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Candy Rush review

Theme and Storyline

With a name like Candy Rush, it is clear that this slot wears its influences on its sleeves. It draws on world-building, visuals, and themes from the Candy Crush social game.

Here, the candy theme is given a tropical setting with candy-striped palm trunks and pink-donut rock formations on the coast of a crystal-blue ocean.

It's an upbeat setting and theme that will appeal to anyone with a sweet tooth or a nostalgia for playing Facebook games on the first-generation iPhone.

Graphics, Sounds, and Animations

The bright jelly beans and gummy sweets on the reels are given quick, bouncy animations that fit well with the somewhat forgettable elevator music soundtrack.

Nothing about the slot is elaborate, and the simplicity makes the game easy to follow and keeps the pace up. No waiting for long animations to play out.

Overall, this is a slot with a pleasing, easygoing tone.

Gameplay

This slot is played on a grid of seven symbols by seven symbols. During the spin, the player is awarded a win when they land a group of five or more matching symbols that are connected horizontally and/or vertically.

When the player hits a winning combination, it triggers a cascade feature in which the winning symbols are destroyed, and new symbols drop down to fill the grid. This cascade feature is called a "Tumble" in this slot. Any new wins are then calculated. If there is a new win, then a new cascade gets triggered.

There is also a randomized multiplier feature in which a box of squares from 2x2 up to 7x7 appears underneath the symbols. If a winning combination includes symbols that land on the multiplier box, then the win is doubled.

The maximum win for this slot is limited to 15,000x the player's total bet.

Wilds, Bonuses, and Free Spins

There is no Wild symbol. However, landing three or more Bonus symbols will trigger the Free Spins or Super Free Spins bonus. The more Bonuses the player lands, the more spins they receive, starting at 10 spins for three Bonus symbols and running up to a maximum of 30 spins for seven Bonus symbols.

A 7x7 multiplier box lands on every Super Free Spin, doubling all the players' wins.

The Free Spins bonuses can be retriggered by landing three or more Bonus symbols during the Free Spins bonuses. The reels that are used during the bonuses are special reels.

Bet Sizes, RTP, and Variance

The Return to Player of Candy Rush is 96.58%. There is a little wiggle room of around 0.02 percentage points, depending on which bonus settings you have activated. Overall though, it is not enough to make much of a difference. It is still solidly above our yardstick for an average of roughly 96%.

The range of bets on the site we tested ran from a minimum bet per spin of $/£/€0.20 up to a maximum of $/£/€240 per spin.

The volatility of Candy Rush is not especially high. This is a medium volatility slot, which means win frequency and size tend, on average, to be moderate.

Conclusion

The overall verdict on Candy Rush is that it is a solid game with good music, animations, and visuals. Plus, the gameplay is simple, with just enough variations worked into the base game and bonuses to keep things interesting.

However, the medium volatility doesn't work well with our preferred slot game strategies. These strategies tend to target higher volatility slots. The above-average RTP of 96.58% goes some way toward mitigating that, but in the end, we would probably choose a different candy-themed slot.

So, this slot is a mixed bag, a lot like a bag of candy.