Ever since Genshin Impact’s overwhelming commercial and critical success paved the way for this genre, gacha games have continuously become bigger and more mainstream. Companies like Hoyoverse and NetEase are now developing premium free-to-play titles with high production values that rival many western AAA releases.
Despite no big new releases from either of these publishers, 2026 carries the momentum forward for new gacha games, with relatively smaller titles like Arknight: Endfield and NTE already making huge waves.
