Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 48 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 73 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
19 votes
12 votes
14 votes
1 votes
18 votes
1 votes
20 votes
1 votes
21 votes
14 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
0 / 14 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 100 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 53 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
21 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
21 / 0 votes
14 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.
14 / 0 votes
18 votes
17 votes
2 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.
2 / 0 votes
2 votes
12 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
12 / 0 votes
13 votes
1 votes
1 votes
16 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
1 / 16 votes
22 votes
Power Creep
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A permanently purchased item in the game becomes less valuable over time.
0 / 22 votes
14 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 / 14 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 72 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 61 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
22 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
22 / 0 votes
14 votes
18 votes
1 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
18 / 1 votes
16 votes
1 votes
Reciprocity
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Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.
16 / 1 votes
1 votes
18 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.
1 / 18 votes
1 votes
21 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 / 21 votes
20 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 20 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 74 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 54 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
20 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.
20 / 0 votes
22 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
22 / 0 votes
12 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.
12 / 0 votes
17 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
17 / 0 votes
1 votes
14 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
1 / 14 votes
1 votes
20 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
1 / 20 votes
1 votes
20 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
1 / 20 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 272,725 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.38) with 6,814,610 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Grinding reported on Nov 18, 2019
Some levels are difficult, which means you will fail a lot and will need to repeat the level many times until you get lucky.
Infinite Treadmill reported on Nov 18, 2019
There seems to be an infinite number of levels. Its impossible to reach the end.
Pay to Win reported on Nov 18, 2019
You can pay for boosters which make hard levels easier to pass.
Friend Spam / Impersonation reported on Nov 18, 2019
There are fake people listed as your friends already when you start the game.
Pay to Skip reported on Nov 18, 2019
If you lose a level, you can pay to skip it.
Reciprocity reported on Nov 18, 2019
The game encourages you to send lives to your friends and ask friends for additional lives.
Pay Wall reported on Nov 18, 2019
At some point, the game becomes too difficult to play unless you pay to use boosters.
Illusion of Control reported on Nov 18, 2019
There are many random elements of the game that make it so you don't have as much control as you think.
Competition reported on Nov 18, 2019
There is a high score board.
Report a Dark Pattern
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