Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 8 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 12 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
3 votes
3 votes
2 votes
1 votes
3 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
0 / 3 votes
2 votes
3 votes
3 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 11 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 21 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
3 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
3 / 0 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
1 votes
2 votes
1 votes
1 votes
2 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 / 2 votes
1 votes
2 votes
3 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 / 3 votes
3 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
0 / 3 votes
3 votes
3 votes
3 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 / 3 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 4 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 15 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
3 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
3 / 0 votes
1 votes
2 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 / 2 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.
0 / 2 votes
3 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 3 votes
2 votes
3 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 3 votes
3 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 7 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 14 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
3 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.
3 / 0 votes
3 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
3 / 0 votes
1 votes
2 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
1 / 2 votes
3 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
0 / 3 votes
3 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
0 / 3 votes
3 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 / 3 votes
3 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
0 / 3 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 171,947 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Daily Rewards reported on May 24, 2022
Collect virtual currency to advance, with limits on how much each income generator can hold.
Grinding reported on May 24, 2022
Limits on the currency generators means having to return to the game frequently to collect the currency.
Social Pyramid Scheme reported on May 24, 2022
You can link characters in your game with people you are friends with on Facebook. When you use a character that you have linked to a Facebook friend, both receive an award.
Invested / Endowed Value reported on May 24, 2022
Although it doesn't take much time to advance in the game, it is still a significant time investment, and it would be disappointing to lose all of the progress and start again.
Artificial Scarcity reported on May 24, 2022
This was common while the game was being updated, but isn't a problem anymore since the updates have been officially retired.
Accidental Purchases reported on May 24, 2022
When you don't have enough virtual currency to complete a task, you are redirected to the menu where you can buy the virtual currency with real money.
Power Creep reported on May 24, 2022
The categories for income generators are different. The ones from the beginning of the game hold much less than the ones later on, meaning you'll have to have much more of them and check in on the game more often to keep up.
Variable Rewards reported on May 24, 2022
There is a poll activity in the game wherein you can answer questions and see other people's responses to them. When you answer these questions, you get a random reward with greatly varying degrees of grandeur.
Anchoring Tricks reported on May 24, 2022
The virtual currency available to purchase comes in bundles of varying degrees of size with vastly different prices.
Fear of Missing Out reported on May 24, 2022
The game has limited-time quests that expire a few days after unlocking them. Taking an extended break means losing the chance to partake in the quest.
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