Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 39 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 7 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
7 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
7 / 0 votes
7 votes
6 votes
7 votes
6 votes
1 votes
5 votes
1 votes
1 votes
5 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 51 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 9 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
7 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
7 / 0 votes
7 votes
Pay to Win
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A player can spend real money to purchase something that gives them an advantage in the game.
7 / 0 votes
6 votes
4 votes
Accidental Purchases
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Making it easy to accidentally spend money with no confirmation or ability to undo or refund the action.
4 / 0 votes
4 votes
5 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
5 / 0 votes
5 votes
1 votes
5 votes
1 votes
3 votes
1 votes
Waste Aversion
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Capped inventory forces you to destroy items or upgrade inventory. Also, having small amounts of left over premium currency.
3 / 1 votes
3 votes
2 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
3 / 2 votes
2 votes
4 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 33 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 9 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
7 votes
Social Obligation / Guilds
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To avoid letting down your friends, you are obligated to play when you don't want to.
7 / 0 votes
7 votes
Fear of Missing Out
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If you stop playing you'll miss out on something or be left behind and unable to catch up.
7 / 0 votes
7 votes
4 votes
1 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
4 / 1 votes
4 votes
1 votes
3 votes
2 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
3 / 2 votes
1 votes
5 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
1 / 5 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 28 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 7 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
6 votes
Invested / Endowed Value
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Having already spent time and money to improve your status in the game, it's difficult to throw it away.
6 / 0 votes
4 votes
1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
4 / 1 votes
3 votes
1 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
3 / 1 votes
4 votes
1 votes
Illusion of Control
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The game cheats or hides information to make you think you're better than you actually are.
4 / 1 votes
4 votes
1 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
4 / 1 votes
4 votes
1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
4 / 1 votes
3 votes
2 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
3 / 2 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 131 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.24) with 21,868 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Artificial Scarcity reported on Apr 30, 2024
Everything in the game is limited, with count down timers. Many times you do have to buy in order to remain relevant. Packs all count down and all have language making it seem vital, importance and portrays like a great one of lifetime offer
Pay Wall reported on Apr 30, 2024
more and more events are behind paywall..very little left for a f2p to do. f2p play is token bare min reward (they dont even want the reward) if its not behind the paywall entirely
Reciprocity reported on Apr 30, 2024
limited to items no one wants
Power Creep reported on Apr 30, 2024
yes, drop 30k on a monkey or 10k on a special hero and then in 3months they are replaced with something more valuable, stronger .. as well they nerf skills on thing you bought and spent alot of money on
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Apr 30, 2024
1st year no. Now years later you would be hard press to find anything that doesn't have RNG associated to
Recurring Fee reported on Apr 30, 2024
many monthly passes are available
Accidental Purchases reported on Apr 30, 2024
microtransactions everywhere. 1st is easy. then they start to sell you short its not quite enough for what you need. As well sometimes buttons are in poor locations and you can purchase by mistake entirely. But there is zero help with cs to help with purchasing
Pay to Skip reported on Apr 30, 2024
Yes. You can buy energy (bio) and if you pay you bi-pass waiting on many key events (ie collabs). The gap between f2p and p2p/p2w is huge
Wait To Play reported on Apr 30, 2024
Timers are everywhere and hard to manage. Short windows of time to log in and do something, events, timers on bundles. Time is woven into every part of this game
Can't Pause or Save reported on Apr 30, 2024
This game you can be attacked. You can lose your entire investment. In this i want to stress there are player that have spent between 250k-500k and cant stop (addiction). If someone zeroes you its a big impact. You can purchase shields but they are short term - 8 hrs is the most. You cant take a vacation, etc.. nor can someone log in your game on your behalf
Report a Dark Pattern
It’s been six months since the outbreak. Six months of terror, isolation and grueling hardship. Most folks didn’t make it. But you did. Welcome to the State of Survival.The infection ripped across the country taking civilization with it. Any surviving military or government went to ground. The land belongs to the infected now. As well as any survivors brave enough to stake their claim for it.
Make friends or fight with other survivors. Do whatever you must to survive. It won’t be easy. The infected are everywhere. Resources are scarce and you must salvage what you can from the carcass of society.
It’s a new world out there. Dangerous, yes, but filled with opportunity. Immense power awaits those bold enough to grasp it. But remember to watch your back. It’s fair to say people aren’t quite as friendly as they used they be…
Rebuild
Build up your Settlement to form a safe haven for your survivors and a foundation for your post-apocalyptic empire.
Rescue
Save survivors to swell your numbers and increase your strength. Locate those with special abilities, they will be the heroes of the plague war!
Research
The zombie disease is mutating rapidly. Learn whatever you can to understand it. Whoever can control the infection controls the state!
Socialize
There is strength in numbers. Make allies and forge strategic partnerships to survive the horrors of the infected Wilderness. Join forces to pulverize any who try to take advantage of you.
Rip up the Rulebook
It’s humanity 2.0. Rewrite the rules on how you want humankind to progress.