Progression

Strong emphasis on accumulating weapons, armor, upgrades, and souls; NG+ adds new progression layers.

Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, unlocking characters, and advancing through skill trees and relics.

Strong emphasis on character and sect progression, item collection, and power accumulation.

Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrading gear, leveling characters, and unlocking new cards.

Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrades, skills, and character power through runs.

Central motivation is accumulating upgrades, loot, and skill points to enhance ships and builds.

Strong emphasis on accumulating experience, items, and upgrades across the trilogy.

Extensive meta progression system with unlocking turrets, perks, upgrades, and challenges.

Core gameplay revolves around raising monsters, improving stats, unlocking new breeds, and progressing through ranks.

Core motivation is accumulating items, stat potions, and character upgrades through grinding and dungeon runs.

Strong emphasis on leveling, crafting upgrades, and accumulating items and skills

Players accumulate permanent upgrades, knowledge, and unlock new rooms and puzzles over time.

Strong progression through research, magic unlocking, item forging, and army development.

Strong progression system with persistent upgrades, weapon unlocks, and character development.

Strong progression through unlocking characters, biomes, cards, relics, and meta upgrades.

Core gameplay loop centers on acquiring and upgrading items, skills, and mercs.

Strong emphasis on leveling up forms, acquiring equipment, and unlocking skills.

Core gameplay revolves around leveling characters, upgrading equipment, and unlocking new abilities.

Career mode progression, bike upgrades, and development tests emphasize accumulation and advancement.

Clear progression through earning money, experience points, unlocking upgrades, and expanding rail networks.

Core gameplay loop involves accumulating resources, unlocking upgrades, and expanding the kingdom over multiple runs.

Strong emphasis on accumulating units, magic items, and upgrades to strengthen armies and pretender gods.

Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrades, skill points, and unlocking new traps and maps.

Strong meta-progression system with upgrades, legacy, and item collection driving advancement.