Candyways Bonanza 3 Slot Review 2024

Stakelogic is back with even more mouth-watering treats in their 3rd release of the series, Candyways Bonanza 3!

Get ready to indulge in all things sugar in Stakelogic’s latest Candyways Bonanza slot, but will breaking our diet and rotting our teeth for a 3rd time be worth it?

Candyways Bonanza 3 is a 6-reel slot that puts Big Time Gaming’s Megaways mechanic through its paces once again. It’s here you will witness the newly reformed Wild feature (Wild Booster) in action, transforming multiple symbol positions into regular or stacked wilds.

If you’re craving more than just sweet treats, Stakelogic has thrown in up to 3 unique Candy Bomb Modifiers in Free Spins, each delivering their own random Multiplier values up to x100.

Will the third Candyways Bonanza be the charm? Let’s play on and find out!

Candyways Bonanza 3 Base Game and Features

Candyways Bonanza 3 is a 6-reel slot with up to 117,649 ways to win. Winning combinations are formed when 3 or more of the same symbols (or 2 or more of the highest-paying symbol) land from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel.

The minimum bet available here is £.€0.20 per spin and the maximum bet available is £.€20 per spin, with plenty of other options in between the two thanks to the Super Stake feature. This game has a theoretical RTP of 95.50% and a max win cap of 20,000x.

In terms of symbols, the highest-paying regular symbol here is the Yellow Star, followed by the Purple, Red, and Pink Shapes. Low-paying symbols fall to Orange, Light Blue, Yellow, Pink, Green, and Blue smaller Shapes.

Each time a winning combination forms, all winning symbols will be removed from the reels, and new symbols will drop down from above via a Cascade, filling all empty reel positions.

In addition to this, there is also an additional Sliding Reel atop the regular reel set that holds 4 random symbols from the paytable. If any of these symbols are used as part of a winning combination, they will also be removed from the reel, and all remaining symbols will move up to fill all empty positions.

Super Stake

Before you can begin spinning, you will be given the option to activate the Super Stake feature. Activating this feature will Double your current bet level.

Once active, more Scatters are added to the reels meaning that your chance of triggering the Free Spins round is naturally higher.

Wild Booster

Also present during gameplay is Wild symbols that substitute for all other symbols except Scatters.

During the base game, there is a chance that all 4 symbol positions atop the Sliding Reel will light up. If the highlighted symbols from the Sliding Reel are present on the reels below them, they will be transformed into Wilds.

If any of the highlighted symbols from the Sliding Reel happen to be Wilds, then all symbols on the reel below it will transform into Wilds.

Candyways Bonanza 3 Free Spins

Landing 4, 5, or 6 Scatters across the reels during the base game triggers the Free Spins round, awarding 10, 12, and 14 Free Spins respectively.

During Free Spins, up to 3 special Candy Bomb symbols may land as follows.

• Candy Bomb Multiplier – The Candy Bomb Multiplier symbol will appear with a random Multiplier of x2, x3, x4, x5, x6, x7, x8, x9, x10, or x15. The Candy Bomb Multiplier symbol will be removed along with any winning symbols during the Cascades, and its Multiplier is added to the total win multiplier for that spin.
• Candy Bomb Mystery – At the end of any Cascades, the Candy Bomb Mystery symbol will reveal a random Multiplier value of x18, x20, x25, x30, x35, x40, x50, or x100. The revealed Multiplier is then applied to any wins for that spin.
• Candy Bomb Epic – Candy Bomb Epic symbols will reveal a random Multiplier value of x2, x3, x4, or x5. This multiplier value is then added to the total win multiplier for that spin.

Landing 4, 5, or 6 Scatters during this time will award an additional +5, +6, and +7 Free Spins respectively.

Candyways Bonanza 3 Bonus Buy

Those outside the UK will benefit from a Bonus Buy option. Stakelogic has granted players access to 4 Bonus Buy options as follows.

• 10 Free Spins – Triggers the Free Spins round with 10 Free Spins for a total cost of 100x your bet.
• 12 Free Spins – Triggers the Free Spins round with 12 Free Spins for a total cost of 200x your bet.
• 14 Free Spins – Triggers the Free Spins round with 14 Free Spins for a total cost of 400x your bet.
• Random Free Spins – Awards one of the above Free Spins rounds at random for a total cost of 150x your bet.

Candyways Bonanza 3: Our Verdict

Candyways Bonanza 3 is a chip off the old block from Candyways Bonanza 2, but it stands out on its own thanks to new and improved features, modifiers, and a bigger and better Free Spins round.

Along with a few gameplay tweaks, Stakelogic has given Candyways Bonanza 3 a slight makeover, with an appetizing wafer reel frame, and modern graphics. The differences between both games are clearly noticeable, but not to the point where it feels like a completely different slot.

It’s evident that Candyways Bonanza 3 is a step up from previous Candyways titles in terms of gameplay, but that doesn’t seem to be the case with statistics. On a good day, Candyways Bonanza 3 can produce a max win of up to 20,000x, which is actually 10,000x less than the one before it.

This may leave you feeling a little cheated, but the decline in the max win is quickly balanced out by the new features and Modifiers that Candyways Bonanza 3 has to offer.

All in all, Candyways Bonanza 3 can give you quite the sugar rush, but once that wears off, it might leave you with a terrible stomach ache.