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 ...

You’ll start Infinity Nikki in a pretty straightforward story, but at its core, it’s a gacha mobile game. That means Infinity Nikki comes with all the expected systems: rolling for outfits, stamina ...

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 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 ...

While I love the look and feel of gacha games like Zenless Zone Zero and Honkai Star Rail, I simply can't get over the 'gacha.' As someone who (thankfully) remains relatively stalwart in her attempts ...

The exciting world of mobile gaming offers multiple genres across iOS and Android. Among the myriad genres, gacha games are a prominent choice for gamers seeking immersive experiences and captivating ...

With some gacha games, it can feel like a requirement to fork over cash to enjoy them properly – usually for some sort of in-game cosmetic or the chance of nabbing a rare skin. It’s not always the ...

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 ...

Even by gacha standards, progression and monetization in Arknights: Endfield is pretty confusing. Before and at launch, the newly released action RPG spin on Hypergryph's Arknights drew criticism for ...