Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 93 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 113 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
12 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
12 / 0 votes
16 votes
14 votes
17 votes
14 votes
20 votes
100 votes
13 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 108 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 50 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
12 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
12 / 0 votes
14 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.
14 / 0 votes
15 votes
16 votes
20 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.
20 / 0 votes
16 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.
16 / 0 votes
15 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
15 / 0 votes
13 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
0 / 13 votes
11 votes
16 votes
Power Creep
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A permanently purchased item in the game becomes less valuable over time.
0 / 16 votes
10 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 60 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 49 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
13 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
13 / 0 votes
16 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.
16 / 0 votes
15 votes
Reciprocity
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Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.
15 / 0 votes
16 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.
16 / 0 votes
17 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 17 votes
13 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 13 votes
19 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 89 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 0 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
17 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.
17 / 0 votes
19 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
19 / 0 votes
19 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
19 / 0 votes
20 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.
20 / 0 votes
14 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
14 / 0 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 86,216 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.09) with 196,758 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Wait To Play reported on Aug 7, 2020
Greenhouses, inns, brewing potions and unlocking portkeys, all have timers attached to them.
Fear of Missing Out reported on Aug 7, 2020
You might miss an event, which typically last for a week.
Anchoring Tricks reported on Aug 7, 2020
When buying gold, the $20 purchase is animated and bigger than the cheaper options. Also, you get bonus gold for purchasing more.
Waste Aversion reported on Aug 7, 2020
You can only hold a certain amount of potions, ingredients and energy. You have to spend gold to increase the limits.
Variable Rewards reported on Aug 7, 2020
The appearance of rare Foundables is pretty rare and variable.
Complete the Collection reported on Aug 7, 2020
There are a limited number of Foundables. Some very very rare. The point of the game is to collect them all. Not sure if it's actually possible.
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on Aug 7, 2020
There are lots of achievements and badges that you can earn. There are also daily assignments, special assignments and event assignments.
Accidental Purchases reported on Aug 7, 2020
Every time you run out of energy or run out of inventory space (which is basically all the time), the game puts up a box to spend coins to get more energy/space. There is no confirmation and it's easy to accidentally press the wrong button.
Pay to Skip reported on Aug 7, 2020
You can pay money to replenish your energy. Other than visiting Inns, that is the only way to do it.
Playing by Appointment reported on Aug 7, 2020
If you plant something at a greenhouse, you must come back to the greenhouse during a very specific time in the future to harvest that plant, otherwise you lose it.
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