| RTP | 96.17% |
| Volatility | High |
| Max win | 10,000x |
| Provider | Hacksaw Gaming |
| Release | 2021 |
| Grid | 5x5 |
| Mechanic | 15 fixed paylines + cascade |
| Bets | $0.20 – $100 |
| Multipliers | Daruma: +1 to +100 add-on, x2–x5 total multiplier |
| Free spins | 10 free spins — multiplier does not reset between spins |
| Mobile | Yes |
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My review of Toshi Video Club
My experience
Toshi Video Club was one of the Hacksaw slots that first made me sit up and pay attention to the studio, and years on it still holds up. The presentation is the obvious hook — a minimalist palette of black, white and warm neon orange, retro videotapes and TVs, sushi, a frog, a grinning gorilla, and those wonderful round Daruma dolls. It reads instantly, runs buttery-smooth on a phone, and never gets in its own way visually. But I don't review slots on looks, so let me talk about the math.
The base game is deliberately quiet. You're spinning a 5x5 grid with 15 fixed paylines, and cascades give you the occasional chain of two or three wins off one spin. The Daruma multipliers can land here too, but here's the catch: in the base game that global multiplier resets to x1 at the start of every single spin. So while it's pleasant to watch a green Daruma briefly spike your multiplier, the base game on its own is a slow burn. Most of my base-game sessions drifted gently downward between bonuses, which is exactly what a high-volatility slot is supposed to do.
The whole game changes character in free spins. Land 3 or more scatters and you get 10 spins where the multiplier does not reset — it accumulates for the entire round. This is the engine. Early in a bonus you might be sitting at x6 from a couple of Small and Medium Darumas; a Big Daruma worth +100 can suddenly vault you toward triple digits, and a green Daruma multiplying your whole total by x5 is the moment that makes the 10,000x ceiling feel briefly real. The tension of watching that counter climb spin after spin, hoping for one more high-value doll before the round ends, is genuinely gripping — it's the kind of slow build I happen to love.
I also tested the feature buy at 120x. It's a clean way to go straight to the bonus, and the RTP nudges up to 96.24% when you use it, but it's an extreme-variance instrument — plenty of buys land flat, well below cost, before one runs hot. My honest verdict after many sessions: the base game exists to make you crave the bonus, the bonus delivers a real adrenaline curve when the Darumas cooperate, but it shows up rarely and most rounds end modestly. I played most of my time at the lower end of the bet range and I'd tell anyone to start in the free demo. Toshi rewards patience and punishes chasing.
Strengths
- Gorgeous, instantly readable minimalist Japanese-arcade art that runs flawlessly on mobile
- Free-spins multiplier never resets between spins — a genuinely thrilling snowball mechanic
- Four Daruma multiplier types (add +1 up to +100, plus a x2–x5 total multiplier) keep bonuses unpredictable
- Solid 96.17% default RTP, rising to 96.24% with the feature buy
- 10,000x max win ceiling for a high-variance Hacksaw classic
- Wide bet range from $0.20 to $100 suits most bankrolls
- A cult favourite that helped define Hacksaw's early style — and inspired the 2025 sequel Toshi Ways Club
Weaknesses
- High volatility — the base game can run cold, so set a session budget and treat any bonus as the exception
- In the base game the multiplier resets to x1 every spin, so the value is heavily concentrated in free spins
- 10,000x is astronomically rare; enjoy the ceiling as a lottery ticket, never a target
- The 120x feature buy is an extreme-variance bet and is banned in some jurisdictions, including the UK
- Operators may run lower RTP configurations — always check the in-game info screen before depositing
Who is Toshi Video Club for?
Toshi Video Club is for players who love a stylish, high-volatility slot with a slow-burn base game and a snowballing bonus. If you enjoy Hacksaw's design language and don't mind waiting for the free spins to do the heavy lifting, this sits right in your lane: clean cascades, escalating Daruma multipliers, and a 10,000x dream up top. It also suits bonus hunters, with a 120x feature buy and a multiplier-driven round to dig into. Fans of Hacksaw's sharper, higher-risk catalogue — Wanted Dead or a Wild, Le Bandit or Chaos Crew 2 (all reviewed here) — will feel right at home. Beginners aren't shut out either: the minimalist art and 5x5 layout are about as approachable as the studio gets, and at minimum stakes the spectacle is cheap entertainment. But if you'd rather have frequent small wins for your money, my reviews of Big Bass Bonanza and The Dog House cover far gentler rides. Whoever you are: set a budget before you spin, never chase losses, and remember the house edge never sleeps.
How Toshi Video Club works
At its core, Toshi Video Club is a 5x5 slot with 15 fixed paylines — matching symbols along one of 15 defined lines, from the leftmost reel, pay out. Winning combinations trigger cascades, removing the winning symbols so new ones drop in for potential chain wins. Layered on top is a global win multiplier driven by four kinds of Daruma doll. The crucial detail is that this multiplier resets to x1 every spin in the base game but accumulates for the whole round in free spins — which is where almost all the game's value, and excitement, lives. Here is every mechanic, one by one.
Cascading Wins
Toshi Video Club's base movement engine. Whenever you land a winning combination on one of the 15 paylines, those symbols are removed and new ones cascade down to fill the gaps, giving you a chance at consecutive wins from a single spin. The cascades aren't enormous in the base game, but they're what gives the slot its smooth, flowing rhythm and occasionally chain into something worthwhile when a few lines connect at once.
Daruma Multiplier Dolls
The heart of the game. Four types of Daruma doll modify a global win multiplier. Small Daruma add +1, +2 or +5; Medium Daruma add +10, +15 or +20; Big Daruma add +25, +50 or +100; and the green Daruma multiplies your entire accumulated multiplier total by x2, x3, x4 or x5. Stacking a Big Daruma followed by a green Daruma is how the multiplier explodes — the single most important thing to watch on every spin.
Gorilla Wild
The Gorilla wild substitutes for all regular paying symbols (it does not replace scatters), helping complete combinations across the 15 paylines. Five Gorilla wilds across a line is itself one of the better base-game payouts. It's a clean, classic wild — no frills, just a reliable way to turn a near-miss into a connecting win, which matters most when a high multiplier is already on the board.
Free Spins (multiplier never resets)
The defining feature. Land 3 or more scatters to trigger 10 free spins. The critical difference from the base game is that the win multiplier does not reset between spins — every Daruma you collect adds to a running total that carries for the entire round. This is the snowball: a slow start can compound into a triple-digit multiplier by the final spins, and it's where the 10,000x ceiling realistically lives. The whole bonus is a race to stack Darumas before the spins run out.
Feature Buy
For players who don't want to wait for scatters, the feature buy purchases the 10 free spins directly for 120x your bet. Using it nudges the RTP up slightly to 96.24%. As with all bonus buys, it's a question of variance rather than value — plenty of buys land below cost before one runs hot — so I'd only ever use it with money set aside purely for entertainment. Note that bonus buys are prohibited in some jurisdictions, including the UK.
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Toshi Video Club is one of Hacksaw Gaming's most stylish early classics and a slot that still earns its cult status. The minimalist black-and-orange Japanese-arcade look is gorgeous and instantly readable, the cascades give the base game a smooth rhythm, and the Daruma multiplier dolls — especially in a free-spins round where the multiplier never resets — deliver a genuinely thrilling snowball when they cooperate. The 96.17% default RTP (96.24% with the buy) is fair for the genre, and the 10,000x ceiling is real, if astronomically rare. But let me be crystal clear: this is a high-variance slot whose value lives almost entirely in the bonus, the base game will take long cold stretches before it gives anything back, and most sessions end in the red — that is what high volatility plus the house edge means in practice. Play a free demo first, size your bets like a professional, and treat any big bonus as the exception, never the plan. 8.2/10: a beautiful, focused, high-variance slot that rewards patience and discipline. 18+, play responsibly.
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