Progression

Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, weapons, and meta progression through runs.

Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, crafting items, and improving train and weapons.

Strong emphasis on upgrading equipment, unlocking recipes, and progressing through levels and restaurants.

Meta progression unlocks new weapons, talents, and starting cards, encouraging long-term advancement.

Players accumulate gold, unlock new cards and characters, and improve starting decks through meta progression.

Players unlock new ships, weapons, and upgrades throughout the campaign.

Strong progression through research, resource accumulation, and colony development.

Strong progression through car collecting, upgrades, challenges, and unlocking content.

Strong focus on upgrading inn, collecting recipes, improving characters, and acquiring items.

Strong progression through collecting items, upgrading base and vehicle, unlocking skills and crafting recipes.

Players accumulate resources, unlock ships, and gain perks to improve future runs.

Strong emphasis on accumulating resources, technologies, and fleet upgrades to gain advantage.

Strong focus on acquiring better ships, gear, and growing provinces; clear sense of advancement.

Strong progression system with weapon leveling, unlocks, and cosmetic rewards motivating continued play.

Campaign progression involves accumulating ships, upgrades, and controlling territory.

Players accumulate characters, side jobs, and upgrades through experience and currency earned in-game.

Players accumulate weapons, upgrades, and resources; New Game+ and DLC add to progression incentives.

Clear progression through unlocking dig sites, upgrades, and museum expansion.

Clear progression through acquiring resources, crafting items, researching technologies, and expanding settlements.

Players accumulate ingredients, unlock recipes, upgrade farm and restaurant, and advance story.

Strong emphasis on leveling, skill trees, weapon crafting, and item collection.

Strong metaprogression with unlockable heroes, cards, and upgrades; in-run leveling and build development.

Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, unlocking new turrets and heroes, and advancing through missions.

Strong progression through resource gathering, upgrades, permanent unlocks, and campaign advancement.