Merge Gardens

-1.33
Slightly Bad
Price: Free
Ads: Yes
In App Purchases: Yes

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Temporal Dark PatternsTemporal Dark Patterns

This game has 5 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 2 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

-2.96

1 votes
Playing by Appointment -
1 / 0 votes
Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.

1 votes
Daily Rewards -
1 / 0 votes
Encourages return visits every day and punishes you for missing a day.

1 votes
Grinding -
1 / 0 votes
Being required to perform repetitive and tedious tasks to advance.

1 votes
Infinite Treadmill -
1 / 0 votes
Impossible to win or complete the game.

1 votes
Wait To Play -
1 / 0 votes
In-game timers that make you arbitrarily wait for something.

1 votes
Advertisements -
0 / 1 votes
Forced to watch ads or given rewards for watching ads.

1 votes
Can't Pause or Save -
0 / 1 votes
The game does not allow you to stop playing whenever you want.

Monetary Dark PatternsMonetary Dark Patterns

This game has 7 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 4 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

-2.4

1 votes
Premium Currency -
1 / 0 votes
Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.

1 votes
Artificial Scarcity -
1 / 0 votes
Limited time offers with unnecessary urgency.

1 votes
Pay to Skip -
1 / 0 votes
Spend money to avoid waiting for a timer to expire.

1 votes
Accidental Purchases -
1 / 0 votes
Making it easy to accidentally spend money with no confirmation or ability to undo or refund the action.

1 votes
Gambling / Loot Boxes -
1 / 0 votes
Spending real money to play a game of chance for a reward.

1 votes
Power Creep -
1 / 0 votes
A permanently purchased item in the game becomes less valuable over time.

1 votes
Waste Aversion -
1 / 0 votes
Capped inventory forces you to destroy items or upgrade inventory. Also, having small amounts of left over premium currency.

1 votes
Pay to Win -
0 / 1 votes
A player can spend real money to purchase something that gives them an advantage in the game.

1 votes
Recurring Fee -
0 / 1 votes
Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.

1 votes
Pay Wall -
0 / 1 votes
The game becomes impossible to continue playing without payment.

1 votes
Anchoring Tricks -
0 / 1 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 7 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

5

1 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme -
0 / 1 votes
You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.

1 votes
Social Obligation / Guilds -
0 / 1 votes
To avoid letting down your friends, you are obligated to play when you don't want to.

1 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation -
0 / 1 votes
The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.

1 votes
Reciprocity -
0 / 1 votes
Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.

1 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior -
0 / 1 votes
The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.

1 votes
Fear of Missing Out -
0 / 1 votes
If you stop playing you'll miss out on something or be left behind and unable to catch up.

1 votes
Competition -
0 / 1 votes
The game makes you compete against other players.

Psychological Dark PatternsPsychological Dark Patterns

This game has 3 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 4 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

-0.92

1 votes
Invested / Endowed Value -
1 / 0 votes
Having already spent time and money to improve your status in the game, it's difficult to throw it away.

1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress -
1 / 0 votes
Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.

1 votes
Variable Rewards -
1 / 0 votes
Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.

1 votes
Complete the Collection -
0 / 1 votes
The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.

1 votes
Illusion of Control -
0 / 1 votes
The game cheats or hides information to make you think you're better than you actually are.

1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations -
0 / 1 votes
Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.

1 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases -
0 / 1 votes
Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.

App Store Ratings

iOS:  (4.76) with 320 votes.
Google Play:  (4.42) with 3,490 votes.



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Screenshot Do you fantasize about creating your very own garden by matching and completing puzzles? Your journey starts here! Match fruits and merge a lavish array of charming and magical objects in this fun merge and match adventure!

In the grounds of a forgotten countryside mansion lies a derelict garden waiting for you to restore it to its former glory. What wonders will you discover?

In Merge Gardens, you’ll solve match 3 puzzles to win fabulous rewards you can use to design and decorate the gardens of your beautiful home. Alongside your trusty sidekick, Gatsby the Hedgehog, you’ll explore, merge, evolve and upgrade a world of enchanting and mystical items as you dream up the most stunning and sought-after country grounds there is.

Combining a puzzle merging game with a classic fruit matching puzzle game, Merge Gardens is a relaxing and addictive new free game that you won’t want to put down.

MERGE GARDENS FEATURES

~ MERGE ~

- Escape to the countryside as you discover and merge hundreds of wonderful items to create a garden unparalleled in grandeur and beauty.
- Design your garden your way and freely drag objects anywhere you like. Match 3 of a kind to evolve them into superior items, and merge 5 to double your rewards!
- Heal cursed land as you restore and design, uncovering hidden worlds of lost and forgotten objects like vintage coin chests, fallen stars, dragons, wild flowers and mystery eggs.
- Open the free reward chest every day, abundant with treasures that will make your manor even more magnificent.
- Challenge your mind by completing quests to earn even more rewards!

~ MATCH ~

- Switch and match delicious apples, pears, lemons and grapes in a tasty puzzle adventure to earn rewards that bring your garden to life
- Solve and beat tricky levels by matching delicious fruits
- Plan your moves wisely by matching 3 or more fruits in a row. Smash your goals and get rewarded with delicious rainbow-coloured cascades!
- Pop and blast blocks for irresistible combos that will leave you wanting more.
- Choose extravagant rewards like mystery hampers and exotic wildlife to improve your garden after each level.

~ COLLECT ~

- Gather and nurture wildlife to help you harvest your plants, trees, crops and flowers and make your garden shimmer and blossom.
- Win and organise a plethora of enchanting objects, matching items like magical reeds, luxurious hampers and even sweet golden honey pots.
- Watch your wildlife grow! Merge rare creatures to live over your estate and take care of your lands whilst you’re away. Upgrade and evolve your birds and bugs to create legends with even more healing power.
- Win gems, coins and wood to buy more items at the shop.
- Hoard and interact with a collection of beautiful or funny eggs and hatch precious mythical creatures.

~ FUN, CHALLENGING PUZZLES ~

- Test your puzzle solving skills to complete over 400 challenging match 3 levels and a camp puzzle full of twists with near unlimited customizations. How many combinations can you make from hundreds of items?
- Get special boosters to explode, remove or change spots and create even greater combos.

~ RESTORE AND DESIGN A FORGOTTEN GARDEN ~

- Start your restoration by working on a small and manageable plot at the gates of your luxurious house. Clear fog to unlock and reveal secrets inside the new areas, with vast expanses of land packed full of brand new discoveries!
- Customize your gardens whichever way you like. Do you prefer quaint to the ornate? Or perhaps your style is more modern than traditional? Choose the decorations to build a fantastic place!

If you have comments, ideas or suggestions we’d love to receive them at mergegardens@futureplaygames.com

What are you waiting for? Start now your journey and create your dream garden!