Super Sake Slot Review
Pink stage light fans down through a dark sake bar, bamboo screens wall off the back, and a bearded bartender in a blue and gold robe leans on the counter watching the reels. Super Sake asks almost nothing of its base game and hands everything to one free spins round, and that’s a bet that pays off here, because the round it hands it to is the best thing Indigo Magic has built around a single symbol.
Indigo Magic built this one on a 5×4 grid with 50 paylines, an RTP of 96.25% and mid to high volatility. It shares shelf space with the studio’s Candy Treasures and Muertos Magic, and it favours one well-built mechanic over a crowd of features. The bartender, it turns out, pours with a steady hand.
The Base Game and the Super Sake Cup
Wins form the traditional way here: identical symbols landing on paylines from left to right. The wild substitutes for everything except the scatter. It’s a standard setup, and 50 lines on a 5×4 grid means plenty of near-miss texture on every spin.
- Wins pay left to right across 50 fixed paylines
- Only the highest win is paid per winning combination
- Wins on multiple lines are added together
- Wild substitutes for all symbols except the scatter
The reels sit inside a wooden slatted board with bamboo rods across its top and bottom, shelves of back-lit liquor bottles flanking them on both sides. Some of the bottles hold figurines or objects. It’s a small touch, but it’s the kind of detail that keeps a screen worth looking at during a long stretch of spins.
The base game’s one flourish is the Super Sake Cup Feature. On any spin, up to five wild symbols can be dropped onto random spaces that aren’t already holding a wild or a scatter. The sake scatter can be added independently in the same way. It’s active in the base game only.
A screen that suddenly carries three or four extra wilds changes shape completely. Because the drops are random, there’s no pattern to read and no way to see a cup coming. Between them, this is plain 50-line spinning with the bartender for company.
Free Spins and the Moving Sticky Sake Wilds
The free spins ask for something specific: one scatter on reel 1 plus at least one wild anywhere, in the same round. Land that and you’re given six free spins to start.
The triggering scatter then turns into a wild, so the round opens with your wild already on screen. Special reels are in play for the whole feature. From there the round belongs to the Moving Sticky Sake Wilds.
- All wilds during free spins are sticky and stay on screen for the full duration
- At least one scatter lands on the reels every round
- At the end of each round, one randomly selected wild moves into the scatter’s space
- Every move adds +1 to that wild’s multiplier, to a maximum of x10
- Multipliers are added together when wilds contribute to the same win
How the Moving Wilds Grow
Every move adds +1 to that wild’s multiplier, up to a maximum of x10. Multipliers are added together when wilds contribute to the same win, so a screen of grown wilds pays considerably more than a screen of fresh ones.
The clever part is the splitting. As a wild moves, it splits when it reaches three particular multiplier values, each split creating an extra 1x wild for the rest of the feature.
- Split one: a wild reaching x4 creates an extra 1x wild
- Split two: a wild reaching x7 creates an extra 1x wild
- Split three: a wild reaching x10 creates an extra 1x wild
- Every split awards +2 free spins
So the round feeds itself. More wilds means more moves, more moves means more splits, and more splits means more spins. A round that finds its rhythm stops counting down and starts compounding.
It’s worth tracing a single wild through the round to see the shape of it. A fresh wild that moves every spin reaches x4 on its fourth move and splits, dropping a new 1x wild on screen and adding two spins to the counter. Three moves later it reaches x7 and splits again. Three more and it caps out at x10, splits one final time, and stays put at maximum value for whatever spins remain.
The scatter guarantee shapes the whole round too. Because at least one scatter lands every spin, there is always a destination for a wild to move into, so the multipliers never stall. The randomness sits in which wild moves, not whether anything moves at all.
A Bonus Buy button sits beneath the reels for anyone who would rather skip the wait
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.7/10
Most of your time in Super Sake is spent in a quiet bar doing ordinary 50-line spinning, with the occasional cup of wilds to liven things up. You come for one reason: a free spins round where the wilds walk, grow and split, and the longer it runs the bigger it gets. It’s a genuinely well-made loop, and the artwork is warm enough that the waits don’t sting.
The problem is getting in. A scatter pinned to reel 1 plus a wild in the same round is a narrow gate for a feature carrying this much of the game, and the base game between triggers doesn’t have much to say.
So this is one for players who like a bonus round that builds and rewards patience, and mid to high volatility suits that temperament anyway. Anyone after constant base-game action will be drumming their fingers on the bar. Those happy to wait for the good stuff will find the bartender serves it well.
Super Sake FAQs
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What is the RTP of Super Sake?
The RTP is 96.25%. -
Is Super Sake high volatility?
It sits at mid to high volatility, so wins can be spaced out with larger swings than a low variance game. -
How many paylines does Super Sake have?
Super Sake is a 5×4 video slot played on 50 paylines. Only the highest win is paid per combination, and wins on multiple lines are added together. -
What is the grid size of Super Sake?
It’s a 5×4 grid, giving four rows of symbols across five reels and 50 paylines. -
How do you trigger free spins in Super Sake?
Free spins trigger when one scatter symbol lands on reel 1 and at least one wild lands anywhere on the reels in the same round. You start with six free spins, and the triggering scatter becomes a wild. -
How do the Moving Sticky Sake Wilds work?
During free spins all wilds are sticky and stay on screen for the whole round. At least one scatter lands every spin, and at the end of each spin one randomly selected wild moves into the scatter’s space, adding +1 to its multiplier, up to a maximum of x10. -
Can free spins retrigger in Super Sake?
Yes, in a roundabout way. Each time a wild splits, at x4, x7 and x10 multipliers, you’re awarded two extra free spins, so a round with several splitting wilds can run well past the initial six. -
What does the Super Sake Cup Feature do?
On any base game spin, up to five wild symbols can be added to random spaces that aren’t already holding a wild or scatter, and the sake scatter can be added independently. It only operates in the base game. -
When is Super Sake released?
Super Sake’s release date is 18 April 2024. -
Who makes Super Sake?
Super Sake is made by Indigo Magic.
