Introduction to Sunnydaze Asylum
Sunnydaze Asylum is a casino slot from Pragmatic Play with an unusually cheerful asylum theme. We’ve recently had a spooky check-up at Sanatorium Secrets, but this time, Pragmatic Play has gone for a bright and colorful take on asylums. Featuring crazy doctors and child paintings in padded rooms, it’s borderline disturbing despite the jolly vibe. In terms of gameplay, it follows the familiar combination of Cascading Wins + Multiplier Symbols, seen in one of the studio’s most legendary releases, Gates of Olympus. Even though the Multiplier Symbol isn’t sticky, its values can either be additive or multiplicative, creating big values and leading to the max win of 10,000X the bet. Sunndydaze Asylum offers good win potential and a new twist on a familiar formula, but the lack of depth makes it a one-trick pony, resulting in looping gameplay.
Theme, Gameplay, & Payouts
Sunnydaze Asylum is a video slot by Pragmatic Play that features 5 reels, 3 rows, and 3,124 ways to win. You can select bet sizes ranging from 0.2 to 240, with a default RTP of 96.53%, which is considered above industry average. However, the operators can choose to use lower ones, such as 95.53% or 94.51%. This game has high volatility and a hit frequency of 27.93%, offering potential wins up to 10,000X your bet. On average, it takes 299.3 spins to activate the bonus game and 3,650,968 spins to land the maximum win. Landing wins bigger than 5000X and 1000X the bet, averages 1 in 866.326 and 40,469 spins, respectively.
The game’s design is based on a colorful asylum theme, set inside a padded room with a crazy-looking doctor keeping an eye on you while you spin the 5x5 reels. If you want to boost the gaming experience for a cost, activate the Feature Buy or Special Bets buttons on the screen’s left side. All other buttons, including the Spin and Bet Size, can be found below the reels. You can play Sunnydaze Asylum on all mobile devices, desktops, and notepads. You create a winning combination by landing 3 or more of the same symbol types on adjacent reels starting at the leftmost reel.
The lower-paying symbols are purple, red, blue, green, and pink/red pills. Landing 5 of the same symbol type pays between 0.3X and 0.5X. The higher-paying symbols are a purple helmet, a red camera, a blue saw, a green mask, and a pink straitjacket. Landing 5 of the same symbol type pays between 0.75X and 4X.
The game’s Wild Symbol has the design of a candy jar with the text “Wild” and can land on reels 2, 3, and 4. The Scatter Symbol is a golden jar, and landing 3 or more will trigger the Free Spins. The Multiplier Symbol is a multicolored symbol type that can indicate values ranging from 2X to 100X. Let’s find out what kind of features this game has to offer.
Special Features & Slot Mechanics
What is the max win in the slot of Sunnydaze Asylum?
The max win is 10,000X the bet.
What features are available in the slot of Sunnydaze Asylum?
The features of this slot game are Tumble, Wild Symbol, Multiplier Symbol, Free Spins, Special Bets, and Feature Buy.
Tumble
The Tumble feature is activated when a win is created, and the winning symbols will be removed from the reels. New symbols will fall from above, creating new winning combinations; this will continue as long as new winning combinations are formed.
Wild Symbol
The Wild Symbol substitutes all symbols except the Scatter and Multiplier Symbols and helps you create winning combinations. It can only land on reels 2, 3, and 4.
Multiplier Symbol
Only 1 Multiplier Symbol can appear during a spin. When the spin is over, the Multiplier Symbol reveals a random number of 1, 2, or 3, which will result in 1, 2, or 3 random multipliers being revealed on top of the reels.
The revealed multipliers can be either Silver or Gold Multipliers.
Silver Multipliers = 2X, 3X, 5X, 8X, 10X, 15X, 20X, 30X, 50X, and 100X. Silver Multipliers are added together before being applied to the win.
Gold Multipliers = 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X, 6X, 8X, and 10X. Gold Multipliers multiply the total value of Silver Multipliers, one by one, for each Gold Multiplier revealed.
After the final multiplier value is calculated, it’s applied to the total win.
Free Spins
This feature can be triggered by landing 3 or more Scatter Symbols, awarding 10 Free Spins. Hitting 2, 3, 4, or 5 Scatter Symbols will retrigger the feature with +3, +5, +10, or +15 additional Free Spins.
If the feature is triggered by 3, 4, or 5 Scatter Symbols, the Multiplier Symbol can reveal the following values:
3 Scatter Symbols = Multiplier Symbol can reveal 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 Silver or Gold Multipliers.
4 Scatter Symbols = Multiplier Symbol can reveal 3, 4, or 5 Silver or Gold Multipliers.
5 Scatter Symbols = Multiplier Symbol can reveal 5 Silver or Gold Multipliers.
Ante Bet
1.5X (Ante Bet 1) = When activated, you experience a 2 times higher chance of triggering the Bonus Game. You play the game with an RTP of 96.48%.
3X (Ante Bet 2) = When activated, you experience a 5 times higher chance of triggering the Bonus Game. You play the game with an RTP of 96.53%.
Feature Buy
If you want to advance directly to the Bonus Game, use the Feature Buy options:
100X = Trigger the Free Spins with an RTP of 96.51%
200X = Trigger the Free Spins with a minimum of 4 Scatter Symbols and an RTP of 96.49%.
400X = Trigger the Free Spins with a minimum of 4 Scatter Symbols and an RTP of 96.51%.
Final Thoughts on Sunnydaze Asylum
This game offers an unusual, cheerful asylum theme, featuring a cheerful soundtrack and a crazy doctor. As mentioned in the Introduction, the studio moves away from the dark and scary asylum vibe, focusing on a bright and creepy slot design that looks like it locks up kids, but we hope we’re wrong. The design and vibe are hardly for anyone, but might suit those who still want an asylum slot, but with a more cheerful and sunny vibe, which feels like a strange thing to write.
So what about the gameplay? The Multiplier Symbols are the game’s highlight, and combined with the Tumble feature, they create both a lucrative and familiar gaming experience. So what separates this game from previous Multiplier Symbol games? Well, the Multiplier Symbol will activate the Multipliers above the reels, with either an additive value ranging from 2X to 100X or a multiplicative value of up to 10X, with the potential of creating massive multipliers that are applied to the total win. Unfortunately, only one Multiplier Symbol can appear per spin, but during the Bonus Game, up to 5 Multipliers can be triggered, which makes the max win of 10,000X believable.
Overall, with a frankly weird theme and creepy vibe, this game isn’t for everyone. In terms of gameplay, it follows a familiar formula with minor tweaks, making it relevant and lucrative. However, while the Multiplier Symbol can create good win potential, the gameplay feels repetitive after a while and would need a deeper feature set to be regarded as a strong release from Pragmatic Play. If you want more asylum-themed games, we recommend Mental and Mental 2.
Sunnydaze Asylum is a slot that offers a minor twist on a familiar formula and creepy design, but suffers from repetitive gameplay.
