Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 35 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 13 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
8 votes
7 votes
6 votes
1 votes
6 votes
1 votes
5 votes
1 votes
2 votes
5 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
2 / 5 votes
1 votes
5 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 54 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 23 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
8 votes
6 votes
7 votes
6 votes
1 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
6 / 1 votes
5 votes
1 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
5 / 1 votes
5 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.
5 / 2 votes
4 votes
3 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.
4 / 3 votes
2 votes
5 votes
2 votes
5 votes
1 votes
6 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.
1 / 6 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 24 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 24 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
7 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.
7 / 1 votes
5 votes
2 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.
5 / 2 votes
5 votes
2 votes
5 votes
3 votes
2 votes
2 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
2 / 2 votes
7 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 7 votes
7 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 7 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 29 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 22 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
8 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
8 / 0 votes
6 votes
2 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
6 / 2 votes
5 votes
2 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.
5 / 2 votes
4 votes
3 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
4 / 3 votes
3 votes
5 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
3 / 5 votes
3 votes
4 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
3 / 4 votes
6 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 / 6 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 6 votes. |
| Google Play: | (3.90) with 1,480 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Reciprocity reported on Jan 21, 2023
Only very few things can be shared and only during the club event. Otherwise club members can benefit from other players activity.
Social Obligation / Guilds reported on Jan 21, 2023
Yes, there are clubs = guilds and in order for everyone to be able to get all the monthly club items everybody must commit to play and grind a certain amount. Not all clubs do this, just the ones that coordinate, but without it, it’s impossible to get all the items.
Invested / Endowed Value reported on Jan 21, 2023
Some people will have way more items and cats - the goal of the game based on thousands of hours and years of play.
Artificial Scarcity reported on Jan 21, 2023
There are 3 limited time events per month. Those items then become available to everyone through in-game gamble/spins months later.
Can't Pause or Save reported on Jan 21, 2023
The game will keep moving forward whether you take part or not. There’s always artificial scarcity in that time.
Wait To Play reported on Jan 21, 2023
There are timers for all crafting and some crafting is multiple tiers taking hours.
Playing by Appointment reported on Jan 21, 2023
Multiple times a day there are “boosts” in the grind but only at set times and only for 30m. One of the times is the middle of the night for all of N. America and it’s the only one of its kind.
Accidental Purchases reported on Jan 21, 2023
Some buttons are placed over other buttons when pop ups are dismissed, which lead to the shop. Pop ups for purchasing packs with real money pop up with the “purchase button” over where you would normally tap to confirm the action you were actually trying to do.
Recurring Fee reported on Jan 21, 2023
There is a monthly subscription which is almost as much as Netflix. It includes things like exclusive items but ALSO usability features such as “craft all” instead of one by one.
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Jan 21, 2023
You can buy gems and gems can be used to buy keys which can be used to spin/gamble for random in-game items. Among other things.
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