Inside Always Up! — Reels, Wilds and Bonuses

If you're after a Chinese-themed slot that keeps climbing rather than tumbling, Always Up! is BGaming's answer, and it's one of twenty titles I cover in the Slots Starter Guide. I like how straightforward the formula is here: no crowded feature list, just symbol chains that stack toward the top of the reels and a bonus buy for players who'd rather pay their way into the round.

How Always Up! Plays: Climbing Symbol Chains

The core mechanic is simple to describe: matching symbols climb the reel columns in linked chains, and the higher a chain builds, the more it can pay out before it resets. BGaming's bonus buy option lets you pay directly for entry into the bonus round instead of landing it through ordinary spins. That's a real cost decision, not a shortcut around volatility — if you're working through a deposit bonus's wagering requirement, check the casino's bonus terms before spending on a bonus buy, since a purchase like that isn't always eligible to count toward rollover.

Medium Volatility, 96.07% RTP

Always Up! carries a medium volatility rating and returns 96.07% RTP over the long run, which sits just above the 96.03% median across the games in the Slots Starter Guide — not a big edge, but a mark in the game's favour rather than against it. Medium volatility means it neither drains a session in a handful of rounds nor stretches feature rounds out for hours; wins tend to land often enough to keep a modest session moving without needing one big hit to stay afloat. If you're planning a session around a set deposit, a medium-volatility title like this one usually spreads results more evenly across your spin count than a high-volatility pick would.

The Red-and-Gold Chinese Setting

The visuals lean into a bold red-and-gold Chinese theme, with lucky symbols and coin motifs built around the climbing-stack mechanic rather than dropped in as generic backdrop. It's a tighter thematic match than some slots that bolt an Asian setting onto an unrelated reel format — here the rising stacks and the auspicious colour palette actually work together on screen.

Where Always Up! Sits Next to Other BGaming Picks

For a look at how BGaming handles a different mood, Adventures swaps the Chinese setting for an anime-and-magic storyline at a higher 97.1% RTP, while Aloha King Elvis trades climbing chains for a Hawaiian-holiday mashup with its own bonus buy option. Before loading either up on a phone, it's worth a quick check of the Mobile App page if you'd rather play from your handset than a desktop browser.

The full spread of games sorted by volatility, including every BGaming title here, lives in the Slots Starter Guide.