Gacha games like Zenless Zone Zero are the digital descendents of gachapon machines: you put money in, and hope that what you get in return is the thing you wanted, rather than a dud or something ...

Gacha makes the world go round, or so it would seem when you take a look at the highest-earning games from August 2025, with 100s of millions of dollars across the list. There's one big surprise ...