Show HN: Number Gacha, a gacha game distilled to its essence

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Post by babel16 » Wed, May 13, 2026, 3:39 PM UTC

Number Gacha is a half-parody, half-real gacha game where you roll, unwrap, and battle numbers. Play on Desktop for the best experience!

Show HN: Number Gacha, a gacha game distilled to its essence
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Post by bschwindHN » Mon, May 18, 2026, 11:59 PM UTC

I love the sound design, and the dithered look is also great. Feels more polished than many "real" games.

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Post by xyzzy_plugh » Tue, May 19, 2026, 12:20 AM UTC

This is very well done. Where are the microtransactions? You could be rich beyond your wildest dreams, dear author, if only you let me buy gems.

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Post by xorgun » Tue, May 19, 2026, 12:49 AM UTC

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Post by nkrisc » Tue, May 19, 2026, 12:50 AM UTC

Having never played gacha games but getting a good laugh out of this, is this really a thing people play? How different is the real gameplay?

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Post by auszeph » Tue, May 19, 2026, 1:00 AM UTC

nkrisc wrote: post #5

Having never played gacha games but getting a good laugh out of this, is this really a thing people play? How different is the real gameplay?

I think the idea is that many games in essence boil down to this. Gamified random number generators.

It's really well done, and hilarious.

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Post by soared » Tue, May 19, 2026, 1:02 AM UTC

Fun! On iOS I can drag numbers into my battle team - it tries to refresh the page when I drag outside a very short range.

Edit - refresh fixed it?

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Post by minimaxir » Tue, May 19, 2026, 1:10 AM UTC

It's not a gacha essence unless there are numbers with increasingly sexy designs.

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Post by sanex » Tue, May 19, 2026, 1:10 AM UTC

Pulled a 100, A tier for PVE but still holding out for a 69 and a 42.

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Post by SarikayaKomzin » Tue, May 19, 2026, 1:36 AM UTC

Reminds me of NumberWang from Mitchell and Webb’s skits.

https://youtu.be/0obMRztklqU?si=CA5NWDE6FVSSM5Ih