Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 6 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 1 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 8 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 3 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
1 / 0 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.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
1 / 0 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 / 0 votes
1 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 / 1 votes
1 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.
0 / 1 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 7 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 0 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
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.
1 / 0 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.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
1 / 0 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.
1 / 0 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.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 6 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 1 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
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 / 0 votes
1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
1 / 0 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.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
1 / 0 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 / 0 votes
1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
0 / 1 votes
App Store Ratings
| Google Play: | (4.32) with 3,691 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Pay to Skip reported on Dec 22, 2022
Can always purchase stamina and other items to skip timers or get extra tries.
Competition reported on Dec 22, 2022
The game has a full fledged PvP scene going on with even monthly top 32 brackets to declare who is the best player... every month.
Fear of Missing Out reported on Dec 22, 2022
Yes, the resources given by the game are so thightly calculated and regulated that the grind is constant and missing out on daily task can set you back in a manner that you will never get back unless you put money in to compensate.
Variable Rewards reported on Dec 22, 2022
Yes, the game has multiple random loot items which some (flowers) even have weighted distribution in order to encourage app purchases. And Cosmos have randomized statistics that is both a variable reward AND Gambling.
Illusion of Control reported on Dec 22, 2022
It does a poor job at it but it really does it in PVP. It matches you with disproportionately weak players or puts bots if you're doing poorly.
Complete the Collection reported on Dec 22, 2022
Yes, the game encourages to complete the collection and the power creep reinforces it.
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior reported on Dec 22, 2022
Guild based PVP activities encourage selfish behaviour by providing "individual" based rewards based on who contributed the most, which
Reciprocity reported on Dec 22, 2022
Guilds have specialized resources that are affect players in a communal way and there are individual player actions that can affect the gathering of these guild specific resources... Additionally players can use premium currency affect guild status.
Power Creep reported on Dec 22, 2022
Yes, new characters are deliberately designed to counter, overshadow and/or completely invalidate previous characters. To the point that special exception to games mechanics are made to ensure that new characters are appealing for players to roll for them.
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Dec 22, 2022
It is a gatcha game... Its a gambling by nature.
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