Glossary
What is a gacha game?
A gacha game sells new characters and weapons through random pulls, usually paid for with premium currency and backed by a pity guarantee.
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How it works
The name comes from Japanese capsule-toy machines. Each pull on a banner gives one random item at a published drop rate, paid for in premium currency or earned in play. Most gacha games have pity: a top-rarity item is guaranteed after a set number of pulls without one.
Each game has its own word for a pull, such as a Wish or a Convene.
In the games we track
- Genshin Impact: characters and weapons come from Wishes, and HoYoverse shows the odds on an in-game Details screen.
- Wuthering Waves: Kuro Games sells characters and weapons through Convenes.
- Black Desert Mobile: Pearl Abyss's free mobile RPG sells its items through gacha pulls.
How pity works shows how the guarantee changes the number of pulls you need.
Games and guides
Sources
- Wikipedia – Gacha game, published by en.wikipedia.org
- Wikidata – Gacha game (Q48835388), published by wikidata.org
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