# List of gacha games

Gacha games are video games that implement the gashapon mechanic. Gashapon is a type of a Japanese vending machine in which people insert a coin to acquire a random toy capsule. 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. This is a variant of the loot box mechanic where players spend currency to acquire an entire set of random game items.
Gacha games are typically mobile games made in China, Japan, South Korea, or other Asian countries, where they are very popular. They are typically free-to-play games which can be played using only the currency or characters received for free through gameplay and grinding. 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. So-called "whale" players may spend significant amounts on gacha games, leading to concerns about gambling addiction.
This list is limited to notable gacha games with an article of their own and which have been released in an English-language version.
Overview of gacha games :
| Name | Genre | English language availability | Notes or short description |
| Action Taimanin | Action role-playing | 2019 | Hack and slash game based on the Taimanin Asagi visual novel series. |
| Alchemy Stars | Tactical role-playing | 2021–2025 | |
| Ananta | Action role-playing | TBD | |
| Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp | Social simulation | 2017–2024 | Animal Crossing mobile game |
| Another Eden | Tactical role-playing | 2019 | |
| Arknights | Tower defense | 2020 | Noted for its soundtrack featuring high-profile musicians. |
| Artery Gear: Fusion | Turn-based strategy | 2021-2024 | |
| Azur Lane | Shoot 'em up | 2019 | Anthropomorphizes historic warships as young girls. |
| BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! | Rhythm game | 2018 | Part of the BanG Dream! music franchise. |
| Bleach: Brave Souls | Beat 'em up | 2016 | Part of the Bleach media franchise based on Tite Kubo's manga. |
| Blue Archive | Eastern role-playing | 2021 | |
| Brave Frontier | Eastern role-playing | 2013–2022 | |
| Cookie Run Kingdom | City-Building / RPG | 2021 | Part of the Devsisters Cookie Run franchise. |
| D4DJ Groovy Mix | Rhythm game | 2021 | Part of the D4DJ music media franchise. |
| DanMachi: Memoria Freese | Eastern role-playing | 2017–2024 | Part of the Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Light novel franchise. |
| Disney Twisted-Wonderland | Adventure, Rhythm | 2022 | Part of a collaboration between Aniplex and Walt Disney Japan. |
| Dragalia Lost | Action role-playing | 2018–2022 | First Nintendo IP released only on mobile platforms. |
| Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle | Board / puzzle game | 2015 | Part of the Dragon Ball media franchise. |
| Dragon Collection | Card battle | 2012 | The first popular Japanese gacha game, released 2010 on GREE. |
| Eggy Party | Battle royale, Platform, Party | 2023 | |
| Ensemble Stars! | Life Simulation | 2022 | Spin-off to the Ensemble Girls! (2012) |
| Epic Seven | Eastern role-playing | 2018 | |
| Fate/Grand Order | Tactical role-playing | 2017 | Part of the Fate/stay night visual novel franchise. |
| Final Fantasy All the Bravest | Eastern role-playing | 2013–2023 | Part of the Final Fantasy franchise. Widely criticized for its lack of gameplay, after which a producer said that it was in fact not a game. |
| Final Fantasy Brave Exvius | Tactical role-playing | 2016 | Part of the Final Fantasy franchise. Not to be confused with its spin-off War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. |
| Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crysis | Eastern role-playing | 2023 | Part of the Final Fantasy franchise. |
| Fire Emblem Heroes | Tactical role-playing | 2017 | Spin-off of the Fire Emblem series. |
| Genshin Impact | Open-world action role-playing | 2020 | |
| Girls' Frontline | Turn-based strategy | 2018 | Anthropomorphizes firearms as young girls. |
| Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium | Turn-based tactics | 2023 | Sequel game to Girls' Frontline (2018). |
| Girls' Frontline: Neural Cloud | Real-time strategy | 2022 | Spin-off and prequel game to Girls' Frontline (2018). |
| Goddess of Victory: Nikke | Third-person shooter / RPG | 2022 | |
| Granblue Fantasy | Eastern role-playing | 2016 | Browser game with music by Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy). Generated various spin-offs. |
| Heaven Burns Red | Action role-playing | 2024 | |
| Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage! | Rhythm game | 2020 | Part of the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA franchise. |
| Honkai Impact 3rd | Hack and slash | 2018 | |
| Honkai: Star Rail | Eastern role-playing | 2023 | Spin-off to Honkai Impact 3rd (2018) |
| Identity V | Multiplayer survival horror | 2018 | |
| Infinity Nikki | Action-adventure, Dress-up | 2024 | Sequel game to Shining Nikki (2019). |
| Kingdom Hearts χ | Tactical role-playing | 2016-2024 | Part of the Kingdom Hearts series. Released on mobile devices as Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ. The "χ" character is a lower-case Greek chi. |
| KonoSuba: Fantastic Days | Eastern role-playing | 2021–2025 | Part of the KonoSuba Light novel franchise. |
| Langrisser Mobile | Tactical role-playing | 2019 | Part of the Langrisser franchise. |
| Limbus Company | Dungeon role-playing | 2023 | Sequel to Library of Ruina (2021). |
| Love and Deepspace | Otome game | 2024 | |
| Love Live! School Idol Festival | Rhythm game | 2014–2023 | Part of the Love Live! franchise. Has a 2020 spin-off: Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars. |
| Magia Record | Tactical role-playing | 2019-2020 | Spin-off of the anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica. |
| Mario Kart Tour | Kart racing | 2019 | 14th game in the Mario Kart series. Unusually for a gacha game, a subscription is needed for many features. Gacha elements were removed in a 2022 update. |
| Mobius Final Fantasy | MMORPG | 2016–2020 | Part of the Final Fantasy franchise. |
| Monster Strike | Physics game | 2014 | Became the basis of its own media franchise in Japan, including an anime series and several films. |
| Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Blazing | Action role-playing | 2016–2021 | Spin-off of the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja fighting game series. |
| Neverness to Everness | Action role-playing | TBD | |
| Nier Reincarnation | Eastern role-playing | 2021–2024 | Part of the Nier franchise. |
| Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds | Eastern role-playing | 2021 | Part of the Ni no Kuni franchise. |
| Onmyōji | Eastern role-playing | 2016 | Part of the Onmyōji novel franchise. |
| Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent | Role-playing game | 2021 | Part of the Octopath Traveler franchise. |
| One Piece Bounty Rush | Beat 'em up | 2018 | Based on the One Piece franchise. Re-released in 2019. |
| One Piece Treasure Cruise | Tactical role-playing | 2015 | Based on the One Piece franchise. |
| Pokémon Masters EX | Pokémon | 2019 | Originally named Pokémon Masters. Based on the Pokémon franchise. |
| Princess Connect! Re:Dive | Eastern role-playing | 2021-2023 | Sequel game to Princess Connect! (2015–2016). Received an anime adaptation. |
| Punishing: Gray Raven | Hack and slash | 2021 | |
| Puzzle & Dragons | Tile-matching | 2012 | Received spin-offs including Puzzle & Dragons X and Puzzle & Dragons Z + Super Mario Bros. Edition. |
| Raid: Shadow Legends | Auto-battler | 2019 | Infamous for its pervasive advertising on social media and aggressive monetization. |
| Reverse: 1999 | Tactical role-playing | 2023 | |
| Schoolgirl Strikers 2/Twinkle Melodies | Visual novel-RPG | 2014–2017–2018 | Part of the Schoolgirl Strikers media franchise. |
| Seven Knights | Eastern role-playing | 2014–2023 | |
| Seven Knights 2 | MMORPG | 2020 | Sequel game to Seven Knights (2014). |
| Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2 | Eastern role-playing | 2018 | Part of the Megami Tensei franchise. |
| Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight -Re LIVE- | Rhythm game | 2018-2024 | Part of the Revue Starlight media franchise. |
| SINoALICE | Eastern role-playing | 2020–2024 | Directed by Yoko Taro (Drakengard). |
| Solo Leveling: ARISE | Action role-playing, Hack and slash | 2024 | Game adaptation to the Manhwa Solo Leveling. |
| Sonic Runners | Endless runner | 2015 | |
| Sword Art Online: Integral Factor | MMORPG | 2017 | Based on Sword Art Online Light Novel franchise. |
| Tears of Themis | Adventure, Visual Novel | 2020 | |
| The King of Fighters All Star | Beat 'em up | 2019 | |
| The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross | Eastern role-playing | 2019 | Part of The Seven Deadly Sins franchise. |
| Tokyo Afterschool Summoners | Card battle | 2018 | One of the first commercial Japanese LGBT video games, with art by prominent bara artists. Partially translated into English. |
| Touhou LostWord | Turn-based strategy | 2021 | Based on the Touhou Project series. |
| Tower of Fantasy | Open-world Action role-playing | 2021 | |
| Vindictus | Action MMORPG, Hack and slash | 2010 | |
| War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius | Tactical role-playing | 2020 | Spin-off of Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. |
| Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower | Tactical role-playing | 2020 | Part of the Warhammer Fantasy franchise. |
| White Cat Project | Action role-playing | 2015–2016 | Released internationally under the name Colopl Rune Story. |
| Wuthering Waves | Action role-playing | 2024 | |
| Zenless Zone Zero | Action role-playing, Hack and slash | 2024 | |