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Vultures - Scavengers of Death
Players collect weapons, upgrades, and resources; inventory and stash management are core elements.
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+4.0
War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields
Unlocking weapons, attachments, and classes provides strong motivation for advancement.
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+4.0
Worm.is: The Game
Players accumulate levels, coins, skins, and upgrades as they play.
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+4.0
Yars Rising
Players accumulate upgrades, abilities, and unlock new areas through exploration and hacking.
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+4.0
FIFA 18
Strong progression systems exist through player upgrades, skill trees, Ultimate Team card collection, and career…
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+4.0
Harvest Moon
Clear progression through farm upgrades, tool improvements, and relationship milestones.
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+5.0
Across the Obelisk
Strong meta progression with unlocking characters, perks, cards, and town upgrades.
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+4.0
Active Matter
Strong progression systems including gear upgrades, crafting, leveling, and unlocking new content.
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+5.0
Age of Wonders III
Strong progression through hero leveling, unit upgrades, city building, and research.
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+4.0
Alaska Gold Fever
Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrades, and expanding mining and business operations.
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+4.0
Assassin's Creed® Syndicate
Strong emphasis on accumulating experience, skills, gear, and territory control as progression.
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+4.0
Atrio: The Dark Wild
Players accumulate resources, unlock recipes, and upgrade factories to advance.
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+4.0
Beach Invasion 1945 - Pacific
Clear progression through unlocking and repairing weapons, gaining points, and advancing through waves.
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+4.0
Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War
Strong progression systems with weapon upgrades, unlocks, and leveling in multiplayer and zombies modes.
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+5.0
Captain Forever Remix
Strong progression through collecting parts, upgrading ships, and unlocking kits.
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+4.0
Car Dealer Simulator: Prologue - Early Days
Clear progression through acquiring cars, upgrading tools and facilities, and increasing dealership capabilities.
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+4.0
Cardboard Town
Players accumulate cards, unlock new content, and progress through levels and challenges.
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+5.0
Chess.com
Clear progression through rating systems, puzzle ratings, lesson completion, and tournament rankings.
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+5.0
Citywars Tower Defense
Strong progression through unlocking towers, upgrades, skills, and permanent perks.
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+5.0
Crown and Adventure
Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrading troops, leveling heroes, and expanding kingdoms.
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+5.0
Cultist Simulator
Strong emphasis on accumulating resources, items, and unlocking new narrative and gameplay elements.
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+4.0
Darwinia
Players unlock upgrades, new units, and abilities; progression is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Dicealot
Strong roguelike progression with unlocks, new dice, shops, and build development.
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+4.0
Diggin
Strong focus on accumulating upgrades, resources, and unlocking new abilities.
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