Game Comparison

Chicken Road from InOut Games is the outlier with the hardest numbers. 98% RTP, four difficulty levels and a step-based design that structurally sets it apart from Aviator, JetX and Spaceman. Instead of an autonomous curve, you walk step by step along a road. Every step raises the multiplier, and you can stop at any point. The round ends the moment a car appears.

Two consequences follow. First, you carry full responsibility for timing. In Aviator the plane climbs on its own, while in Chicken Road you actively decide. Second, the four levels give you a real risk dial. Easy delivers low volatility across 24 rows, while Hardcore demands 15 perfect decisions. No other game in the category offers this level of granularity.

Chicken Road launched on April 4, 2024, licensed under Curacao eGaming 1668/JAZ through InOut's subsidiary IOGr B.V. By early 2026, FRAGA, Casibom, Jojobet, Holiganbet and Meritking had all added the game. The demo mode runs everywhere without registration.

Who should choose it: Players who value control. Beginners on Easy, veterans on Hardcore. The highest RTP in the category.

Aviator is the big bang of the category. Spribe released the title in 2019, setting the template for the entire genre. A red plane takes off, a multiplier climbs, and you hit cash out before the plane disappears. There's no more mechanic than that, and that simplicity is exactly what made Aviator the standard.

RTP sits at 97%, with a theoretical max multiplier of x1,000,000. In practice, values above x1,000 are rare. Spribe offers autoplay with a fixed cash-out target and two parallel bets per round, a feature neither JetX nor Spaceman offer in this form. Round length runs 2 to 20 seconds.

Licensing runs through MGA (Malta), Curacao and the Isle of Man, with no major onshore gambling license despite Aviator being one of the most visited crash games worldwide. FRAGA, Casibom, Jojobet and Holiganbet all carry the title in their live-casino section.

Who should choose it: Players who want the pure crash experience. Anyone running two bets in parallel will find the most flexible interface here.

JetX was released a year before Aviator and is considered by insiders the true forefather of the category. SmartSoft Gaming, based in Georgia, launched the title in 2018: a jet takes off, the curve climbs, and the multiplier crashes anywhere between x2 and x5,000. The look is neon synthwave, and the sound design echoes 80s arcade machines.

RTP is 96%, with a max multiplier of x50,000. Volatility runs noticeably higher than Aviator. Testing JetX shows more crashes under x1.3 and occasional rounds above x500. For players who rate adrenaline above consistency, that's a feature, not a flaw.

JetX has a smaller footprint than Aviator or Chicken Road. SmartSoft doesn't have a distribution partner on the scale of Pragmatic Play. Jojobet, Holiganbet and Meritking carry JetX, licensed through Malta and Curacao.

Who should choose it: Fans of the neon aesthetic and players chasing high variance. Not for beginners.

Spaceman comes from Pragmatic Play, the largest slot studio in Europe and the developer behind Gates of Olympus and Sweet Bonanza. It launched in October 2022, Pragmatic's answer to the crash boom. An astronaut launches into space, the multiplier climbs, and you lock in your win with cash out. The core mechanic is identical to Aviator, with three differences.

First, the max multiplier is capped at x5,000, giving a more realistic distribution. Second, volatility runs lower than Aviator or JetX, with rounds above x20 landing more often and rounds above x100 less often. Third, partial cash-out lets you lock in part of your stake mid-round. That flexibility is exclusive to Pragmatic.

RTP sits at 96.5%, between Aviator (97%) and JetX (96%). Pragmatic Play is far better known for its slot catalog than for Spaceman. The title runs at FRAGA, Casibom, Jojobet, Holiganbet and Meritking. Its mobile build is technically the cleanest of the group.

Who should choose it: Players who trust Pragmatic Play and want lower variance. Partial cash-out is ideal for risk-averse profiles.

Plinko isn't a crash game in the strict sense. A ball drops through a pyramid field full of pins, bounces randomly, and lands in a payout zone. No time element, no rising multiplier, no cash-out decision. So why does Plinko show up in nearly every crash-game comparison? Because it appeals to the same audience: fast rounds, high volatility, selectable risk.

Plinko originates from the US game show "The Price Is Right" (1983). Stake popularized the digital version, and today almost every studio offers a variant. BGaming, Spribe, Pragmatic Play, Evoplay and OnlyPlay all have Plinko titles. RTP ranges between 95% and 99%, depending on the provider, row count (8 to 16) and risk level.

The max multiplier is usually x1,000, or up to x10,000 in special versions. Rounds finish in under 2 seconds, making it the fastest game in this comparison with the highest hourly turnover. FRAGA, Casibom, Jojobet and Holiganbet all carry Plinko, usually under an "Originals" section.

Who should choose it: Players who don't want a timing game. Set and forget: pick the rows and risk level, then let the ball drop.

Chicken Road 2 launched in 2025, a year after the original. InOut Games added several new mechanics. The graphics are more detailed, the chicken walks through a city instead of a generic road, and a new Risk-Step mode lets you raise your stake mid-round. This feature is missing from Chicken Road 1.

RTP drops to 97.5%, below Chicken Road but still above Aviator (97%) and JetX (96%). The max multiplier theoretically climbs to x5,000,000, though wallet caps limit that in practice. Round length runs 4 to 20 seconds, slightly longer than the original.

Availability is narrower than Chicken Road 1. FRAGA, Casibom and Jojobet carry the title regularly; Holiganbet and Meritking do not offer it. Demo mode runs without registration. License: IOGr B.V. / Curacao eGaming.

Who should choose it: Fans of the original who want more variation. Risk-Step mode is the most interesting addition. For pure RTP optimization, Chicken Road 1 remains the better choice.