Since the explosion of Genshin Impact, the wave of gacha game development has really exploded in recent years. miHoYo himself – Genshin Impact’s NPH also continued to bring a vibrant Honkai: Star Rail and continued to reap more success afterward. But few people know that, before everyone knew about miHoYo, there were many successful gacha games in the past with revenues even reaching billions of dollars.
Raid: Shadow Legends
Perhaps too many people have heard of the name Raid: Shadow Legends when the game itself does so well in marketing, especially on the mobile platform. By 2022, the total revenue generated by Raid: Shadow Legends has exceeded $1 billion.
With a very simple gameplay style, Raid: Shadow Legends makes players form a group of heroes and fight and level them up. The selection of additional characters and support items is completely determined randomly thanks to the gacha system. This makes it more accessible than most games in the genre.
Star Wars: Galaxy Of Heroes
Although few people have heard of the name, Star Wars: Galaxy Of Heroes is actually one of the most successful Star Wars-themed games of all time. Released by EA and first launched in 2015, this game quickly attracted players because of its popular gacha style with characters based on the very popular Star Wars series at that time.
In Star Wars: Galaxy Of Heroes, players can collect characters from both the Light and Dark sides and use them to assemble a squad, fighting other players in turn-based combat style. RPG. This game is currently rated 4 stars in PlayStore and has an estimated revenue of nearly $1.1 billion.
AFK Arena
If you like idleness and just like to sit gacha, AFK Arena will be a great choice for anyone. Released by Lillith Games, the game quickly became a huge success right from the time of its launch in 2019. Only nearly 5 years old, but currently AFK Arena has surpassed many competitors in terms of revenue. .
The game itself even cooperates with a series of other famous movies and games such as The Witcher, Assassin’s Creed and Persona 5, bringing exclusive characters for a limited time. Most of them are stronger than regular names and help attract new players as well as maximize revenue for AFK Arena.
