Recurring Fee
Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
Some games can only be played by paying a monthly or yearly fee for access to the game. These are usually massively multiplayer online (MMO) games. Other games may have an optional monthly fee that you can pay to get a daily boost in the game. Either way, having a monthly fee encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
The game developer hopes that by playing a lot, you'll get addicted to the game and keep paying the monthly fee. They may also make it very difficult to cancel your monthly subscription by hiding the option deep in the game's menus. It's easy to purchase the subscription but very difficult to get out. For some people, the hassle of canceling the subscription sometimes makes them wait longer before cancelling, adding extra revenue for the game developers.
The game developer hopes that by playing a lot, you'll get addicted to the game and keep paying the monthly fee. They may also make it very difficult to cancel your monthly subscription by hiding the option deep in the game's menus. It's easy to purchase the subscription but very difficult to get out. For some people, the hassle of canceling the subscription sometimes makes them wait longer before cancelling, adding extra revenue for the game developers.
Citations and Sources • UXP2 Dark Patterns
• Roach Motel
• Forced Continuity
• Wikipedia :: Dark Pattern
• Dark Patterns: inside the interfaces designed to trick you
• Why are Video Games Addictive?
• Roach Motel
• Forced Continuity
• Wikipedia :: Dark Pattern
• Dark Patterns: inside the interfaces designed to trick you
• Why are Video Games Addictive?
Examples
Egg, Inc."They recently introduced ‘Egg Inc. Ultra’, an optional monthly subscription with two tiers"
Monster Legends"The game has a whopping two battle passes, an actual "Battle Pass" for competition rewards, and a "Monster Pass" for other rewards. These have paid versions which need to be renewed roughly every month to get the full rewards from them."
Assoluto Racing"Has a subscription system that rewards players with a rental supercar as of recent update."
WWE Champions 2019"Several monthly passes, and other, weekly items that if you miss one you don't get the bonus at the end, which makes it easier to place on leaderboards"
War Robots Multiplayer Battles"battlepases"
The Walking Dead: Survivors"Has at least 10 different monthly/weekly bundles/subscription s"
Polysphere"“Optional” subscription"
Life Makeover"Optional"
Last Fortress"Multiple of these. A premium, for hero gear and for Z coins"
Boom Beach"Extra Builder"