Always Up!: How the Pokie Plays

A Chinese-Inspired Spin in BGaming's Steadier Lineup

Always Up! leans on a Chinese setting, the kind of red-and-gold, lucky-coin styling that's become its own little sub-genre of pokie. It sits inside BGaming's medium-volatility set on this site, which puts it closer to a comfortable middle ground than to either extreme. If you've already spent time with Aloha King Elvis, the other confirmed BGaming title I've covered here, you'll notice both games favour that same steadier pace rather than the sharp, spiky swings you get from some high-volatility reels.

I like that BGaming keeps its theming tight rather than overloaded — Always Up! doesn't try to be five different games at once, it just commits to the one aesthetic and builds its round structure around it.

RTP and Volatility, Plainly

The listed return to player here is 96.07%, which sits just a touch above the 96.05% median across the pokies I've checked on this site — not a standout figure, but not a laggard either. Practically, that means over a large enough sample the game hands back a shade more than the typical title in this range.

Medium volatility describes the shape of your results rather than a promise of anything: expect a mix of smaller, more frequent returns and the occasional bigger swing, without the long dry spells that a high-volatility reel can produce or the flatter, low-drama pattern of a low-volatility one. It's a reasonable fit if you want some texture to a session without the sharper ups and downs.

What Bonus Buy Means Here

Always Up! carries a confirmed bonus buy option, letting you pay upfront for entry to its feature round instead of waiting for it to land naturally. That convenience comes at a real cost: a bonus buy spends a noticeably larger chunk of your balance in one go than a standard spin, so it's worth treating as its own separate line in your budget rather than an extension of normal play.

If you're working through wagering on the Bonus package, check that offer's terms before reaching for a bonus buy mid-wagering — I wouldn't assume it counts toward a deposit bonus the same way ordinary spins do unless the terms say so directly.

Who Always Up! Suits

This is a solid pick if you want a themed pokie that won't punish patience or reward it dramatically either way — medium volatility keeps things fairly even. Players chasing a faster route to the feature round have the bonus buy as an option, provided the budget for it is set aside on purpose. For a fuller sense of how Here2Win Casino stacks up beyond any one pokie, my Reviews page covers the operator side, and Here2Win Casino best slots lays out the wider range if Always Up! isn't quite your speed.