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

Asphalt 9: Legends - 2019's Action Car Racing Game Asphalt 9: Legends - 2019's Action Car Racing Game
"The recurring Legend Pass rewards repeat purchases, offering money off the next pass. This is an optional purchase that lasts around a month."

Rise of Cultures Rise of Cultures
"Season and event passes."

Pyramid Solitaire Pyramid Solitaire
"There is a premium subscription to remove ads."

Bingo! Absolute Bingo Games Bingo! Absolute Bingo Games
"In order to get any bonuses at all above the bare minimum, you are required to fill a bar over 60 days that brings you to a higher level, which amounts to having to pay once or twice monthly. It's still possible to play for free, but only occasionally, not regularly."

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."