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Progression
Accumulating items or upgrades
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Earth 2150 Trilogy
Strong progression through research, unit upgrades, and persistent campaign resource accumulation.
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+4.0
Empire TV Tycoon
Players accumulate upgrades, expand audience reach, and collect items like movies and staff.
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+5.0
EverQuest II
Strong emphasis on leveling, acquiring gear, alternate advancement, and collecting items.
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+4.0
Exoprimal
Players unlock new suits, variants, modules, and story content through gameplay and leveling.
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+4.0
Farm Manager 2021
Strong progression through unlocking buildings, equipment, crops, and expanding farm operations.
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+4.0
Greedventory
Strong focus on acquiring, upgrading, and managing gear and character stats to advance.
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+4.0
GROSS
Players accumulate money, upgrade turrets, and unlock weapons and ammo types.
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+4.0
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)
Strong emphasis on upgrading officers, ships, base facilities, and technology research.
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+4.0
Halo: Spartan Strike
Players accumulate weapons, upgrades, and unlock missions through scoring and achievements.
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+4.0
HammerHelm
Clear progression through building upgrades, skill trees, equipment crafting, and town development.
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+4.0
Hammerwatch Anniversary Edition
Character upgrades, unlocking new skills, and collecting gold drive a clear sense of progression.
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+4.0
Helium Rain
Players accumulate ships, stations, upgrades, and wealth, progressing their empire.
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+4.0
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
Persistent unit veterancy, resource accumulation, and upgrades across missions provide a strong sense of progression.
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+4.0
Huaxia: Warring States
Strong progression through skills, equipment, clan development, and territory expansion.
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+4.0
Initial Drift Online
Players accumulate money, unlock cars, and upgrade parts to enhance performance.
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+4.0
Intergalactic Bubbles
Strong progression through levels, upgrades, and achievement collection.
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+4.0
Isle of Arrows
Strong progression through unlocking towers, guilds, and campaigns based on performance.
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+4.0
King of Crabs
Strong focus on collecting items, upgrades, and unlocking new crabs and cosmetics.
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+5.0
Legend of Mana
Strong emphasis on item collection, weapon/armor upgrades, pet leveling, and quest completion.
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+4.0
Masters of Anima
Clear progression through experience, skill trees, and unlocking new unit types and upgrades.
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+4.0
Mega Man X Legacy Collection
Strong emphasis on collecting upgrades, weapons, and completing achievements to progress.
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+4.0
MilMo
Strong emphasis on leveling, collecting items, unlocking abilities, and acquiring cosmetic and functional upgrades.
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+4.0
Muffin Knight
Strong progression system with character unlocks, upgrades, and level unlocking motivates continued play.
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+4.0
Nantucket
Strong emphasis on upgrading ships, leveling crew, and acquiring resources.
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