Among the most well-known gacha games available on smartphones are Genshin Impact and Pokémon TCG Pocket. However, market estimates suggest that an entirely different title is leading in terms of revenue.
Which game likely generates the most revenue? Love and Deepspace is a spin-off of the “Mr. Love” game series, featuring 5 handsome men at its center.
- At its core, the gacha game is a dating simulation. You can date 5 young men, enter into relationships with them, and experience intimate moments.
- The cutscenes are more elaborately animated than in other dating simulations. Additionally, you can interact a little by touching certain body parts.
- In the meantime, you must fight an alien race as a Deepspace Hunter in an action role-playing manner. You use various weapons and abilities to defeat your opponents.
- There are even different combat modes, including a roguelike mode called Abyssal Chaos.
What are gacha games?
A gacha game is a video game where players spend in-game currency to obtain random virtual items such as characters, equipment, cards, or other bonuses. The in-game currency is purchased with real money. The name derives from Japanese gachapon machines, whose items are also dependent on luck.
You yourself play as a woman whose name you can customize. The 5 boys named Xavier, Zayne, Rafayel, Stylus, and Caleb assist you in combat when you’re not on a romantic date with them. Each of the men has a distinct personality.
Love and Deepspace likely achieves the highest profit
How much revenue does it generate? Gacha Revenue has published a market estimate that considers only smartphone games utilizing gacha mechanics. It shows that Love and Deepspace generated the highest revenue in May 2025.
Love and Deepspace achieved revenue of 60.8 million euros. In second place is Pokémon TCG Pocket, which earned 57.8 million euros during the same period. Behind them are well-known gacha games like Honkai: Star Rail or Genshin Impact.
The majority of the revenue is reportedly generated by players from China (via wnhub.io). Within one year of release, Chinese players are said to have spent around 178 million euros. Closely following are the USA with about 30 million euros and Japan with 26 million euros. In Europe, revenues are not as strong, which is why the title is relatively unknown here.
Where does the money come from? As is typical for a gacha game, there are different currencies that you can buy for your real money. The system is, as is common for the genre, complex. You buy crystals to then convert them into diamonds.
With the diamonds, you can then purchase the wish tickets. They are usually the reason players spend their money. These wish tickets unlock the gacha mechanic, where you randomly obtain content such as:
- Story content
- Voice messages from lovers
- Interactive scenes
There is a danger that players will not draw the desired content and fall into a gambling addiction. A streamer even regrets promoting such “addictive practices”.
Here you can find help for gambling addiction & prevention:
– BZgA – Federal Center for Health Education
– Playing Responsibly (BZgA)
– Check Your Game (BZgA)
Additionally, you can invest in monthly passes and subscriptions that reward you with daily diamonds or accelerated progress. There are many other spending options such as outfits or resources, but the greatest temptation to spend money are the wish tickets.
The ZDF has previously reported on how German Twitch streamers profit from gambling addiction. It explains the business model of online casinos and the high sums that affected individuals have lost: ZDF shows how German Twitch streamers profit from gambling addiction
