Smartsoft Gaming
SmartSoft Gaming is the Tbilisi studio behind JetX, the crash game it launched on 24 January 2019, about three weeks before Spribe put out the better-known Aviator. That timing is the point: it makes SmartSoft one of the two studios that actually started the modern crash format rather than copied it. The company was founded in 2015 in the Georgian capital, later added a Malta office to sit closer to European regulators, and has built its whole identity around fast, single-decision games instead of the slot catalogue most rivals lead with.
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The SmartSoft Gaming casinos listed here carry its games; the studio itself does not run casinos, hold your money or handle support. Your account stays with whichever licensed operator you join, while SmartSoft supplies the games and the maths behind them. Use the list to find a site that actually stocks JetX and the X-series, then open its provider filter and look for SmartSoft.
The studio that shipped a crash game before Aviator
JetX is a simple idea done early. A jet climbs, a multiplier rises with it, and you cash out before the plane flies off the screen and the round ends. Leave it too late and the bet is gone. SmartSoft released it in January 2019, and for a few weeks it was the crash game, until Spribe put out Aviator and turned the format into one of the biggest stories in online gambling. The two are often named together because they arrived within a month of each other from the same Georgian tech scene. JetX also carries a provably-fair check, so a player can confirm after the fact that a round’s crash point was not tampered with.
The X-series, and what each game changes
Rather than reskin JetX endlessly, SmartSoft built a run of crash titles that each alter the core mechanic. JetX3 (2021) flies three objects at once for a bigger top prize. Balloon swaps the plane for an inflating balloon that can pop at any moment. Cricket X and Football X wrap the crash curve in sport, the first advertising a headline 98.8% return and a 25,000x ceiling. Helicopter X leans on accumulation, and CarX, added in October 2025, runs two bets side by side on a sliding return. Taken together that is around eight crash games from a single studio, the largest crash catalogue any one developer has going into 2026, and the clearest sign of where SmartSoft puts its effort.
Beyond crash: slots, tables and instant games
Crash is the identity, but it is not the whole portfolio. SmartSoft also makes video slots, RNG versions of roulette, blackjack and poker, plus keno and quick instant-win titles, for a catalogue of roughly sixty to eighty games depending on the market. The slots sit alongside the crash range in a lobby rather than driving it, which is the reverse of a house like Pragmatic Play, where crash and instant games are a small corner of a very large slot library. One gap worth naming: SmartSoft is an RNG studio and does not make live-dealer content, so a site that wants real croupiers has to bring in another supplier for that.
Licences, testing and where you actually find it
As a supplier SmartSoft holds a business-to-business licence from the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA/B2B/925/2021), plus approvals from Romania’s ONJN and Georgia’s Ministry of Finance, and it has since extended into regulated markets including Ontario and Greece. Its games are tested by independent labs iTech Labs, eCOGRA and Gaming Associates, and the crash titles add the provably-fair layer on top. One honest point for UK readers: SmartSoft is not licensed as a games supplier by the UK Gambling Commission, so JetX and the X-series turn up most often at internationally licensed casinos rather than UK-facing brands, usually reaching them through the SOFTSWISS aggregator. You can browse the rest of our software providers index to compare what else a lobby might carry.
How we weigh up a crash-led studio
When we assess a provider we care about the things marketing cannot fake: whether it created its format or followed one, how wide and current its licences are, and how open it is about RTP and fairness. SmartSoft does well on the first count, because it helped start the crash category, and it publishes headline returns and maximum multipliers for its games. The fair criticisms are that crash games are high-variance and fast by design, that their popularity has produced a wave of near-identical clones that muddy the studio’s own name, and that its thin footprint in strict markets like the UK makes its titles harder to reach there. Players who prefer live tables or a deep slot library will get more from providers such as Evolution, while crash fans are about as close to the source as it gets here.
Who created JetX, and how is it different from Aviator?
SmartSoft Gaming created JetX and launched it on 24 January 2019, about three weeks before Spribe's Aviator. Both are crash games where a multiplier rises and you cash out before it crashes; JetX uses a climbing jet and Aviator a rising plane. SmartSoft has since built a whole X-series around the format, while Aviator remains Spribe's single flagship title.
What are the SmartSoft X-series games?
The X-series is SmartSoft's run of crash titles: JetX and JetX3, Balloon, Cricket X, Football X, Helicopter X and CarX, which was added in October 2025. Each keeps the cash-out-before-it-crashes mechanic but changes the object, theme or number of simultaneous bets. It is the largest crash catalogue any single developer has heading into 2026.
Is SmartSoft Gaming licensed in the UK?
Not as a games supplier. SmartSoft holds a Malta Gaming Authority B2B licence (MGA/B2B/925/2021) plus approvals in Romania, Georgia, Ontario and Greece, but it is not licensed by the UK Gambling Commission. Its games reach players mostly through internationally licensed casinos and the SOFTSWISS aggregator rather than UK-facing operators.
Does SmartSoft Gaming only make crash games?
No, but crash is its identity. Alongside JetX and the X-series it makes video slots, RNG roulette, blackjack and poker, keno and instant-win games, roughly sixty to eighty titles in total. It does not produce live-dealer games, so a casino wanting real croupiers has to use another provider for that.
Are SmartSoft's crash games fair?
SmartSoft's games are tested and certified by independent labs including iTech Labs, eCOGRA and Gaming Associates, and the crash titles add a provably-fair check that lets a player verify a round's result after it happens. Fairness at the casino level still depends on the operator's own licence and controls.
