Rie Takumi is a freelance list writer. Aside from budgeting for gacha and vtuber superchats, they watch hockey and crochet to relax, which is ironic but that's how it goes. Gacha games are a dime a ...

When Genshin Impact exploded in 2020, it didn’t just popularize gacha -- it redefined the niche business model. A Chinese developer most people have barely heard of convinced investors that gacha ...

A once-niche subgenre, gacha games are on the rise. Thanks to Genshin Impact’s breakout success with mainstream audiences, gachas are no longer considered merely mobile games with addictive mechanics ...

I’m thinking about gachas as I pull a Barbara from my wish roll in Genshin Impact. A hole opens up in the sky, 10 crystals shoot down, one glimmering purple to indicate a rare drop. I have seen so ...