Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 5 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 15 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
1 / 2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
3 votes
3 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 0 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 33 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.
0 / 3 votes
3 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.
0 / 3 votes
3 votes
3 votes
3 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 / 3 votes
3 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
0 / 3 votes
3 votes
3 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.
0 / 3 votes
3 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
0 / 3 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 0 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 21 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
3 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 / 3 votes
3 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 / 3 votes
3 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 3 votes
3 votes
3 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 3 votes
3 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 / 3 votes
3 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 7 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 8 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
2 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.
2 / 0 votes
1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
1 / 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
1 votes
1 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
1 / 1 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.
0 / 2 votes
3 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
0 / 3 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
| Google Play: | (4.83) with 6 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Playing by Appointment reported on Feb 23, 2024
Some gameplay is on a timed delay (crops take a certain amount of real time to grow, then must be manually harvested)
Daily Rewards reported on Feb 23, 2024
Progression stops after 24 hours without logging in
Grinding reported on Feb 23, 2024
The entire game is grinding
Infinite Treadmill reported on Feb 23, 2024
The only game ending is 100% achievement completion
Invested / Endowed Value reported on Feb 23, 2024
Progression system takes months to progress in levels and equipment
Wait To Play reported on Feb 23, 2024
This is the entire game
Complete the Collection reported on Feb 23, 2024
There is an ever present completion percentage in the menu. It measures not just core gameplay, but meaningless extra details it encourages you to finish despite the lack of relevance to gameplay (such as mastery levels in tasks you don't need in the endgame)
Variable Rewards reported on Feb 23, 2024
Random loot, random pets, random task rewards
Invested / Endowed Value reported on Apr 21, 2021
Its an idle, level up type game
Report a Dark Pattern
Melvor Idle is a feature-rich, idle / incremental game with a familiar feel. With over 20+ unique skills to tackle, you will always have something new to tackle.Features include offline progression, cloud save comparability, many unique shop upgrades, inbuilt bank / inventory system and more!
Every skill in this game has its purpose, and interacts with other skills in unique and interesting ways. The training of one skill will benefit others, forcing you to make decisions about the best cause of action to take.
Combat has over 80+ unique monsters for you to face, utilizing Melee, Ranged or Magic attack types to gain advantages over your foe.
Combat comes sorted with many fierce and tough Dungeons for you to conquer. Each Dungeon contains a unique, tough boss at the end which in turn will provide massive rewards for completion!
Do you have what it takes to conquer Melvor?