Slightly Bad
Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 4 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 3 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 5 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 6 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
1 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
1 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.
0 / 1 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.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
1 votes
1 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 / 1 votes
1 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
0 / 1 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 3 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 4 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
1 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
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
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.
0 / 1 votes
1 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 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 5 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 2 votes indicating the absense 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
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
1 / 0 votes
1 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
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.
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 29,354 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.65) with 1,145,323 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Daily Rewards reported on Feb 3, 2022
'Free' Arena badges are refreshed every day
Grinding reported on Feb 3, 2022
Gem bays - attacking to earn currency (refresh every day) Invasions - attacking to earn currency (refresh every day)
Advertisements reported on Feb 3, 2022
Watching ads to earn in game currency
Premium Currency reported on Feb 3, 2022
Real money can be exchanged for Diamonds
Invested / Endowed Value reported on Feb 3, 2022
Item collection
Artificial Scarcity reported on Feb 3, 2022
Monthly events to obtain event specific items
Wait To Play reported on Feb 3, 2022
Waiting for daily tasks (Invasions etc) to refresh daily
Pay to Skip reported on Feb 3, 2022
Using Diamonds to skip anything that has a time duration
Recurring Fee reported on Feb 3, 2022
Optional fee to obtain premium (things happen at a faster rate, and you obtain more resources)
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Feb 3, 2022
Loot boxes for chance to obtain items
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Become the lord and master of a real medieval castle! Accept new subjects, assign them to their duties, train and protect your men and women! Defy your rivals and laws of physics as you build and upgrade your fortress! Your pudgy warriors look great in their shining armor! Nourish and train your troops, and theyll crush the armies of Grav the Mighty Brainpan, put the Abyss Lord back in his place, and also burn down a couple of enemies castles!
All day long your scribes scratch their heads with quills, treasurers spill coins on the floor and blacksmiths drop anvils on their feet for the sake of your prosperity! Prepare true specialists, become wealthy and influential! Build a dating room and watch your subjects have children wholl soon grow up and serve you too!
Assume command, my lord! Here are some of the opportunities you get in the game:
- Story-driven campaign. In hundreds of missions your heroes fight orcs, giants, skeletons and even dragons! Battle magic, cold steel and cunning strategy the end justifies the means!
- Castle construction. Build new rooms for your stronghold and upgrade the existing ones. Youve got all you need to create a dream castle! Begin the construction now!
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