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Break Away
A Microgaming slot with sports, hockey themes. This entry explains its listed format only; it does not promote play.
- RTP
- 96.29%
- Volatility
- High
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What this guide explains
Key concepts to understand
Format: 243 Ways
Volatility: High
Theme tags: Sports, Hockey
Slot information
Theme & game design
One-line verdictThe original in a long hockey series, and still the cleanest read of the group.
A Microgaming slot with sports, hockey themes. This entry explains its listed format only; it does not promote play.
A short story from the game world
A player takes a shot from the blue line and the puck leaves a trail of heat behind it. The goalie has committed already.
Break Away is the original in Microgaming's ice hockey line, and its key art is a slapshot from the blue line, the puck trailing heat toward a goalie who has already committed. It plays on five reels with 243 ways, the starting format that later entries in the series each replaced with something of their own.
The hub lists Hockey and Sports themes but no named features. Because the follow-ups changed formats and several of them added free spins, this is the version to open in the demo if you want to see the base design the rest of the family builds on.
It was released on 6 May 2015 and carries high volatility, an RTP of 96.29% and bets from 0.5 to 250. No top win is published for it. A high rating paired with a wide stake range describes how results are distributed, not what any particular session will bring.
Microgaming effectively wrote the grammar of the online slot, and that depth still shows in every corner of the screen. The silhouette of a single symbol, the order of a paytable, the cue that marks a change of state — nothing here is left half-finished. Almost no other studio carries decades of formats, from classic three-reel machines to 117,649-way Maxways boards, in one library without the design language coming apart. If you are studying how these games are built, this is the most reliable text you can read.
- Built as a ways to win game on 5 reels and 243 ways. 420 titles here share this format, so it is a well-covered one to learn from.
- Its published RTP of 96.29% sits level with the 96.2% median of the other 384 ways to win games here. RTP is a long-run theoretical figure, not a per-session one.
- The studio grades it high volatility, which 42% of ways to win games here share. Volatility describes the spread of outcomes, not how often a result arrives.
- Its artwork reads as sports, which is how it is grouped for the structure-match panel below.
- A studio-published play-money demo is embedded above, as it is for 116 other Microgaming titles here.
Microgaming does not publish win cap for this title, so that field is left empty rather than estimated.
Assembled from the published figures above and arithmetic over the catalogue. It does not forecast results.- You are comfortable with long quiet stretches — a high volatility label means results are spread wide by design, not that they come more often.
- You want to understand ways-to-win — matches count on adjacent reels wherever they land, so the grid is read by route, not by line.
- You want to try before reading further — the studio's own demo runs on this page with play money only.
RTP, volatility, maximum win and bet ranges are reference values and can differ by game version or market. Source: Microgaming official game page.
- Microgaming has 146 slots in this catalogue; this guide is one of them.
- Among the 132 Microgaming slots with a single published RTP, 96.29% ranks #24.
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Assembled by arithmetic over the catalogue. Ranks order the published figures by size; they are not a quality rating.FAQ
Break Away — frequently asked questions
- What is the RTP of Break Away?
- The studio-published RTP is 96.29%. RTP is a long-run theoretical return, not a per-session result, and some operators run lower-RTP builds.
- How volatile is Break Away?
- The studio lists its volatility as High. Volatility describes how results are spread, not how likely a win is.
- What is the maximum win on Break Away?
- Microgaming does not publish a win cap for Break Away.
- Can I play Break Away for free?
- Yes. The studio's official demo runs on this page with play money only — no sign-up and no real funds.
- When was Break Away released?
- Microgaming lists the release date as 2015-05-06.
Structure match
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