10 Most Expensive Gacha Video Games
Here are the gacha games that cost the most.
Gacha games are expensive, but only people who haven’t played them before don’t know that. Most of them will say that you can play for free, but then they’ll only give you a few personalities to choose from, which will make you lose control of your wallet. Even though not all players have bad self-control, many gacha games make millions or billions of dollars every year.
With good pre-release marketing, even gacha games that have only been out for a few months can make millions of dollars. From millions to billions of dollars, frogs and whales spend the most money on these gacha games.
Arknights
Total Earnings as of 2023: $11,000,000
Arknights came out in 2019, and it’s mostly famous in China and Japan. However, it’s already made millions of dollars in a short amount of time. Maybe the theme of the plague, even though it’s a cuter way to show a disease that kills, is what made it famous at the same time as a real pandemic.
But plague doctors aside, Arknights came out all over the world in 2020, and it’s easier to play for free than most gacha games, even though it makes a lot of money. You can clear a lot of the game’s material even with low-rare characters, so the gacha temptation isn’t too strong here.
Honkai: Star Rail
Total Earnings as of 2023: $129,000,000
Only its replacement, Honkai: Star Rail, could be called a “Genshin Impact killer.” When it came out in 2023, this turn-based gacha game made a hundred million more than other gacha games that had been around longer. The game was advertised enough, and even though the Tiktok ads are weird, the money coming in shows that the strategy worked.
This isn’t strange, since many people who played the other Hoyoverse games were looking forward to Honkai: Star Rail. It’s a game that ties together a lot of the other games, and it shows that by making references to the other games.
Blue Archive
Total Earnings as of 2023: $250,000,000
Since it came out in 2021, Blue Archive has made hundreds of millions of dollars because many people love its cute figures. It’s not as famous in the West as it is in Japan and South Korea. But it still makes more money than most other gacha games.
It takes place in a school that’s about to close, and as easy as saving an academy sounds. The plot gets darker and more daring as it shows that death isn’t far away for any of the characters.
Goddess of Victory: Nikke
Total Earnings as of 2023: $400,000,000
You might be shocked that a game that just came out in 2022 has already made this much money, but with your favorite streamers playing Goddess of Victory: Nikke and its beautiful graphics, it’s not too surprising that it’s doing well. Even if you don’t play it, it might make you want to because it reminds you of Nier: Automata.
It tells the story of a future Earth after the end of the world, when mechanical aliens have taken over the surface and people are fighting them. Even though Nier: Automata and this game have nothing in common, you can think of this as a good version of what the fight between humans and androids could have been like.
Diablo Immortal
Total Earnings as of 2023: $526,000,000
Diablo Immortal‘s release was long-awaited, and it’s clear from how the game was received and how much money it made that it was loved. RPG dungeon crawlers are easy to like, and when they have a gacha factor, it’s hard to put the game down.
Many people have said that Diablo Immortal’s gacha system is bad. Because getting better in the PvP part of the game requires spending money and hoping to get the item you want. As Funny Shooter 2 goes on and materials and resources become scarcer, many players are forced to spend more to build their character’s gear.
Summoners War: Sky Arena
Total Earnings as of 2023: $2,000,000,000
Turn-based mobile gamers have probably seen an ad for Summoners War: Sky Arena at least once or twice. This isn’t surprising, since the game came out in 2014 and is still going strong. It’s still a good turn-based fighting game, and even though its open-world counterpart has been out for a while, many people still play Sky Arena because it’s less intense.
It’s a game where people who call themselves Summoners fight to get resources and sometimes power. It might seem strange and even illogical to fight others to keep the peace. But in a world full of magic and monsters, conflict is the only thing that keeps things in balance.
Uma Musume
Total Earnings as of 2023: $2,000,000,000
Uma Musume‘s sales of $2,000,000,000 show how popular it is in Japan. Even though it didn’t come out until 2021. It made more money than many other gacha games that have been around for years.
Literally “Horse Girl” in English, the player will have to raise horse girls that they will finally race against other horse girls.
Even though it was popular, some people didn’t like the idea of having girls who are also horses. But even if it’s not for everyone, it’s still a fun game that combines idol acts, horses, and gacha in a way you might not expect.
Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle
Total Earnings as of 2023: $3,000,000,000
Dragon Ball Z has a tradition to honor and fights that never end, but Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle might be the only place in history where you could have a chance to control Goku and feel some of his power. But it’s not a fighting game; it’s more of a matching game with cool graphics.
Even so, you can still pull on the best flags in the game. You might be interested because you like Dragon Ball Z. Or because you have a lot of characters and teams to choose from.
Genshin Impact
Total Earnings as of 2023: $4,000,000,000
Genshin Impact has been the best-selling gacha game since it came out in 2020. You’re surprised that it’s not in first place. People were desperate to get their favorite figures because there weren’t many banners and the pity system didn’t always help.
Part of the reason for this is that the restarts of the character banners take way too long. Some characters don’t get a rerun for a whole year.
But if it weren’t for the character, the famed Spiral Abyss is often a reason for people to pull on the limited banners for a stronger character to put on their teams. Genshin Impact is a business success. No matter if you play for the end game or to find out the truth about this world.
Fate Grand Order
Total Earnings as of 2023: $6,300,000,000
Even if you haven’t played Fate: Grand Order, you’ve probably seen or heard about the cartoon that goes with it. It was released all over the world in 2017, a long time after the anim. And it was met with a lot of love that hasn’t stopped to this day.
It’s hard to think of “mobile,” “fantasy sci-fi,” and “turn-based gacha” without immediately thinking of FGO. You play as Ritsuka Fujimaru, who goes back in time to 2004 to try to save the world and stop it from going to hell.
