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JILI's Sequel Era: What the 2024–25 Titles in Our Catalogue Reveal About How the Studio Iterates

Sort the JILI titles documented on this site by release year and something stops looking like coincidence. The 2022–23 stretch is where the distinct names arrive; from 2024 the catalogue mostly grows by extending names it already had — and the successors are consistently rated a tier more volatile than the originals they descend from.

What the release years show

Every game page on this site records a release year. Counting the 66 titles catalogued here gives a distribution that is heavily weighted toward a two-year window:

YearTitles catalogued here
20213
202225
202326
202410
20252
Read this honestly

This is the shape of our catalogue, not a census of everything the studio has shipped. A site's coverage always lags and always selects. What follows is a pattern in the documented set — worth noticing, not worth over-reading.

The 2024–25 entries mostly extend names that already existed

Of the twelve entries dated 2024 or 2025 here, eight carry a name that continues a title already catalogued from 2022 or 2023. Four arrive under genuinely new names — Fortune Garuda 500, Jackpot Bonanza, Agent Ace and the fishing entry Fortune King Jackpot.

Original (year)Successors catalogued here
Super Ace (2022)Super Ace Deluxe, Super Ace Joker (2024), Super Ace 2 (2025)
Fortune Gems (2022)Fortune Gems 3 (2024)
Golden Empire (2022)Golden Empire 2 (2024)
Boxing King (2022)Boxing King: Title Match (2024)
Roma X (2023)Roma X Deluxe (2024), Roma X 10000 (2025)

For a player this is mostly good news, and it is the practical reason the pattern is worth naming: learn one skeleton and you can read its descendants without paying the learning tax again. Our signature-families piece covers those skeletons directly.

But the successors run hotter

The more striking part of the pattern is what changes between an original and its extension. Comparing the figures listed on this site's own game pages:

TitleListed max winListed volatility
Super Ace (2022)1,500xMedium-high
Super Ace Deluxe (2024)5,000xHigh
Fortune Gems (2022)2,000xMedium
Fortune Gems 3 (2024)10,125xHigh
Golden Empire (2022)2,000xMedium-high
Golden Empire 2 (2024)5,000xHigh
Roma X (2023)5,000xMedium-high
Roma X 10000 (2025)10,000xHigh

Every successor in this set is listed at high volatility, and every ceiling rises — in the Fortune Gems line by a factor of five. Meanwhile the listed RTP figures barely move: most of these titles sit at 97.00%, and the range across the whole catalogue here runs only from 95.50% to 97.22%.

Same listed return, taller ceiling, wider spread. If the average stays put while the tail stretches, the middle of the distribution has to give ground — which is what a higher volatility rating describes.

What a reader should take from it

The useful conclusion is narrow and worth keeping narrow: a familiar name does not guarantee a familiar ride. If you know a 2022 original and pick up its 2024 successor expecting the same rhythm, the catalogue figures suggest you should expect longer gaps and rarer, larger results instead — even though the return figure printed on the panel looks identical.

Our standing position

This site documents how these games work. It is not run by the studio, takes no stakes, carries no affiliate or referral link, and recommends no operator and no play. Noting that later titles are rated more volatile is a reading aid, not a suggestion that any of them is worth staking money on — the house edge is present in every entry above.

Frequently asked

Does this article claim JILI has stopped making original games?

No. It describes the 66 titles catalogued on this site, where eight of the twelve 2024–25 entries extend an existing name and four are new. A single site's coverage always lags and selects, so this is a pattern in the documented set rather than a census of the studio's output.

Why would a sequel be more volatile than the original?

The catalogue figures here show successors pairing a much higher max-win ceiling with an unchanged listed RTP of around 97%. When the average return stays fixed and the ceiling rises, more of the return has to sit in rare large outcomes, which is exactly what a higher volatility rating describes.

Is a sequel a better game than the original?

Neither rating is better; they describe different distributions. A higher-volatility successor offers rarer, larger results and longer dry runs than its original, which suits some readers and not others. This site recommends no title and no play.