In addition to ads and upsells, many of the free games come with timed rewards (hourly, daily, etc) that you have to hop on to claim. Creates addictive behavior

In addition to ads and upsells, many of the free games come with timed rewards (hourly, daily, etc) that you have to hop on to claim. Creates addictive behavior. I want to say Brawl Stars falls in that category. I’m sure there are some good free games out there, but for the most part the dangerous patterns I’ve seen in game design happen in free games.