Gacha Club

2.78
Good
Price: Free
Ads: Yes
In App Purchases: No

iOS App Store
Google Play App Store

Temporal Dark PatternsTemporal Dark Patterns

This game has 4 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 17 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

1.82

2 votes
1 votes
Grinding -
2 / 1 votes
Being required to perform repetitive and tedious tasks to advance.

2 votes
1 votes
Advertisements -
2 / 1 votes
Forced to watch ads or given rewards for watching ads.

3 votes
Playing by Appointment -
0 / 3 votes
Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.

3 votes
Daily Rewards -
0 / 3 votes
Encourages return visits every day and punishes you for missing a day.

3 votes
Infinite Treadmill -
0 / 3 votes
Impossible to win or complete the game.

3 votes
Can't Pause or Save -
0 / 3 votes
The game does not allow you to stop playing whenever you want.

3 votes
Wait To Play -
0 / 3 votes
In-game timers that make you arbitrarily wait for something.

Monetary Dark PatternsMonetary Dark Patterns

This game has 1 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 32 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

4.49

1 votes
2 votes
Gambling / Loot Boxes -
1 / 2 votes
Spending real money to play a game of chance for a reward.

3 votes
Premium Currency -
0 / 3 votes
Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.

3 votes
Pay to Win -
0 / 3 votes
A player can spend real money to purchase something that gives them an advantage in the game.

3 votes
Artificial Scarcity -
0 / 3 votes
Limited time offers with unnecessary urgency.

3 votes
Pay to Skip -
0 / 3 votes
Spend money to avoid waiting for a timer to expire.

3 votes
Accidental Purchases -
0 / 3 votes
Making it easy to accidentally spend money with no confirmation or ability to undo or refund the action.

3 votes
Recurring Fee -
0 / 3 votes
Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.

3 votes
Power Creep -
0 / 3 votes
A permanently purchased item in the game becomes less valuable over time.

3 votes
Pay Wall -
0 / 3 votes
The game becomes impossible to continue playing without payment.

3 votes
Waste Aversion -
0 / 3 votes
Capped inventory forces you to destroy items or upgrade inventory. Also, having small amounts of left over premium currency.

3 votes
Anchoring Tricks -
0 / 3 votes
Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.

Social Dark PatternsSocial Dark Patterns

This game has 0 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 21 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

5

3 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme -
0 / 3 votes
You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.

3 votes
Social Obligation / Guilds -
0 / 3 votes
To avoid letting down your friends, you are obligated to play when you don't want to.

3 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation -
0 / 3 votes
The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.

3 votes
Reciprocity -
0 / 3 votes
Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.

3 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior -
0 / 3 votes
The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.

3 votes
Fear of Missing Out -
0 / 3 votes
If you stop playing you'll miss out on something or be left behind and unable to catch up.

3 votes
Competition -
0 / 3 votes
The game makes you compete against other players.

Psychological Dark PatternsPsychological Dark Patterns

This game has 6 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 15 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

0.24

3 votes
Invested / Endowed Value -
3 / 0 votes
Having already spent time and money to improve your status in the game, it's difficult to throw it away.

1 votes
2 votes
Complete the Collection -
1 / 2 votes
The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.

1 votes
2 votes
Variable Rewards -
1 / 2 votes
Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.

1 votes
2 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations -
1 / 2 votes
Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.

3 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress -
0 / 3 votes
Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.

3 votes
Illusion of Control -
0 / 3 votes
The game cheats or hides information to make you think you're better than you actually are.

3 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases -
0 / 3 votes
Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.

App Store Ratings

iOS:  (0.00) with 0 votes.
Google Play:  (4.52) with 315,340 votes.



Recent Dark Pattern Reviews

Grinding reported on Jul 24, 2022
Most people don't seem to bother with it, but the RPG part of the game gets very grindy especially later on.
Advertisements reported on Jul 24, 2022
Every few screen changes, an ad will pop up. You can also watch an ad for a random reward (for use with the gacha/RPG part).
Invested / Endowed Value reported on Jul 24, 2022
Losing your characters is not ideal (it's a good idea to save their offline codes). Also, the RPG part takes some serious time to catch back up on.
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Jul 24, 2022
But interestingly for a game with "gacha" literally in the name, it seems impossible to actually pay for the currency used (or anything). Also, the gacha is for the RPG part only so if you're only making movies and such there's no point.
Complete the Collection reported on Jul 24, 2022
Collecting all the gacha characters is encouraged, probably.
Variable Rewards reported on Jul 24, 2022
You get random rewards after battles (RPG part)
Invested / Endowed Value reported on Jun 14, 2022
The main feature is character creation, so progress is fairly important if you want to keep your characters.


Report a Dark Pattern

Screenshot - Welcome to Gacha Club -
What club will you join? Get the party started and create your own anime styled characters and dress them up in your favorite fashion outfits! Choose from thousands of dresses, shirts, hairstyles, weapons, and much more! After designing your characters, enter the Studio and create any scene you can imagine! Add pets, objects, and choose your favorite background! Customization is 100% free, there are no in-app purchases!

Ready for more action? Gacha over 180 units to use in battle! Choose from four different modes, including Story mode, Tower mode, and more! Collect gems, gold, and materials to enhance, awaken, and increase your skill levels! You can also play your favorite mini-games and collect gems and bytes to Gacha for more units! What are you waiting for? Step into Gacha Club and begin your adventure today!

CREATE YOUR OWN CHARACTERS
- Customize 10 main characters and 90 extra characters!
- Change the colors for almost all of your items!
- Choose from 600 different poses!
- Adjust your hair/eyes/items to fit your characters!
- Choose and customize hundreds of pets and objects!
- Set custom profiles for all your characters!
- Import and Export your friend’s characters!

STUDIO MODE
- Add up to 10 characters anywhere on the screen!
- Add your favorite pets and objects to the scene, too!
- Choose from a wide variety of backgrounds and foregrounds!
- Make your characters talk to each other with custom text boxes, pets too!
- Add a Narrator to create story-telling scenes!
- Save and Load up to 15 scenes!
- Use face presets to quickly change your face.

GACHA AND BATTLE
- Gacha over 180 units to use in battle!
- Gacha for 150 pets to increase your stats!
- Collect super rare Corrupted and DJ characters!
- Use materials to enhance, awaken, and increase skill levels!
- Choose from four battle modes: Story, Training, Tower, and Shadows of Corruption

MINI GAMES
- Play fun mini-games such as Usagi vs Neko or Mascot Whack!
- Collect gems and bytes to gacha for more characters!
- Free 2 Play, you can farm for gems easily!
- Play offline! No Wi-Fi is needed to play!

«Notes»
- The game may lag on old devices & devices with 4k screens.
- Please restart the game if you experience lag over time.
- If you experience glitches with the game, please make sure you have storage available on your phone.
- There are no In-App Purchases.

Thank you for playing Gacha Club!