Temporal Dark Patterns
This game has 34 reported Temporal Dark Patterns. There are 25 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
8 votes
1 votes
8 votes
1 votes
8 votes
1 votes
7 votes
2 votes
2 votes
4 votes
Playing by Appointment
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Being forced to play according to the game's schedule instead of yours.
2 / 4 votes
1 votes
8 votes
8 votes
Monetary Dark Patterns
This game has 60 reported Monetary Dark Patterns. There are 25 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
8 votes
Premium Currency
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Exchange rate between real money and in-game currency disguises the real price of items.
8 / 0 votes
9 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.
9 / 0 votes
8 votes
8 votes
Anchoring Tricks
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Placing a cheap item next to an expensive item to make it look more affordable.
8 / 0 votes
6 votes
2 votes
5 votes
2 votes
Recurring Fee
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Encourages players to play as much as possible to get their money's worth.
5 / 2 votes
5 votes
2 votes
5 votes
3 votes
3 votes
4 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.
3 / 4 votes
2 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.
2 / 5 votes
1 votes
7 votes
Social Dark Patterns
This game has 26 reported Social Dark Patterns. There are 28 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
9 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.
9 / 0 votes
7 votes
6 votes
3 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.
6 / 3 votes
2 votes
4 votes
Social Pyramid Scheme
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You get a bonus for inviting your friends and then they have to invite their friends.
2 / 4 votes
2 votes
6 votes
7 votes
Friend Spam / Impersonation
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The game sends spam to your contact list or social media account.
0 / 7 votes
8 votes
Encourages Anti-Social Behavior
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The game incentivizes players to lie, cheat, or backstab other players to get ahead.
0 / 8 votes
Psychological Dark Patterns
This game has 34 reported Psychological Dark Patterns. There are 13 votes indicating the absense of a dark pattern.
9 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.
9 / 0 votes
7 votes
Badges / Endowed Progress
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Reluctancy to abandon a partially completed goal, even one forced upon the player.
7 / 0 votes
7 votes
Complete the Collection
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The urge to collect all the items, achievements or secrets in a game.
7 / 0 votes
4 votes
2 votes
Variable Rewards
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Unpredictable or random rewards are more addictive than a predictable schedule.
4 / 2 votes
4 votes
3 votes
Aesthetic Manipulations
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Trick questions or toying with emotions or our subconscious desires.
4 / 3 votes
2 votes
4 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.
2 / 4 votes
1 votes
4 votes
Optimism and Frequency Biases
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Overestimating the frequency of something because we’ve seen it recently or memorably.
1 / 4 votes
App Store Ratings
| iOS: | (5.00) with 135,777 votes. |
| Google Play: | (4.69) with 1,053,261 votes. |
Recent Dark Pattern Reviews
Power Creep reported on Oct 20, 2022
As more heroes release you will inevitably have less impact from stargazer cards. Even getting one hero still needs levels.
Invested / Endowed Value reported on Oct 20, 2022
While servers exist which change how new players interact compared to older servers, there is always heroes you've missed out on
Artificial Scarcity reported on Oct 20, 2022
There are events that give a generous amount of time to finish the total event. And there are paid limited time offers too.
Can't Pause or Save reported on Oct 20, 2022
In the sense that you can pause battles but you can not save progress until a battle is complete. Higher battles require multiple wins. There are also some events with other players.
Recurring Fee reported on Oct 20, 2022
There's an optional subscription option of three sorts now and each new event has a reward bracket you can pay to gain good rewards for each free level you progress through during the event. These are also no longer invisible to f2p players.
Gambling / Loot Boxes reported on Oct 20, 2022
You can use diamonds or stargazer cards or ascension cards for random rewards with low percent chances of good ones and you can buy these diamonds with currency.
Anchoring Tricks reported on Oct 20, 2022
There's plenty of bundles and sometimes a cheap reward at the top after a free reward..
Competition reported on Oct 20, 2022
PvP is largely pay to play at the top.
Fear of Missing Out reported on Oct 20, 2022
Yes you'll miss an event which won't usually have too much impact but you can. You easily miss very time limited codes for minimal or sometimes additional content. And there's always the chance of missing out on the balloon ride that appears every week or so. There's additionally the risk of losing the meta.
Wait To Play reported on Oct 20, 2022
Yes there's a variety of timers to procure resources over time. Sometimes you need that to proceed.
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