ChimeraLand

-1.67
Slightly Bad
Price: Free
Ads: Unknown
In App Purchases: Yes

iOS App Store

Temporal Dark PatternsTemporal Dark Patterns

This game has 4 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 2 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.

-1.94

1 votes
Daily Rewards -
1 / 0 votes
Encourages return visits every day and punishes you for missing a day.

1 votes
Grinding -
1 / 0 votes
Being required to perform repetitive and tedious tasks to advance.

1 votes
Infinite Treadmill -
1 / 0 votes
Impossible to win or complete the game.

1 votes
Wait To Play -
1 / 0 votes
In-game timers that make you arbitrarily wait for something.

1 votes
Advertisements -
0 / 1 votes
Forced to watch ads or given rewards for watching ads.

1 votes
Can't Pause or Save -
0 / 1 votes
The game does not allow you to stop playing whenever you want.

Monetary Dark PatternsMonetary Dark Patterns

This game has 3 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 6 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.

-0

1 votes
Premium Currency -
1 / 0 votes
Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.

1 votes
Artificial Scarcity -
1 / 0 votes
Limited time offers with unnecessary urgency.

1 votes
Anchoring Tricks -
1 / 0 votes
Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.

1 votes
Pay to Skip -
0 / 1 votes
Spend money to avoid waiting for a timer to expire.

1 votes
Accidental Purchases -
0 / 1 votes
Making it easy to accidentally spend money with no confirmation or ability to undo or refund the action.

1 votes
Recurring Fee -
0 / 1 votes
Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.

1 votes
Gambling / Loot Boxes -
0 / 1 votes
Spending real money to play a game of chance for a reward.

1 votes
Pay Wall -
0 / 1 votes
The game becomes impossible to continue playing without payment.

1 votes
Waste Aversion -
0 / 1 votes
Capped inventory forces you to destroy items or upgrade inventory. Also, having small amounts of left over premium currency.

Social Dark PatternsSocial Dark Patterns

This game has 2 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 4 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.

0.24

1 votes
Reciprocity -
1 / 0 votes
Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.

1 votes
Competition -
1 / 0 votes
The game makes you compete against other players.

1 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme -
0 / 1 votes
You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.

1 votes
Social Obligation / Guilds -
0 / 1 votes
To avoid letting down your friends, you are obligated to play when you don't want to.

1 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation -
0 / 1 votes
The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.

1 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior -
0 / 1 votes
The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.

Psychological Dark PatternsPsychological Dark Patterns

This game has 4 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 0 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.

-3.57

1 votes
Invested / Endowed Value -
1 / 0 votes
Having already spent time and money to improve your status in the game, it's difficult to throw it away.

1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress -
1 / 0 votes
Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.

1 votes
Variable Rewards -
1 / 0 votes
Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.

1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations -
1 / 0 votes
Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.

App Store Ratings

iOS:  (0.00) with 0 votes.



Recent Dark Pattern Reviews

Daily Rewards reported on Aug 25, 2022
There are daily login bonuses that are, for some reason, behind a paywall
Grinding reported on Aug 25, 2022
You must constantly collect resources, catch the same beasts, etc in order to build your home or 'devour' certain traits
Infinite Treadmill reported on Aug 25, 2022
Game is never ending. There is no true storyline
Premium Currency reported on Aug 25, 2022
There is in-app currency called Maber that can be used to purchase premium outfit pieces, change the look of pets, etc
Invested / Endowed Value reported on Aug 25, 2022
Your home in the game takes a lot of time and energy to build, thus making this come to life.
Artificial Scarcity reported on Aug 25, 2022
There are events that you can only participate in with the spending of premium currency
Wait To Play reported on Aug 25, 2022
It makes you wait when doing things such as incubating pet eggs, during which time you can't do anything else unless you want the egg to die
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on Aug 25, 2022
You get items for nearly every tiny thing you do at the start
Variable Rewards reported on Aug 25, 2022
Collecting certain amounts of resources and such results in more rewards
Anchoring Tricks reported on Aug 25, 2022
Most of their purchases are bundles


Report a Dark Pattern

Screenshot ChimeraLand is an open-world survival game with strong RPG elements in a prehistoric, mythical world.
You need to gather resources, craft items, grow crops, and research technologies. Start from building a survival shelter, to making a megabase in the Outerspace!
You will find hundreds of bizarre mythical beasts while exploring this seamless world. Do you want a new pet? Catch and Tame them!
Or maybe you want to have a pair of wings on your horse? Let your pets devour them, and see what kind of Chimera you can create! The possibility is endless!
You can be a close-quarter fighter when wielding blades, a cunning gunslinger with X-bows, or both! You can be a Werewolf, a Dragonborn, or a Jellyfish girl! Choose your own way, and create your own style!
There are no limitations to restrict what you can and cannot be!
And there are thousands of other creative travelers, with their unique tastes and styles, living and thriving together...