Neutral
Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 11 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 14 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
3 votes
1 votes
3 votes
1 votes
2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
4 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
0 / 4 votes
3 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 15 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 26 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
4 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
4 / 0 votes
4 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
4 / 0 votes
3 votes
1 votes
1 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.
1 / 3 votes
1 votes
2 votes
1 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.
1 / 3 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
4 votes
4 votes
3 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 1 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 20 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 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.
1 / 2 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.
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
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 7 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 20 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
2 votes
2 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
2 / 2 votes
4 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
0 / 4 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
3 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
0 / 3 votes
4 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
0 / 4 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 160,552 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.58) with 1,131,555 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Pay to Win reported on May 27, 2022
Having a VIP ingame, They release series (books) for the ones who has it and NON-VIP users have to wait months after the series, earns more diamonds (ingame currency, where you can have premium choices) which is NON-VIP players are struggling to earn since they rely on challenges to get diamonds. VIP also has unlimited keys while NON-VIP have to wait for a few hours to get a key.
Invested / Endowed Value reported on May 27, 2022
The game needs to be linked in your facebook, once its gone, all your efforts to read all of those series (books), the premium choices you made and diamonds earned would be gone! It's demotivating to lose all of those progress if you're a NON-VIP and had to re-grind everything to get you back on track again, which it takes months or even YEARS.
Wait To Play reported on May 27, 2022
You have 2 keys, You have to wait around 2-3 hours to earn them back.
Recurring Fee reported on May 27, 2022
They have a VIP subcription. Its very pricey and the perks isn't even worth the price.
Complete the Collection reported on May 27, 2022
There are some items you need to collect inorder to make your gameplay feel "complete" and without those, You miss out so much clues and get the bad ending (friends died or MC not achieving their dreams). The sad part? The important stuff is premium as well.
Aesthetic Manipulations reported on May 27, 2022
Lemme tell yall, PETS. P E T S. Y'know the drill choices users, those sad eyes of a puppy, cat or any animal if you dont adopt them? Its IRRISTISTABLE!!!
Advertisements reported on May 24, 2022
Optional ads in order to gain more in-game currency
Wait To Play reported on May 24, 2022
"Keys" feature for reading stories.
Recurring Fee reported on May 24, 2022
Optional subscription plan for in-game currency
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