Please send help: We can't stop opening packs in Wikigacha, a browser-based card game where you collect Wikipedia articles like 'List of Red Hot Chili Peppers band members' or 'Bariatric Surgery'

Please send help: We can’t stop opening packs in Wikigacha, a browser-based card game where you collect Wikipedia articles like ‘List of Red Hot Chili Peppers band members’ or ‘Bariatric Surgery’ | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these RPG You’ve never heard of it, but a Russian studio made a fantasy take on original Fallout way back in 2001, and it honestly kind of rules Horror Burglin’ Gnomes is the next great friend-slop game that everyone with a PC and at least one other friend should check out Strategy Heart of the Machine review: A fascinating grand strategy RPG that starts to buckle under its own ambitions Card Game ‘It’s kind of like you’re a butcher’: Hundreds of Slay the Spire 2 card ideas were cut during development in an ‘incredibly destructive process’ Strategy Tactical Breach Wizards sold ‘twice as well’ as Suspicious Developments’ previous games, but more importantly, it failed catastrophically to lose an IGF award: ‘All we can say is we’re sorry, and we’ll try to do worse’ Games The best indie games on PC Games The best browser games Card Game After its disastrous launch last year, I’m here to tell you that 2025’s most promising auto-battler finally lives up to its potential Roguelike I got stuck in a 13-day stalemate with an eldritch god in Bloodletter, and now it’s my new favourite deckbuilder Adventure The world’s first ‘standardized gaming test’ will see if you can beat an ’80s adventure game without a walkthrough—and it’ll even monitor you over a webcam to make sure you don’t cheat MMO Project: Gorgon has recaptured the old-school MMO magic I thought was dead and gone by letting me ask a pig about its mother so hard it dies Roguelike Balatro meets Scrabble in this new roguelike from the creators of TimeSplitters—and I’m just thrilled to finally find a word game that lets me score with swear words Roguelike This dice-rolling roguelite is like Balatro on steroids, and its bosses are pure evil Roguelike Steam Next Fest is full of Balatro-likes: here’s 7 demos I think you should try Roguelike Bingo Betty is the new Balatro-like to top my Steam Library with its wacky items and mesmerising Mega Bingo chains PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!MarathonArc RaidersBest PC gearQuizzes Games Card Game Please send help: We can’t stop opening packs in Wikigacha, a browser-based card game where you collect Wikipedia articles like ‘List of Red Hot Chili Peppers band members’ or ‘Bariatric Surgery’ News By Ted Litchfield published 7 March 2026 Whoah, a Methuselah rookie card! 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I’m talking about Wikigacha, a browser-based game where you open packs to collect little cards corresponding to Wikipedia articles.The Macombs Dam Bridge, Elizabeth II, the Gouzenko Affair, these are but a few of the crown jewels in my collection so far. Wikipedia’s all-encompassing nature means my coworkers and I have unfortunately secured a few collar-tuggers as well: News writer Lincoln Carpenter is the not-exactly-proud owner of a Religious views of Adolf Hitler, while I have stoically accepted the burden of School segregation in the United States.Image 1 of 6(Image credit: Wikigacha, Wikimedia Foundation)(Image credit: Wikigacha, Wikimedia Foundation)(Image credit: Wikigacha, Wikimedia Foundation)(Image credit: Wikigacha, Wikimedia Foundation)(Image credit: Wikigacha, Wikimedia Foundation)(Image credit: Wikigacha, Wikimedia Foundation)This game is so devious: It’s such a good parody of the gacha genre, where you’re usually opening up packs of doe-eyed anime ladies of either the “big sword” or “equine” variety. But replacing them with Wikipedia articles injects gacha with the addicting quality of a Wikipedia rabbit hole⁠—you can lie to yourself that you’re learning something here. Instead of opening up 40 tabs out of nowhere, I’m getting stuff like Estonia national football team results (2020-present) served up fresh by Wikigacha’s deliciously tactile card packs. You may like If you’ve ever had a crippling Vampire Survivors or Slay the Spire hab