Slightly Bad
Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 353 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 393 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
102 votes
3 votes
101 votes
101 votes
9 votes
20 votes
67 votes
Daily Rewards
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Encourages return visits every day and punishes you for missing a day.
20 / 67 votes
9 votes
119 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
9 / 119 votes
17 votes
103 votes
3 votes
92 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 669 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 476 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
104 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
104 / 0 votes
105 votes
109 votes
94 votes
4 votes
119 votes
3 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
119 / 3 votes
99 votes
10 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.
99 / 10 votes
9 votes
10 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.
9 / 10 votes
11 votes
123 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.
11 / 123 votes
8 votes
102 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
8 / 102 votes
10 votes
114 votes
Power Creep
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A permanently purchased item in the game becomes less valuable over time.
10 / 114 votes
1 votes
110 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 209 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 338 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
108 votes
6 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
108 / 6 votes
75 votes
14 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
75 / 14 votes
7 votes
9 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.
7 / 9 votes
4 votes
12 votes
Reciprocity
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Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.
4 / 12 votes
12 votes
109 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.
12 / 109 votes
3 votes
94 votes
94 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 94 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 408 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 359 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
129 votes
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.
129 / 1 votes
120 votes
5 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
120 / 5 votes
132 votes
2 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
132 / 2 votes
9 votes
9 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
9 / 9 votes
10 votes
112 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
10 / 112 votes
5 votes
110 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.
5 / 110 votes
3 votes
120 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
3 / 120 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 135,383 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.50) with 516,381 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Accidental Purchases reported on Jan 5, 2023
THIS one is horrible with "in game" premium currency, the purple gems (which you purchase with real money or painstakingly earn through lots of game play. They have floating shop pop ups that auto purchase things you might not want if they happen to float under your finger while playing, and they pop open and there's no confirm, and no way to undo the purchase. HORRIBLE.
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on Jan 5, 2023
there are trophies you can earn in events that give objects that could become eggs. They have changed what some of these trophies give, even previously earned ones, so they have less value now. they moved the goalposts.
Can't Pause or Save reported on Jan 5, 2023
the cloud save function stopped working, people have lost their entire "camps" and support won't help, or gives them very little compensation.
Invested / Endowed Value reported on Jan 5, 2023
yes. I have years into my camp, and rare eggs that are now retired, no way to get more. its gotten worse and worse over time.
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Jan 5, 2023
they've implemented a tower game that requires gems, and they have these garbage loot chests that give crap for a gem grab as well.
Illusion of Control reported on Jan 5, 2023
the game uses the playerbase as beta testers, so some people get perks that others don't.
Accidental Purchases reported on Dec 22, 2022
There are many accidental purchase potentials and they keep adding more!
Can't Pause or Save reported on Dec 22, 2022
Currently the game's cloud save is so broken that people who try to use it sometimes are losing years of progress and in some cases hundreds or thousands of dollars worth of premium purchases.
Waste Aversion reported on Dec 22, 2022
Been promising egg storage for years, adds more items, but no more free land. Three pay land expansions that are quickly filled up with things.
Infinite Treadmill reported on Dec 22, 2022
Constantly adding new 'features' that don't always work, are often in a beta version that you have one update, then gone the next, or you lose all progress on due to issues with their cloud save. All of it seems tailored to try to get you to spend premium currency.
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