PewDiePie's Tuber Simulator

-0.51
Neutral
Price: Free
Ads: Yes
In App Purchases: Yes

iOS App Store
Google Play App Store

Temporal Dark PatternsTemporal Dark Patterns

This game has 6 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 8 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

-0.92

1 votes
1 votes
Playing by Appointment -
1 / 1 votes
Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.

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

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

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

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

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

2 votes
Can't Pause or Save -
0 / 2 votes
The game does not allow you to stop playing whenever you want.

Monetary Dark PatternsMonetary Dark Patterns

This game has 7 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 15 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

-0.13

2 votes
Premium Currency -
2 / 0 votes
Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.

2 votes
Pay to Skip -
2 / 0 votes
Spend money to avoid waiting for a timer to expire.

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

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

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

2 votes
Pay to Win -
0 / 2 votes
A player can spend real money to purchase something that gives them an advantage in the game.

2 votes
Accidental Purchases -
0 / 2 votes
Making it easy to accidentally spend money with no confirmation or ability to undo or refund the action.

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.

2 votes
Anchoring Tricks -
0 / 2 votes
Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.

Social Dark PatternsSocial Dark Patterns

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

-0.41

2 votes
Competition -
2 / 0 votes
The game makes you compete against other players.

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

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

1 votes
1 votes
Fear of Missing Out -
1 / 1 votes
If you stop playing you'll miss out on something or be left behind and unable to catch up.

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 PatternsPsychological Dark Patterns

This game has 3 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 11 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

1.43

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

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

1 votes
1 votes
Complete the Collection -
1 / 1 votes
The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.

2 votes
Illusion of Control -
0 / 2 votes
The game cheats or hides information to make you think you're better than you actually are.

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:  (5.00) with 194,533 votes.
Google Play:  (4.79) with 1,750,275 votes.



Recent Dark Pattern Reviews

Artificial Scarcity reported on May 2, 2024
There are special furniture packs in the Bux shop, they cycle through before repeating. Every three weeks, there's an event with furniture you can only get again when the event returns in a few months when it comes again. There however very rarely are events with furniture that can be gotten in that timeframe and then never again.
Competition reported on May 2, 2024
There are room/meme competitions every 3 days
Fear of Missing Out reported on May 2, 2024
Limited event furniture/cosmetics
Complete the Collection reported on May 2, 2024
Pixelings (including rare prisma) and Craniac furniture (some event specific) is tracked on the profile There are new event masks for all 3 week interval events, many people grind to get them all (you can only get 4 or 6 masks from previous events of the same type during one event)
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on May 2, 2024
Getting high places in room/meme competitions awards trophy furniture
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on May 2, 2024
There is a lootbox in the Bux shop where you get random furniture from cycling events
Recurring Fee reported on May 2, 2024
Optional: Remove ads, all rewards locked behind them can be gotten without watching them
Pay to Skip reported on May 2, 2024
You can refresh Gobble and daily quests, but only once per cycle. All other timer skips are acquired at a rate where you don't need to spend money to max them out
Wait To Play reported on May 2, 2024
In game timers: Video generation, Quest refresh, Furniture shipping, Egg hatching (requires videos to generate), The sponsor eagle shows up once every ~30 to 300 seconds
Playing by Appointment reported on May 2, 2024
Gobble (fast forewards video generation) refreshes thrice a day, every 8 hours


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Screenshot Follow in the footsteps of one of the biggest internet stars, PewDiePie, by creating your very own pocket Tuber in PewDiePie's Tuber Simulator! Will you become the biggest, baddest Tuber ever in no time and kick PewDiePie out of his own throne?

Find out in this 2.5D isometric retro styled game!


⋆ MAKE VIDEOS and GAIN VIEWS and SUBS to buy new ITEMS such as EQUIPMENT, FURNITURE, CLOTHES and even PETS!
⋆ REAL VOICE ACTING by PewDiePie himself!
⋆ COMPLETE EPIC QUESTS to gain currency quickly!
⋆ SHOW OFF YOUR AWESOME ROOM by sharing it online!
⋆ FOLLOW YOUR FAVORITE PLAYERS and VOTE for them in WEEKLY EVENTS!
⋆ CONNECT WITH FRIENDS and send or receive SWAG GIFTS!
⋆ PLAY PUGGLE, the cutest minigame ever!
⋆ AMAZING CHIPTUNE MUSIC by RUSHJET1, returning from PEWDIEPIE: LEGEND OF THE BROFIST!


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