Bakery Story™

-0.92
Neutral
Price: Free
Ads: Yes
In App Purchases: Yes

Google Play App Store

Temporal Dark PatternsTemporal Dark Patterns

This game has 4 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 3 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

-1.94

1 votes
Playing by Appointment -
1 / 0 votes
Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.

1 votes
Grinding -
1 / 0 votes
Being required to perform repetitive and tedious tasks to advance.

1 votes
Infinite Treadmill -
1 / 0 votes
Impossible to win or complete the game.

1 votes
Wait To Play -
1 / 0 votes
In-game timers that make you arbitrarily wait for something.

1 votes
Daily Rewards -
0 / 1 votes
Encourages return visits every day and punishes you for missing a day.

1 votes
Advertisements -
0 / 1 votes
Forced to watch ads or given rewards for watching ads.

1 votes
Can't Pause or Save -
0 / 1 votes
The game does not allow you to stop playing whenever you want.

Monetary Dark PatternsMonetary Dark Patterns

This game has 4 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 7 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

-0.46

1 votes
Premium Currency -
1 / 0 votes
Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.

1 votes
Pay to Win -
1 / 0 votes
A player can spend real money to purchase something that gives them an advantage in the game.

1 votes
Artificial Scarcity -
1 / 0 votes
Limited time offers with unnecessary urgency.

1 votes
Pay to Skip -
1 / 0 votes
Spend money to avoid waiting for a timer to expire.

1 votes
Accidental Purchases -
0 / 1 votes
Making it easy to accidentally spend money with no confirmation or ability to undo or refund the action.

1 votes
Recurring Fee -
0 / 1 votes
Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.

1 votes
Gambling / Loot Boxes -
0 / 1 votes
Spending real money to play a game of chance for a reward.

1 votes
Power Creep -
0 / 1 votes
A permanently purchased item in the game becomes less valuable over time.

1 votes
Pay Wall -
0 / 1 votes
The game becomes impossible to continue playing without payment.

1 votes
Waste Aversion -
0 / 1 votes
Capped inventory forces you to destroy items or upgrade inventory. Also, having small amounts of left over premium currency.

1 votes
Anchoring Tricks -
0 / 1 votes
Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.

Social Dark PatternsSocial Dark Patterns

This game has 2 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 5 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

0.24

1 votes
Social Obligation / Guilds -
1 / 0 votes
To avoid letting down your friends, you are obligated to play when you don't want to.

1 votes
Reciprocity -
1 / 0 votes
Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.

1 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme -
0 / 1 votes
You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.

1 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation -
0 / 1 votes
The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.

1 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior -
0 / 1 votes
The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.

1 votes
Fear of Missing Out -
0 / 1 votes
If you stop playing you'll miss out on something or be left behind and unable to catch up.

1 votes
Competition -
0 / 1 votes
The game makes you compete against other players.

Psychological Dark PatternsPsychological Dark Patterns

This game has 2 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 4 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

0.24

1 votes
Invested / Endowed Value -
1 / 0 votes
Having already spent time and money to improve your status in the game, it's difficult to throw it away.

1 votes
Variable Rewards -
1 / 0 votes
Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.

1 votes
Complete the Collection -
0 / 1 votes
The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.

1 votes
Illusion of Control -
0 / 1 votes
The game cheats or hides information to make you think you're better than you actually are.

1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations -
0 / 1 votes
Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.

1 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases -
0 / 1 votes
Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.

App Store Ratings

Google Play:  (4.40) with 417,185 votes.



Recent Dark Pattern Reviews

Playing by Appointment reported on Dec 21, 2022
To gain coins, you must bake treats which take a timer until they are ready (anywhere between 30 seconds to over a day) and if you fail to collect them within a certain time period after they will expire and coins invested will be lost.
Grinding reported on Dec 21, 2022
Making and collecting food over and over.
Infinite Treadmill reported on Dec 21, 2022
There is no end to this game.
Premium Currency reported on Dec 21, 2022
You can buy gems as well as coins. Gems are considered more valuable.
Pay to Win reported on Dec 21, 2022
Certain ovens can be purchased for gems that makes items either cook faster or never expire.
Social Obligation / Guilds reported on Dec 21, 2022
You can "tip" other players which gives them free coins. It costs nothing except time. The person you tip is notified and not tipping after a long enough period of time could cause people to remove you from their neighbors list in-game.
Invested / Endowed Value reported on Dec 21, 2022
Overtime you can gain gems which allow you to purchase higher-valued items. You can also expand your bakery using coins and buy limited or higher-producing appliances.
Artificial Scarcity reported on Dec 21, 2022
Lots of limited decor items both that take coins or gems to purchase. There are also limited quests.
Wait To Play reported on Dec 21, 2022
It's basically the function of this game.
Pay to Skip reported on Dec 21, 2022
Gems can be purchased to skip through the waiting process and make your food finish instantly.


Report a Dark Pattern

Screenshot Mix, Bake, Serve!, and Earn in this free baking, restaurant game! Choose to bake from over a thousand different delicious restaurant level recipes. As the Master Baking Chef you get to decide what to bake, how much of it to bake, and who gets to eat the baked goods! Baking in this bakery game is only half the fun! You also get to design your restaurant any way you want in this baking game! Design a corner Coffee Cafe , design an upscale Patisserie , or design a good old fashioned bread Bakery, we give YOU the chance to design the bakery, diner, or restaurant of your dreams!

New content will be released EVERY WEEK for your baking pleasure, so the game continually gets even better! You can bake pizza, bake pies, bake salmon. We let you bake whatever you want! Its YOUR baking game! If you want to cook some spaghetti on the baking top, that works too!

Get baking all the recipes your Mama loves! All baking games are not all the same. Bakery Story has the most baking game options out there! Cook the best food by baking it first! Or cook the food first and then finish it off by baking it! Cooking games are not all the same. This cooking game lets you bake, design, and have fun all in the same cooking game restaurant!

- Design and build a unique bakery with stunning variety and creativity.
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PLEASE NOTE:
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Please note that BAKERY STORY is free to play, but you can purchase in-app items with real money. To delete this feature, on your device go to Settings Menu -> General -> Restrictions option. You can then simply turn off In-App Purchases under "Allowed Content". In addition, BAKERY STORY may link to social media services, such as Facebook, and Storm8 will have access to your information through such services.

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