Progression

Players accumulate upgrades, unlock weapons, and progress through increasingly difficult maps.

Players accumulate scores, unlock modes, and achieve milestones; progression through stages and loops is key.

Strong emphasis on leveling up, acquiring items, skills, and upgrades throughout the game.

Character progression through stat allocation, skill acquisition, and equipment upgrades is a core gameplay element.

Players accumulate achievements, unlock bonus levels, and complete areas that become colored, showing clear progression.

Unlocking cosmetics and story beats through gameplay progression is a core feature.

Players collect DNA, unlock new creatures, and upgrade units, showing clear progression and growth.

Strong progression through unlocking tech, mounts, upgrades, and conquering islands.

Progression through stat increases, story advancement, and unlocking multiple endings and after stories.

Progression through collecting and using items to unlock multiple endings and story fragments.

Players accumulate levels, unlock skins, modes, and mutators, with a clear progression system.

Meta-progression through unlocking weapons, gadgets, cosmetics, and arcade rewards.

Master League and Football Life modes feature accumulation of upgrades, team building, and player development.

Players accumulate upgrades, unlock crops, and expand colony population as they progress.

Progression through unlocking levels, collecting beers and bacon, and improving leaderboard ranks.

Clear progression through increasing HP, happiness, unlocking events, and multiple endings.

Unlocking characters, mods, and stars drives progression and rewards.

Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, skills, and gang influence, especially in Assassin's Creed Syndicate.

Strong emphasis on leveling, loot acquisition, skill upgrades, and character retirement systems.

Players accumulate lives, power, and unlock stages and shot types, showing clear progression and resource management.

Players collect coins, buy weapons and spells, and unlock achievements; clear sense of advancement.

Players accumulate points, unlock perks, and progress through multiball matrix and bonus tables.

Progression through collecting flowers, coins, costumes, and unlocking new levels is a key motivator.

Progression through unlocking continues, weapons, and story elements; score and lives accumulation important.