Indie Gacha 'CrossLine' Crashes Into Genshin/Star Rail Revenue Tier — Girls' Frontline Producer's 'My Money!' Goes Viral as GFL2 Gets Dragged Again

In some overlooked corner of the gacha market, a small-studio game quietly climbed to a jaw-dropping position — CrossLine (交错战线) somehow ended up competing on the same tier as Honkai: Star Rail and Genshin Impact.

The OP shared a chart where CrossLine sits at rank 28, right alongside mega-hits like Star Rail and Genshin. The caption? Just one line — a quote from Yuzhong (producer of the Girls' Frontline series): "My money!" The implication was crystal clear: all that player spending had gone to someone else's game.

The first wave of comments was pure confusion. One player asked, "Does Boss直聘 (a Chinese job recruitment app) have stuff you need to pay for?" — because Boss直聘's name also appeared suspiciously high on the chart, making some think it was a paid recruitment service ranking. Helpful users then launched into a full explainer: employers actually do need to buy premium memberships to post listings and browse candidate profiles — basically like a dating app but for hiring. A revenue chart for games somehow became a Boss直聘 payment tutorial thread.

But the real drama was the GFL2 (Girls' Frontline 2, affectionately called 烧钱2, "Money-Burner 2") roasting. Players were stunned that CrossLine hit rank 28: "How is it already at 28, that's insane." Others noted it "seems to be performing better than Rayark 2." The real savagery came when users dragged GFL2 through the mud: "An indie gacha making this much money, and then you look at Money-Burner 2... absolutely unwatchable." Another jabbed: "The newly crowned drama queen of the gossip board can't even reach the starting line to compete with these two, can it?"

Not everyone was throwing shade, though. Some fans proudly declared, "Is it embarrassing to get scammed by waifus? Not at all." Another quickly corrected: "It's not a scam — it's a consensual transaction." Veteran players hoped the game would follow Azur Lane's (大碧蓝) model of selling skins, so mech fans (萝卜党, "radish lovers" — Chinese slang for mecha enthusiasts) could quietly rake in profits. But there were complaints too: "I came for the Little Roar XL character art, but the regular character art has inconsistent artists" — so art quality remains a sore spot.

Bottom line: CrossLine's revenue numbers this week genuinely caught people off guard. A small studio punching at the same weight class as HoYoverse's titans is no small feat. The real losers in this story? GFL2 — which didn't even make it to the table before getting dragged out as the cautionary tale of the thread.