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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Gacha games tickle that dopamine receptor in your brain that wants to win big and use those prizes to dominate the game. It's gambling in all but name, but there's a reason the genre is a huge ...

The ever-churning wheel of gacha just keeps spinning. Neverness To Everness is my most recent obsession, although I’ve also got my eyes on Arknights: Endfield and even dabbled a little in Marvel ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gacha games can be quite entertaining options for players who don’t have the time, money, or energy to dive into more time-intensive AAA titles. That’s not to say that many of the best gacha games do ...

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 ...

Arknights Endfield is our last hope at escaping the typical gacha burnout that we suffered in 2025. Here is my entire view on ...

Gacha role-playing game, BrownDust2, is set to hit Steam next month, on December 16. It comes as the game is just about to hit its two-and-a-half-year anniversary, which should bring with it a ton of ...

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 ...