Sugar Rush

Pragmatic Play's Sugar Rush game is a great example of how they can take an atypical theme and turn it into a solid overall slot. The basic theme of this title is that you're in a magical kingdom full of sweets like ice cream and cake, and now you're using this to your advantage to try to run up some winnings. The graphics are pretty reasonable overall, but the main focus is on the gameplay with a high hit-rate and low volatility experience waiting for players in this game.

Slot Format

The format of this slot is fairly common with five reels and three rows. You'll find 20 paylines per spin, and there are multiple betting options that make narrowing down your bet size pretty easy. You start off by choosing coin sizes that range from $0.01 to $0.50 apiece, and you can bet up to 10 coins on each payline. Therefore, the overall betting range is $0.20 to $100 per spin, which will satisfy all types of bankrolls, no matter if you're a penny player or high roller. The flexibility of these betting options also makes it easy to really get down to a specific bet size that you'd prefer, something that's missing from a lot of games in the genre.

Cupcakes Bonus Feature

One of the key symbols that you'll notice in this video slot is the cupcake bonus symbol. You'll get a shot at a bonus feature by lining up at least three of these on an activated payline, just like you would normal paying symbols. Getting three pays anywhere from 20x to 600x. If you get four, your winning range jumps up to 60x to 1,800x. Finally, five of a kind pays 100x to 3,000x, chosen completely at random. This bonus feature is a little odd in how it chooses its payouts, but you can win sizable prizes as long as you get at least three of them going, and the top payouts are some of the largest available in the entire game.

Scatters and Free Spins Feature

Pragmatic Play has also included a pile of gummy bears as a scatter symbol that triggers a set of free spins. If you get at least three of these symbols located anywhere on the reels (not necessarily on a payline), then you can pick up a free spins bonus feature. You'll earn 10 free spins for three of them, 15 free spins for four and 20 free spins for five of this scatter anywhere on the reels. These free spins can give you a nice set of wins all at once, making them a prime source of value in Sugar Rush.

Wilds and Top Payouts

The gingerbread man is a very appropriate symbol for the wild, and he shows up on all five reels. Five of a kind of this guy will give you a solid 1,000x payout, the largest regular win that you can find on the pay table. Four gives 300x, and three pays 100x, all of which are solid wins.

The sprinkles pay 450x for five of a kind, which is pretty reasonable. You can also earn 250x for five of the star cookies or 200x for five of the purple hard candies. A 150x prize is yours for five of the green and orange candy with 100x for five of the red and orange. The purple A symbol is good for 100x when you get five of a kind as well, and you can earn 75x for five of a kind in the pink K or yellow Q symbols as well. The pay table is fairly balanced all around, which helps to contribute to the low overall volatility.

Overview

Overall, Sugar Rush is a pretty middle-of-the-road online slot. It has a couple of bonus features that mix things up a bit, but other than that, it's a fairly plain game. There's nothing necessarily wrong with that, and it's completely fine as far as gameplay goes, but it doesn't particularly stand out either. This is a part of the type of plain image that Pragmatic Play was probably trying to get away from when they switched their name from Topgame, but they're going to have to do more visually and more with switching up the features if they want to get past their own previous reputation.