Sugar Overload: Pragmatic Play’s Sweet Rush Bonanza Is a Glucose Grenade

When they came out, Sugar Rush and Sweet Bonanza were instant hits. They’ve got everything: flashy visuals, a good dollop of carb-based features, and that Pragmatic Play magic that turns simple game mechanics into immersive experiences we keep returning to.

Now, the studio took the same recipe, mashed the two, sweetened it up, and voilà, Sweet Rush Bonanza is born!

Similar to its predecessors, the game will feature a sugar-coated cornucopia of apples, bananas, lollies, and gummy bears of all colors and sugar levels. It‘s a sugar bomb and a sweet escape you never knew you needed.

About Sweet Rush Bonanza

The new game, coming to screens big and small on September 29, is a meeting in the middle of Sweet Bonanza and Sugar Rush, borrowing a 6×5 matrix and the pay anywhere mechanics from the former.

But it plays a lot closer to the 2022 Sugar Rush, with its pink-coated candyland vibe and a max multiplier win of 5,000x.

More importantly, Sweet Rush Bonanza borrows the exciting cell multiplier mechanic. Overall, the winning combinations fire up when at least 8 matching symbols land anywhere on the grid. The winning symbols mark their positions, doubling the multiplier whenever another symbol hits the same spot, raking up wins up to 128x.

The game also adds a few sweeteners of its own. Ante bets make a notable appearance, as do the two types of feature buys and the varying RTP (max being 96.50%).

And did we mention that volatility on this one is Very High? That’s right, go big or go home.

Game Features

Some online slots charm players with minimalism and deliberate lack of distinguishing gameplay features. Not this one.

Sweet Rush Bonanza is a game jam-packed with features like scatters, free spins, regular multipliers, cell multipliers, two bonus buy options, and different types of ante bets. It grows on you the more you spin the reels to keep you coming back for more.

Let’s unpack the cellophane and see what saccharine goodness you can expect from each.

Cell Multipliers

Landing regular symbols in Sweet Rush Bonanza is sweet, but having them double each time another symbol hits the same spot during the same spin is more of a glucose grenade kind of sweet.

Regular wins pile up to 50x, and symbols that explode on sight create a highlighted cell. When another tumbling symbol wins on the highlighted spot, the wins double and stack up to 128x. And the best part? The marked spots stay so even during the bonus game.

Free Spins

Hitting 4 or more scatters anywhere on the grid activates a bonus round with 10 free spins to start the round. If, perchance, you hit another 4 scatters during the bonus rounds, you’ll be awarded 10 extra spins. Like we said, the highlighted cells remain active during free spins, significantly increasing your chances of nutritionally imbalanced wins.

Bonus Buys

Should you decide, you can also purchase free spins. There are two types of Bonus Buys in Sweet Rush Bonanza: for 100x the bet, you’ll get straight into the free spin bonus round, no questions asked. Moreover, 500x the bet will get you super free spins, which come charged with an x2 multiplier for every position on the grid.

Ante Bets

Sweet Rush Bonanza has not one but three ante bet options, which improve your chances of emptying the sweet shop considerably:

1. Ante Bet: For 3x the base bet, you’ll have 10x more chance of activating the feature
2. Super Spin 1: For 20x the base bet, you’ll start the round with random multipliers on the whole grid
3. Super Spin 2: Nothing random about this one. For 250x the base bet, you’ll start the game with 32x multipliers across the entire grid.

Who Is It For?

Sweet Rush Bonanza is an unapologetic slip into sugary madness. It takes the good bits from Sugar Rush and legendary Sweet Bonanza and says: “Hold my cotton candy!”

Will it reach the heights of its pastel predecessors? It remains to be seen. After all, Sugar Rush remains one of the most popular Pragmatic Play games, inspiring several follow-ups, and Sweet Bonanza is, well, Sweet Bonanza.

We tried the demo, and Sweet Rush Bonanza is a game for those who like it a little risky. The winning recipe here is hitting consecutive wins and entering the bonus round with the grid already primed for stacking up cell multipliers.

Also, three types of ante bets in combination with very high volatility are a recipe for risk, but the potential rewards are just as yummy.