Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 7 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 9 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
3 votes
3 votes
1 votes
2 votes
2 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
0 / 2 votes
2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 18 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 9 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
3 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
3 / 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.
1 / 0 votes
2 votes
3 votes
3 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
3 / 0 votes
3 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 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 / 1 votes
1 votes
2 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 / 2 votes
3 votes
2 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 / 2 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 6 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 12 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
3 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.
3 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 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 / 1 votes
1 votes
2 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 / 2 votes
3 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 3 votes
3 votes
3 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 3 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 5 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 7 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
2 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 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
1 / 1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
1 / 1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
1 / 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
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
2 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
0 / 2 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (5.00) with 2 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Grinding reported on Sep 10, 2023
training horses is tedious, items and quests are locked behind reputation walls you need to do tedious daily quests to get past
Fear of Missing Out reported on Sep 10, 2023
star stable occasionally releases "magical" horses, which only stay in-game for a limited time. they do come back from time to time, however, allowing people to get them at a later time.
Pay Wall reported on Sep 10, 2023
the game is free up until level 5. after that, you have to pay for membership, either monthly or one-time.
Power Creep reported on Sep 10, 2023
horses from previous generations will eventually be removed from the game and are significantly worse than newer horse models.
Recurring Fee reported on Sep 10, 2023
paid membership is the only way to play the game after hitting the level cap as a free player.
Accidental Purchases reported on Sep 10, 2023
considering the amount of children playing the game (and the new mobile port, allowing even MORE children to play), yes.
Pay to Skip reported on Sep 10, 2023
horses in the game have a mood meter. the lower your meter, the slower your horse is. you can pay with star coins (paid currency) to fill their mood meter and bypass this.
Wait To Play reported on Sep 10, 2023
time-locked quests that you can either wait out or skip using in-game currency
Social Obligation / Guilds reported on Sep 10, 2023
there are (often strict) riding clubs within the game that usually require you to be online for events and such.
Advertisements reported on Sep 10, 2023
not intrusive, but they have had 3rd party advertisements like jojo siwa, spirit the stallion, h&m etc
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