What is Dark Patterns?
Dark Patterns: Manipulative UI designs tricking users into unintended purchases or data sharing. Subject to increasing regulatory attention in gaming.
- Categories:
- Regulation, Monetization
Other definitions
- MonetizationUser interface designs intended to trick users into doing things they did not intend, often used in spending.
Dark Patterns in the library
9 documents in the library cover Dark Patterns; the 8 most relevant:
- Dark Patterns: How Good UX Can Be Bad UX
Game Developers Conference · 2017 · Video
- Xbox Gets a Co-Pilot, Project Helix’s GDC Debut & Fortnite’s Financial “Woes” | Games For Breakfast
Extra Credits · 2026 · Video
- The EU's Digital Fairness Act and what it means for the games industry explained
PocketGamer.biz · 2025 · Video
- Week in Mobile Games E68 - The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers, and crisis in the EU's games industry
PocketGamer.biz · 2025 · Video
- Gaming Under Fire: U.S, China, Tariffs & More
Gamigion · 2025 · Video
- Ethics in Artificial Intelligence
Game Developers Conference · 2021 · Video
- The 2019 Indie Soapbox
Game Developers Conference · 2020 · Video
- Ethics in the Game Industry
Game Developers Conference · 2019 · Video