How much does one gacha pull cost in dollars?

It depends on the game and the top-up tier, but a common figure is about $2 to $2.50 per pull when buying currency directly. Monthly passes push the effective cost down to well under a dollar.

Is the biggest top-up bundle the best value?

Usually only marginally. Most stores price bundles within about 10% of each other per unit, so the small bundle is not dramatically worse. The monthly pass is the real outlier.

How much does it cost to reach pity?

Multiply pulls to pity by the price per pull. At $2.46 per pull, a 90-pull hard pity is roughly $222, and a guaranteed featured character after a lost 50/50 is roughly $444.

Does this include taxes or regional pricing?

No. Prices vary by country and platform, and local taxes or conversion fees are not modelled. Use the calculator for planning, then check your store's actual price.

Gacha Cost Calculator — Price per Pull and Real Dollar Spend

Why "price per pull" is not a single number

Every gacha store sells the same currency at several prices. The expensive-per-unit option is almost never the big bundle you assume: it is the small bundle bought repeatedly. A typical store looks like this:

Top-up	Currency	Currency per $1	Pulls per $1
$4.99	300	60.1	0.38
$14.99	980	65.4	0.41
$49.99	3,280	65.6	0.41
$99.99	6,480	64.8	0.41

The gap between the smallest and largest bundle is usually under 10%. Players routinely pay a premium for convenience and never notice.

What a pity actually costs

At 160 currency per pull and roughly 65 currency per dollar, one pull is about $2.46. A hard pity at 90 pulls is therefore around $222, and a guaranteed featured character after losing the 50/50 is around $444. This is the number worth internalising before you decide a banner is "almost there".

The monthly pass changes everything. A pass usually costs about $5 and pays out over 30 days, which works out to roughly $0.35–0.60 per pull — a 75–85% discount against direct top-ups. If you are patient, the pass is not a small optimisation, it is the entire pricing model.

Three ways to cut the real cost

Buy the pass and wait. Nothing else comes close on price per pull. The trade-off is time: you cannot convert a pass into 90 pulls today.
Use first-purchase bonuses deliberately. A doubled first top-up effectively halves the price of that bundle. Spend it on the banner you actually care about, not the first one that appears.
Do not chase the last 10 pulls. The final stretch feels cheapest because the probability is highest, but it is also where players spend the most money per minute. Decide the budget before the banner starts.

What this calculator does not include

Regional pricing, taxes, currency conversion fees and platform cuts are excluded. Store prices also vary by country and by platform, and sales or bundles can beat the numbers above. Treat the output as a planning estimate, not a quote.