Sweet Success Megaways Slot Review
Sweet Success Megaways pays out in momentum rather than symbols. The paytable is among the thinnest of Blueprint Gaming‘s Megaways builds, with nothing above 50x for a full line, yet the game never feels cheap, because every cascade feeds a gold ladder up the left edge of the screen. That ladder, and the picking game waiting at the top of it, is what separates this one from Fishin’ Frenzy Megaways and Ted Megaways, both built on the same engine, with Return Of Kong Megaways another close cousin.
Six reels carry a variable number of rows per spin, so the ways to win shift constantly. The RTP is 94%, which is the game’s least sweet number. What it adds to the formula is a cascade trail that feeds a pick game, and that ladder is the interesting part.
How the Base Game Pays
Wins pay by ways rather than fixed lines. Matching symbols on adjacent reels from the left count, and only the highest win per way is paid. Every winning combination then explodes so new symbols drop in, giving a single spin the chance to chain several reactions. The more rows in play, the more ways there are to hit.
The paytable runs from a sugared-up premium set down to standard royals, and every value below is a multiple of the total bet rather than a line stake:
- Sweet Success: 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of a kind pays 1x, 2x, 5x, 10x or 50x
- Red candy: 3 to 6 of a kind pays 0.5x, 1x, 2x or 5x
- Blue candy / Green candy: 3 to 6 of a kind pays 0.3x, 0.4x, 0.8x or 2x
- A: 3 to 6 of a kind pays 0.2x, 0.3x, 0.8x or 1x
- K / Q: 3 to 6 of a kind pays 0.2x, 0.3x, 0.6x or 1x
- J / 10 / 9: 3 to 6 of a kind pays 0.1x, 0.2x, 0.3x or 0.8x
The shape of that list matters more than any single row in it. The top symbol is the only one that pays for a two-of-a-kind at all, and the only one whose best prize breaks out of single-figure multiples of the bet. Everything below it clusters tightly at the low end.
That’s a lean spread by Megaways standards, so the base game leans on its cascades rather than its symbol values to generate anything meaningful. A single reaction chain that clears the lower royals several times over can out-earn one premium hit. The drops, not the paytable, are where the money is.
The wild substitutes for everything except the scatter. It bridges gaps in near-miss combinations, and a wild alongside the premium symbol is where the bigger base-game hits come from.
The Pick’N’Mix Trail
Every cascade on a spin pushes a trail higher up that glass tube on the left edge of the screen, and the trail has three rungs:
- 4 consecutive cascades awards Pick’N’Mix
- 5 consecutive cascades awards Super Pick’N’Mix
- 6 consecutive cascades awards Mega Pick’N’Mix
It’s a simple ladder with real teeth. Each reaction has to produce a fresh win to keep the chain alive; one dead drop and the trail resets for the next spin. Reaching six asks for a genuinely hot set of drops, so the top rung stays special.
The reset is what gives the mechanic its pull. There’s no carrying progress between spins, no meter banking your cascades for later, which keeps every drop mattering right up to the last one. A spin that starts with three cheap royal wins can still end at the top of the ladder if the drops keep landing.
Pick’N’Mix
The reward at the top of the trail is a picking game. You’re shown a spread of sweets and pick from them, and any sweet can reveal either a cash value or a number of free spins. Five free spins is the advertised award when spins are the outcome.
Once a round of picks is done, an offer is made.
The game’s screens also tell you to watch out for the bonus Money Train, though they don’t say what it does.
Free Spins
The headline round works from a familiar Blueprint template. Mystery symbols are added to the reels at the start of free spins, and each one transforms into any symbol except the wild and the scatter.
The win multiplier starts low and rises after every reaction. A long cascade chain builds its own momentum, and with mystery symbols feeding fresh wins into the chain, the two mechanics push each other along. A chain that opens with a small mystery-symbol win can finish several multiples higher purely through reactions.
Free spins can also re-trigger at any point during the bonus, not just on a designated spin. A round that keeps hitting can therefore run and climb well beyond its starting length, and that climb is the game’s real prize potential.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7.1/10
Playing this one is a game of near-misses that keep turning into something: a spin that opens with three cheap royal wins can finish halfway up a gold ladder in a candy landscape, and that possibility is the whole reason to choose it. Every drop has somewhere to go, even when the symbols underneath are worth pennies.
The trail’s full reset each spin is the game’s best idea, because nothing is ever banked and a single hot chain can climb the entire ladder in one go. The weakness is what the ladder is climbing out of: a 94% RTP with a 50x cap on the top symbol leaves the free spins round carrying nearly all the real prize weight on its own.
It suits players who like earning a bonus through play rather than waiting one out, chain by chain. Anyone who wants the base game to pay its own way will find the sugar coating thinner than it looks. For the rest, this is one of the more moreish ways Blueprint has dressed up a cascade.
Sweet Success Megaways FAQs
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What is the RTP of Sweet Success Megaways?
The RTP is 94%, which sits below what most modern online slots aim for. It’s the game’s main mathematical weakness. -
How do you trigger the Pick’N’Mix feature?
The Pick’N’Mix trail climbs with consecutive cascades on a single spin. Four cascades awards Pick’N’Mix, five awards Super Pick’N’Mix, and six awards Mega Pick’N’Mix. -
What does the mystery symbol do?
The mystery symbol transforms into any symbol except the wild and the scatter. A number of them are added to the reels at the start of free spins. -
Can free spins re-trigger in Sweet Success Megaways?
Yes. Free spins can re-trigger at any point during the bonus, not only on specific spins, which gives the round room to run well past its starting length. -
What does the wild substitute for?
The wild stands in for every symbol except the scatter, and it helps complete wins across the ways. -
What is the grid size of Sweet Success Megaways?
It’s a Megaways game with six reels and a variable number of rows per reel, so the number of ways to win changes on every spin. -
When is Sweet Success Megaways released?
Sweet Success Megaways’ release date is 20 December 2019. -
Who makes Sweet Success Megaways?
Blueprint Gaming. It’s one of the studio’s many Megaways titles, built on the cascading engine the developer has used across a large part of its catalogue.
