Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 12 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 2 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
2 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
2 / 0 votes
2 votes
2 votes
2 votes
2 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 15 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 3 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
2 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
2 / 0 votes
2 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.
2 / 0 votes
2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
2 / 0 votes
2 votes
2 votes
1 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.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
1 / 1 votes
2 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 9 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 2 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
2 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
2 / 0 votes
2 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.
2 / 0 votes
1 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 / 0 votes
2 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
1 / 1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
1 / 1 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 14 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 0 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
2 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.
2 / 0 votes
2 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
2 / 0 votes
2 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
2 / 0 votes
2 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.
2 / 0 votes
2 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
2 / 0 votes
2 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
2 / 0 votes
2 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
2 / 0 votes
App Store Ratings
| Google Play: | (4.50) with 29,634,440 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Advertisements reported on Dec 22, 2022
Not really an advert, it's an in game popup but its REALLY INVASIVE there's tons and tons of annoying popup everytime you open the game. And there's no way to disable it.
Premium Currency reported on Dec 22, 2022
Theres 2 in-game currencies (AFAIK): coins & diamonds. And it's so hard to get diamonds in this game except paying up tons and tons of real world money
Wait To Play reported on Dec 22, 2022
There's certain modes that you can play at certain times, especially special events
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Dec 22, 2022
There is a lootboxes in the game.
Illusion of Control reported on Dec 22, 2022
P2W items in this game is really OP, no joke
Variable Rewards reported on Dec 22, 2022
It does give me a something weapon/character skin for limited amount of time (Pity)
Anchoring Tricks reported on Dec 22, 2022
I dont play the game as often as before but i think so
Illusion of Control reported on Sep 16, 2022
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