Slightly Bad
Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 65 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 41 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
14 votes
2 votes
14 votes
2 votes
12 votes
4 votes
10 votes
4 votes
6 votes
8 votes
5 votes
10 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
5 / 10 votes
4 votes
11 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 77 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 65 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
13 votes
14 votes
14 votes
1 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
14 / 1 votes
10 votes
4 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.
10 / 4 votes
8 votes
4 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.
8 / 4 votes
9 votes
4 votes
5 votes
5 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
5 / 5 votes
2 votes
11 votes
Power Creep
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A permanently purchased item in the game becomes less valuable over time.
2 / 11 votes
2 votes
12 votes
11 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
0 / 11 votes
13 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 / 13 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 14 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 84 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
8 votes
6 votes
4 votes
10 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.
4 / 10 votes
1 votes
13 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 / 13 votes
1 votes
13 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 / 13 votes
14 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 14 votes
14 votes
Reciprocity
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Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.
0 / 14 votes
14 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 14 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 59 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 39 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
13 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
13 / 0 votes
13 votes
1 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
13 / 1 votes
11 votes
5 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.
11 / 5 votes
9 votes
6 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
9 / 6 votes
6 votes
8 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
6 / 8 votes
4 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.
4 / 9 votes
3 votes
10 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
3 / 10 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 185,988 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.46) with 680,083 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Competition reported on Dec 29, 2022
There are rankings based on your scores, and unless you play every day you'll never be able to get a good rank (and the rewards that come with it).
Grinding reported on Dec 29, 2022
You often have to replay levels a LOT of times to be able to pass them (unless you pay to get some itmes that can help you).
Wait To Play reported on Dec 29, 2022
You have a 20min timer to regain a life (you have 5 lives max).
Daily Rewards reported on Dec 29, 2022
There is a daily reward to collect and if you miss a day you go back to the beginnning of it (or you can watch an ad to keep your streak).
Wait To Play reported on Nov 14, 2022
20 minute timer for lives to refill.
Playing by Appointment reported on Nov 14, 2022
Rewards are often on timers which cannot be saved or delayed for later use.
Grinding reported on Nov 14, 2022
If you don’t pay for the bonuses you can find yourself replaying the same level for days at a time before you can advance.
Invested / Endowed Value reported on Oct 31, 2022
This game is all about collecting (postcards, levels, avatars, bonuses), and you can't skip levels, so if you lose your version you would lose everything.
Artificial Scarcity reported on Oct 31, 2022
It constantly pushes you to buy limited time "sale" offers
Can't Pause or Save reported on Oct 31, 2022
It almost automatically jumps to the next level and tried to get out, and you can't leave in the middle of playing a level and save your progress. You also can't save or postpone timed rewards.
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