List of gacha games

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.

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2026)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Name</td><td>Genre</td><td>English language availability</td><td>Notes or short description</td><td>Ref.</td></tr><tr><td>A3!</td><td>Life simulation</td><td>2018–2021</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Arknights: Endfield</td><td>Action-adventure</td><td>2026</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Action Taimanin</td><td>Action role-playing</td><td>2020</td><td>Hack and slash game based on the Taimanin visual novel series.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Alchemy Stars</td><td>Tactical role-playing</td><td>2021–2025</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp</td><td>Social simulation</td><td>2017–2024</td><td>Animal Crossing mobile game</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Another Eden</td><td>Tactical role-playing</td><td>2019</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Arknights</td><td>Tower defense</td><td>2020</td><td>Noted for its soundtrack featuring high-profile musicians.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Artery Gear: Fusion</td><td>Turn-based strategy</td><td>2021-2024</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Azur Lane</td><td>Shoot 'em up</td><td>2019</td><td>Anthropomorphizes historic warships as young girls.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!</td><td>Rhythm</td><td>2018</td><td>Part of the BanG Dream! music franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bleach: Brave Souls</td><td>Beat 'em up</td><td>2016</td><td>Part of the Bleach media franchise based on Tite Kubo's manga.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Blue Archive</td><td>Eastern role-playing</td><td>2021</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Blue Protocol: Star Resonance</td><td>MMORPG</td><td>2025</td><td>Part of the Blue Protocol franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Brave Frontier</td><td>Eastern role-playing</td><td>2013–2022</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chaos Zero Nightmare</td><td>Cards Battle|Tactical role-playing</td><td>2025</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cookie Run Kingdom</td><td>City-building Role-playing</td><td>2021</td><td>Part of the Devsisters Cookie Run franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>D4DJ Groovy Mix</td><td>Rhythm</td><td>2021</td><td>Part of the D4DJ music media franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>DanMachi: Memoria Freese</td><td>Eastern role-playing</td><td>2017–2024</td><td>Part of the Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Light novel franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Destiny: Rising</td><td>First-person shooter</td><td>2025</td><td>Part of the Destiny video game series by Bungie, but developed under license by NetEase</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Disney Twisted-Wonderland</td><td>Adventure Rhythm</td><td>2022</td><td>Part of a collaboration between Aniplex and Walt Disney Japan.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dragalia Lost</td><td>Action role-playing</td><td>2018–2022</td><td>First Nintendo IP released only on mobile platforms.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle</td><td>Board Puzzle</td><td>2015</td><td>Part of the Dragon Ball media franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dragon Collection</td><td>Card battle</td><td>2012</td><td>The first popular Japanese gacha game, released 2010 on GREE.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Duet Night Abyss</td><td>Open-world action role-playing</td><td>2025</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Eggy Party</td><td>Battle royale Platform Party</td><td>2023</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ensemble Stars!! Music</td><td>Life Simulation</td><td>2022</td><td>Spin-off to the Ensemble Girls! (2012)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Epic Seven</td><td>Eastern role-playing</td><td>2018</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Fate/Grand Order</td><td>Tactical role-playing</td><td>2017</td><td>Part of the Fate/stay night visual novel franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Final Fantasy: All the Bravest</td><td>Eastern role-playing</td><td>2013–2023</td><td>Part of the Final Fantasy franchise. Widely criticized for its lack of gameplay, after one producer said that it was actually “not a game”.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Final Fantasy Brave Exvius</td><td>Tactical role-playing</td><td>2016–2025</td><td>Part of the Final Fantasy franchise. Not to be confused with its spin-off War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis</td><td>Eastern role-playing</td><td>2023</td><td>Part of the Final Fantasy franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Fire Emblem Heroes</td><td>Tactical role-playing</td><td>2017</td><td>Spin-off of the Fire Emblem series.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Gakuen Idolmaster</td><td>Raising simulation</td><td>2024</td><td>Spin-off of the Idolmaster series.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Genshin Impact</td><td>Open-world Action role-playing</td><td>2020</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Girls' Frontline</td><td>Turn-based strategy</td><td>2018</td><td>Anthropomorphizes firearms as young girls.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium</td><td>Turn-based tactics</td><td>2023</td><td>Sequel game to Girls' Frontline (2018).</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Girls' Frontline: Neural Cloud</td><td>Real-time strategy</td><td>2022</td><td>Spin-off and prequel game to Girls' Frontline (2018).</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Goddess of Victory: Nikke</td><td>Third-person shooter Role-playing</td><td>2022</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Granblue Fantasy</td><td>Eastern role-playing</td><td>2016</td><td>Browser game with music by Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy). Generated various spin-offs.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Heaven Burns Red</td><td>Eastern role-playing</td><td>2024</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!</td><td>Rhythm</td><td>2020</td><td>Part of the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Honkai Impact 3rd</td><td>Hack and slash</td><td>2018</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Honkai: Star Rail</td><td>Eastern role-playing</td><td>2023</td><td>Spin-off to Honkai Impact 3rd (2018)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Identity V</td><td>Multiplayer Survival horror</td><td>2018</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Infinity Nikki</td><td>Open-world Dress-up Action-adventure</td><td>2024</td><td>Sequel game to Shining Nikki (2019).</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kingdom Hearts χ</td><td>Tactical role-playing</td><td>2016–2024</td><td>Part of the Kingdom Hearts series. Released on mobile devices as Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ. The "χ" character is a lower-case Greek chi.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>KonoSuba: Fantastic Days</td><td>Eastern role-playing</td><td>2021–2025</td><td>Part of the KonoSuba light novel franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Langrisser Mobile</td><td>Tactical role-playing</td><td>2019</td><td>Part of the Langrisser franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Limbus Company</td><td>Dungeon Role-playing</td><td>2023</td><td>Sequel to Library of Ruina (2021).</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Love and Deepspace</td><td>Otome</td><td>2024</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Love Live! School Idol Festival</td><td>Rhythm</td><td>2014–2023</td><td>Part of the Love Live! franchise. Has a 2020 spin-off: Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Magia Exedra</td><td>Turn-based role-playing</td><td>2025</td><td>Spin-off of the anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica, follow-up to Magia Record.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Magia Record</td><td>Tactical role-playing</td><td>2019-2020</td><td>Spin-off of the anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mario Kart Tour</td><td>Kart racing</td><td>2019</td><td>14th game in the Mario Kart franchise. Unusually titled for a gacha-fused game, a subscription was needed for many features. Gacha elements were removed from a 2022 update.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mobius Final Fantasy</td><td>MMORPG</td><td>2016–2020</td><td>Part of the Final Fantasy franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Monster Strike</td><td>Physics</td><td>2014</td><td>Became the basis of a special media franchise in Japan, including an anime series and several films.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Blazing</td><td>Action role-playing</td><td>2016–2021</td><td>Spin-off of the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja fighting game series.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Neverness to Everness</td><td>Action role-playing</td><td>TBD</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Nier Reincarnation</td><td>Eastern role-playing</td><td>2021–2024</td><td>Part of the Nier franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds</td><td>Eastern role-playing</td><td>2021</td><td>Part of the Ni no Kuni franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Onmyōji</td><td>Eastern role-playing</td><td>2016</td><td>Part of the Onmyōji novel franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent</td><td>Role-playing game</td><td>2021</td><td>Part of the Octopath Traveler franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>One Piece Bounty Rush</td><td>Beat 'em up</td><td>2018</td><td>Based on the One Piece franchise. Re-released in 2019.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>One Piece Treasure Cruise</td><td>Tactical role-playing</td><td>2015</td><td>Based on the One Piece franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Path To Nowhere</td><td>Tactical role-playing</td><td>2022</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Persona 5: The Phantom X</td><td>Role-playing Social simulation</td><td>2025</td><td>Part of the Persona franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>IDOLA: Phantasy Star Saga</td><td>Turn-based role-playing</td><td>2020-2022</td><td>Part of the Phantasy Star franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Pokémon Masters EX</td><td>Pokémon</td><td>2019</td><td>Originally named Pokémon Masters. Based on the Pokémon franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Princess Connect! Re:Dive</td><td>Eastern role-playing</td><td>2021-2023</td><td>Sequel game to Princess Connect! (2015–2016). Also received a two-season anime adaptation.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Punishing: Gray Raven</td><td>Hack and slash</td><td>2021</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Puzzle & Dragons</td><td>Tile-matching</td><td>2012</td><td>Received spin-offs including Puzzle & Dragons X and Puzzle & Dragons Z + Super Mario Bros. Edition.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Raid: Shadow Legends</td><td>Auto-battler</td><td>2019</td><td>Infamous for its pervasive advertising on social media and aggressive monetization.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Reverse: 1999</td><td>Tactical role-playing</td><td>2023</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Schoolgirl Strikers 2/Twinkle Melodies</td><td>Visual novel Role-playing</td><td>2014–2017–2018</td><td>Part of the Schoolgirl Strikers media franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Seven Knights</td><td>Eastern role-playing</td><td>2014–2023</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Seven Knights 2</td><td>MMORPG</td><td>2020</td><td>Sequel game to Seven Knights (2014).</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2</td><td>Eastern role-playing</td><td>2018</td><td>Part of the Megami Tensei franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight -Re LIVE-</td><td>Rhythm</td><td>2018-2024</td><td>Part of the Revue Starlight media franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>SINoALICE</td><td>Eastern role-playing</td><td>2020–2024</td><td>Directed by Yoko Taro (Drakengard).</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Solo Leveling: ARISE</td><td>Action role-playing Hack and slash</td><td>2024</td><td>Game adaptation to the Manhwa Solo Leveling.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sonic Runners</td><td>Endless runner</td><td>2015</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Stella Sora</td><td>Light-action adventure</td><td>2025</td><td>Yostar's first fully developed in-house game.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sword Art Online: Integral Factor</td><td>MMORPG</td><td>2017</td><td>Based on Sword Art Online Light Novel franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tears of Themis</td><td>Adventure Visual novel</td><td>2020</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Battle Cats</td><td>Tower defense</td><td>2012</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The King of Fighters All Star</td><td>Beat 'em up</td><td>2019-2024</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross</td><td>Eastern role-playing</td><td>2019</td><td>Part of The Seven Deadly Sins franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tokyo 7th Sisters</td><td>Rhythm</td><td>2014</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tokyo Afterschool Summoners</td><td>Card battle</td><td>2018</td><td>One of the first commercial Japanese LGBT video games, with art by prominent bara artists. Partially translated into English.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Touhou LostWord</td><td>Turn-based strategy</td><td>2021</td><td>Based on the Touhou Project bullet hell franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Touken Ranbu: Online</td><td>Card battle</td><td>2021–2023</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tower of Fantasy</td><td>Open-world Action role-playing</td><td>2021</td><td>Similar to Genshin Impact, this game mainly features characters that explore a 3D universe.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Uma Musume: Pretty Derby</td><td>Roguelike Sports video game</td><td>2025</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Uta no Prince-sama Shining Live</td><td>Rhythm</td><td>2018–2022</td><td>Part of the Uta no Prince-sama franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius</td><td>Tactical role-playing</td><td>2020</td><td>Spin-off of Final Fantasy Brave Exvius.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower</td><td>Tactical role-playing</td><td>2020</td><td>Part of the Warhammer Fantasy franchise.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>White Cat Project</td><td>Action role-playing</td><td>2015–2016</td><td>Released internationally under the name Colopl Rune Story; also received a one-season anime adaptation from 2020.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Wikigacha</td><td>Collectible card game</td><td>2026</td><td>Online browser game</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Wuthering Waves</td><td>Open-world Action role-playing</td><td>2024</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Zenless Zone Zero</td><td>Action role-playing Hack and slash</td><td>2024</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>