Neutral
Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 8 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 19 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
3 votes
1 votes
2 votes
2 votes
1 votes
3 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
1 / 3 votes
1 votes
2 votes
1 votes
3 votes
4 votes
4 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 1 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 32 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
1 votes
2 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
1 / 2 votes
3 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
0 / 3 votes
3 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.
0 / 3 votes
3 votes
3 votes
3 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 / 3 votes
3 votes
3 votes
3 votes
3 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.
0 / 3 votes
3 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
0 / 3 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 1 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 6 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
1 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.
0 / 1 votes
1 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 / 1 votes
1 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 1 votes
1 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.
0 / 1 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 14 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 9 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
4 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.
4 / 0 votes
4 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
4 / 0 votes
3 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
3 / 0 votes
2 votes
2 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
2 / 2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
1 / 2 votes
3 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 / 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.
0 / 2 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 54,198 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.60) with 96,145 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Playing by Appointment reported on Sep 19, 2022
There are Events like the "World Tour Mini" that take place every... day? couple of days? Weeks? I usually don't participate so I'm not sure. You earn badges for games that you complete in the Event. If you don't complete all the games in the Event by the time the Event is over, you miss out on the badges for that event. There's also a "punch card" that resets every week.
Advertisements reported on Sep 19, 2022
Every couple of games an ad video plays. There are also ads in the results screen and on the Home screen. When the video ads play, the sound overrides any settings you've set to mute the game (including through the Windows Volume Mixer) so you have to mute the ad itself. Sometime the mute button for the ad is not visible.
Infinite Treadmill reported on Sep 19, 2022
You earn experience points each time you complete a game. Earn enough points and you "level up". Every chunk of levels you earn a new title. There is (as far as I can tell) no level cap.
Invested / Endowed Value reported on Sep 19, 2022
You earn experience with each game you complete and you also level up. Every tier of levels you go through, you earn a new title. There are also Daily Challenges and if you delete your account, you lose your progress with the Daily Challenges. There's also limited-time events that give you badges for completing games in the Event, and if you make a new account you lose all of those badges.
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on Sep 19, 2022
You earn experience with each game you complete and you also level up. Every tier of levels you go through, you earn a new title. You earn arbitrary coins and badges for completing Daily Challenges. There's also limited-time events that give you badges for completing games in the Event,.
Complete the Collection reported on Sep 19, 2022
Multiple ways - the weekly "punch card" rewards that give you extra XP earning if you complete all the games on the punch card by the end of the week. The Daily Challenges, which has a challenge for each Solitaire type. The Events, which have a set of games or challenges to complete to earn all the badges for the Event.
Aesthetic Manipulations reported on Sep 19, 2022
Flashy animations and sounds for successfully completing a game. Gold coins flash out and fill up a bar when you complete a Daily Challenge. (The coins don't *do* anything, even.) Attractive badges for completing Events.
Advertisements reported on May 25, 2022
There are video ads periodically that cannot be skipped without paying for a premium membership.
Recurring Fee reported on May 25, 2022
There is a monthly subscription to remove ads.
Competition reported on May 25, 2022
There are daily events with a competitive leaderboard.
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