Slightly Bad
Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 17 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 16 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
5 votes
5 votes
4 votes
1 votes
2 votes
3 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
2 / 3 votes
1 votes
2 votes
5 votes
5 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 30 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 17 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
5 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
5 / 0 votes
5 votes
5 votes
3 votes
4 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.
4 / 1 votes
2 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.
2 / 1 votes
2 votes
1 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
2 / 1 votes
2 votes
3 votes
2 votes
3 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
2 / 3 votes
4 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 / 4 votes
4 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 3 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 25 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
3 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.
3 / 1 votes
4 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 / 4 votes
4 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.
0 / 4 votes
4 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 4 votes
4 votes
4 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 4 votes
4 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 11 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 22 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
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.
4 / 0 votes
5 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
5 / 0 votes
1 votes
3 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
1 / 3 votes
1 votes
4 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
1 / 4 votes
5 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
0 / 5 votes
5 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 / 5 votes
5 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
0 / 5 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (0.00) with 0 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.08) with 1,795 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Playing by Appointment reported on Apr 24, 2023
In the game, there is a [school] where you yeet a character in, and it'll gain exp overtime. To make it more useful, you can put in [food] which will boost gains for a certain amount of time, making you to come back to refill to maximise output.
Waste Aversion reported on Apr 24, 2023
Cards and character capped at 100, you'll have to purchase expansion that cost [god crystals] which can be paid with money.
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Apr 24, 2023
If you want to get a character, you'll have to wait for a banner or a rerun to get it. Even then, it's not guaranteed.
Wait To Play reported on Apr 24, 2023
A shrine and an offering box gives souls and money respectfully, soul lets you grind more and proceed with story whiles money is a necessity for upgrade/train your characters, and upgrade/merge story cards... Also for required to gacha.
Artificial Scarcity reported on Apr 24, 2023
Time-limit errand sometimes appears whenever, you'll have to accept before it expires. You will wait for the errand to end to claim rewards to maybe get some crystals to pull more gacha.
Infinite Treadmill reported on Apr 24, 2023
The game has chapters, making you wait for the next chap to release after a cliffhanger.
Grinding reported on Apr 24, 2023
You can automatically fight on a completed episode you've already done. You'll have to keep the game open and running whiles you're doing other things. Damaging your phone's battery life.
Grinding reported on Oct 15, 2022
game requires extremely heavy grinding
Waste Aversion reported on Oct 15, 2022
both characters and story cards are capped
Premium Currency reported on Oct 15, 2022
game offers a premium currency which guarantees units in gacha rolls, which are otherwise rare
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◇◆◇About Touhou LostWord◇◆◇Words are going missing, but nobody knows why... The Lost Word Incident has taken over Gensokyo. Explore Gensokyo to resolve the incident with Reimu, Marisa, and the huge cast from Touhou Project!
Taking place in Gensokyo, Touhou LostWord is a derivative work based on Touhou Project, officially licensed by Team Shanghai Alice.
◇◆◇Characters◇◆◇
Reimu Hakurei:
Also known as Hakurei Shrine Maiden, Eternal Shrine Maiden, Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise.
She is a human who lives at Hakurei Shrine.
Marisa Kirisame:
Also known as Western Magician of the East, Strange Magician, Ordinary Black Magician.
She is a human who lives in the Forest of Magic.
Meet the various characters from the Touhou universe, including Yukari Yakumo, Youmu Konpaku, Alice Margatroid, Reisen Udongein Inaba, Remilia Scarlet, Patchouli Knowledge, Sakuya Izayoi, and many more!
◇◆◇Game System◇◆◇
Use your characters' Spell Cards to fight in exciting battles of bullets!
You can power up your favorite characters and create a party of up to 6.
Choose between 3 voices for every character and dress them up in a variety of different costumes!
◇◆◇Participating Artists◇◆◇
Akitsu Mikami, Arata Toshihira, Capura.L, Eretto, Fruit Punch, Girotin, Hagiwara Rin, Hinayuki Usa, Hiura R, Mikeou, Minamura Haruki, Morinohon, Mottun*, Natsume Eri , Ragho no Erika, Rui Tomono, Sakura Hiyori, Sakuragi Ren, Sakurazawa Idumi, Shinia, Socha, Takehana Note, Tanaka Shoutarou, Tomioka Jiro, Umeckiti, Yamadori Ofuu, Yano Mitsuki, Yumeno Rote, Yuuki Keisuke, and more!
◇◆◇Participating Musicians◇◆◇
AramiTama, Butaotome, Cajiva's Gadget Shop, flap+frog, Foxtail-Grass Studio, Hachimitsu-Lemon, COOL&CREATE, Melodic Taste, O-LIFE.JP Tokyo Active NEETS/Kokyo Active NEETs, and more!
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