Walk Master

0.24
Neutral
Price: Free
Ads: Yes
In App Purchases: Yes

iOS App Store
Google Play App Store

Temporal Dark PatternsTemporal Dark Patterns

This game has 3 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 4 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

-0.92

1 votes
Advertisements -
1 / 0 votes
Forced to watch ads or given rewards for watching ads.

1 votes
Infinite Treadmill -
1 / 0 votes
Impossible to win or complete the game.

1 votes
Wait To Play -
1 / 0 votes
In-game timers that make you arbitrarily wait for something.

1 votes
Playing by Appointment -
0 / 1 votes
Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.

1 votes
Daily Rewards -
0 / 1 votes
Encourages return visits every day and punishes you for missing a day.

1 votes
Grinding -
0 / 1 votes
Being required to perform repetitive and tedious tasks to advance.

1 votes
Can't Pause or Save -
0 / 1 votes
The game does not allow you to stop playing whenever you want.

Monetary Dark PatternsMonetary Dark Patterns

This game has 2 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 9 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

1.97

1 votes
Premium Currency -
1 / 0 votes
Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.

1 votes
Anchoring Tricks -
1 / 0 votes
Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.

1 votes
Pay to Win -
0 / 1 votes
A player can spend real money to purchase something that gives them an advantage in the game.

1 votes
Artificial Scarcity -
0 / 1 votes
Limited time offers with unnecessary urgency.

1 votes
Pay to Skip -
0 / 1 votes
Spend money to avoid waiting for a timer to expire.

1 votes
Accidental Purchases -
0 / 1 votes
Making it easy to accidentally spend money with no confirmation or ability to undo or refund the action.

1 votes
Recurring Fee -
0 / 1 votes
Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.

1 votes
Gambling / Loot Boxes -
0 / 1 votes
Spending real money to play a game of chance for a reward.

1 votes
Power Creep -
0 / 1 votes
A permanently purchased item in the game becomes less valuable over time.

1 votes
Pay Wall -
0 / 1 votes
The game becomes impossible to continue playing without payment.

1 votes
Waste Aversion -
0 / 1 votes
Capped inventory forces you to destroy items or upgrade inventory. Also, having small amounts of left over premium currency.

Social Dark PatternsSocial Dark Patterns

This game has 0 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 7 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

5

1 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme -
0 / 1 votes
You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.

1 votes
Social Obligation / Guilds -
0 / 1 votes
To avoid letting down your friends, you are obligated to play when you don't want to.

1 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation -
0 / 1 votes
The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.

1 votes
Reciprocity -
0 / 1 votes
Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.

1 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior -
0 / 1 votes
The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.

1 votes
Fear of Missing Out -
0 / 1 votes
If you stop playing you'll miss out on something or be left behind and unable to catch up.

1 votes
Competition -
0 / 1 votes
The game makes you compete against other players.

Psychological Dark PatternsPsychological Dark Patterns

This game has 3 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 4 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.

-0.92

1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress -
1 / 0 votes
Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.

1 votes
Complete the Collection -
1 / 0 votes
The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.

1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations -
1 / 0 votes
Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.

1 votes
Invested / Endowed Value -
0 / 1 votes
Having already spent time and money to improve your status in the game, it's difficult to throw it away.

1 votes
Illusion of Control -
0 / 1 votes
The game cheats or hides information to make you think you're better than you actually are.

1 votes
Variable Rewards -
0 / 1 votes
Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.

1 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases -
0 / 1 votes
Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.

App Store Ratings

iOS:  (4.50) with 2,157 votes.
Google Play:  (4.15) with 2,007 votes.



Recent Dark Pattern Reviews

Advertisements reported on May 24, 2022
there are ads every couple of minutes, though they only happen after you die or complete a level- never in the middle of one. you can also watch an ad to get coins and you have to watch an ad to unlock daily levels
Infinite Treadmill reported on May 24, 2022
the game appears to have infinitely generating levels
Premium Currency reported on May 24, 2022
You can buy coins, but they are consistently earned in levels anyways, and they are only used to purchase accessories and characters (nothing gives you an advantage or makes the game easier). however, since you only earn 10 coins per level, some of the accessories can be a lot of work to earn for (the most expensive ones are 1000 coins, or 100 levels of playtime)
Wait To Play reported on May 24, 2022
there is a challenge level that unlocks each day (i dont consider it a daily reward because you can play previous days' levels at any time, it does not force you to open the game each day to get the reward) but otherwise there are no timers
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on May 24, 2022
you unlock challenge levels by progressing in the game, and you unlock some characters depending on the number of challenges you complete (there are 17 challenges that unlock based on progress, and a seperate 35 that unlock based on days you've been playing it)
Complete the Collection reported on May 24, 2022
it urges you to complete every challenge to get medals and unlock characters, and also has characters, hats, accessories, and stilts that you can buy (with a little thing next to them that says how many you have, and how many total there are)
Anchoring Tricks reported on May 24, 2022
on the popup to buy coins, they put a 0.99 dollar for 500 coins, a 1.99 dollar for 1500 coins, and a 4.99 dollar for 5000 coins. the 1.99 obviously looks the most desireable, because it gives you 3x the coins as the 0.99 one, but for only twice the price.
Aesthetic Manipulations reported on May 24, 2022
when you win, the character you're currently playing as gets thrown up into the air by the other characters you've bought and theres confetti, and if you die or break your stilts, your character goes limp and looks shocked/distressed and dazed as stars circle around their head and the camera zooms in on them


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Screenshot Test your skills in the most fun and challenging arcade walking action simulator of them all - for FREE!

Take a walk on the wild side! Trot through the forest and farms with skill, precision and timing to become the Walk Master! Unlock unique challenge levels and crazy creatures!

Features:
- Master the challenging levels
- More new levels regularly
- Collect 24 unique characters
- Precision controls - easy to learn, hard to master!

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