Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 4 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 2 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 7 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 4 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
1 / 0 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.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
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 / 0 votes
1 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 / 1 votes
1 votes
1 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.
0 / 1 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 3 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 4 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 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.
1 / 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
1 votes
1 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 / 1 votes
1 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 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.
0 / 1 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 3 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 4 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
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.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
0 / 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.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
0 / 1 votes
App Store Ratings
| Google Play: | (4.51) with 1,370 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Wait To Play reported on Jul 11, 2022
Required wait for building construction times and must wait for certain modes to refill attempts. Must wait for gold/resources to farm.
Competition reported on Jul 11, 2022
Game largely based around raiding other players and defending against other players. Also modes against NPCs competing for highest score against other players.
Fear of Missing Out reported on Jul 11, 2022
Fear on missing out of a seasonal event or fear of losing resources due to raids.
Anchoring Tricks reported on Jul 11, 2022
Puts on sale items next to expensive ones, or purchasing an on sale item makes another item more expensive/lose sale price.
Variable Rewards reported on Jul 11, 2022
Seemingly arbitrary rewards for completing raids or single player missions.
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on Jul 11, 2022
Gives achievements for leveling up buildings or winning a certain amount of times.
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Jul 11, 2022
Chests give random units and they have seasonal events that give random rewards, either through card draws or roulette.
Recurring Fee reported on Jul 11, 2022
Ability to purchase subscription for less waiting time and more chances to play.
Pay to Skip reported on Jul 11, 2022
Pay to skip construction time and resource farming time.
Daily Rewards reported on Jul 11, 2022
Daily quests. Daily limited attempts at modes.
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