Slightly Bad
Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 45 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 30 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
9 votes
2 votes
8 votes
2 votes
9 votes
2 votes
9 votes
2 votes
7 votes
4 votes
3 votes
8 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
3 / 8 votes
10 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 55 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 57 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
11 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
11 / 0 votes
11 votes
11 votes
6 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.
6 / 3 votes
6 votes
4 votes
4 votes
5 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
4 / 5 votes
3 votes
8 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.
3 / 8 votes
1 votes
8 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 / 8 votes
1 votes
10 votes
Power Creep
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A permanently purchased item in the game becomes less valuable over time.
1 / 10 votes
1 votes
10 votes
9 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
0 / 9 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 29 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 41 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
8 votes
1 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
8 / 1 votes
7 votes
4 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.
7 / 4 votes
5 votes
4 votes
5 votes
6 votes
4 votes
5 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.
4 / 5 votes
10 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 10 votes
11 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 11 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 38 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 32 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
7 votes
1 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
7 / 1 votes
9 votes
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.
9 / 2 votes
9 votes
2 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
9 / 2 votes
6 votes
4 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
6 / 4 votes
3 votes
7 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
3 / 7 votes
2 votes
9 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.
2 / 9 votes
2 votes
7 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
2 / 7 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 247,933 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.60) with 1,209,679 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Jan 6, 2023
Specific limited time monsters have a random chance of being hatched, And it may be difficult to get it during this small window of time without spending money to speed up the hatching process.
Pay to Skip reported on Dec 22, 2022
Spending Premium Currency to speed up breeding and nursing.
Playing by Appointment reported on Sep 12, 2022
Breeding times for new monsters to optimize resource production
Waste Aversion reported on Sep 12, 2022
Monster hotels and decoration storage
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Sep 12, 2022
Breeding is essentially lootboxes
Advertisements reported on Sep 12, 2022
Random ads unless a player spends real money on currency. Ads are also viewable to skip waiting times.
Wait To Play reported on Sep 12, 2022
Breeding timers and construction timers.
Wait To Play reported on Sep 11, 2022
Most of the game is checking in, doing a few tasks, then closing the game until later when timers complete and you can check in again.
Pay to Skip reported on Sep 11, 2022
Most actions require some amount of wait time, and you can use the premium currency to skip waiting.
Premium Currency reported on Sep 11, 2022
There are several types of currency, all of which can be bought with money. You can also obtain them without paying any money, though.
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