Kingshot

Whale pricing

Sells packs of €100 or more, aimed at people who cannot stop.

Evidence: 10 reseñas con contenido lo explican: «Power scale pay to win microtransactions. After about an hour or two of playing you hit a blocker where you need to wait a long time for buildings to upgrade. But you can spend hun»

Paid loot boxes

You pay without knowing what you get. The good stuff is rare, so you pay again and again.

Evidence: 6 reseñas con contenido lo explican: «Don’t BUY THIS GAME. It’s a scam game trying to get your personal information do not download it’s a scam you can play but there’s tons of micro transactions and gambling if I coul»

Pay to win

Whoever pays wins more easily. If you do not pay, you lose to those who do.

Evidence: 56 reseñas con contenido lo explican: «PAY TO WIN. It’s not a bad game it’s just pay to win. By the time you realize it you have invested 2 months time and just keep playing for another 2 months. At 4 months time you re»

Aimed at children

Uses these techniques in a game made for kids.

Evidence: PEGI 7 y monetización agresiva

Premium currency

You do not pay in euros, you pay in gems, so you lose track of the real cost.

Evidence: 1 producto(s) a la venta, p. ej. «Chest of Gems»

Open chat with strangers

Any adult can message your child inside the game. It is where those looking for minors go looking.

Evidence: 7 reseñas con contenido lo explican: «Ads. Yall need to control the frequency of your ads on YouTube, it’s borderline predatory. I choose “block” every time they come up and never stop getting them, there are like a mi» · 10 hablan del chat y 8 de menores

Expiring battle pass

You buy a pass and have weeks to use it. Play too little and you lose what you paid for.

Evidence: 1 producto(s) a la venta, p. ej. «Premium pass»

Sold in parts

The full game costs more than the price on the box: there is separate paid content. Not a dirty trick, but worth knowing before buying.

Evidence: vende contenido aparte, p. ej. «Normal Pack 10» por 23,99 €

Interstitial ads

Interrupts play with ads.

Evidence: 3 reseñas con contenido lo explican: «Another fake game!. Gameplay doesn’t match description or photos, or online ads. Game is full of ads, and not like what is advertised. Garbage.»