Honey Gems Slot Review

Honey Gems RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Honey Gems slot is played on a unique honeycomb layout, which means it doesn’t offer traditional reels. Instead, the game is played across 9 rows, with a total of 61 cells and a cluster pays mechanism. To create a win, simply land 5 or more matching symbols in adjacent cells.

Honey Gems is playable from 10p to £500 per spin. This is a very wide range, making it suitable to all types of players. You can adjust your bet using by clicking the coins icon to the right of the reels. In certain jurisdictions, an Autoplay function can be used to play between 5 and 100 spins without clicking. Turbo mode may also be used for faster gameplay.

Honey Gems has an RTP of 95.46%, which is lower than the average for online slots. The game also offers a medium volatility, and max wins of 2,500 x your stake. Bigger wins will come via the scatter symbols, which add multipliers to your wins.

Theme – queen bee symbols bring the buzz

If you hadn’t made the connection with the honeycomb layout, Honey Gems has a bee theme. The reels hang against a technicolour landscape, compete with daisies and bright skies. While the game is definitely cheery, the graphics do seem a little outdated. What’s more, you’ll definitely want to mute the soundtrack. After each spin a ticking noise begins (reminiscent of the Countdown clock), which makes the game feel more stressful than it needs to be.

On the reels, symbols include a variety of coloured gems and fruits. The Queen Bee is the slot’s highest paying symbol, rewarding you with up to 50 x your bet for a cluster of 45 or more symbols.

Like most grid slots, Honey Gems does not have a wild symbol. Instead, look out for two types of scatters. 1 offers multipliers worth up to 50 x your bet, whilst the other triggers the free spins feature.

Symbol	Payouts/Info
Coloured Gems (Blue, Purple, Green)	Up to 8 x bet
Red Gem	Up to 10 x bet
Fruits (Grapes, Blueberries, Cherries)	Up to 12 x bet
Strawberry	Up to 20 x bet
Queen Bee	Up to 50 x bet
Multiplier Symbols	Worth up to 50 x win
Hive Scatter	4+ triggers Free Spins feature

Honey Gems mobile

Honey Gems runs on HTML5 technology, so you can play it on all devices. This includes mobiles, laptops, PCs and tablets.

While we wouldn’t expect anything less from a Playtech slot, we were impressed with how the game looks on a smaller screen. Rarely do grid slots play great on mobile but he paired-back graphics make it easy to follow. Moreover, Honey Gems is optimised for both portrait and landscape modes.

Honey Gems Bonus Features

Honey Gems boasts 3 main bonus features. This includes multiplier scatters, sticky respins and a free spins round. Let’s take a closer look at how each feature works.

Multiplier Scatter Feature

In both the base game and the free spins round, multiplier scatters can land anywhere on the reels, carrying values of up to 50 x. To claim the value, you simply need to land a multiplier symbol adjacent to a winning cluster.

Multiplier values are also additive. This means that when 2 or more multipliers form part of the same winning cluster, their values add up and the whole win is multiplied by the total amount.
If you manage to land a win with a multiplier symbol, you also trigger the Sticky Respins feature.

Sticky Respins Feature

As just explained, if you land a multiplier symbol and a winning cluster, you trigger the Sticky Respins feature.

All matching symbols to the winning cluster, and all multiplier symbols, lock in place. All other symbols spin independently again.

If 1 or more new symbol of the same type as the winning cluster land in place, they also become sticky and the respins continue. Multiplier symbols also turn wild, substituting for any paying symbols. The multiplier values also increase by 1 x on ever respin.

The Sticky Respin feature ends when no new symbols lock in place.

Honey Queen Free Spins Feature

When 4 or more Hive scatter symbols land anywhere open the reels, you trigger the Honey Queen feature. The number of spins you receive depends on how many scatters were collected to trigger the feature.

• 4 Scatter symbols trigger 6 free games
• 5 Scatter symbols trigger 8 free games
• 6 Scatter symbols trigger 10 free games
• 7+ Scatter symbols trigger 12 free games

At the start of your free spins, 1 multiplier symbol will be locked in the centre of the grid. Any additional multiplier symbols that land also lock into place until the end of the feature.

Landing extra scatters anywhere on the grid gives you 1 additional free spin, per scatter.

Honey Gems Summary – multiplier symbols are key to big wins

Graphically, the Honey Gems slot could do with a bit more refinement. We enjoyed the unique layout and the bright colours, but the slot feels a little dated. When many of the UK’s best slots are offering 3D illustrations with tons of detail, the symbols and background here felt flat.

Unfortunately, the flat feeling continued when it came to gameplay too. Whilst we know grid slots are always popular with certain types of players, the slot doesn’t offer anything unique to write home about.

The key to winning big is to land multipliers and trigger the sticky respins feature. As multipliers can then increase per respin, this is your best bet at landing those 2,500 x bet max wins. Triggering respins during the Free Spins feature also gives you a lucrative moment, as you can keep winning from a single spin for quite sometime

All in all, the Honey Gems slot may be straightforward but it is entertaining and the wide betting range makes it perfect for budget players. Whether you enjoy it will depend on whether you like grid slots and the theme. Why not try our free demo to see what you think?