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Graveyard Keeper 2
Strong focus on accumulating items, upgrades, and unlocking new technologies.
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Ground Zero
Players collect weapons, upgrades, and unlockables; character stats can be permanently improved via syringes.
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+5.0
Grounded
Strong emphasis on accumulating gear, upgrades, and unlocking new crafting recipes.
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+4.0
Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX
Players accumulate upgrades, weapons, and abilities to enhance Copen's effectiveness.
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+4.0
Hade
Progression through unlocking increasingly complex puzzles and new mechanics.
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Hard Truck 2: King of the Road
Strong progression through acquiring vehicles, upgrades, market share, and expanding company influence.
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+5.0
HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition
Strong progression system with weapon and stratagem unlocks and upgrades tied to mission success.
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+4.0
Heroes of Science and Fiction
Strong progression through hero leveling, unit upgrades, resource accumulation, and map control.
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Honkai: Star Rail
Strong focus on accumulating upgrades, items, and character power through grinding and resource management.
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+4.0
HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed
Unlocking skins, weapons, and achievements through gameplay and exploration drives progression.
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+4.0
I Know a Guy: Shady Life Simulator
Clear progression through upgrades, paying off debt, unlocking new items and story content.
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+5.0
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
Strong emphasis on character leveling, acquiring new spells, items, and equipment; clear sense of growth.
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+4.0
It Has My Face
Strong meta-progression system with upgrades and unlocks that enhance player abilities and weapons.
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+4.0
Jak II
Strong emphasis on collecting items, upgrading weapons, unlocking abilities, and completing missions.
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+4.0
Jets'n'Guns 2
Strong emphasis on accumulating weapons, upgrades, and equipment to improve performance.
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+4.0
Jurassic World Evolution 2
Players unlock dinosaurs, research technologies, and upgrade park facilities, showing clear progression.
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+5.0
Kingdom Hearts II
Strong emphasis on leveling up, acquiring new abilities, items, and upgrades throughout the game.
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+4.0
LEGO® The Incredibles
Focus on unlocking over 100 characters, collecting studs, red bricks, and completing story and side missions.
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+4.0
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Players unlock new cups, tracks, and earn rankings; coin collection and star ratings provide measurable progression.
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+4.0
Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death
Players collect experience, upgrade weapons and magic, and unlock new abilities.
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+4.0
Medieval Dynasty
Strong emphasis on accumulating resources, unlocking skills, and expanding the village and dynasty.
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+5.0
Melvor Idle
Core gameplay revolves around accumulating experience, items, and upgrades to advance skills and character power.
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+4.0
Minecraft Dungeons
Strong progression through gear acquisition, leveling difficulty, and unlocking new content and achievements.
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+4.0
Mini Ninjas
Players collect items, unlock characters, spells, and upgrades throughout the game.
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