Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 4 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 2 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 5 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 5 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
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
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 / 0 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.
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 3 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
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.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
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
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
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.
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
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
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
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
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
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
| iOS: | (4.88) with 1,166 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Playing by Appointment reported on May 24, 2022
There are certain "club events" qt different days and time of day. You can likely always catch one but they are timed.
Daily Rewards reported on May 24, 2022
Everytime you log in you get lootboxes etc. And can collect daily things in the shop.
Grinding reported on May 24, 2022
When you run out of money or xp you just have to keep playing games which often leads to just autoplaying a lot.
Advertisements reported on May 24, 2022
When you buy stuff or after/before playing games there are ads until you make an ingame purchase.
Premium Currency reported on May 24, 2022
You can buy "gold" to speed things up or not use the free ingame currency. But you also get gold through playing events or completing achievements.
Pay to Win reported on May 24, 2022
With the gold you can buy high tier loot boxes
Social Obligation / Guilds reported on May 24, 2022
Clubs have limited member lists so if you are not getting any points you feel like a waste of space.
Artificial Scarcity reported on May 24, 2022
Some boxes are only there for events.
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on May 24, 2022
You can buy a currency to buy these lootboxes.
Reciprocity reported on May 24, 2022
You can send gifts for gold.
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