Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 2 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 4 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
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
1 votes
1 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 6 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
1 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.
1 / 0 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
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
Pay to Win
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A player can spend real money to purchase something that gives them an advantage in the game.
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 Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
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 Obligation / Guilds
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To avoid letting down your friends, you are obligated to play when you don't want to.
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 2 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 5 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
1 / 0 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.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
0 / 1 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
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: | (4.59) with 1,969,829 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Daily Rewards reported on Oct 16, 2022
They're the same rewards every day, which are used to get random presents that normally contain gems, rockets or hint tokens. No Sapphires. Rewards max out at 160, after that they convert into gems.
Advertisements reported on Oct 16, 2022
The only time the ads have felt intrusive was when I was unable to skip them. This happens rarely, and usually by the 2nd time I see the same ad it has a skip option.
Premium Currency reported on Oct 16, 2022
Sapphires are the premium currency, but are not required to actually play the game in general. I started with I think 20 and still have 15 left after playing for several months.
Social Pyramid Scheme reported on Oct 16, 2022
I think you get gems for inviting friends but I never bothered doing it because gems are easy enough to get just by playing occasionally lol
Artificial Scarcity reported on Oct 16, 2022
I guess a daily popup saying "x event is happening!!" with a timer counts for this, but I've never personally felt pressured.
Pay to Skip reported on Oct 16, 2022
None of the following are REQUIRED to play the game, but the option to purchase is still there with typical "buy more, spend less" patterns present including bundles for currencies and in-game boosts.
Accidental Purchases reported on Oct 16, 2022
There was a point where the game would pop up with a "Log in with Google Play" window, but I just ignored it due to not wanting it tied to my Google Account and now it doesn't ask anymore. Not sure if it has anything to do with the monetary purchases but it sure felt like it.
Recurring Fee reported on Oct 16, 2022
WoW club. No point buying into it. It's $4.99 CAD/week with negligible gem/rocket bonuses (that you can get by just playing the game in general) versus just spending $7.49 CAD once to remove ads and carry on.
Variable Rewards reported on Oct 16, 2022
The butterflies and other daily challenges feel like they could fall into this category, seeing as you get Gems as well as "free letters" for accomplishing them, but it's hardly intrusive to me personally.
Anchoring Tricks reported on Oct 16, 2022
Technically in the cash shop it does this, but it has yet to try to bully me into actually buying anything, "cheap" or otherwise.
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