Join a cheeky witch and try and conjure up a winning run in Sweet Alchemy, a 5×5 cascading reels video slot from Play ’N Go that combines magic with a sweet tooth. Get on a roll with the cascading wins, fill the Sugar Rush Meter and you’ll get plenty of wild extras and free plays on an expanded 9×9 reel set. Tuck into this high variance game on all devices from between 10p and £100 per spin.
As you’d expect from a video slot where sweets take centre stage, the design here is bright and sugary. With the witch overseeing proceedings, you’ll see a tasty selection box of sweets spinning around the grid. Winning combinations are created by landing clusters of at least 4 matching symbols. Top of the standard payers is the heart which awards 30 times your stake if you land a cluster of 8 or more.
After a winner, the successful symbols are removed and new ones drop in and replace them. The cascades continue until there’s one where no new winner is created. Every winning symbol in a cluster adds to the Sugar Rush Meter. Pass milestones and you’ll bring extra goodies into play:
- 6 symbols – 2 standard wilds replace 2 standard symbols.
- 13 symbols – 2 striped wilds are added here. When they form part of a win, all of the symbols on that reel or row are replaced. All the replaced symbols add to the Sugar Rush Meter.
- 25 symbols – it’s the dotted wilds that are added here. These remove all of the same symbol wherever they may be on the grid. Again, all removed symbols add to the meter.
- 38 symbols – there are 38 positions on the meter and if you fill all of them you’ll activate the Mix The Elixir Free Games feature.
This is played on a new 9×9 grid. Helping your winning chances here are a trio of Candy Spells which can shuffle symbols to create new winning combinations, add between 7 and 12 wilds or destroy up to 15 symbols and create a new cascade. If you get additional wins when triggering the feature, you can play with up to 7 Candy Spells (spins).
Throughout the Candy Spells spins, you collect symbols and, in the process, work your way through up to 3 levels with extra payouts on offer in each. If you reach level 3, you can win a cash prize or a 10x multiplier which is applied to all your wins from your Candy Spells!
Complete all the levels and you’ll get to take a virtual stroll along the map and in the process open treasure chests and the cash prizes inside them – these are 15% of your base game winnings from the last time you triggered the Mix The Elixir Free Games feature.
There’s a lot to take in here, especially for a cascading reels video slot which is usually comes with pretty simple gameplay. All you really need to know is that the key to success is getting on a roll with the cascades, filling the Sugar Rush Meter and hopefully triggering the free game and the extra treats it offers.
That’s easier said than done of course. This is a very volatile game with payouts of 3,000 times your bet. At first glance, Sweet Alchemy looks like a simple game. Play ’N Go has added plenty of extras to spice up the action. Get on a run with the cascades and the witch in Sweet Alchemy can conjure up plenty of sugary thrills.
