Slightly Bad
Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 6 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 8 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
1 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
1 / 1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 13 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 9 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
2 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
2 / 0 votes
2 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.
2 / 0 votes
2 votes
2 votes
2 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.
2 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
1 / 1 votes
2 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.
0 / 2 votes
2 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
0 / 2 votes
2 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 4 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 10 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
2 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.
2 / 0 votes
2 votes
2 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
0 / 2 votes
2 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.
0 / 2 votes
2 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 2 votes
2 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.
0 / 2 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 7 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 7 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
2 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
2 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 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.
1 / 1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
1 / 1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
1 / 1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
1 / 1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
1 / 1 votes
2 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.
0 / 2 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 24,270 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.71) with 193,407 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Artificial Scarcity reported on Apr 30, 2024
Daily events, daily deals in the store for packs which are tailored to the events or challenges currently active
Competition reported on Apr 30, 2024
Events in the game are centred around facing other people's 'ghost hand' where the player puts down a hand and you have to compete against it. Clubs also adds to this which everyone being divided into one of three teams and after 2 days of racing against each other, rewards are dished out for the team which earned the most tiles on the map (as teams race each other to bring down the points of the other team and take over the tile)
Fear of Missing Out reported on Apr 30, 2024
Events and challenges only run for a certain amount of time, and once they are gone, those rewards are also gone
Anchoring Tricks reported on Apr 30, 2024
The shop has multiple tiers of packs available to open, with the more expensive ones giving better cars
Waste Aversion reported on Apr 30, 2024
The game features slots which forces the player to make space for the new cars they earn. Yu can pay gold to increase the number of these and add more cars to your garage
Power Creep reported on Apr 30, 2024
As new cars get released, old cars become less valuable and important. There are less events tailored to the older cars
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Apr 30, 2024
The way you earn cars is through buying packs which have a certain percentage chance of giving you a specific rarity of car. The best cars in the game are locked behind the smaller percentage chance of unpacking them
Pay to Skip reported on Apr 30, 2024
You can pay to skip the fuses on the car, the servicing of the car and pay for tickets to enter events and challenges
Wait To Play reported on Apr 30, 2024
Fuses (larger upgrades) on each car take time to complete, which can last from 5 minutes to 56 hours depending on the rarity of the car. You can also only race each car 10 times before the car needs to be 'serviced' and so you have to wait for that to happen before you can use the car again. Tickets, which are used to enter events and challenges also take to replenish
Playing by Appointment reported on Apr 30, 2024
Events in game end at a certain time and if you do not play enough in those events, you get a worse reward
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