Slightly Bad
Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 8 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 6 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
2 votes
2 votes
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
2 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 10 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 12 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
2 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
2 / 0 votes
1 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 / 1 votes
1 votes
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.
1 / 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
2 votes
2 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 3 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 11 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
2 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
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
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.
0 / 2 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 6 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 8 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
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
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 / 1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
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
2 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
0 / 2 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: | (3.00) with 4,475 votes. |
| Google Play: | (3.17) with 408,620 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on Feb 4, 2022
to level up you need to get badges based on count of how often you've done certain game actions
Reciprocity reported on Feb 4, 2022
ususally this is used to support other players and exchange items used in big joint efforts, so not really dark the pattern is
Recurring Fee reported on Feb 4, 2022
optional
Daily Rewards reported on Feb 4, 2022
first hack of the day gives double rewards and you can get a badge for playing once every day
Daily Rewards reported on Feb 3, 2022
Reward & differnet Badges for playing every day
Artificial Scarcity reported on Feb 3, 2022
Both limited time events, and in-game item offers
Illusion of Control reported on Feb 3, 2022
While leveling up does unlock more powerful items, the
Pay to Win reported on Feb 3, 2022
It's possible to acquire some items through real money, but the best regular gameplay related items must be acquired through gameplay. Paid items enable some very special strategies to gain levels, scoreboard ranking, or badges really fast.
Infinite Treadmill reported on Feb 3, 2022
There's no final win condition
Grinding reported on Feb 3, 2022
Optimal gameplay by being good at a memory game, which is "optional"
Report a Dark Pattern
Welcome to the world of Ingress Prime, Agent. The fate of this universe, and perhaps others, depends on you. The discovery of Exotic Matter (XM), a resource of unknown origin, has sparked a covert struggle between two Factions. Cutting-edge XM technologies have completely transformed the Ingress Scanner, and it is now waiting for you to join this battle.THE WORLD IS YOUR GAME
Explore the world around you and interact with places of cultural significance—such as public art installations, landmarks, and monuments—to collect valuable resources using your Ingress Scanner.
CHOOSE A SIDE
Fight for the Faction you believe in. Harness the power of XM to evolve mankind and discover our true destiny with The Enlightened, or protect humanity from a hostile takeover of the mind with The Resistance.
BATTLE FOR CONTROL
Dominate territories by linking Portals and creating Control Fields to achieve victory for your Faction.
WORK TOGETHER
Strategize and communicate with fellow Agents in your neighborhood and around the world.
Agents must be over 13 years old (for residents outside of the European Economic Area); or over 16 years old or such age needed to consent to the processing of personal data in the Agent's country of residence (for residents of the European Economic Area). Unfortunately, no children may play Ingress.