Relax Gaming · 2020 · tested 2026-09-13
Snake Arena
Round 47 turned reel 2 fully wild for FUN 0 in the Snake Arena demo, one of 14 blank Wild Chases among 79 in a test where free spins could end on a blocked path.
- RTP measured / declared 87.4% 96.25%
- Hit frequency 22%
- Max win · no bonus 90x
- Bonus buy · mean result 70x · 1.08x
- Free spins, natural 46 / 10,000
- Bonus frequency 4.6 bHz
In numbers: measured RTP 87.4% against 96.25% declared over 10,000 logged rounds; 22.2% of rounds paid; a natural bonus landed once per 217 rounds (46 in total) and a bonus round paid a median 42.8x the stake, mean 61.6x, trigger spin included; 50 bonus buys at 70x returned 1.08x of their price on average, 64% of them below the price; the biggest round paid 296.2x; the longest dry run was 36 spins.
Test card
10,000 spins · FUN 2.00 bet · every request logged| Spins | 10,000 |
| Bet | FUN 2.00 |
| RTP declared | 96.25% |
| RTP measured | 87.36% (approximate 95% CI 74.8–99.9) |
| Hit frequency | 22% · every 4.51 |
| Dead streak max / avg | 36 / 4.53 |
| Median hit | 1.20x |
| Max win (no bonus round) | 90.0x · round 1490 |
| Free spins, natural | 46 · 4.6 bHz · every 217.4 spins · mean bonus round payout 61.6x stake |
| Balance start → end | 5,000 → 2,472 |
each run keeps its own spin log, CSV and raw server journal with checksums; the figures on this card combine all runs
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RELAX GAMING · official demo · same math as real play
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Bonus buy lab
50 buys × 70x · FUN 140 eachmean 1.08x · median 0.726× price (FUN 101.60) · 32 of 50 below price · best 7.11x · worst 0.07x
| Spins per bonus (avg / min–max) | 7.2 / 4–14 |
| Extended | 0.0% |
| Bonuses that paid nothing | 0% |
Snake Arena has no fixed starting spin batch to retrigger. Catching a knight continues the same snake feature until collision or board completion, so a longer feature is not counted as a retrigger.
- Spent
- FUN 7,00050 × FUN 140
- Returned
- FUN 7,567.60108.11% · approximate 95% CI 72–144%
- Net
- +FUN 567.60+4.1 buys
- Break-even or better
- 18 / 5036%
- Paid 2× price or more
- 6 / 5012%
- Price in base spins
- 70natural trigger every ~217 spins
One ticket equals 70 ordinary stakes. Natural bonuses occurred once per 217 ordinary rounds in this sample. Stakes multiplied by this interval measure gross wagering, not the net cost of obtaining a bonus. Purchase returns above include the complete purchased round and are divided by the ticket price.
Risk profile
how much bankroll this run needed| 50 bets | bust at spin 98 |
| 100 bets | bust at spin 454 |
| 200 bets | bust at spin 647 |
One run, one bet size. A different session can bust earlier or never; treat this as a measured example, not a rule.
How it plays
10 rules screens from the game
Snake Arena builds its game around a moving wild snake on a five-by-five board, with 30 fixed paylines underneath. Matching symbols must connect across at least three reels, beginning at the first; each line pays its best combination. The knight and every part of the snake substitute for ordinary symbols. A snake head on reel 1 together with a knight opens free spins.
Catching the knight grows the snake, then starts another spin with its body occupying wild positions. A new knight appears each time, and the snake seeks a shortest route using at most one turn. It takes a route that reaches the knight when possible; equally valid routes are chosen randomly. A collision with its own body ends the feature, while completely filling reels 2–5 ends it with an additional 1,000x stake award.
Wild Chase is a separate random event during ordinary play. A snake and knight emerge at opposite ends of a reel; meeting turns that reel wild and repeats the chase on another reel. Each reel allows three attempts, after which a failed meeting ends the sequence and the reels are evaluated. Between one and five reels can become wild, but the resulting symbols still have to form paying lines.
Entry can also be purchased for 70 stakes, or FUN 140 at the test's FUN 2 setting. Both access routes declare 96.25% theoretical RTP. Relax describes the game as high volatility and advertises a 2,758.8x maximum; the demo configuration rounds that figure to 2,759x.
Wild symbol
Expanding symbol
Free spins
Bonus buy
Bet range FUN 0.10 – 1000 per spin · payouts read from the game's paytable at bet FUN 2.00
Gallery
5 frames from the demo session
Verdict
The wild reel still needs a paying lineA profitable purchase ledger hides a losing majority here: 32 tickets returned less than FUN 140, and the median was FUN 101.60. Purchase 30 paid FUN 995 from twelve free spins plus its trigger payment, exceeding the entire series profit of FUN 567.60. The longer purchase 25 lasted fourteen spins but returned FUN 714.80. Snake length alone did not rank these payouts.
Waiting for the knight had its own cost. A natural bonus arrived every 217.4 ordinary rounds on average, with 903 rounds between triggers 7696 and 8600. Natural bonus rounds contributed FUN 5,671.20 to the ordinary series, which still closed FUN 2,528.40 down.
Full wild reels looked more promising than they sometimes proved: round 47 turned reel 2 wild for no payout, and round 224 did the same with reel 3. In contrast, the four wild reels at round 1215 paid FUN 152. Across all 79 Wild Chases, fourteen paid nothing; the transformation only helps when the remaining positions connect into a paying line.
- The 70x entry price is visible before purchase; the test logged FUN 140 debits and FUN 7,567.60 returned across fifty entries.
- Four wild reels combined for FUN 152 at round 1215, showing that Wild Chase can pay outside free spins.
- A growing snake extends wild coverage: the fourteen-spin natural feature at round 6926 returned FUN 592.40.
- Fourteen Wild Chases ended with zero payment despite producing full wild reels.
- Most purchased entries missed their price: 32 returns were below FUN 140.
- The longest observed wait between natural triggers contained 903 non-triggering rounds.
Test record
10,000 rounds · 50 buys · open data · closed rigOne test run so far: a single session of the base game plus a separate series of bonus purchases on the official demo server, every request and response logged. When the game is tested again, the new run is added here and the figures on this page combine all runs into one sample.
- 10,000rounds logged
- 22%rounds that paid
- 296xbiggest round
- 1 / 217natural bonus rate
- 1.08xmean of 50 buys
- 36longest dry streak
01run Run 012026-09-13 measured return87.36%-8.9 pts vs declared
- 95% band
- 74.8–99.9%
- rounds that paid
- 22%
- biggest round
- 296x · round 6,926
- longest dry streak
- 36
- natural bonuses
- 46 · one per 217 rounds
- bonus buys
- mean 1.08x · median 0.726x · 64% below price
- balance start → end
- 5,000 → 2,472
- deepest drawdown
- 1,329x
10000 base-game spins at a fixed FUN 2.0 bet; 50 bonus buys at 140.0 each (70.0x); mode: Snake chase free spins; duration ends when the snake is blocked on the official Relax Gaming demo server (jurisdiction MT, RTP profile 96.25%); every request and response logged; test run 2026-09-13.
The test rig plays the official demo build over the network and records every server round: bet, win, intermediate steps (cascades, respins), free spins, collect. Screenshots and video were captured in a separate browser session and are not part of the statistical samples. The text was read against the log by an editor before publication. How we test →
FAQ
5 questions · answered from the logWhy was Snake Arena’s full wild reel worth nothing?
Wild Chase expands reels but still pays through the 30 fixed lines. At round 47, a wild reel in column 2 failed to connect a paying combination, returning FUN 0. Fourteen of the 79 Wild Chases recorded in this Snake Arena test had no payout.
Does buying Snake Arena free spins pay back the 70x cost?
Yes in aggregate, but narrowly and not for most tickets. The fifty FUN 140 purchases returned FUN 7,567.60 for FUN 7,000 spent, a FUN 567.60 profit. Yet 32 individual tickets paid less than their price, and the median payout was FUN 101.60. Purchase 30 alone returned FUN 995, so the positive total does not describe a consistently profitable entry.
How frequently did Snake Arena trigger its bonus?
Natural Snake Arena bonuses appeared 46 times during 10,000 ordinary spins, an observed average of one per 217.4 rounds. The longest interval contained 903 non-triggering spins, between rounds 7696 and 8600. Trigger timing in the sample varied widely around that average.
Can I steer the snake or save it from crashing?
Movement follows the game’s path rules, with at most 1 turn on the route to a knight; there is no directional choice for the player. If both eligible routes reach the knight, the game chooses randomly. The 46 natural features in this journal lasted from 3 to 14 spins before their paths were blocked.
Is Snake Arena’s 96.25% RTP what the demo actually returned?
No. The measured ordinary-play return was 87.36%: FUN 17,471.60 paid from FUN 20,000 wagered. The 96.25% figure is the theoretical return of the selected game profile, including its rare outcomes. A 10,000-round observation can differ substantially; this sample’s approximate 95% interval was 74.83–99.88%.
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