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Progress Game

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2020

Should you play it?

Experience Progress in its purest form as an Idle-Game!

What works
  • Free to play
  • Simple and accessible mechanics
  • Idle gameplay suitable for casual play
  • Progression system with gear upgrades and mastery
  • Developer actively updating (at least initially)
Things to keep in mind
  • Limited content and short gameplay
  • Crude graphics and ui issues
  • Repetitive grinding and upgrade mechanics
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Some technical bugs and crashes reported

What to play next

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Rocky Idle

  • Smash Hit Museum

  • Slimeward
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Similarity map

Explore nearby similar games and see why they’re close.

How to use the graph
Similarity map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: this page’s game — everything on the map is relative to it.
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot for a screenshot preview, score, and top score gaps; click to compare in the panel on the right.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Progress Game: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Story, Fantasy, Exploration, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Thrill.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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  • Competence

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  • Competition

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    "No evidence of player-vs-player or leaderboard competition; focus is on personal progression and mastery."

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  • Continuation

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  • Cooperation

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  • Creativity

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  • Domination

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  • Escapism

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    "Players use the game as a relaxing distraction and stress relief, escaping real life through idle progression."

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  • Expectation

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    "Players engage voluntarily out of personal interest and enjoyment, not due to obligation or external pressure."

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  • Experimenting

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    "Some experimentation with weapon upgrades and tactics, but mostly follows established gameplay routines."

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  • Exploration

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    "Game areas are self-contained with limited backtracking; some discovery of new zones but mostly linear progression."

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  • Expression

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    "Minimal character or environment customization beyond skill choices; no avatar personalization or cosmetic modifications."

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  • Fantasy

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    "Game has some fantasy elements in enemies and towers but overall a stylized, simple aesthetic without deep fictional narrative."

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  • Fellowship

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  • Growth

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    "Strong focus on leveling up characters, acquiring and upgrading gear, and improving skills over time."

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  • Health

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  • Idle

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  • Intimacy

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  • Leadership

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  • Progression

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    "Core gameplay revolves around accumulating upgrades, items, and power to advance through the game."

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  • Relaxation

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    "Many players find the game relaxing and enjoyable as a casual experience."

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  • Sensation

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  • Story

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  • Strategy

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  • Thrill

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    "Gameplay is low risk and predictable, with minimal suspense or tension."

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  • Violence

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  • Survival

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