Progression

Includes weapon upgrades, unlockable blueprints, and achievement hunting supporting progression.

Strong emphasis on unlocking upgrades, expanding the tower, gaining influence, and improving newspaper quality.

Players accumulate items, unlock new books and maps, and progress through story branches and endings.

Players collect items, secrets, and unlock new areas as they advance through the game.

Resource collection system rewards accumulation of bombs and lives, encouraging progression.

Players accumulate wealth, troops, upgrades, and territory, progressing their kingdom’s power and influence.

Strong progression systems in modes like EASHL and HUT with unlockable items, upgrades, and team building.

Players collect weapons, armor, upgrades, and currency; progression through levels and story.

Strong progression through skill unlocks, stat growth, and artifact acquisition across runs.

Players accumulate resources, unlock new rooms, traps, and minion types as they advance.

Players collect riffs, upgrades, and pedals to enhance instruments and combat effectiveness.

Strong progression through leveling stats, unlocking skills, story events, and character backgrounds across loops.

Players accumulate units, upgrades, and unlockables; progression through story, achievements, and side content.

Players level up party, unlock abilities, complete quests, and collect characters, showing clear progression.

Players accumulate resources, unlock parts, and upgrade ships and fleets over time.

Unlocking characters, vehicles, gadgets, and cosmetics provides strong progression incentives.

Players accumulate skill points, unlock abilities, and collect items to enhance gameplay.

Clear progression through skill trees, unlocking tools, and advancing to more challenging heists.

Strong emphasis on accumulating resources, upgrading cities, leveling heroes, and expanding territory.

Roguelite progression with weapon upgrades and unlocks between runs; meta-progression encourages advancement.

Leveling up characters, unlocking items, and collecting stars and cards drive progression

Players accumulate fans, money, equipment, skills, and studio upgrades to progress through the game.

Character progression through skill points, equipment upgrades, and unlocking abilities.

Strong emphasis on leveling up jobs, acquiring items, and unlocking new abilities.