Potion Spells — Full Review & Free Demo

Potion Spells Slot Overview

Potion Spells is a magic-themed Cluster Pays slot from BGaming, set on a 7x7 grid. Released in January 2023, it places you inside an alchemist's lab complete with bubbling cauldrons, wooden walls, and a broom propped against the corner. Wins form when five or more matching symbols connect horizontally or vertically, and winning clusters vanish to let fresh symbols cascade in.

What stands out here is the sheer density of features packed into a single base game spin. A four-stage Progress Bar, Big Symbol multipliers, Backlit Symbol Wilds, a Second Chance respin, and the climactic Pot Bonus Game all compete for your attention. With 96.25% RTP, high volatility, and a 12,000x max win, the slot clearly targets players who prefer fewer but larger payouts.

Symbols and Paytable

Lower-paying symbols are four coloured potion bottles: blue, purple, red, and green. A cluster of 15 or more of these pays between 3x and 10x the bet. Higher-paying symbols include an eye, feather, mushroom, and frog. Landing 15+ of these in a single cluster can award anywhere from 75x up to 750x.

A Wild symbol (marked with a large W) substitutes for everything. The design choice to keep symbol values modest at lower cluster sizes while rewarding massive clusters so generously is what drives the high-volatility profile. You need patience, but when a large cluster of frogs or mushrooms connects, the payout is substantial.

Symbol Payouts

15+	x750
12+	x50
10+	x20
9	x8
8	x5
7	x3
6	x2
5	x1

15+	x300
12+	x25
10+	x10
9	x4
8	x3
7	x2
6	x1
5	x0.8

15+	x150
12+	x10
10+	x5
9	x3
8	x2
7	x1
6	x0.8
5	x0.6

15+	x75
12+	x5
10+	x3
9	x2
8	x1.5
7	x1
6	x0.7
5	x0.5

15+	x10
12+	x3
10+	x1
9	x0.8
8	x0.6
7	x0.4
6	x0.2
5	x0.15

15+	x10
12+	x3
10+	x1
9	x0.8
8	x0.6
7	x0.4
6	x0.2
5	x0.15

15+	x3
12+	x1
10+	x0.8
9	x0.6
8	x0.3
7	x0.3
6	x0.15
5	x0.1

15+	x3
12+	x1
10+	x0.8
9	x0.6
8	x0.3
7	x0.2
6	x0.15
5	x0.1

Scatter

Wild

Bonus Features and Progress Bar

Cascading wins form the backbone of every spin. Each cluster win removes the involved symbols, drops new ones in, and the cascade continues as long as new wins appear. Four matching symbols in a square merge into a 2x2 Big Symbol that doubles the payout if it joins a winning cluster. Multiple Big Symbols multiply each other before being applied.

Every winning symbol lowers the Progress Bar counter by one. Hitting 25 symbols triggers one of four random features: Detonation (3-6 Wilds that explode surrounding symbols), Promotion (transforms one symbol type into another), Separation (places a Wild in the centre and aligns diagonals), or Reduction (removes all low-pay symbols). Reach 100 winning symbols total and all four features have fired, unlocking the Pot Bonus Game.

The Pot Bonus Game grants three spins. Spin one drops a 3x3 Wild onto the grid; spin two places two 2x2 Wilds; spin three scatters nine individual Wilds. A Bonus Buy option lets you skip straight to the Pot for 100x your stake, though I find that cost quite steep for a max bet of only 20.

Bonus Buy Options

Cascading Wins

Winning symbols vanish and new ones drop in, allowing consecutive wins on a single spin.

Progress Bar

Every 25 winning symbols triggers one of four features: Detonation, Promotion, Separation, or Reduction. Reaching 100 symbols activates the Pot Bonus Game.

Detonation

Between 3 and 6 symbols turn into Wilds, each destroying 4 surrounding symbols.

Promotion

All symbols of one randomly chosen type transform into another symbol type.

Separation

A Wild is placed in the centre of the grid and all diagonal symbols turn into one type.

Reduction

All lower-paying symbols are removed from the grid without payment.

The Pot Bonus Game

Awards 3 spins: the first places a 3x3 Wild, the second adds two 2x2 Wilds, and the third drops 9 individual Wilds onto the grid.

Bonus Buy

Purchase instant access to the Pot Bonus Game for 100x the current bet.

Feature Cost: 100x

Big Symbol

Four matching symbols in a square merge into a 2x2 symbol that doubles the win if part of a cluster. Multiple Big Symbols multiply each other.

Backlit Symbol

One lower-paying symbol type is randomly highlighted each spin. If it wins, 2 Wilds replace the removed symbols.

Second Chance

Non-winning spins can randomly add Wilds to the reels for a respin.

RTP, Volatility, and Win Potential

RTP sits at 96.25%, which is competitive for the cluster-pays segment. Volatility is high; the hit frequency lands around 28%, but the free spins trigger only about once every 380 spins. That gap between regular base hits and bonus entry can make sessions feel uneven, and not everyone will enjoy the long stretches between feature triggers.

Max win is capped at 12,000x the bet. Compared to the studio's previous work on titles like Bonanza Billion, BGaming leaned harder into feature layering rather than raw multiplier stacking. Big clusters of premium symbols during the Pot Bonus, combined with Big Symbol multipliers, are the primary route to the cap.