Gacha games have taken the world by storm in the past few years, but 2025 was an especially huge year for fans of the genre ...

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 ...

A new title announced for PS5 and PC is an RPG with Gacha mechanics, but it's designed to function without any microtransaction fuel.

Skeith has been a gamer for over two decades now and has decided to take pen to paper for Hardcore Gamer. Capable of playing games at incredible speeds, you can rely on them to write about them in ...

The fans of the new multiplayer life simulator Heartopia express dissatisfaction with the gacha system implemented in the ...

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 ...

KAIJU NO. 8 THE GAME, co-produced by Akatsuki Games, TOHO, and Production I.G, is thrilled to kick off the second round of ...

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 ...

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 a pretty contentious form of gaming, considering its entire model uses the same tricks and allures as real-life gambling. While there are plenty of gacha games these days with ...

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’re familiar with or completely new to gacha games, there’s a wide variety of options to choose from. From sci-fi to fantas, and even dress-up games, gacha appeals to a wide audience, and ...