Sugar Craze Bonanza Slot by Hammertime 🎰 Free Demo and Review

Sugar Craze Bonanza Review

Apparently, Stormcraft Studios has launched a daughter studio called Hammertime, and they have chosen a reskin job as their debut release. Sugar Craze Bonanza might look like a reskin of Sweet Bonanza at first glance, but it reveals itself as a Thunderstruck Stormchaser clone on closer inspection. We had a good time with the original game, but we are, generally speaking, not huge fans of copycat jobs.

The candyland theme is hardly very original either, but it gets the job done like in so many similar games. The Rolling Reels accumulate multiplier symbols, as before, and this can lead to solid wins in all stages of the game. The random Sugarstorm feature can crack the 10,000x potential at any time, and you can increase the starting multiplier in the bonus round. The feature can culminate in up to 3 Sugarstorm Spins, if you collect enough tokens along the way.

Sugar Craze Bonanza Slot - Reels Screen

Sugar Craze Bonanza Slot Features

The candy premium symbols pay between 1.5 and 4 x your stake for 5 of a kind wins, and you can land the game logo Wild on all 5 reels. The wild steps in for pay symbols to help complete wins, and landing 5 wilds on a payline awards 10x your stake. The Rolling Reels mechanic removes all winning symbols, and the gaps are filled with new and/or existing symbols dropping down. This process repeats as long as you keep winning.

The Multiplier Symbols can land in both the base game and in the bonus round, and they come with multiplier values of x2 to x10, x15, or x20. All multiplier symbol values in view are summed up, and the sum total will then boost the total win from your spin or rolling reels sequence.

The Sugarstorm feature can trigger at random times during base game play. It gives you a single free spin where the Sugarstorm can turn up to all 5 reels fully wild. If all 5 reels are turned wild, you crack the 10,000x potential there and then.

The Bonus Round triggers from 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols anywhere in view in the same rolling reels sequence (or on the same spin). You get a scatter win of 1x, 5x, or 25x your stake up front, respectively, and a spin on the Free Spins Wheel plays out before the bonus round starts. This wheel spin gives you a number of free spins and a starting win multiplier as follows:

• 3 triggering scatters - awards 7 to 12 FS with an x1 to x6 starting multiplier.
• 4 triggering scatters - awards 10 to 15 FS with an x3 to x9 starting multiplier.
• 5 triggering scatters - awards 15 to 25 FS with an x5 to x12 starting multiplier.

You get a random number of Sugarstorm Tokens assigned as the bonus round starts, and multiplier symbol values are added to increase the overall win multiplier. Keep in mind, however, that the total win multiplier is only applied when at least one multiplier symbol is present. Multiplier symbols can sometimes upgrade via the rolling reels mechanic, and you win +5 extra spins when 3 scatters are in view.

You need 12, 14, or 16 Sugarstorm Tokens to win 1, 2, or 3 special free spins, and these play out when the regular bonus round ends. You can collect Sugarstorm tokens during the bonus round, in addition to the pre-assigned tokens. You get the Sugarstorm feature on each of the special free spins, and non-UK players can purchase the bonus round for 50x the stake.

The 200 Spins Sugar Craze Bonanza Slot Experience

You get to see a near-miss teaser that went on “forever” in the base game, as well as a few wins here and there. We then purchase and trigger the bonus round at 1:17 into the 3:56-minute highlights video. We got 10 free spins, an x6 starting multiplier, and 5 Sugarstorm tokens from the wheel, and you can see for yourself how we fared by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

We have to say that we prefer the original Thunderstruck Stormchaser to this candyland clone, and we are, in general, more impressed by debut releases that at least try to be original. Even the title is partly a rip-off, as it’s hardly a coincidence that they choose the word ‘bonanza’ for a sugar-laden release like this. Visually, we have seen it all many times before, not least in the popular Sweet Bonanza, so it boils down to the gameplay.

If you prefer a colorful sweet tooth theme over the masculine and powerful Norse mythology original, well, then this reskin might be for you. Both games come with a solid set of features, and being able to crack the 10,000x potential at any time adds to the tension. The bonus round can end on a high note, if you unlock the Sugarstorm feature, and we have no complaints about the 10,000x potential. We get that Hammertime is related to StormCraft Studios, but we sure hope their business model is not gonna rely solely on reskin jobs.