200x your total bet, and landing three or more of them will trigger the aforementioned Vault Feature. Players will receive five games, with double prizes as their initial reward. You will need to crack a digital keypad to complete the robbery, and even just guessing one digit correctly will award five additional spins with a 3x multiplier. If you crack two, you'll walk away with ten games and a 4x multiplier, while three digits pay out 20 games and a 5x multiplier. Finally, correctly crack the vault four digit code and take home 50 free spins with a 6x multiplier prize. Out of all of the games, the theme itself is the most basic, simply because it’s the first of it's kind.