Slightly Bad
Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 23 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 12 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
5 votes
4 votes
1 votes
4 votes
1 votes
4 votes
1 votes
3 votes
2 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
3 / 2 votes
3 votes
2 votes
5 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 27 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 22 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
5 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
5 / 0 votes
5 votes
5 votes
3 votes
1 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
3 / 1 votes
2 votes
2 votes
2 votes
2 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.
2 / 2 votes
2 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.
2 / 3 votes
1 votes
3 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
1 / 3 votes
4 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 / 4 votes
5 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 2 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 33 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
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.
1 / 4 votes
1 votes
4 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.
1 / 4 votes
5 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 / 5 votes
5 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 5 votes
5 votes
5 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 5 votes
5 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 18 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 16 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
5 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
5 / 0 votes
4 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.
4 / 1 votes
3 votes
2 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
3 / 2 votes
3 votes
2 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
3 / 2 votes
3 votes
2 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
3 / 2 votes
4 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 / 4 votes
5 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
0 / 5 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.71) with 396 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.14) with 7 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Playing by Appointment reported on May 25, 2022
Getting all rewards from events requires you to play at precise intervals, or else spend premium currency.
Grinding reported on May 25, 2022
Besides merging items, which is certainly tedious, dragging things around the map is another repetitive task as tile space becomes an issue quickly.
Wait To Play reported on May 25, 2022
Timers are very short for the first 1-2 weeks of play. After that point, they increase very quickly, often upwards of 24 hours.
Accidental Purchases reported on May 25, 2022
This may not fall under this category, but it's very easy to accidentally merge 3 or 4 items, instead of the optimal 5.
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on May 25, 2022
In the form of treasure chests.
Power Creep reported on May 25, 2022
The items you can buy become almost immediately irrelevant as you merge higher tier items.
Complete the Collection reported on May 25, 2022
The game keeps track of all items you've discovered, with rewards for finding new items.
Variable Rewards reported on May 25, 2022
Treasure chests and resource nodes have variable rewards.
Waste Aversion reported on May 25, 2022
Nearly all items need to be stored on a map tile, which you can buy more of with premium currency.
Aesthetic Manipulations reported on May 25, 2022
The main quest requires you to provide housing to sympathetic characters. It's also worth noting that they often seem tailored to this game's target audience of middle-aged women: female characters might have a coffee addiction or wear bathrobes; male characters might be generically buff and attractive or eager to do physical labor/construction.
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