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Growth
Learning or personal development
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Focused on growth
Games where growth stands out from the other motivations.
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FTL: Faster Than Light
Players develop skills, knowledge, and unlock new ships and upgrades through repeated play.
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+4.0
Gnomes
Players develop skills in strategy, resource management, and game mechanics over many hours of play.
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+4.0
Happy Wheels
Players develop skills in physics mastery, timing, and level design, showing clear learning and personal development.
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+4.0
Hex of Steel
Players develop strategic skills and knowledge through gameplay and modding.
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+4.0
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.8 Matsuribayashi
Players develop understanding of complex story, themes, and character motivations, gaining insight.
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+4.0
House of Necrosis
Players learn enemy patterns, improve tactics, and develop gear over multiple runs.
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+4.0
Intergalactic Fishing
Players learn fish behaviors, lure crafting, and improve skills and equipment, supporting personal development.
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+4.0
Intravenous 2
Skill progression, learning enemy patterns, and upgrading weapons support player growth.
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+4.0
Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!
Players experience personal growth through skill acquisition and mastery.
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+4.0
LunarLux
Players learn combat mechanics, improve skills, and develop strategies; story and character development also contribute…
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+4.0
Mars First Logistics
Players learn engineering concepts and improve building skills through gameplay progression.
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+4.0
My Card Is Better Than Your Card!
Players develop skills in deckbuilding, strategy, and understanding game mechanics over time.
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+4.0
梦魇：无归 Nightmare without return
Players develop characters through leveling, skill upgrades, equipment, and story progression, supporting learning and…
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+4.0
Noita
Players develop knowledge and skill over time through learning complex systems and mechanics.
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+4.0
Not Monday Cafe
Players learn to optimize cafe operations, unlock recipes, and improve efficiency, supporting personal development and…
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+4.0
ODDADA
Players learn musical concepts and improve creative skills through gameplay and unlocking content.
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+4.0
OpenTTD
Players develop skills in logistics, management, and problem solving over time.
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+4.0
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Players develop skills and abilities progressively, improving mastery and knowledge.
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+4.0
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition
Players learn about the world, characters, and themselves through story progression and dialogue.
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+4.0
PlateUp!
Players develop skills, learn mechanics, and improve strategies through progression and repeated play.
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+4.0
Pleh!
Players report gaining understanding of depression and mental health through gameplay.
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+4.0
Rogue
Players develop skills and knowledge over repeated runs, learning mechanics and strategies.
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+4.0
Rune Factory 3 Special
Players develop skills in farming, combat, crafting, and relationships, with meaningful progression and learning.
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+4.0
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
Players develop skills, learn mechanics, and progress through meta-progression and character upgrades.
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