Slightly Bad
Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 8 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 7 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
3 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
2 votes
2 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 13 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 9 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
3 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
3 / 0 votes
2 votes
2 votes
2 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.
2 / 1 votes
2 votes
1 votes
1 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 / 1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
1 / 1 votes
1 votes
2 votes
2 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.
0 / 2 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 7 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 7 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
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.
2 / 0 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.
2 / 0 votes
2 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
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 6 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 9 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
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
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
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
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
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
2 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
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: | Unknown |
| Google Play: | (4.12) with 11,850 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Advertisements reported on Sep 13, 2022
All the time. Ads are almost constant. It's unbearable.
Premium Currency reported on Sep 13, 2022
Yes, you can buy gems (in-game currency) in the shop for real money.
Pay to Win reported on Sep 13, 2022
Gems allow you to extend plays, skip timers, and play infinite times. Paying to play will absolutely give you a leg up over others.
Pay to Skip reported on Sep 13, 2022
If you lose a round in some mini games, it makes you wait 15 minutes to play again or skip it with gems. You do get gems for some in-game quests, but if you use them regularly, it's nowhere near enough.
Variable Rewards reported on Sep 13, 2022
Yes. Chests you earn have a "chance" of having certain useful items, like tickets or gems. They also have a chance of having worthless items like skins. Most of the time, they contain the worthless ones.
Invested / Endowed Value reported on Sep 6, 2022
Players are aggressively encouraged to collect special tiles and achieve special ranks.
Competition reported on Sep 6, 2022
To be fair, friendly competition is the whole point of the original Scrabble game.
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