Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 87 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 30 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
16 votes
1 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
16 / 1 votes
16 votes
1 votes
17 votes
1 votes
15 votes
1 votes
14 votes
3 votes
9 votes
8 votes
15 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 125 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 48 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
17 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
17 / 0 votes
17 votes
17 votes
15 votes
1 votes
14 votes
1 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
14 / 1 votes
13 votes
2 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
13 / 2 votes
12 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.
12 / 3 votes
11 votes
5 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.
11 / 5 votes
6 votes
9 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.
6 / 9 votes
3 votes
12 votes
Power Creep
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A permanently purchased item in the game becomes less valuable over time.
3 / 12 votes
15 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 22 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 94 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
11 votes
5 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.
11 / 5 votes
10 votes
7 votes
1 votes
16 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
1 / 16 votes
16 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 / 16 votes
16 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 / 16 votes
17 votes
Reciprocity
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Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.
0 / 17 votes
17 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 17 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 61 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 53 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
16 votes
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.
16 / 1 votes
14 votes
2 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
14 / 2 votes
16 votes
1 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
16 / 1 votes
15 votes
1 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
15 / 1 votes
16 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 / 16 votes
16 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
0 / 16 votes
16 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
0 / 16 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 17,957 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.51) with 253,319 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Recurring Fee reported on Jun 5, 2023
Officer's Club Gold Pass.
Waste Aversion reported on Jun 5, 2023
You have to spend Catfood (premium currency) to increase the amount of available unit lineups.
Competition reported on Mar 13, 2023
Optional ranking events can provide increasing amounts of rare currencies and resources depending on how high your final placement is.
Grinding reported on Jan 4, 2023
You have to repeat levels in order to get EXP in order to upgrade units.
Wait To Play reported on Jan 4, 2023
You have an energy bar which puts an arbitrary cap on how many levels you can play in one session.
Pay to Skip reported on Jan 4, 2023
You can use the game's premium currency to instantly refill your energy.
Variable Rewards reported on Jan 4, 2023
After completing a level, you have a random chance of getting a treasure that will boost your performance in future levels.
Playing by Appointment reported on May 24, 2022
There are a few events that occur at extremely inconvenient times for example: a level that only appears at 2:22pm on the 2nd and 22nd of the month for only 2 minutes. Beating this level gets you one of the strongest characters in the game.
Daily Rewards reported on May 24, 2022
You get loot box tickets and often other rewards daily.
Grinding reported on May 24, 2022
Grind for XP to level up units.
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