Candy Blast: Slot Overview

To borrow a line from the film ‘Contact’, ‘First rule in government spending: why build one when you can have two at twice the price?’ That same mindset seems to have guided Push Gaming, which put out Mad Blast and then, only weeks later, followed it with Candy Blast—a copy in everything except the theme. So, if you’re up for more scatter wins action powered by a doubling win multiplier, this time dipped in sugar, you’re in the right place.

Vivid colours, heaps of pink, and sweets everywhere—no doubt about it, this is a candy slot. A 6×5 gaming grid sits on top of a huge iced biscuit, or cake, or some other health hazard, like a literal “dessert” island surrounded by sea. Candy Blast doesn’t have the same imagination as Mad Blast’s sci-fi robots vibe, but if candy gambling is what you’re after, here’s your serving.

As a scatter-pays slot, Candy Blast forms wins when 8 or more identical symbols appear anywhere on the grid. Winning symbols disappear, and the gaps are refilled as new symbols cascading down. Cascades continue until no further win lands. Push Gaming has again opted for high volatility, and the maximum RTP when betting 10 c to $/€100 per spin remains 96.34%. Anyone willing to pay twice the stake per round can switch on the Push Bet, which boosts the chance of triggering the feature.

The paytable starts with five candy symbols, followed by 2 cake symbols and 2 cupcake symbols. Landing 8-9 matching symbols returns 0.3 to 10 times the stake, while the largest scatter clusters of 12+ OAK pay 2 to 50 times the stake.

Candy Blast: Slot Features

Alongside the cascading wins mechanic, Candy Blast includes a Total Multiplier, Multiplier Boost symbols, Extra Life symbols, free spins, Multiplier Strike Out, and bonus buys.

Total Multiplier

The total multiplier is applied to every winning combination. With each winning cascade, the Total Multiplier doubles in value until a cascade produces no win, at which point it resets. In the base game, the Total Multiplier begins at x1 and can rise as high as x2,048.

Multiplier Boost Symbol

The Multiplier Boost symbol can land in both the base game and free spins. It triggers with any win, increasing the Total Multiplier by the number of steps shown on the symbol. The Multiplier Boost symbol can display step values of 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.

Extra Life Symbol

The Extra Life symbol also appears in the base game and during free spins. It activates on a non-winning cascade, removing all pay symbols from the reels, except scatters, Multiplier Boosts, and all instances of the most common paying symbol. It leaves the highest-paying symbol if more than one symbol type is tied as the most common.

Free Spins

Hitting 3 scatters in the base game awards 8 free spins with a starting Total Multiplier of x2, 4 landed scatters in the base game awards 10 free spins with a starting Total Multiplier of x4, while 5 scatters in the base game awards 12 free spins with a starting Total Multiplier of x8. The Total Multiplier resets to the lowest possible value at the start of each new free spin. Landing a scatter during the round grants +1 spin.

Multiplier Strike Out

This feature is exclusive to free spins. Once 3 consecutive winning cascades have happened, Multiplier Strike Out removes the last active Total Multiplier step from the Total Multiplier list for the remainder of the round. The 2,048x step cannot be removed.

Bonus Buy

Players may purchase free spins with an x2 starting multiplier for 150x the bet or free spins with an x8 starting multiplier for 750x the bet.

Candy Blast: Slot Verdict

If Mad Blast describing itself as a ‘one-of-a-kind experience’ was already arguable, then the same line from Candy Blast is even harder to accept, because the two games are essentially identical under the surface. It’s strange to see Push Gaming launch titles so close together in this way. It feels unlike them. Then again, maybe it’s unlike the old Push. This newer Push Gaming seems to do things that would’ve been hard to picture back in the “good old days.” Still, progress is progress.

The spread of scatter-paying slots doesn’t look to be slowing down either, and both Mad Blast and Mad Candy are strong examples of the format. Pairing scatter pays with a multiplier mechanic is a common choice, and Mad Candy’s approach—using a doubling Total Multiplier rather than separate multiplier symbols, as in Gates of Olympus or Sweet Bonanza—is a welcome twist. It leans a bit toward DoubleMax (as seen in Raptor, for instance), but variety is rarely a bad thing. What makes Candy Blast’s multiplier different from standard DoubleMax slots is that it drops back to the lowest possible value during the bonus rather than carrying on after it has grown. If that sounds harsh, it’s softened by Multiplier Strike Out, which removes values from the ladder, and the Multiplier Boost, which is useful too. If cascades alone aren’t enough to hook you, the strike-out element adds another layer of appeal.

Perched on top of Candy Blast like a pink sprinkle is a 10,000x cap, and with the ladder topping out at x2,048, the max win looks like something that could be reached, at least in theory. As a fun scatter pays candy slot with an engaging multiplier mechanic, Candy Blast hits plenty of the right notes. Even so, it’s difficult to completely shake the sense that Candy Blast feels a bit unnecessary arriving so soon after Mad Blast.