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Gacha games are video games that use gacha mechanics (the word "gacha" is short for "gachapon" or "gashapon") derived from the toy vending machines in Japan, where you'll get randomized content for investing some money into it. The general idea behind the concept is that, if you want a specific item, you'll have to keep paying until you finally get the desired item after a certain amount of pulls.
They tend to be {{Allegedly Free Game}}s (usually, but not limited to {{Mobile Phone Game}}s), where they'll gate off specific content behind a banner of some kind to entice the players to pay up. One of the most common themes in gacha games is the acquisition of playable characters, which are a popular choice among developers and players because of their unique appearances, personalities and play styles. Characters will be tiered based on their effectiveness in gameplay, thus affecting their chances for players to roll them. Low-tier characters are common and readily available anytime, while high-tier characters are rare and [[TemporaryOnlineContent usually limited to temporary events]]. There may also be characters who are only made available in specific seasonal events and not added to the pool of standard summonables, like holiday-themed characters or BeachEpisode units.
Another common theme is some type of premium in-game currency used to invest in these banners, which often take the form of crystals, gemstones, essences, and even in-universe AppliedPhlebotinum to justify its inclusion in the plot.
The rate of gacha drops varies depending on a game's direction the developers had in mind. [[AntiFrustrationFeatures Some games offer pity mechanics]] where you're guaranteed an automatic item of a particular type after a certain amount of pulls, while some are not so forgiving and lack such a feature, encouraging players to keep pulling [[GameplayRandomization on a dice roll]].
In the gacha community, there are nicknames given to the types of players on how much they spend: Whales are players who spend large amounts of money to either get a single character, ALL characters in a given game or generally have an advantage over non-spending players, Dolphins are ones that occasionally spend money (and thus 'dip' in and out of the gacha) and [=F2P=] (Free-To-Play) Players are those who spend minimal or no money in the gacha.
Generally, Whales (and the act of whaling) are the biggest cash inflow for games with gacha mechanics, which often add in-game encouragements for Whales like bonuses for getting duplicate characters or gacha events/banners that guarantee rare stuff, but have to be paid for with real money only.
See also {{Microtransactions}} and LootBoxes. The concepts between LootBoxes and gacha mechanics are functionally the same, but tend to have very different aesthetics and mechanics, and gacha tends to be less random and more forgiving than LootBoxes due to the inclusion of pity rolls. Due to the highly-controversial nature of this practice in video games, gacha mechanics are often brought into discussions regarding GamblersFallacy and UsefulNotes/RevenueEnhancingDevices.
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* ''VideoGame/AFKArena''
* ''VideoGame/AlchemyStars''
* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingPocketCamp''
* ''VideoGame/AnotherEden''
* ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}''
* ''VideoGame/AzurLane''
* ''VideoGame/BangDreamGirlsBandParty''
* ''VideoGame/TheBattleCats''
* ''VideoGame/BleachBraveSouls''
* ''VideoGame/BlueArchive''
* ''VideoGame/BraveFrontier''
* ''Videogame/CookieRun''
** ''VideoGame/CookieRunKingdom''
* ''[[VideoGame/CounterSide COUNTER:SIDE]]''
* ''VideoGame/DisneyTsumTsum''
* ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost''
* ''VideoGame/DragonProject''
* ''VideoGame/DressUpTimePrincess''[[note]]While it's not centered around gacha, one of the ways to get costumes are from a gacha system and it's randomized.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/EternalSeniaHydrangeaAfterTheRain''
* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder''
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes''
* ''VideoGame/FoodFantasy''
* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact''
* ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline''
* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy''
* ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd''
* ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls''
* ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterMillionLive''
* ''[[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Inazuma Eleven SD]]''
* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX''
* ''VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestival''
** ''VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestivalAllStars''
* ''VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory''
* ''VideoGame/MarioKartTour''
* ''VideoGame/MarvelPuzzleQuest''
* ''VideoGame/MemoriaFreese'' (phone game adaptation of ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'')
* ''VideoGame/MonsterStrike''
* ''VideoGame/NierReincarnation''
* ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters''
* ''VideoGame/PrincessConnectReDive''
* ''VideoGame/SouthParkPhoneDestroyer''
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfCrestoria''
* ''VideoGame/UmaMusume''
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2''
Gacha games are video games that use gacha mechanics (the word "gacha" is short for "gachapon" or "gashapon") derived from the toy vending machines in Japan, where you'll get randomized content for investing some money into it. The general idea behind the concept is that, if you want a specific item, you'll have to keep paying until you finally get the desired item after a certain amount of pulls.
They tend to be {{Allegedly Free Game}}s (usually, but not limited to {{Mobile Phone Game}}s), where they'll gate off specific content behind a banner of some kind to entice the players to pay up. One of the most common themes in gacha games is the acquisition of playable characters, which are a popular choice among developers and players because of their unique appearances, personalities and play styles. Characters will be tiered based on their effectiveness in gameplay, thus affecting their chances for players to roll them. Low-tier characters are common and readily available anytime, while high-tier characters are rare and [[TemporaryOnlineContent usually limited to temporary events]]. There may also be characters who are only made available in specific seasonal events and not added to the pool of standard summonables, like holiday-themed characters or BeachEpisode units.
Another common theme is some type of premium in-game currency used to invest in these banners, which often take the form of crystals, gemstones, essences, and even in-universe AppliedPhlebotinum to justify its inclusion in the plot.
The rate of gacha drops varies depending on a game's direction the developers had in mind. [[AntiFrustrationFeatures Some games offer pity mechanics]] where you're guaranteed an automatic item of a particular type after a certain amount of pulls, while some are not so forgiving and lack such a feature, encouraging players to keep pulling [[GameplayRandomization on a dice roll]].
In the gacha community, there are nicknames given to the types of players on how much they spend: Whales are players who spend large amounts of money to either get a single character, ALL characters in a given game or generally have an advantage over non-spending players, Dolphins are ones that occasionally spend money (and thus 'dip' in and out of the gacha) and [=F2P=] (Free-To-Play) Players are those who spend minimal or no money in the gacha.
Generally, Whales (and the act of whaling) are the biggest cash inflow for games with gacha mechanics, which often add in-game encouragements for Whales like bonuses for getting duplicate characters or gacha events/banners that guarantee rare stuff, but have to be paid for with real money only.
See also {{Microtransactions}} and LootBoxes. The concepts between LootBoxes and gacha mechanics are functionally the same, but tend to have very different aesthetics and mechanics, and gacha tends to be less random and more forgiving than LootBoxes due to the inclusion of pity rolls. Due to the highly-controversial nature of this practice in video games, gacha mechanics are often brought into discussions regarding GamblersFallacy and UsefulNotes/RevenueEnhancingDevices.
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* ''VideoGame/AFKArena''
* ''VideoGame/AlchemyStars''
* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingPocketCamp''
* ''VideoGame/AnotherEden''
* ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}''
* ''VideoGame/AzurLane''
* ''VideoGame/BangDreamGirlsBandParty''
* ''VideoGame/TheBattleCats''
* ''VideoGame/BleachBraveSouls''
* ''VideoGame/BlueArchive''
* ''VideoGame/BraveFrontier''
* ''Videogame/CookieRun''
** ''VideoGame/CookieRunKingdom''
* ''[[VideoGame/CounterSide COUNTER:SIDE]]''
* ''VideoGame/DisneyTsumTsum''
* ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost''
* ''VideoGame/DragonProject''
* ''VideoGame/DressUpTimePrincess''[[note]]While it's not centered around gacha, one of the ways to get costumes are from a gacha system and it's randomized.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/EternalSeniaHydrangeaAfterTheRain''
* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder''
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes''
* ''VideoGame/FoodFantasy''
* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact''
* ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline''
* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy''
* ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd''
* ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls''
* ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterMillionLive''
* ''[[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Inazuma Eleven SD]]''
* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX''
* ''VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestival''
** ''VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestivalAllStars''
* ''VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory''
* ''VideoGame/MarioKartTour''
* ''VideoGame/MarvelPuzzleQuest''
* ''VideoGame/MemoriaFreese'' (phone game adaptation of ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'')
* ''VideoGame/MonsterStrike''
* ''VideoGame/NierReincarnation''
* ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters''
* ''VideoGame/PrincessConnectReDive''
* ''VideoGame/SouthParkPhoneDestroyer''
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfCrestoria''
* ''VideoGame/UmaMusume''
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2''
