

Widely criticized for its lack of gameplay, after which a producer said that it was in fact not a game. Part of the Fate/stay night visual novel franchise. The first popular Japanese gacha game, released 2010 on GREE. Part of the Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Light novel franchise.įirst Nintendo IP released only on mobile platforms. Part of the Devsisters Cookie Run franchise. Part of the Bleach media franchise based on Tite Kubo's manga. Noted for its soundtrack featuring high-profile musicians.Īnthropomorphizes historic warships as young girls. Hack and slash game based on the Taimanin Asagi visual novel series. This list is limited to notable gacha games which have been released in an English-language version. So-called " whale" players may spend significant amounts on gacha games, leading to concerns about gambling addiction. They are financed through the sale of virtual currency to the players who want to spend real money to progress faster or be better at competing with others. They are typically free-to-play games which can be played using only the currency or characters received for free through gameplay and grinding. Gacha games are typically mobile games made in China, Japan, South Korea, or other Asian countries, where they are very popular. This is a variant of the loot box mechanic where players spend currency to acquire an entire set of random game items. In gacha games, players pay virtual currency (bought with real money or acquired in-game) to acquire random game characters or pieces of equipment of varying rarity and usefulness. Gashapon is a type of a Japanese vending machine in which people insert a coin to acquire a random toy capsule. Gacha games are video games that implement the gashapon mechanic.
