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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gacha games are some of the most important and successful titles in gaming. These generally free-to-play games are everywhere across all platforms, from mobile to console to PC. If you’re looking for ...

2025 is in full swing, and Gacha fans already have more than enough reasons to be excited, as the year is expected to follow 2024’s lineup of stellar Gacha games with a few heavy-hitting releases of ...

Gacha Games are certainly good at taking successful game design formulas and spinning their own gachapon onto it. Take HoYoverse, a clone of what is Breath of the Wild, but managing to make one from ...

Knowing which are the best gacha games to dive into is a must before choosing what to play, as picking the wrong title can translate to investing your time and hard-earned money on a journey that ...

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: ...