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.


Examples

War and Order War and Order
"Optional daily gems pack"

Fishdom Fishdom
"optional monthly subscription"

Solitaire Solitaire
"Only way to go ad-free is with a monthly subscription"

Cookie Run: Kingdom Cookie Run: Kingdom
"theres a season pass that i dont really know anything about. idk if it's monthly tho"

Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus
"battle pass"

Empires & Puzzles: RPG Quest Empires & Puzzles: RPG Quest
"Many."

Text Express: Word Adventure Text Express: Word Adventure
"There's an optional subscription that gives you various bonus stuff."

The Battle Cats The Battle Cats
"Officer's Club Gold Pass."

Mighty DOOM Mighty DOOM
"You can buy the "full premium" season pass."

Limbus Company Limbus Company
"The are multiple lunacy packs that the player can purchase that give a small amount of in-game currency over a 30-day period."