Cupcakes Slot Review

Cupcakes Slot Overview

Cupcakes is a new casino slot from NetEnt that takes us to sugar heaven, a place that makes your mouth water during your stay. It is truly a visual feast for the eyes, and you can see why this is a recurring theme in the world of slots, where we have games like Wild Donuts from before. Cupcakes, which we are all familiar with, derives from the use of a cup of butter in the creation of this sweet wonder. By using features like Crush, Free spins and Avalanche, you can scoop up wins of up to 2762X the bet. Let's find out what you can expect to see during the spins.

Cupcakes is a video slot from NetEnt that has 6 reels and 7 rows. The scatter pays mechanic applies, where 8 or more of the same symbol type on the reels creates a win. You can choose between a Min.bet of 0.10 and a Max.bet of 200. The game has been created with 3 different RTPs, where there is an RTP of 96.05% by default, but game operators can also choose from one of the lower RTPs of either 94.01% or 88.03%. Cupcakes has a high volatility, where you can win up to 2762X the bet.

This game has a couple of festive features that are the perfect ingredients to create an entertaining moment in front of the screen. The features are Avalanche, Cupcakes and Gumdrops, Crush, Free Spins and Bonus Buy.

Cupcakes Slot Information

The game design is a cupcake theme, where we visit a sugar land filled with these delicious pastries. In the background of the reels, you can see giant cupcakes among glazing and candies. You can play this slot on all the devices notepads, desktops and mobiles. You create a winning combination by landing 8 or more of the same symbol type on the reels. These do not have to be in adjacent positions, just 8 or more are required when the scatter pays mechanic is applied, with a win then activating the Avalanche feature.

The game's paying symbols are gumdrops in the colors purple, red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise and blue. These symbols can then act as frosting to the multiplier cupcakes during the spins which we tell you more about in the feature section. The scatter symbol consists of a jar with the logo Cupcakes on it. Let's find out what the features do.

Cupcakes Slot Features

What is the max win in the slot Cupcakes?

You can win up to 2762X the bet.

What features are available in the slot Cupcakes?

The features are Avalanche, Cupcakes and Gumdrops, Crush, Free Spins and Bonus Buy.

Avalanche

When you create a win, the Avalanche feature will be activated, removing the winning symbols and then adding new symbols to cover the empty positions. This continues as long as new wins are created.

Cupcakes and Gumdrops

During the spins, the gumdrops land as 1X1 symbols while the cupcakes land as 2X2 symbols, whereby the cupcakes will fall to the bottom of the reels when they land or stack on each other. The cupcakes will randomly land with multipliers of either 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X, 10X, 25X, 30X, 50X or 100X. When you create a scatter win, these winning symbols will be added to the corresponding cupcake if it is on the reels. Once you have filled a cupcake with 10 corresponding symbols, its multiplier will be added to the total win multiplier. This win multiplier continues to stack up until no more wins are made within the base game, where it is then reset, but within the bonus game the current win multiplier remains during the whole feature.

Crush

If you create a win with 5 or more symbols spread over two reels with at least 2 symbols on each reel, the Crush feature is activated. Then a big cupcake will fall down through this reel pair. However, this feature cannot be activated if there is 1 scatter symbol, 2 cupcake symbols on this reel pair or there are 4 cupcakes on the reels.

Free Spins

If you land 3 or more scatter symbols, the free spins feature is activated. Depending on whether you landed 3, 4 or 5 scatter symbols, you will be welcomed with either 10, 13 or 16 free spins respectively. You can also receive extra free spins within the bonus game, where 3, 4 or 5 scatter symbols give 3, 6 or 9 extra free spins respectively. Within this bonus game, the progress on the win multiplier will remain during the whole free spins feature, with its value being applied to wins created along the way.

Bonus Buy

If you want to take advantage of the free spins feature right away, you can use the bonus buy feature. You pay 100X and will then receive at least 10 free spins.

Cupcakes Slot Conclusion

This is certainly a game that puts your sugar cravings to the test, where you work up a proper craving for cupcakes during your stay. The game design is like something out of a sweet sugar filled dream, where everything you see is edible. There have been many games created with this theme over the years and its delicious pastries as well as bright colors, are truly a delightful sight to take in. Unlike their upcoming game Wonders of Christmas which had a gigantic potential maximum win of 100000X, this bakery adventure is clearly of the milder kind, where you now only can win up to 2762X the bet. We would have liked to see a higher max win, as the volatility is still very high. The game's RTP is within a good size, assuming the higher of 96.05% is used and also the bet size range has a good variety to meet the needs of the various gambler types out there.

The scatter pays mechanic is something we are seeing more and more of, and it is certainly a mechanic that is welcomed with open arms as it adds a nice touch to the gaming experience. Unlike many slots with paylines that only can create wins when the symbols start on the first reel, you can never really rule out a win here until all the symbols have landed. The base game gives a good taste of its potential, where you create win multipliers by adding winning gumdrops to the corresponding cupcake color. The multiplier resets when no more wins are created in the base game, but in the bonus game it stays during the whole free spins feature. As each individual cupcake can contribute with a multiplier increase of up to 100X, this total win multiplier can grow significantly towards the ending spins. It is precisely in combination with this possibility of gigantic multipliers that we would have liked the total win to be significantly higher. On the whole, it's a great combination of features that are solid ingredients for creating an entertaining and light-hearted gaming adventure, but players looking for more intensity and action should wander into the jungle to partake of their banger Silverback Gold.

Cupcakes is a slot where you can manage to bake up some really festive multipliers by sprinkling gumdrops on corresponding cupcakes.