Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 20 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 8 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
4 votes
4 votes
4 votes
4 votes
4 votes
4 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
0 / 4 votes
4 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 21 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 18 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
4 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
4 / 0 votes
4 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
4 / 0 votes
3 votes
3 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.
3 / 0 votes
3 votes
1 votes
2 votes
1 votes
1 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.
1 / 2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
1 / 2 votes
4 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 / 4 votes
4 votes
4 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 7 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 20 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
4 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
4 / 0 votes
3 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.
3 / 1 votes
4 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 / 4 votes
4 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 4 votes
4 votes
4 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 4 votes
3 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 11 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 10 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
3 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.
3 / 0 votes
3 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
3 / 0 votes
2 votes
1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
2 / 1 votes
2 votes
1 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
2 / 1 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
1 / 2 votes
3 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 / 3 votes
3 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
0 / 3 votes
App Store Ratings
| Google Play: | (4.67) with 129,905 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Daily Rewards reported on Dec 21, 2022
Does not reset if you miss a day.
Fear of Missing Out reported on May 30, 2022
Monthly rolling events have exclusive cats.
Daily Rewards reported on May 30, 2022
Daily login counter. Log in every day for a year and you get a special cat.
Waste Aversion reported on May 30, 2022
Your materials bag is capped and requires gems to increase all the way. You cannot remove the cap even with paying, only increase it.
Variable Rewards reported on May 30, 2022
Some cats have abilities where you have a chance to get rare upgrade materials by sending them on quests. This is a random chance, fairly low, but at least it's clearly defined.
Complete the Collection reported on May 30, 2022
Cat collection is a massive part of the game. A cat stickerbook is constantly displayed, showing how many cats you have left to go.
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on May 30, 2022
"Plushies" can be crafted once you hit arbitrary, secret milestones. You cannot view these milestones in advance unless you search them up, and even the wiki has a hard time figuring out how to get some plushies.
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on May 30, 2022
The main way to get cats, outfits, and event items is through gacha boxes. These can be pulled with currency earned in-game, but spending is encouraged.
Recurring Fee reported on May 30, 2022
"Monthly Gem Card" will trickle premium currency to you over a month for an up-front fee. There's also a VIP system, where if you spend so many dollars in a single month, you have ads removed for the remainder of that month and get some cool perks. Of course, this encourages you to spend that much every month to maintain the perks.
Pay to Skip reported on May 30, 2022
Spend money to replenish tap energy, which allows you to skip quest timers.
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