Slots like Sweet Bonanza
Sweet Bonanza 1000 is the same game with bigger bombs, so if the bombs are what keep you playing, start there. Candy Blitz and Blood Sugar hold on to the pay-anywhere 6x5 screen and put the multiplier somewhere else, on its own reel or on the symbols, and Candy Stars brings the candy look to ordinary reels.
- Studio
- Pragmatic Play
- Released
- June 2019
- Screen
- 6x5, no paylines
- Wins
- 8 or more of a symbol anywhere, then a tumble
- Multipliers
- Bombs x2 to x100, free spins only, added when the tumble ends
- Free spins
- 4 or more scatters for 10 spins, bonus buy 100x
- RTP
- 96.48% (Pragmatic Play), 96.51% (SlotCatalog, Bigwinboard)
- Max win
- 21,100x
- Volatility
- Medium-high, 3.5 of 5
Pay anywhere on 6x5
Sweet Bonanza still looks like a pastel sweet shop with fruit tipped into it, and for a game that old it has held up well. Nothing has to touch or sit on a line, any 8 matching symbols pay wherever they land, and when the winners disappear the rest slide down to fill the holes and sometimes keep paying for a while. Most of the waiting is for the bombs, and those only show up in free spins.
Candy Blitz (Pragmatic Play)
Candy Blitz takes the multiplier off the grid and puts it on a separate reel standing beside it, so the pay-anywhere rule on the grid doesn't change at all. During free spins the lowest value that reel can show is x2.
Blood Sugar (Hyper Play)
Blood Sugar is a newer Stake Engine game that pays scatter style on the same kind of screen, so switching over from Sweet Bonanza is easy. Keep an eye on the ante setting. With an ante on, every spin costs more than the bet you picked, and the bonus buys run a long way up, to 1,000x at the top.
Bombs that add up
Pop Parade (Beltastic)
Pop Parade keeps its multipliers in balloons, and the balloons are shut inside stones across a 7x7 grid where you decide which pieces trade places. Every balloon set free during a play adds to one total for that play, and any balloon still stuck in its stone at the finish pays nothing.
Pop Parade is our own game and has not been released, so its RTP and max win are blank below. Rules: how Pop Parade plays.
Candy on the screen
Candy Stars (Pragmatic Play)
Candy Stars, which has the sweet-shop look without a grid and pays in ways across 5 reels with an extra row running along the top, keeps its wilds on that top row once they land, where they gain a little each time they help a win along and then, when free spins start, double instead.
Sweet Bonanza 1000 and Super Scatter
Sweet Bonanza 1000 (Pragmatic Play)
The 1000 version is the original with the bombs now reaching x1,000, and not much else is different, which is probably why it's so popular on Stake, where it takes far more in bets than the first game does. The pricier of its two buys starts every bomb on a higher value.
Sweet Bonanza Super Scatter (Pragmatic Play)
Each Super Scatter that helps set off free spins pays straight away, on top of whatever the bonus goes on to win, and four of them together pay 50,000x. The bombs in this version don't clear after each tumble but remain in place until the feature is over.
| Sweet Bonanza | 1000 | Super Scatter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Released | June 2019 | June 2024 | July 2025 |
| Highest bomb | x100 | x1,000 | x100, stays until the feature ends |
| Max win | 21,100x | 25,000x | 50,000x |
| Odds of max win | not found | 1 in 71,428,571 | 1 in 833,333,333 |
| Free spins | not found | 1 in 450 | 1 in 450.64 |
| Hit frequency | not found | 1 in 2.33 | 1 in 2.33 |
| Buys | 100x | 100x, 500x | 100x, 500x |
| Super Scatter pays | none | none | 100x / 500x / 5,000x / 50,000x for 1 to 4 |
| RTP (Pragmatic Play) | 96.48% | 96.53% | 96.51% |
| Wagered on Stake, 30 days | $23.5M | $110.4M | $4.6M |
Odds and frequencies from Bigwinboard. Stake wagering from bonushunt.gg, 30 days to 12 Nov 2026. Super Scatter max win: 50,000x (Pragmatic Play, Bigwinboard, SlotCatalog text), 10,000x (SlotCatalog attribute).
Six alternatives side by side
| Game | Studio | Grid | Win rule | Multiplier | RTP | Max win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Bonanza | Pragmatic Play | 6x5 | 8+ anywhere, tumble | Bombs x2 to x100, free spins | 96.48% or 96.51% | 21,100x |
| Sweet Bonanza 1000 | Pragmatic Play | 6x5 | 8+ anywhere, tumble | Bombs up to x1,000, free spins | 96.53% | 25,000x |
| Sweet Bonanza Super Scatter | Pragmatic Play | 6x5 | 8+ anywhere, tumble | Bombs up to x100, stay on grid | 96.51% | 50,000x |
| Candy Blitz | Pragmatic Play | 6x5 | 8+ anywhere, cascade | Multiplier reel up to x500 | 96.08% | 10,000x |
| Blood Sugar | Hyper Play | 6x5 | Scatter pays | Symbol multipliers x1 doubling to x1,024 | 96.70% | 50,000x |
| Pop Parade | Beltastic | 7x7 | You swap, 3+ in a line | Balloons, totted up per play | at release | at release |
| Candy Stars | Pragmatic Play | 5 reels plus a top row | Ways, tumble | Sticky wilds +x1, x128 in free spins | 96.47% | 5,000x |
Default RTP as the provider or Stake Engine lists it. Casinos can pick lower settings, for Sweet Bonanza down to about 89% according to SlotCatalog.
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Questions
Which slot plays most like Sweet Bonanza?
Sweet Bonanza 1000. Same 6x5 screen, same 8-anywhere rule and free spins bombs, only the bombs reach x1,000 and the cap is 25,000x.
Are there bombs outside free spins in Sweet Bonanza?
No. Bombs show up only in free spins, each one x2 at least and x100 at most, and their total is applied after the last tumble.
How do Super Scatters pay?
They only exist in Sweet Bonanza Super Scatter. Each one that helps trigger free spins pays at once: 100x for one, 500x for two, 5,000x for three and 50,000x for four.
Which Sweet Bonanza version pays back the most?
On Pragmatic Play's pages, the 1000 at 96.53%, then Super Scatter at 96.51% and the original at 96.48%. Your casino's setting matters more than those gaps.
Sources
- Pragmatic Play: Sweet Bonanza. 6x5, 8+ anywhere, bombs x2 to x100 in free spins added at the end of the tumble, 96.48% Checked 12 November 2026
- SlotCatalog: Sweet Bonanza. Released June 2019, 96.51%, operators down to about 89%, 21,100x, medium-high 3.5 of 5, buy 100x Checked 12 November 2026
- Pragmatic Play: Sweet Bonanza 1000. Bombs up to x1,000, 96.53% Checked 12 November 2026
- Bigwinboard: Sweet Bonanza 1000. 25,000x at 1 in 71,428,571, hit frequency 1 in 2.33, free spins 1 in 450, Super Free Spins 500x with bombs from x20 Checked 12 November 2026
- SlotCatalog: Sweet Bonanza 1000. Wide release June 2024 Checked 12 November 2026
- Pragmatic Play: Sweet Bonanza Super Scatter. Super Scatter 100x / 500x / 5,000x / 50,000x, bombs up to x100 stay until the feature ends, 96.51%, 50,000x Checked 12 November 2026
- Bigwinboard: Sweet Bonanza Super Scatter. 1 in 833,333,333, free spins 1 in 450.64, hit frequency 1 in 2.33 Checked 12 November 2026
- SlotCatalog: Sweet Bonanza Super Scatter. Released July 2025, 10,000x in attribute table Checked 12 November 2026
- Pragmatic Play: Candy Blitz. 6x5, 8+ anywhere, multiplier reel up to x500, free spins minimum x2, 96.08% Checked 12 November 2026
- Bigwinboard: Candy Blitz. 10,000x Checked 12 November 2026
- Stake Engine insights: Blood Sugar. Released 22 Oct 2026, 6x5 scatter pays, symbol multiplier x1 doubling to x1,024, ante 2x / 10x, buys 100x to 1,000x, 96.70%, 50,000x Checked 12 November 2026
- Pragmatic Play: Candy Stars. 5 reels plus top reel, sticky wilds +x1, 8 free spins with doubling to x128, 96.47% Checked 12 November 2026
- Bigwinboard: Candy Stars. Buy 80x, 5,000x, high volatility Checked 12 November 2026
- bonushunt.gg provider analytics. Stake wagering, 30 days: Sweet Bonanza $23.5M, 1000 $110.4M, Super Scatter $4.6M Checked 12 November 2026
- Beltastic: how Pop Parade plays. 7x7 swap, balloon multipliers added per play Checked 12 November 2026
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