Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 14 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 58 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
5 votes
5 votes
5 votes
6 votes
2 votes
7 votes
2 votes
9 votes
10 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
0 / 10 votes
11 votes
10 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 36 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 84 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
11 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
11 / 0 votes
11 votes
9 votes
2 votes
2 votes
9 votes
1 votes
10 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.
1 / 10 votes
1 votes
10 votes
1 votes
10 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
1 / 10 votes
10 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.
0 / 10 votes
11 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
0 / 11 votes
11 votes
11 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 / 11 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 14 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 62 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
9 votes
1 votes
4 votes
7 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.
4 / 7 votes
1 votes
10 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.
1 / 10 votes
11 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 / 11 votes
11 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 11 votes
11 votes
Reciprocity
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Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.
0 / 11 votes
11 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 11 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 16 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 58 votes indicating the absence of a dark pattern.
5 votes
6 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
5 / 6 votes
4 votes
6 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.
4 / 6 votes
3 votes
8 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
3 / 8 votes
1 votes
8 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
1 / 8 votes
1 votes
10 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.
1 / 10 votes
1 votes
10 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
1 / 10 votes
1 votes
10 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
1 / 10 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.79) with 5,623 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Can't Pause or Save reported on May 1, 2024
You are not allowed to pause while doing a Challenge
Badges / Endowed Progress reported on May 1, 2024
Challenge badges
Pay Wall reported on May 1, 2024
To unlock songs, characters, stories, you must buy Packs.
Illusion of Control reported on May 1, 2024
Potential scores and especially rhythm games skill, which is not common and make you feel like better than anyone else.
Pay to Skip reported on May 1, 2024
You can use money for x4 boost and refill stanimas in World mode
Anchoring Tricks reported on May 1, 2024
100 memories with 510 1020 memories, which are cheaper
Wait To Play reported on May 1, 2024
Grinding World mode require wait time up to 6 hours to recover all the stanimas.
Aesthetic Manipulations reported on May 1, 2024
Track lost, track completes and "full recall" have a different sounds effects, results music, backgrounds, and text.
Fear of Missing Out reported on May 1, 2024
As your skill can be drained if you quitted the game for a long time, your potential might be decreased for bad play.
Artificial Scarcity reported on May 1, 2024
New events most of the new updates, ranged from 2 to 3 weeks, and addtional events like April fools, anniversary offers.
Report a Dark Pattern
A harmony of Light awaits you in a lost world of musical Conflict. New Dimension Rhythm GameTouch, hold and slide through a challenging, unforgettable arcade-style experience featuring artists from Japan and across the Entire World.
Lose yourself in songs of Light and Conflict within a forgotten world
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Two young girls wander in a broken world filled with remnants of its former self: Arcaea.
Arcaea are melodical shards of the past that call out to the girls, but each chooses to be experienced only by one or the other. Over time, the girls begin to notice inconsistencies in the Arcaea that choose them and develop conflicting views about the world as it once was.
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Play anywhere and anytime with no limitations. Internet connection not required
Features--
- A high difficulty ceiling - experience personal growth as you develop skills in arcade-style progression
- Over 160 songs from more than 100 artists famous across other games
- An expanding music library through content updates
- Full song jacket illustrations
- Online friends and scoreboards