Domestic gacha-game studios expand teams en masse—good times ahead, or a final feast before the collapse?

Domestic gacha studios expanded headcount significantly in 2025 despite overall market contraction, with 19 of 25 tracked studios adding employees. miHoYo leads with ~7,000 staff (+214 in 2025), while companies developing flagship titles like Wuthering Waves and Echoes of Eternity saw the largest growth to meet production demands.

Appeared in 2026-07-17.