Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 5 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 16 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
2 votes
1 votes
1 votes
2 votes
1 votes
2 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
3 votes
3 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 2 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 31 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
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
1 votes
2 votes
3 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
0 / 3 votes
3 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 / 3 votes
3 votes
3 votes
3 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 / 3 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
3 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
0 / 3 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 1 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 20 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
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
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 / 3 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
3 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 / 3 votes
3 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 3 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 17 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
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
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
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.
0 / 3 votes
3 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
0 / 3 votes
3 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 / 3 votes
3 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
0 / 3 votes
2 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
0 / 2 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (0.00) with 0 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Daily Rewards reported on Oct 25, 2022
Constant urging for a "streak," time-limited monthly puzzle books
Grinding reported on Oct 25, 2022
The puzzle books can be extremely repetitive
Infinite Treadmill reported on Oct 25, 2022
Daily puzzles
Social Pyramid Scheme reported on Oct 25, 2022
"Share this puzzle" to encourage others to play, but no way to get them to a specific puzzle even if they pay to play
Wait To Play reported on Oct 25, 2022
Daily puzzles unlock at midnight, and if the previous day's puzzles aren't completed, you lose your "streak"
Recurring Fee reported on Oct 25, 2022
Monthly subscription in order to unlock full puzzle functionality, or a one-time fee for a permanent unlock
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on Oct 25, 2022
Achievements for completing long-term grinds (such as finishing every puzzle every day for a year) and for having events occur which are not under your own control
Daily Rewards reported on May 24, 2022
In the free version as of a recent update you can no longer replay free puzzles you've played before - you either play it today or it's gone behind the paywall forever. This makes the game less of a free-but-has-unlocks and more of a shareware demo.
Report a Dark Pattern
Knotwords is a minimal and elegant logic puzzle — with words.The rules are simple: arrange the letters in each section so every word is valid, across and down.
Each puzzle may seem difficult at first — but like all my favorite newspaper puzzles, it gets easier as you progress. Each step guides you naturally towards the solution.
This is the kind of game I've been trying to make my whole career — I'm amazed Jack and I discovered this design. We hope you like it.
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