Good Times Studios — new studio, big claims, two games to back them up
Right then. Good Times Studios is the kind of casino-studio story that comes around every six months. Founders with claimed industry experience, slick branding, a couple of slots, big plans on the roadmap. Sometimes these studios become Hacksaw or NoLimit City. Sometimes they ship four games and disappear. Too early to know which side this lands on.
Here’s what we do know.
The library, today
Two games live as of May 2026: Avalanche (their flagship, released 14 April 2026) and Vatica: Voice of Lost Souls. Four more themed releases on the roadmap through Q3 2026 — Pirate, Fantasy, Space, Farm. Studio-as-a-pipeline rather than a marquee-release shop, which is fine if the pipeline holds. Hacksaw shipped fewer than 12 slots a year and still became one of the most-streamed studios on the planet. Slow can work.
The Hacksaw connection
The free-play demos on goodtimesstudios.com don’t run on the studio’s own RGS. They run on static-local.hacksawgaming.com and call the Hacksaw RGS API. That tells us the studio uses Hacksaw Gaming’s technical stack for game certification and game-server hosting. This isn’t a problem — Hacksaw’s pipeline is well-certified, and a new studio leaning on proven infrastructure is sensible. It does mean that Hacksaw’s distribution agreements likely shape where Good Times Studios games end up. If a casino carries Hacksaw, they have a low-friction path to also offering Good Times Studios titles.
Avalanche, the only game we can properly score
Avalanche is the showcase. 5×5 grid, cascading wins, multiplier Wilds stacking to 50x, a guaranteed-Avalanche bonus feature with a growing global multiplier, and a Max Win Wheel ceiling of 15,000x your stake. 96.24% RTP. High volatility. On paper this is a Hacksaw-style game with Hacksaw-style maths. Read the full breakdown on the Avalanche review.
The UK availability problem
Be honest about this. The casinos featured on Good Times Studios’ own Avalanche page are Gamdom, Wildz, Twin, Goldenbet, Lucky Anon, Telbet, Betwarts, Rolletto and Casino Slot Express. None of these are UKGC-licensed. Most of them are crypto-first or non-UK-market casinos.
For UK players that’s an honest “wait and see.” The mechanics look promising, the RTP is competitive, and Hacksaw’s pipeline tends to land at UKGC operators eventually. But right now, if you’re playing at MrVegas, LeoVegas or any UKGC-licensed casino, you cannot play Avalanche there. Yet.
We’ll update this page when UK distribution lands. If you spot Avalanche at a UKGC casino before we do, tell us.
Who Good Times Studios is for
If you’re curious about new slot mechanics and willing to wait for UKGC availability before depositing — yes, watch this studio. If you want to play their games right now, you’re outside the UKGC perimeter. We do not recommend that.
8.0 — graded on Avalanche’s mechanics, the Hacksaw-pipeline credibility, and the published roadmap. Score is provisional and will move as more games release and UK distribution becomes traceable.
What we love
- Avalanche launches with serious mechanics — cascading wins, multiplier wilds, 15,000x ceiling
- Built on Hacksaw Gaming's RGS — proven game integrity, fair certification path
- 96.24% RTP on Avalanche sits at the higher end for high-volatility slots
- Deliberate slow-release cadence (4 themes scheduled through Q3 2026)
- Strong visual identity from launch — not the usual generic-studio look
Where they slip
- Library is two games. Two.
- UK distribution still building — UKGC casino availability not yet broad
- No streaming or track-record data yet — variance and payout reliability unproven over volume
- Founding team's experience is claimed but unnamed publicly