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Growth
Learning or personal development
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Top picks
Popular, well-rated games with a strong growth score.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Growth affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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+5.0
Dungeons of Dredmor
Players develop skills, learn mechanics, and improve strategies through repeated play.
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+5.0
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Focus on personal development, learning skills, and evolving relationships over time.
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+5.0
WitchSpring R
Players develop skills, learn mechanics, and improve character stats through training and crafting.
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+5.0
Mushihimesama
Emphasis on skill improvement, learning bullet patterns, and mastering scoring systems.
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+5.0
Peaks of Yore
Strong emphasis on learning climbing skills, improving technique, and personal development.
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+5.0
Spelunky
Strong emphasis on learning, skill acquisition, and personal improvement through repeated play.
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+5.0
Spelunky 2
Learning enemy patterns, mechanics, and strategies is central to player progression.
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+5.0
The Long Dark
Players learn survival skills, map knowledge, crafting, and resource management through experience and progression.
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+5.0
Gothic II: Gold Edition
Skill learning, character progression, and quest solving provide continuous personal development.
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+5.0
OLDTV
Strong emphasis on improving reaction time, cognitive skills, and mastering increasingly difficult challenges.
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+5.0
Quake III Arena
Steep learning curve with continuous skill development and mastery over time.
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+5.0
Victoria II
Players learn complex economic, political, and military systems, improving skills and knowledge over time.
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+5.0
14 Minesweeper Variants
Strong emphasis on learning new logic techniques, improving deduction skills, and mastering complex puzzle variants.
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+5.0
Chronicon
Continuous learning and build optimization encouraged through complex skill trees and item crafting.
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+5.0
HENPRI
Strong themes of personal development, self-discovery, and character growth throughout the narrative.
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+5.0
I Wani Hug that Gator!
Central themes involve personal development, self-actualization, and emotional growth of characters and player.
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+5.0
Songs of Syx
Emphasizes learning, skill development, and mastering complex systems over time.
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+5.0
Squeakross: Home Squeak Home
Players report learning puzzle-solving skills and improving competence over time.
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+5.0
System Shock® 2 (1999)
Character progression, skill development, and learning game mechanics are core to the experience.
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+5.0
DRAGON BALL FighterZ
Players report significant learning, skill acquisition, and personal development.
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+5.0
Football Manager 2024
Players develop skills in strategy, tactics, and management, learning continuously through gameplay.
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+5.0
Ikaruga
Strong emphasis on learning, skill development, and mastery over time.
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+5.0
Mortal Sin
Players develop skills, learn combos, and improve through repeated runs and meta-progression unlocking new abilities…
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+5.0
NoLimits 2 Roller Coaster Simulation
Steep learning curve and skill development in coaster design and physics understanding.
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