Neutral
Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 27 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 32 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
8 votes
1 votes
6 votes
2 votes
5 votes
3 votes
5 votes
4 votes
2 votes
7 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
2 / 7 votes
1 votes
7 votes
8 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 23 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 63 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
4 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.
4 / 3 votes
3 votes
5 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
3 / 5 votes
3 votes
6 votes
3 votes
6 votes
3 votes
6 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.
3 / 6 votes
2 votes
6 votes
2 votes
5 votes
1 votes
7 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
1 / 7 votes
1 votes
6 votes
1 votes
6 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
1 / 6 votes
7 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 / 7 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 0 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 56 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
8 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
0 / 8 votes
8 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.
0 / 8 votes
8 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 8 votes
8 votes
8 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 8 votes
8 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.
0 / 8 votes
8 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 19 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 36 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
8 votes
1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
8 / 1 votes
4 votes
4 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
4 / 4 votes
3 votes
5 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
3 / 5 votes
2 votes
6 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.
2 / 6 votes
2 votes
6 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
2 / 6 votes
7 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.
0 / 7 votes
7 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
0 / 7 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (5.00) with 574,437 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.55) with 203,887 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Daily Rewards reported on Dec 5, 2022
Daily reward of "heirlooms," which can be very rare and can be passed down through generations. Usually, though, they are not very valuable.
Pay Wall reported on Dec 5, 2022
Can't continue generations without paying
Power Creep reported on Oct 21, 2022
Heirlooms degrade
Daily Rewards reported on May 25, 2022
There are daily heirlooms
Pay to Win reported on May 25, 2022
You can time travel but it costs something very time
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on May 25, 2022
there are achievements
Playing by Appointment reported on May 24, 2022
“Challenges” where you have to play between a few days for in-game rewards. Also sometimes gives you notifications that you lose rewards if you don’t respond to them.
Daily Rewards reported on May 24, 2022
Heirlooms
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on May 24, 2022
Ribbons and achievements
Variable Rewards reported on May 24, 2022
Heirlooms: 90% of the time it’s terrible, 9% it’s okay, 1% it’s good
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