Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 12 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 1 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
2 votes
2 votes
2 votes
2 votes
1 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
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 14 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 5 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
2 votes
2 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
2 / 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
2 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 4 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 10 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.
1 / 1 votes
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.
1 / 1 votes
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.
1 / 1 votes
1 votes
1 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 9 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 4 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
2 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.
2 / 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
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
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
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
1 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 / 1 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (2.50) with 29 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.63) with 1,118 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Pay to Skip reported on Oct 24, 2022
You can use the 'premium currency' to buy ingame resources to do this.
Optimism and Frequency Biases reported on Oct 24, 2022
Emphasises wins massively, no record of losses.
Competition reported on Oct 24, 2022
Ranked challenges
Fear of Missing Out reported on Oct 24, 2022
Missing seasonal events and their rewards, weekend events, wasted 'energy'
Aesthetic Manipulations reported on Oct 24, 2022
Win banners, volume checkboxes, sad critters in seasonal events.
Anchoring Tricks reported on Oct 24, 2022
The layout of the 'store' tab is exactly this.
Waste Aversion reported on Oct 24, 2022
Energy refresh is capped, and to go beyond that you have to buy packets, or add your facebook
Variable Rewards reported on Oct 24, 2022
Quest rewards are random
Illusion of Control reported on Oct 24, 2022
There is no truly unbiased hand of cards. They're skewed based on progress, and the only way to 'win' those is to predict them and minimize the cost of losing.
Complete the Collection reported on Oct 24, 2022
Complete 3 star levels, complete seasonal quests, collect all the decorative reskins.
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