Neutral
Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 18 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 36 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
7 votes
1 votes
6 votes
2 votes
2 votes
5 votes
1 votes
6 votes
1 votes
7 votes
1 votes
7 votes
8 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
0 / 8 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 34 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 48 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
8 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
8 / 0 votes
7 votes
2 votes
5 votes
3 votes
5 votes
4 votes
3 votes
3 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
3 / 3 votes
3 votes
4 votes
2 votes
4 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
2 / 4 votes
1 votes
7 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.
1 / 7 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.
0 / 6 votes
7 votes
8 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 / 8 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 0 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 56 votes indicating the absence 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 16 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 38 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
6 votes
1 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
6 / 1 votes
4 votes
4 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.
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
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
2 / 6 votes
1 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.
1 / 7 votes
8 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
0 / 8 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: | (4.50) with 7,557 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.66) with 40,093 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Daily Rewards reported on Nov 25, 2023
Week long increase of rewards
Artificial Scarcity reported on Nov 25, 2023
New player limited offer
Pay Wall reported on Sep 10, 2023
Certain options require premium currency which can be obtained freely
Pay to Skip reported on Jun 6, 2022
There are keys to be able to view story scenes, and you can spend money to get more keys instead of waiting for them to replenish.
Pay Wall reported on Jun 6, 2022
There are extra scenes (that aren't mandatory, and will not make the storyline worse if you don't pick them) but will unlock special artwork and they require using a very scarce/rare resource in order to be able to select them.
Aesthetic Manipulations reported on Jun 6, 2022
It's a romance visual novel, so it is very possible that you could get invested in one of the character's storylines and then feel the need to spend money in order to unlock every special scene with this character.
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A Romance/Mystery story game set in a mystical tarot world. Romance your favorite characters, or choose one of them to give you a tarot reading from a variety of enticing choices. You are a prodigy of the magical arts, left to your own devices by your wandering mentor. Make choices that shape your story as you fall headfirst into a whirlwind adventure, filled with a colorful cast of characters who all have one thing in common: their interest in you.
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The Arcana is a luxurious and interactive visual story and otome inspired dating sim. It also offers a variety of mystic Tarot readings from your choice of favorite characters. You can choose your own romance, story, and date your choice of characters. The mystery unfurls in 22 books (or episodes) that correspond to the 22 Major Arcana cards in Tarot.
Inside The Arcana, a player in search of love, romance, magic, mystery and Tarot readings can:
- indulge in a romance with a character of your choice (or romance them all!)
- make choices through an otome-inspired, interactive murder mystery story
- choose your own pronouns and be whoever you want to be
- play a dating sim with a twist
- enjoy your choice of mystic Tarot readings (general life, love, career and happiness): choose your cards and learn what mysteries they reveal
- fall in love...
- earn postcards and prizes in our Heart Hunter mini game
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