Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 3 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 53 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
2 votes
6 votes
1 votes
7 votes
8 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
0 / 8 votes
8 votes
8 votes
8 votes
8 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 0 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 77 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
7 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
0 / 7 votes
7 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 / 7 votes
7 votes
7 votes
7 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 / 7 votes
7 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
0 / 7 votes
7 votes
7 votes
7 votes
7 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 / 7 votes
7 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
0 / 7 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 8 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 48 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
6 votes
2 votes
1 votes
7 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 / 7 votes
1 votes
7 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
1 / 7 votes
8 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 / 8 votes
8 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 8 votes
8 votes
8 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.
0 / 8 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 19 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 33 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
8 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
8 / 0 votes
5 votes
1 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
5 / 1 votes
2 votes
6 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.
2 / 6 votes
2 votes
6 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
2 / 6 votes
1 votes
7 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
1 / 7 votes
1 votes
6 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
1 / 6 votes
7 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 / 7 votes
App Store Ratings
| Google Play: | (4.28) with 9,196 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on May 24, 2022
Achievements for winning games with leveled up petd
Competition reported on May 24, 2022
You can play the game with friends by trading codes, otherwise it is random matches.
Variable Rewards reported on Feb 5, 2022
You shuffle between random pets to chose from
Infinite Treadmill reported on Feb 5, 2022
You can play infinite amount of games without a real end goal.
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on Feb 3, 2022
Gives you a badge when you level up a creature to level 3 & a ribbon when you win an arena match with one
Complete the Collection reported on Feb 3, 2022
It shows the completion rate on the main screen, but does not promote it.
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Battle against other players at your own pace in this free-to-play chill auto battler.In Super Auto Pets you build a team from a lovable cast of animals who will fight for you. They each have unique abilities, so choose wisely who will join your team!
Features two modes
- Arena mode, asynchronous match ups, no turn timer! Can you get 10 wins?
- Versus mode, match up against X other players, can you come out on top?
Please note that this is a beta release. Things are subject to change, and there might be some imbalance issues. Feel free to report any issues by sending us an email or joining our discord!
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