While the term “gacha game” might be a bit niche, the model itself has become increasingly popular in recent years. These games tend to be free-to-play, but with lottery-style random in-game items ...
Some of the most popular video games of the current decade are part of a genre known as gacha, but what really does this word mean? Why are gacha games so popular, and how are they making so much ...
C.M. Edwards is a writer currently employed by Valnet as a GameRant lists writer. He has been working professionally as a writer and editor for the past seven years in multiple fields, including comic ...
July 14, 2025: A lot of gacha games have released this year, huh? I've re-evaluated the list to reflect that. Unfortunately, Honkai Impact 3rd and Infinity Nikki are gone, as I no longer feel I can ...
Gacha games are a classic genre that runs the gamut of actual gameplay content—from turn-based combat to rhythm games, there are very few stones left unturned in this garden of chance-based ...
In place of these mainstay mechanics, and "to explain why we don't need a gacha system," Deca Bear points to "paid content ...
Take on monoliths with only the best characters at launch with the help of our complete and useful Stella Sora tier list and ...
Like a certain yellow electric mouse, randomness has always been part of the Pokemon franchise. Heaven knows how many times I’ve guided my personal Pokemon protagonist through fields of tall grass so ...
We are officially entering the next chapter of the post-Genshin Impact world we find ourselves in. After a huge boom in this space, gacha action RPGs are, at long last, ditching the gacha part so they ...
NetEase Games’ upcoming urban open world RPG, ANANTA, is taking a radically different approach to free-to-play monetization, according to a report from Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu. The game will ...
There’s a new trend in gacha games, and it goes both ways. With the release of Destiny: Rising and now more information dropping through a trailer for Monster Hunter Outlanders, it seems that the Big ...
If, like me, you’ve noticed an uptick in anime girls with horse ears running around your social media timeline, you might be confused as to what the hell is going on. The game causing all this ...