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, ...

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 ...

From crafting standout OCs to bringing them alive in Studio Mode, Gacha creators are blending design, storytelling, and animation for captivating short films. With the right mix of character ...

The gacha space in 2026 is bigger (and louder) than ever. If Genshin Impact is still the benchmark for “open-world gacha done right,” it’s also sparked a wave of games that chase different flavors: ...

I’ve tried my fair share of gacha games, and even gotten hooked on a few — I’m still salty to this day that I’ve never pulled a Kitasan Black card in Umamusume: Pretty Derby. While it is technically ...

This information comes from a forum update from the developers of Rememento: White Shadow, where it shared details about the game’s upcoming 1.4 update. Among the translated details, one gacha gamer ...

Ali is blessed with the opportunity to use his love of gaming and anime, along with his writing skills, to create intriguing and educational content for a wide range of topics as a passionate and ...

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 ...

There's a new gacha game on the scene, and it's so obviously copying some of the biggest anime around, all you can do is laugh. Is creativity dead? Well, no, there's so much good stuff coming out ...

Gacha games are typically thought of as open-world, character-centric RPGs, usually with a stylized aesthetic and heavy cosmetic focus. The genre is much broader than that, though, with a hugely ...

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 ...