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 ...

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Remember the feeling when you put in a token at a machine in your local arcade, watching as a mechanical claw grabs a random prize out of a pool of them that’s yours for the taking? If you said yes, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook While the term “gacha game” might be a bit niche, the model itself has become increasingly popular ...

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 ...

Anthony is a writer who's worked in the games industry for four years. He's a competitive gamer with a soft spot for retro titles. Anthony enjoys speedrunning a few titles, but Simpson's Hit & Run is ...

Gacha Games are certainly good at taking successful game design formulas and spinning their own gachapon onto it. Take HoYoverse, a clone of what is Breath of the Wild, but managing to make one from ...

Reginald is a Video Game Guide Contributor for Hardcore Gamer. He has 7 years of professional experience creating walkthroughs and guides for video game media websites specializing in JRPGs and Gacha ...

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 ...

Whether you play gacha games or not, you’ve likely heard the term used before. Yet, while gacha games are commonplace in the video games industry, not everyone knows what they are, nor the history ...