Slightly Bad
Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 362 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 396 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
103 votes
3 votes
103 votes
103 votes
9 votes
22 votes
67 votes
Daily Rewards
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Encourages return visits every day and punishes you for missing a day.
22 / 67 votes
10 votes
119 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
10 / 119 votes
18 votes
104 votes
3 votes
94 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 682 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 483 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
106 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
106 / 0 votes
107 votes
111 votes
96 votes
4 votes
121 votes
3 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
121 / 3 votes
99 votes
12 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.
99 / 12 votes
10 votes
11 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.
10 / 11 votes
11 votes
124 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.
11 / 124 votes
10 votes
102 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
10 / 102 votes
10 votes
115 votes
Power Creep
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A permanently purchased item in the game becomes less valuable over time.
10 / 115 votes
1 votes
112 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 212 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 342 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
109 votes
6 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
109 / 6 votes
75 votes
15 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
75 / 15 votes
7 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.
7 / 10 votes
5 votes
12 votes
Reciprocity
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Feeling obligated to return a favor, share resources, trade an item, etc.
5 / 12 votes
13 votes
109 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.
13 / 109 votes
3 votes
95 votes
95 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 95 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 415 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 362 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
131 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.
131 / 1 votes
121 votes
5 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
121 / 5 votes
134 votes
2 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
134 / 2 votes
9 votes
10 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
9 / 10 votes
11 votes
113 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
11 / 113 votes
5 votes
111 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.
5 / 111 votes
4 votes
120 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
4 / 120 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (4.50) with 135,383 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.50) with 516,381 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Recurring Fee reported on Feb 10, 2023
Season reward chains that change monthly require buying a “pass” for each one to access better rewards
Grinding reported on Feb 10, 2023
You have to tap an item to create an item to merge into higher level items. If you can only access the lowest level item, you may be required to do this THOUSANDS of times
Complete the Collection reported on Feb 10, 2023
That’s the whole point of the game. They also don’t have storage, so in order to have more land area to fit things on you have to collect dragons to increase your “dragon power” score
Advertisements reported on Feb 10, 2023
Luckily they are optional, but they’re there
Reciprocity reported on Feb 10, 2023
You can send gifts to friends, but only 5 per day, so if someone sends you one of their ~limited~ gifts you should send one back
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Feb 10, 2023
End of events offer a random duplicate if you pay premium currency, recently introduced loot boxes that randomly spawn offer chance rewards (one is literally called the Chance Chest and appears as a roulette wheel)
Infinite Treadmill reported on Feb 10, 2023
Recently gotten worse adding new items to collect
Wait To Play reported on Feb 10, 2023
Levels have a variable cost that resets 1/hr to a max of 7, dragons have to recharge, tappable items have to recharge, special areas either reset or require recharging “entry fees,” timed loot chests
Artificial Scarcity reported on Feb 10, 2023
Limited time item bundles and 30-day reward chains with “premium” options if you pay
Invested / Endowed Value reported on Feb 10, 2023
The item chains take so much time to get that I feel my game is more impressive than a new player solely based on the collection
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