Slightly Bad
Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 70 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 64 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
18 votes
3 votes
17 votes
4 votes
14 votes
5 votes
10 votes
6 votes
8 votes
10 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
8 / 10 votes
3 votes
17 votes
19 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 113 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 91 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
19 votes
1 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.
19 / 1 votes
18 votes
2 votes
19 votes
2 votes
Power Creep
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A permanently purchased item in the game becomes less valuable over time.
19 / 2 votes
15 votes
4 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
15 / 4 votes
16 votes
3 votes
13 votes
3 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
13 / 3 votes
5 votes
12 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
5 / 12 votes
4 votes
15 votes
3 votes
14 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.
3 / 14 votes
1 votes
17 votes
18 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 / 18 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 53 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 80 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
20 votes
16 votes
4 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.
16 / 4 votes
8 votes
10 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
8 / 10 votes
5 votes
13 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
5 / 13 votes
3 votes
16 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.
3 / 16 votes
1 votes
17 votes
Reciprocity
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Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.
1 / 17 votes
20 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 20 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 95 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 39 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
19 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.
19 / 1 votes
19 votes
1 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
19 / 1 votes
18 votes
3 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
18 / 3 votes
15 votes
4 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
15 / 4 votes
10 votes
7 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
10 / 7 votes
7 votes
12 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.
7 / 12 votes
7 votes
11 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
7 / 11 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.00) with 53,432 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.35) with 1,587,376 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Premium Currency reported on Oct 4, 2022
Runestones are a thing now and they are pretty bad
Recurring Fee reported on Oct 4, 2022
Battle pass
Daily Rewards reported on Oct 4, 2022
Daily Quest should be included here
Optimism and Frequency Biases reported on Aug 28, 2022
In ranked play, win streaks give you bonuses that make it easier to rank up faster, losing always ranks you down the same amount, and there are rank thresholds from which you can't go down once you rach. It shows friends' current ranks, but not individual wins and losses
Premium Currency reported on Aug 28, 2022
The upcoming "runestone" system follows that exact description. The current "gold" and "dust" systems aren't quite the same but can be indirectly obtained through real money
Daily Rewards reported on Aug 28, 2022
The game has daily and weekly quests for rewards. You can still complete a given day's quest in another day, but you can only have up to 3 at a time, meaning if you don't complete them for over 3 days you miss out on rewards.
Social Pyramid Scheme reported on Aug 28, 2022
Relatively minor, but inviting up to 5 friends can give you a few rewards
Premium Currency reported on Jun 6, 2022
The game has real money exchange for cards; boosters; skins; card backs; card art.
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Jun 6, 2022
Spending money on boosters in the hope of getting legendary cards.
Invested / Endowed Value reported on Jun 6, 2022
You do feel like your account has a lot of value based on your card collection; dust quantity; and limited items.
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