Hacksaw Gaming

Scratch Cards Reinvented

Hacksaw Gaming was founded in Malta in 2018 with the specific intention of digitising scratch card mechanics for a mobile slot audience. Their early catalogue — digital scratch cards with instant-win prize structures — established the brand in a niche that established studios had ignored. The pivot to hybrid slot/scratch games from 2020 onward brought that design sensibility to video slot formats without losing the immediacy that scratch card players prefer.

Stick ‘Em (2020) and Chaos Crew (2021) are the studio’s flagship titles: both use sticky respins, a high hit-frequency base game, and a bonus structure designed to deliver dramatic swings rather than gradual accumulation. The visual design across all Hacksaw titles prioritises interface cleanliness — large touchable elements, minimal on-screen information clutter, and animations calibrated to feel satisfying on a phone screen without requiring headphones.

Mobile-Native Architecture

Hacksaw titles are built mobile-first in a way that goes beyond technical specification — the interaction design clearly reflects that the primary playback device is a phone held in portrait or landscape. Bonus feature selections, gamble decisions, and free spin configurations are optimised for single-thumb interaction in a way that many desktop-first studios have never matched. Combined with above-average RTPs (96.2% catalogue average) and strong operator support, this makes Hacksaw one of the fastest-growing studios since 2020.