Introduction to Cupid’s Crush
Cupid’s Crush is a casino slot from Wicked Games that is all about love. Released just in time for Valentine’s Day, we meet Cupid, the son of Venus and the god of Desire and Love. While most often being associated with Greek mythology, Cupid, as well as other famous mythological characters such as Hercules, actually comes from Roman mythology, and is the Roman counterpart of Eros, the Greek god of love and sex. While most of these gods serve similar roles in both cultures, as Roman literature and culture adapted and reinterpreted a large part of Greek Mythology, it is worth noting that they are actually different characters. Here in the game, Cupid flutters about next to the playing grid, just like a certain Greek god from a popular series, that being Gates of Olympus, and there are more similarities than just that. Cupid’s Crush is played with a Cascade mechanic and centered around Multiplier Symbols, which can show up in both the base game, Free Spins, and Super Free Spins, with values of up to 100X to help you hit the big wins and maybe take home the max win of 5,000X the bet.
Experience love and butterflies in your stomach when you keep the streak of cascade wins going, filled with Multipliers. If you want to try the game for yourself, then don’t miss out on the Cupid’s Crush demo.
Theme, Gameplay & Payouts
Cupid’s Crush is a video slot from Wicked Games with 6 Reels, 5 Rows, and uses Scatter Pay mechanics, needing a minimum of 8+ of the same symbols spread over the playing grid to form a win. You can choose between making a Min.bet of 0.2 and a Max.bet of 400. Cupid’s Crush comes with an average RTP of 96.17%, a hit frequency of 19.04%, and medium volatility, where wins are aimed to go for more of an entertainment feel than high-stakes explosiveness, but you’ll always have a chance of landing the max win of 5,000X the bet.
The game is set high in the clouds, surrounded by tall marble pillars and the golden playing grid, and next to it is the one and only Cupid. Alongside the incredibly bright visuals, the game comes with a harp soundtrack, which is an instrument that the god is often depicted with. You can play the game on most notepads, mobiles, and desktops.
The lower-paying symbols are various gems, ranging from blue, green, orange, red, and pink. Creating a win with 30 of the same symbols will pay out 2.5X to 10X the bet. The higher-paying symbols are a box of chocolate, a love potion, a heart lock, and the titular Cupid’s Crush. Landing a win with 30 of the same symbols pays out 12X to 50X the bet. The Special Symbols are Multiplier Symbols, Mystery Symbols, and Scatter Symbols, but you can learn more about those in the next section.
Special Features & Mechanics
What is the max win in the slot Cupid’s Crush?
You can win up to 5,000X the bet.
What features are available in the slot Cupid’s Crush?
The features are Cascades, Multiplier Symbols, Free Spins, Super Free Spins, Ante Bet, and Feature Buy.
Cascades
After landing a winning combination, the winning symbols are removed from the playing grid, allowing new symbols to drop down from above to fill the empty positions and create additional wins. This will continue until no more wins land, at which point the spin ends.
Multiplier Symbols
Multiplier Symbols can land on any reel during any game mode and carry a Multiplier value ranging from 2X to 100X. Multiplier Symbols cannot be destroyed by features such as the Cascades, and will stay on the screen until the end of the spin.
Free Spins
Triggered by landing 3 Scatter Symbols, you will be awarded 10 spins, a Sticky Cluster mechanic, a progressive Win Multiplier, and Mystery Symbols. Starting with the Sticky Cluster mechanic, whenever a win is made, all non-winning symbols are removed after a winning combination, allowing new symbols to fall down from above and potentially create additional wins. All Multiplier Symbols are now also added to a progressive Win Multiplier, which is applied whenever a Multiplier Symbol lands. The new Mystery Symbols can also land on any spin and can either upgrade a Cluster win to the next highest-paying symbol, give +1 spin, or award a Multiplier.
Super Free Spins
Triggered by landing 4 Scatter Symbols, you will be awarded with 10 spins and the exact same mechanics as from the regular Free Spins feature. However, with the added bonus that the progressive Win Multiplier is always active, and does not need Multiplier Symbols to be added to a win.
Ante Bet
By turning on the Ante Bet, you triple your chances to trigger the Free Spins feature, but at the cost of increasing your bet by 1.5X.
Feature Buy
There are two Feature Buy options that allow you to instantly enter either of the bonus games, but for a price based on your current bet.
85X = Triggers the Free Spins bonus game.
275X = Triggers the Super Free Spins bonus game.
Final Thoughts on Cupid’s Crush
From the get-go, we would be lying if we didn’t say that this game is very much inspired by Gates of Olympus, made by Pragmatic Play, and it is one of the most copied games on the market ever since its release in 2021. However, we wouldn’t stoop so low as to say that Wicked Games has reskinned another game just because it’s based on another god, but there are many similarities between them. But taking that out of the equation, Cupid’s Crush is a fun little Valentine’s Day seasonal release that feels familiar but also different in the same sense, with both setting and theme. While not exactly bringing anything new to the table visually, let us move on to the gameplay section and discuss it in more detail.
Before anything else, we want to quickly mention the stats, as it comes with an average RTP of 96.17%, a hit frequency of 19.04%, and an okay max win of 5,000X the bet. As the game is centered around its Cascades, the paytable is pretty solid and has some pretty high wins, but let us tell you that it’s pretty hard to hit 30 of the same symbols, and that’s where the Multiplier Symbols come in to help with the smaller payouts. However, we would say that the more interesting game mode is definitely both of the Free Spins bonus games, as it changes up the Cascading feature to a Cluster feature, where the non-winning symbols are removed instead of the winning ones, which we thought was really fun and not something you see all too often. On top of this are the Progressive Multipliers and Mystery Symbols, with the latter coming with Cluster Upgrades, additional spins, or Multipliers, working a bit as a jack-of-all-trades Special Symbol. All in all, the bonus games are a fun mix-up from the base game, however, we did wish that the Super Free Spins had a bit more changes to it, as at its core, it doesn’t feel like it plays that much different, and it is priced quite a bit higher in the Feature Buy than the normal Free Spins feature. So with all of that said, if you are interested in checking out the game for yourself, then we would recommend you give Cupid’s Crush’s demo a try beforehand.
Cupid’s Crush is a slot perfect for Valentine’s Day, filled with Cascades, Multiplier Symbols, and bonus games with new mechanics and Mystery Symbols.
