Comment by h4ny

I encourage everyone to read the definition on the home page:

> Definition: A gaming dark pattern is something that is deliberately added to a game to cause an unwanted negative experience for the player with a positive outcome for the game developer.

And also the detailed descriptions of each of the dark patterns, for example:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45947761#45948330.

It is increasingly often the case in predatory games that a very subtle combination of the mechanics listed make them dark patterns collectively, so it's also important to consider the patterns in groups.