Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 8 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 5 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
2 votes
2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
1 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
0 / 2 votes
2 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 17 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 2 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
2 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
2 / 0 votes
2 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.
2 / 0 votes
2 votes
2 votes
1 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.
1 / 0 votes
2 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
2 / 0 votes
2 votes
1 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
2 / 0 votes
2 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 / 2 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 3 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 6 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 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 / 0 votes
1 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 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 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 / 1 votes
2 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 2 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 1 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 3 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 3 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
1 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.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
1 / 0 votes
1 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.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
0 / 1 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 352,936 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Pay to Win reported on May 1, 2024
Adds new overpowered stuff and nerfs it later when the next batch of overpowered stuff comes out.
Power Creep reported on May 1, 2024
Every update no matter how minor
Daily Rewards reported on Mar 29, 2024
the game has multiple things that forces player to come back and log in, such as blueprint system, upgrades or daily quests
Grinding reported on Mar 29, 2024
unless you pay, everything in the game is grindy af, you have to play 100 matches a day to have a good progress, which no one does... at least i hope no one does.
Infinite Treadmill reported on Mar 29, 2024
the game puts 10 new super robots before you can complete blueprint of them, while money spending players can enjoy everything
Premium Currency reported on Mar 29, 2024
the game has premium currency called gold, everyone can grind gold(ace of winner team gets 10 gold if there's no extra bonuses)
Pay to Win reported on Mar 29, 2024
entire game is pay to win, robots are too expensive to grind. it will take 1/3 of a year to get one robot
Artificial Scarcity reported on Mar 29, 2024
the game will welcome you with minimum 10 different limited discount screen every day
Pay to Skip reported on Mar 29, 2024
you can pay to skip upgrade timers
Recurring Fee reported on Mar 29, 2024
battlepases
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