Bonus Bears Demo Slot - Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Bonus Bears Slot Overview

Fans of Yogi Bear might appreciate this trip into what appears to be a park or nature reserve, where bears chase both honey and winning symbols. Yes, actual bears, not the koala bears of Fear the Bear. A 5-reel game with 25 paylines, Bonus Bears has 2 bonus rounds, 1 that involves picking honeypots that may contain cash prizes, the other a free spins round where payout potential is tripled. Let our Bonus Bears slot overview take you deeper into this Playtech game.

Getting Close to Nature

This is one of those slots that relies heavily on nature for its setting. Specifically, we’re in North America, with snow-capped mountains in the far background, evergreen trees in front of them, and open grass even further forward. It’s the sort of place, assuming you’re not worried about hungry bears, that you might visit to go camping or hiking, somewhere where you can truly appreciate the beauty of the landscape and the animals that live there, and where you’re not likely to see many casinos.

The Bear and the Ranger

From the name of the Bonus Bears slot, you’d probably be disappointed if bears didn’t play a dominant role in this theme. After all, bears are some of the biggest and most iconic animals living in this environment. Everyone knows bears love honey, and if you want honey you need bees. If you’re out for the day, you’ll need your picnic basket. Then there’s the sometimes challenging task of preserving this pristine wilderness, and ensuring any tourists that visit stay safe, and do no harm. That’s a job for the ranger.

Bonus Bears RTP & Variance

The RTP of the Bonus Bears slot is 95.17%. The variance is medium.

How to Play Bonus Bears

You’re trying to spot the bears, not run away from them:

1. Now, that ranger would insist you take precautions before hiking somewhere with bears. When those bears are part of a video slot, that means establishing a budget.


2. There are 2 plus signs and 2 minus signs. The first set allow you to adjust your number of paylines, with a maximum of 25.


3. The second set allows you to adjust your stake, which has a minimum of 25p.


4. A handily labelled info button lets you read up on the base game and bonus mechanics.


5. Take a moment, check everything is how you like it, then hit spin.


6. When the reels stop, your total win, if any, will be calculated, and you can check your limits and decide whether it’s sensible to spin again.

Stay in control, don’t chase losses.

How to Win at Bonus Bears

This is quite possibly the most straightforward part of the game. You have up to 25 paylines (you can adjust to have fewer, which means a lower bet but also less chance of winning) to try and create combinations of matching symbols. As in other 5-reel slots, these combinations can be 3, 4 or 5 symbols long, with 5 matches equalling the highest payouts. They must start on the left and travel right.

Bonus Bears Top Win

• There are 6 low value card symbols, two medium value themed symbols, and two high value themed symbols.


• Both the J and the Q pay a maximum of 100x, the same amount as the scatter symbol. The differences are that the scatter can also pay from 2 matches, and that it triggers bonuses.


• Our red-headed ranger is the most valuable of the symbols, with a multiplier that goes up to 5000x for 5-of-a-kind.


• Bear symbols are non-paying wilds, but they also have a role to play in bonus features.


• Overall, the max win available is x5000.

Bonus Bears Bonuses

Having the word “bonus” in the title may have made you wonder about the Bonus Bears bonus features. As mentioned, there are two of them, one a highly thematically appropriate option where you climb trees to try and look for honey and prizes, the other a free spins bonus with its own multiplier.

Honey Bonus

Honey is made in a beehive, so first you need to find 3 beehive scatters in the base game. You then have to make a choice about which of the trees that appear in front of you you will decide to climb. Some trees will contain honeypots, each with their own cash value. Collect 5 honey pots, or locate another beehive, and the feature comes to an end.

Free Spins

This time you need the titular bonus bear symbol. He needs to appear on the second, third and fourth reels all at the same time to award you 15 free spins. A x3 win multiplier applies to every combination of winning symbols during the free spins round, tripling your payout potential. More wild symbols landing during the round can retrigger an extra set of 15 more spins.

Max-win 5,000x

Volatility Medium

Top RTP 95.17%

Bonus Bears Overview - Summary

Bonus Bears has its own distinctive, somewhat cartoony art style that gives it a sense of fun compared to some other Playtech slots. The base game is unremarkable and the free spins fairly standard, though the x3 win multiplier will certainly be a draw to many players. The honey bonus is a bit more unusual. As in all slots, the most important thing is to be responsible if you play, including potentially making use of timeout or self-exclusion features.