Trickcal: Revive, the hero-collector RPG from EPID Games, landed 7th place in domestic Korean Google Play revenue and 3rd place on the Japanese server chart as of September 28, 2026, according to InvenGlobal. Both results trace directly to anniversary events: the Korean server’s 3rd anniversary update and the global server’s 1st anniversary push. The numbers mark the sharpest chart performance the game has logged since its September 27, 2023 launch.

The Update Mechanics Behind the Chart Climb

The 3rd anniversary update rolled out on September 24, introducing two new Eldain Apostles, “Ui (Memory)” and “Vivi (Divinity),” while simultaneously bringing Season 3’s story to a close. That combination gave returning players a narrative endpoint and a new character roster to chase at the same time.

The event window runs through October 22, giving players nearly a month to engage. The headline offer is up to 600 free summons, a figure generous enough to move behavior at scale. Free summons reduce the immediate paywall but tend to accelerate spending among players who pull duplicates, fall short of a target character, or simply want to maximize the window before it closes. Alongside the summon offer, dedicated events for new and returning players extended the campaign’s reach beyond the game’s existing base. That breadth, combined with the calendar pressure of a closing anniversary window, produced the kind of concentrated spending that registers at the chart level.

When Anniversary Gacha Competes for the Same Wallet

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A Broadcast That Made Announcements Feel Like an Event

Ten days before the update went live, EPID Games staged a 3rd anniversary broadcast on September 18 that served as its own separate driver of anticipation. The format leaned into variety television rather than a standard developer presentation. Two game-show segments anchored the stream: “Sin and Cheeks,” structured as a courtroom trial with the CEO and developers on opposing sides, and “Cheeks and Sin,” modeled on a rotating-wall variety format. The CEO, Vice President, and PD all appeared on screen, with a water-spray penalty imposed for forbidden words — a detail that circulated widely across online communities after the broadcast.

The announcements that followed carried real weight. A PC client is in development. An animated series has been greenlit. An orchestra concert has been confirmed. InvenGlobal noted that all three had been described as having been “deemed difficult last year,” which framed them as genuine reversals rather than incremental roadmap items. Delivering them inside a game-show format, with the studio’s leadership visibly on the line, gave the reveals an energy that a standard press release would not have matched. The broadcast helped build the anticipation that converted into spending once the September 24 update arrived.

Global Server Marks Its First Year With Joan, Memes, and a Japan Chart Result

While the Korean server celebrated three years, the global server reached its own milestone. Launched on October 9, 2025, it marked its 1st anniversary on September 24 with a pickup banner for Joan, a popular Eldain character, and an updated themed theater titled “For Whom the Prayer is Offered.” The rollout was distinct from the Korean server’s content slate but carried comparable energy.

The global server’s rising chart performance in Japan, reaching 3rd place in Google Play revenue, was partly attributed to “Speaki” memes spreading across online communities and pulling new players into the game’s orbit. Organic meme momentum of that kind is difficult to manufacture, and when it coincides with an anniversary event and a desirable character banner, the conversion from curiosity to spending tends to accelerate.

The anniversary momentum is not yet settled. The animated series “Trickcal Cartoon Theater” begins airing September 28, releasing one episode per week on Laftel and Aniplus. The orchestra concert at Kyung Hee University Grand Peace Palace runs October 3 and 4. Both events extend the anniversary window well past the in-game update, keeping the game visible to audiences beyond its existing player base through October.