Top 10 Gacha Games That Made The Most Money In 2025

While gacha games were around long before Genshin Impact helped normalize the format, the free-to-play genre keeps getting bigger each year as more and more ambitious releases make their way onto the market. Although the download numbers for games like CookieRun: Kingdom or Pokémon TCG Pocket are impressive enough on their own, the profits for some of 2025's best gacha games are even more astounding.

The third-party estimates used by Gacha Revenue have been criticized for not being 100% accurate, but their report on the genre's profits in 2025 has some massive implications for the gaming industry as a whole. Despite each having no cost of country, gacha games feature practically unlimited hours of content and consistent updates, making them an appealing investment that has more than paid off for the following releases.

10 Uma Musume: Pretty Derby — $242,985,000

Achieving Your Dreams One Race At A time

Combining Princess Maker-style gameplay loops with a growing catalog of characters that each have their own unique personalities, Uma Musume has been winning just as many wallets as it has fans since its global release in 2025. With thousands of glowing reviews and an award for the Best Mobile Game at the 2025 Game Awards, it's little surprise that Uma Musume: Pretty Derby managed to make its way into the top earners of the year.

What's even more impressive is that Uma Musume managed to earn nearly a quarter of a million dollars with only six months of global availability, as it went worldwide in June 2025 after over 4 years of being a Japanese exclusive.

9 Monster Strike — $247,000,000

One Of The Most Popular Games You've Never Heard Of

While not nearly as popular in the West, the Japanese RPG puzzle game is still going strong over a decade after its release, with a gameplay loop that can be taken even further with 4-player co-op compatibility, which few games in the genre seem to offer.

Even if it failed to reach nearly the same level of appeal in global markets, Monster Strike still managed to earn roughly $247M in 2025 alone, which is itself dwarfed by the over 11 billion dollars of revenue Monster Strike has managed to raise in the past 11 years of dominating the Japanese gacha market.

8 Arknights — $248,110,000

A Deceptively Simple Adventure With Plenty Of Depth

While its latest sequel is likely to skyrocket in the charts for 2026, Hypergryph's original release of Arknights is still going strong 6 years after release. Having amassed $248M in the past year alone, the iconic tower-defense gacha keeps finding new ways to spice up its character roster while offering a mix of light-hearted and emotionally gripping storylines to enjoy.

Another aspect that more than likely helped Arknights do so well in 2026 is its plethora of fantastic collaborations, with crossovers ranging from Dungeon Meshi, Rainbow Six Siege, and even Sanrio that offer new operators, skins, and missions for fans to sink their teeth into.

7 Wuthering Waves — $262,650,000

Far Surpassing Its Humble Inspirations

Despite its less-than-stellar mobile compatibility limiting its playerbase at launch, Kuro Games' Wuthering Waves has been hard at work to earn its place in the gacha world as a true Genshin Impact competitor. With a hook that focuses on combat and visual spectacle, Wuthering Waves' gameplay package has gone a long way to help push the game into its $262M sales figures.

Although criticized for being similar to gacha games that came before it, Wuthering Waves' ability to capture what made them special and develop them further has clearly paid off in 2025, as Wuthering Waves has exploded not only in popularity and sales but also in the sheer scale of its updates and content variety.

6 Fate/Grand Order — $321,665,000

A Respectable Status For One Of The Genre's Giants

While Fate/Grand Order doesn't dominate the gacha game genre the same way it used to years ago, the mobile adaptation of the iconic Fate series still puts up a significant fight in 2025 with its $321M revenue figure.

Although infamous for having some of the worst pull rates in gacha history for trying to get specific characters, the beginner-friendly story and fantastic characters have still managed to pull new fans and old back into the game with plenty of events and free offerings to enjoy.

5 Naruto Mobile — $330,000,000

There's No Such Thing As Too Much Fanservice

Even with its original series having ended and the sequel, Boruto: Next Generations, still struggling to match the massive popularity of its predecessor, Naruto Mobile continues to dominate a considerable $330M chunk of the gacha market in 2025.

Offering a mix of side-scrolling beat-em-up gameplay and fighting-game-style PvP combat with a surprisingly competitive implementation, Naruto Mobile has plenty of fanservice to enjoy, with a plethora of recognizable characters and unique events that are adapted surprisingly well despite the limited visual format.

4 Genshin Impact — $523,340,000

The Game That Started It All For Many Players

Out of all the top-performing gacha games of 2025, few need as little of an introduction as the explosively popular Genshin Impact. Being one of the first games that started the gacha craze in the west due to its combination of unique gameplay mechanics and a familiar world exploration inspired by The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, MiHoYo's Genshin is still at the top of the charts years after release.

Of course, the biggest aspect helping Genshin Impact reach its $523M of profit in 2025 is the sheer amount of updates offering new content to experience, with several new characters and unique regions helping push its success forward into the new year.

3 Honkai: Star Rail — $588,275,000

Genshin Impact's More Popular Cousin

As many MiHoYo fans' first introduction to its colorful yet grim setting, the more recent Honkai: Star Rail was even more successful than Genshin Impact in 2025. With a whole new setting, cast of characters, and unique turn-based gameplay style, Honkai: Star Rail is definitely a more refreshing take on the formulaic 3D gacha game genre that we've come to expect nowadays.

Even if you aren't a fan of Honkai: Star Rail's turn-based combat, the release has clearly been a major success that keeps getting consistent updates and character releases to enjoy, whether or not you contributed to its massive $588M revenue figure.

2 Pokémon TCG Pocket — $685,000,000

A Satisfying Experience For Any Pokémon Fan Out There

Although it's far from the traditional gacha game format you might expect, it's not hard to see how Pokémon TCG Pocket has been able to skyrocket to the top of the charts with $685M in sales for 2025. Despite not having the same cultural impact as Pokémon Go, Nintendo's latest TCG Pocket has been a smashing success in the mobile game industry, appealing to an even wider array of players than before.

Whether you're a casual player who just wants to rip open packs and collect cards or a pro who wants an all-in-one place to battle online, Pokémon TCG Pocket offers the best of both worlds wrapped up in its mobile-friendly package.

1 Love and Deepspace — $711,000,000

One Of The Most Unique Entries In The Genre

Despite being a gacha game that many fans of the genre may have never even seen gameplay of, Love and Speedspace has grown to become absolutely massive since its release in 2024. Rather than the typical fighting or RPG combat you might be accustomed to, Love and Deepspace instead offers otome-style visual storytelling with occasional battles in between romancing its wide variety of bachelors.

While its appeal is much more niche than a typical entry in the gacha game genre, that hasn't stopped Love and Deepspace from amassing a staggering $711M in revenue for 2025 alone. With a mix of life-sim mechanics, flashy combat, and more than a few surprisingly innovative interactions between its characters and the player, Love and Deepspace is one of the few games that has managed to expertly capitalize on the gacha game model.