Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 2 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 10 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
0 / 2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 12 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 6 votes indicating the absense 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
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.
1 / 0 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
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.
1 / 1 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
1 votes
2 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 2 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 11 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
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
1 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 2 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 7 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
2 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
2 / 0 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.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
0 / 1 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.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
0 / 1 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 14,788 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on Dec 5, 2022
Ability to unlock new "characters" by completing various activities
Daily Rewards reported on Oct 25, 2022
Every day, you can fight a Goblin of varying strength with some coins, 1-50 gems depending on strength (Bronze/Silver=1, Gold=5, Diamond=10, Onyx=50) as well as fight other decks in the Arena for some extra coins.
Premium Currency reported on Oct 25, 2022
Premium Currency is Gems.
Pay to Win reported on Oct 25, 2022
Mainly skipping research timers and collecting more cards, but there is a ceiling once you have caught up.
Artificial Scarcity reported on Oct 25, 2022
New packs with exclusive cards rotate every 5 days with recurring in-game events requiring daily investment.
Wait To Play reported on Oct 25, 2022
Research timers gate the primary mechanic of the game: Comboing cards. Each individual combo between all combo cards must be researched. Bronze combos take 1 hour, Silver combos take 6 hours, Gold combos take 24 hours, and Diamond combos take 48 hours. You can pay gems to skip these timers.
Pay to Skip reported on Oct 25, 2022
You can use money to replenish energy and skip research timers.
Accidental Purchases reported on Oct 25, 2022
Whoops, you should spend money to speed this up.
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Oct 25, 2022
If you count card packs as lootboxes, yes. Spending 700 Gems ($50) guarentees all the contents of one of the premium rotating packs.
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on Oct 25, 2022
Badges can be used as profile pictures.
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