Macrotransactions

Battle Pass levels can be purchased with real life money.

Battle Passes are timed exclusives. If you don't finish it in a given time you do not get what you paid for.

Contains items that only come in bundles and can not be acquired on their own.

Contains premium currencies that can only, or almost exclusively, be purchased with real money.

Includes a limited-time always rotating store with exclusive discounts and/or cosmetics.

Includes mechanics that are intentionally slow or inconvenient, but can be bypassed with real money purchases.

Often features "discounts" that still force you to purchase premium currencies for the same amount you would without the discount.

Premium currencies come in quantities that do not match the price of regular shop items, forcing you to spend more for less.

Contains premium currencies that can only, or almost exclusively, be purchased with real money.

Includes a limited-time always rotating store with exclusive discounts and/or cosmetics.

Premium currencies come in quantities that do not match the price of regular shop items, forcing you to spend more for less.

Contains one or multiple Season Passes, encouraging the purchase of unknown DLC you might never have purchased otherwise.

The game contains many smaller DLC packs that contain (almost) nothing but cosmetics.

In-game currencies can be purchased with real life money.

Includes mechanics that are intentionally slow or inconvenient, but can be bypassed with real money purchases.

Microtransactions were added only a few weeks after launch in order to dodge negative review scores and prevent reviews from talking about microtransactions.

Pay-to-win elements. This games contains purchasable items that give you an advantage.

This is a full priced game yet features microtransactions like you'd expect from a free-to-play game.

Battle Passes contain non-cosmetic items that significantly alter gameplay.

Premium currencies come in quantities that do not match the price of regular shop items, forcing you to spend more for less.

Battle Pass levels can be purchased with real life money.

Battle Passes are timed exclusives. If you don't finish it in a given time you do not get what you paid for.

Contains items that only come in bundles and can not be acquired on their own.

Contains premium currencies that can only, or almost exclusively, be purchased with real money.

Contains premium currencies that expire with time, forcing you to either spend them or lose them.

Rewards in-game items for external purchases (e.g. Twitch Prime subscriptions).

This is a full priced game yet features microtransactions like you'd expect from a free-to-play game.

You can (or could) gain early-access to the game by spending more money.

Contains items that only come in bundles and can not be acquired on their own.

Contains one or multiple Season Passes, encouraging the purchase of unknown DLC you might never have purchased otherwise.

Contains premium currencies that can only, or almost exclusively, be purchased with real money.

Contains premium items that give you advantages in a singleplayer mode.

Premium currencies come in quantities that do not match the price of regular shop items, forcing you to spend more for less.

The base game is priced significantly higher than games in comparable price brackets.

The game is singleplayer yet features microtransactions (not referring to DLC or extra content).

This is a full priced game yet features microtransactions like you'd expect from a free-to-play game.

Battle Pass levels can be purchased with real life money.

Battle Passes are timed exclusives. If you don't finish it in a given time you do not get what you paid for.

Contains items that only come in bundles and can not be acquired on their own.

Contains premium currencies that can only, or almost exclusively, be purchased with real money.

Dark patterns. This game includes design choices that are intentionally deceptive to try and get you to spend money.

Often features items that can only be purchased during a limited time.

Premium currencies come in quantities that do not match the price of regular shop items, forcing you to spend more for less.

Rewards in-game items for external purchases (e.g. Twitch Prime subscriptions).

Uses, or has previously used, AI generated content within the game.

Contains one or multiple Season Passes, encouraging the purchase of unknown DLC you might never have purchased otherwise.

Contains one-time use premium cosmetics.

Contains premium currencies that can only, or almost exclusively, be purchased with real money.

Includes a limited-time always rotating store with exclusive discounts and/or cosmetics.

Often features items that can only be purchased during a limited time.

Premium currencies come in quantities that do not match the price of regular shop items, forcing you to spend more for less.

Some DLC cost as much, or almost as much, as the full game, yet feature no where near the same amount of content.

This is a full priced game yet features microtransactions like you'd expect from a free-to-play game.

You can (or could) gain early-access to the game by spending more money.

You could pre-order DLC at a time when no details were known about that DLC.

Contains items that only come in bundles and can not be acquired on their own.

You can (or could) gain early-access to the game by spending more money.