Neutral
Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 9 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 15 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
3 votes
1 votes
2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
2 votes
1 votes
3 votes
1 votes
2 votes
3 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
0 / 3 votes
3 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 13 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 26 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
3 votes
1 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
3 / 1 votes
3 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.
3 / 1 votes
3 votes
1 votes
2 votes
2 votes
1 votes
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
2 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 / 2 votes
4 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
0 / 4 votes
3 votes
4 votes
4 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 / 4 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 5 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 21 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
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.
2 / 2 votes
2 votes
2 votes
1 votes
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.
1 / 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
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
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
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 9 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 13 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
3 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.
3 / 1 votes
2 votes
2 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
2 / 2 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
1 votes
2 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
1 / 2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
1 / 2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
1 / 2 votes
3 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
0 / 3 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 109,334 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.50) with 6,416,176 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Grinding reported on Sep 11, 2022
In order to unlock new sharks you have to play the same levels over and over again, a process which gets longer and more tedious as you have to spend exponentially increasing amounts of money for bigger sharks.
Infinite Treadmill reported on Sep 11, 2022
While it's not infinite it is a very very long treadmill.
Pay to Win reported on Sep 11, 2022
Players who have gem-bought gadgets, powerups, and bigger sharks will always win timed leaderboard challenges over players who don't.
Artificial Scarcity reported on Sep 11, 2022
There's constantly a "sale" running on a top-tier shark or bundle of sharks.
Can't Pause or Save reported on Sep 11, 2022
You can't save midgame; if you close the app it'll reset your run.
Pay to Skip reported on Sep 11, 2022
Premium currency, gems, allows you to skip long sections of the game you would otherwise spend grinding.
Power Creep reported on Sep 11, 2022
Purchased sharks, especially lower-level ones, become essentially worthless by the time you progress there manually.
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