Hungry Shark World

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Price: Free
Ads: Yes
In App Purchases: Yes

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Dark Patterns Ratings & Reviews Game Description

Temporal Dark Patterns

This game has 5 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 9 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

-0.41

2 votes

Daily Rewards -

2 / 0 votes

Encourages return visits every day and punishes you for missing a day.

1 votes

Grinding -

1 / 1 votes

Being required to perform repetitive and tedious tasks to advance.

1 votes

Advertisements -

1 / 1 votes

Forced to watch ads or given rewards for watching ads.

1 votes

Infinite Treadmill -

1 / 1 votes

Impossible to win or complete the game.

2 votes

Playing by Appointment -

0 / 2 votes

Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.

2 votes

Can't Pause or Save -

0 / 2 votes

The game does not allow you to stop playing whenever you want.

2 votes

Wait To Play -

0 / 2 votes

In-game timers that make you arbitrarily wait for something.

Monetary Dark Patterns

This game has 8 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 14 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

-0.46

2 votes

Premium Currency -

2 / 0 votes

Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.

2 votes

Artificial Scarcity -

2 / 0 votes

Limited time offers with unnecessary urgency.

1 votes

Pay to Win -

1 / 1 votes

A player can spend real money to purchase something that gives them an advantage in the game.

1 votes

Accidental Purchases -

1 / 1 votes

Making it easy to accidentally spend money with no confirmation or ability to undo or refund the action.

1 votes

Recurring Fee -

1 / 1 votes

Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.

1 votes

Anchoring Tricks -

1 / 1 votes

Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.

2 votes

Pay to Skip -

0 / 2 votes

Spend money to avoid waiting for a timer to expire.

2 votes

Gambling / Loot Boxes -

0 / 2 votes

Spending real money to play a game of chance for a reward.

2 votes

Power Creep -

0 / 2 votes

A permanently purchased item in the game becomes less valuable over time.

2 votes

Pay Wall -

0 / 2 votes

The game becomes impossible to continue playing without payment.

2 votes

Waste Aversion -

0 / 2 votes

Capped inventory forces you to destroy items or upgrade inventory. Also, having small amounts of left over premium currency.

Social Dark Patterns

This game has 4 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 10 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

0.24

2 votes

Fear of Missing Out -

2 / 0 votes

If you stop playing you'll miss out on something or be left behind and unable to catch up.

2 votes

Competition -

2 / 0 votes

The game makes you compete against other players.

2 votes

Social Pyramid Scheme -

0 / 2 votes

You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.

2 votes

Social Obligation / Guilds -

0 / 2 votes

To avoid letting down your friends, you are obligated to play when you don't want to.

2 votes

Friend Spam / Impersonation -

0 / 2 votes

The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.

2 votes

Reciprocity -

0 / 2 votes

Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.

2 votes

Encourages Anti-Social Behavior -

0 / 2 votes

The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.

Psychological Dark Patterns

This game has 5 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 9 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

-0.41

2 votes

Invested / Endowed Value -

2 / 0 votes

Having already spent time and money to improve your status in the game, it's difficult to throw it away.

2 votes

Complete the Collection -

2 / 0 votes

The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.

1 votes

Illusion of Control -

1 / 1 votes

The game cheats or hides information to make you think you're better than you actually are.

2 votes

Badges / Endowed Progress -

0 / 2 votes

Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.

2 votes

Variable Rewards -

0 / 2 votes

Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.

2 votes

Aesthetic Manipulations -

0 / 2 votes

Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.

2 votes

Optimism and Frequency Biases -

0 / 2 votes

Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.

App Store Ratings

iOS:	(4.50) with 224,935 votes.
Google Play:	(4.54) with 1,470,056 votes.

Recent Dark Pattern Reviews

Competition reported on Jun 20, 2022

Regular competitive events where you win a prize if you score high enough on the leaderboard. Occurs every few days

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The Sharks are back in the bigger and badder sequel to Hungry Shark Evolution!
Control a shark in a feeding frenzy and eat your way through many oceans feasting on everything from bite-size fish and birds to tasty whales and unwitting humans!

Official game for Shark Week, live every week like it's Shark Week!

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Take on more than 20 different types of mission including high score challenges, prey hunts and epic boss fights!

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Game centre, 3D touch and Apple Replay Kit enabled.
Use Facebook to synchronise your progress across your IOS devices.
Hungry Shark World is regularly updated with new features, content and challenges to keep you coming back for more!
This app contains In-App Purchases which allow you to buy Gems and Gold currency which can be spent on upgrades and accessories. Gems and Gold can also be collected in game without requiring purchases.
This game contains advertising. Advertising is disabled if you make any purchase.

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