Sugar Merge Up

Sugar Merge Up review

Sugar Merge Up is the newest title in BGaming's Merge Up series, swapping the gems of earlier games for candies and gummy bears on a 6x6 cluster pays grid. Instead of simply vanishing, winning symbols climb a ladder of nine levels, and the very top of that ladder turns into the Scatter that opens free spins. Slotcatalog lists a 97% RTP, high volatility and a 10,000x max win, while BGaming itself describes the volatility as very high. Two booster modes and a three-option Bonus Buy menu round out the package.

Features & bonus round

• Key specs: Provider: BGaming; RTP: 97%; Volatility: High (BGaming: very high); Max win: 10,000x; Grid: 6x6; Pay type: Cluster Pays (4+ adjacent symbols); Release: 2026-03-31; Free spins frequency: about 1 in 409 spins (BGaming FS rate); Min/Max bet: 0.25-25 (default bet range per slotcatalog); Features: Merge Up, Bubblegum, cell multipliers, Free Spins, Booster modes, Bonus Buy, Chance x2
• Merge Up: after a cluster pays, some of its symbols disappear and the others advance one level; there are 9 symbol levels, with the Scatter as level 10
• Bubblegum: a cluster of level 8 symbols creates a Bubblegum that explodes, clears the 8 symbols around it, becomes a Scatter and raises the multipliers in the cleared cells by one stage
• Cell multipliers: cells where a win forms are marked; a later win on a marked cell gets x2, doubling with each new win up to x128 per cell, and multipliers inside one cluster add up
• Free Spins: 3, 4, 5 or 6+ Scatters award 12, 15, 20 or 30 spins, marked cells stay marked for the whole round, and 3+ Scatters during the round add 5 spins
• Boosters and buys: Random Booster adds multipliers up to x128 on each spin, Booster x16 fills the grid with x16 multipliers from the first spin, and the Bonus Buy menu offers standard free spins, free spins with x2 in every cell, or free spins with 3 to 9 starting bombs; Chance x2 raises the bet slightly to improve the free spins chance
• Compared with BGaming's Burning Chilli X in our data (97.25% RTP, 3,000x), Sugar Merge Up keeps a similar RTP but has a max win more than three times higher

Sugar Merge Up is aimed at players comfortable with sharp swings who enjoy watching multipliers stack up across a session, since BGaming itself calls the volatility very high. If you like cluster games but want something more structured than random tumbles, the level-up system gives every win a purpose. Try the free demo to learn how the Bubblegum and cell multipliers behave, and fix a budget before any real-money play.