Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 95 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 55 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
21 votes
1 votes
20 votes
1 votes
21 votes
1 votes
19 votes
3 votes
8 votes
12 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
8 / 12 votes
3 votes
18 votes
3 votes
19 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 167 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 58 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
21 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
21 / 0 votes
21 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.
21 / 0 votes
19 votes
1 votes
21 votes
20 votes
1 votes
17 votes
2 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
17 / 2 votes
17 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.
17 / 4 votes
13 votes
7 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
13 / 7 votes
14 votes
5 votes
Power Creep
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A permanently purchased item in the game becomes less valuable over time.
14 / 5 votes
2 votes
18 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.
2 / 18 votes
2 votes
20 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 89 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 56 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
20 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.
20 / 1 votes
21 votes
19 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.
19 / 2 votes
16 votes
5 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
16 / 5 votes
10 votes
11 votes
Reciprocity
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Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.
10 / 11 votes
3 votes
17 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
3 / 17 votes
20 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 20 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 96 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 42 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
20 votes
1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
20 / 1 votes
18 votes
4 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.
18 / 4 votes
17 votes
4 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
17 / 4 votes
15 votes
5 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
15 / 5 votes
11 votes
9 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
11 / 9 votes
9 votes
8 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
9 / 8 votes
6 votes
11 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.
6 / 11 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (0.00) with 0 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.80) with 37,573 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Wait To Play reported on Jun 1, 2022
Castle upgrades take such a long time past lv10 that you have to wait literal WEEKS for it to upgrade. Level 15 castle upgrade requires a base 90 day wait time.
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Jun 1, 2022
Cookies, treasures, and costumes are all gacha.
Reciprocity reported on Jun 1, 2022
There are daily gifts you can send to friends, which are usually piddling amounts of coin, crystals, or other trinkets. You can also donate items to your guild. Otherwise, there is no real resource sharing system.
Illusion of Control reported on Jun 1, 2022
End/late game story/dark mode levels are basically impossible to beat without having to whale or grind extremely hard.
Variable Rewards reported on Jun 1, 2022
All level completion, fountain, balloon, etc. rewards are completely random and force you to grind constantly for enough resources.
Waste Aversion reported on Jun 1, 2022
Storage caps out very quickly and requires a lot of resources to expand. Past a certain point, you cannot increase storage without using premium currency in addition to other resources.
Competition reported on Jun 1, 2022
The PVP meta is very real, constantly changing, and ever competitive.
Waste Aversion reported on May 25, 2022
Storage system is AWFUL. one of the main reasons I quit the game
Daily Rewards reported on May 24, 2022
exp collection from cookie houses, item production, trade harbor, etc etc. you don't lose much if you skip days, but your progression slows down obviously
Social Pyramid Scheme reported on May 24, 2022
very slight but yes
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