Gambling can ruin lives, and no game is worth that outcome. This article was originally published on www.videogames.si.com as What is a gacha game? How hundreds of games stay free to play.

Gacha games grant players the option to spend money on in-game currency that can purchase randomized rewards, but this currency is also earnable for free while playing the game itself. These games ...

These games have a free-to-play (F2P) model that allows players to not spend a dime and still take a chance on “pulls” to see if they get the reward that they want. Otherwise, gacha games ...