Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 9 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 9 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
3 votes
3 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 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.
0 / 3 votes
2 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 15 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 16 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
3 votes
2 votes
2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
1 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
2 / 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 / 1 votes
1 votes
2 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 / 2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
1 / 2 votes
3 votes
3 votes
3 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 / 3 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 10 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 10 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
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.
2 / 0 votes
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
3 votes
2 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.
2 / 1 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 11 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 9 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
3 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.
3 / 0 votes
2 votes
1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
2 / 1 votes
2 votes
1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
2 / 1 votes
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.
1 / 1 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
1 / 2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
1 / 2 votes
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.
1 / 2 votes
App Store Ratings
| Google Play: | (4.75) with 196,395 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Daily Rewards reported on Oct 20, 2022
Yes AND there is no penalty for skipping days. It continues where you left off on your day count and doesn't reset the "counter"
Advertisements reported on Oct 20, 2022
To get extra gems to upgrade things you can watch 2 adds every 4 hours. problematic.
Infinite Treadmill reported on Oct 20, 2022
Updates every month. New monthly content and way too many things to ever really finish
Social Obligation / Guilds reported on May 25, 2022
Guilds are often tight knit and you will be removed for inactivity. Friends can see the last time you played
Artificial Scarcity reported on May 25, 2022
A monthly ticket and weekly-ish food truck limited events, as long as 2-3 day long other mini events
Recurring Fee reported on May 25, 2022
Monthly fee enables
Illusion of Control reported on May 25, 2022
Use of "shards". You have your guild competing again ~9 other teams. Then there's the world leader board. You can check your guild's status on the world leaderboard
Fear of Missing Out reported on May 25, 2022
Many timed events that you will miss rewards on
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