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Progression
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Time Walker: Dark World
Strong progression through unlocking skills, classes, and meta upgrades with achievement-based rewards.
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War for the Overworld
Strong progression through unlocking rooms, spells, minions, and upgrades via research and campaign advancement.
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+4.0
Warlock - Master of the Arcane
Strong progression through unit upgrades, spell research, city development, and hero growth.
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+4.0
We Need To Go Deeper
Strong progression system with unlockable cosmetics, submarines, and gear earned through gameplay.
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+4.0
Super Mario RPG
Strong RPG progression through leveling, equipment upgrades, and unlocking new abilities.
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+4.0
Amelie falls over and over again ~ An endless week in Magic Academy
Character leveling, skill acquisition, equipment crafting, and unlocking endings provide clear progression.
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+4.0
Anodyne
Progression through collecting cards, unlocking new areas, and gaining minor upgrades.
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+4.0
Armajet
Players accumulate weapons, mods, and ranks through gameplay and crafting; progression is a key motivator.
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+4.0
Awesomenauts
Players accumulate experience, unlock characters and upgrades, and progress in ranks.
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+4.0
Ballads of Hongye: REBORN
Progression through unlocking buildings, upgrading city levels, and expanding territory is central to gameplay.
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+4.0
Battlefield 4™
Players accumulate weapons, upgrades, and unlocks through gameplay and DLC, supporting a sense of advancement.
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+4.0
Be My Horde
Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, minions, and power over runs.
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+4.0
Below the Stone
Strong emphasis on accumulating resources, upgrading gear, and unlocking new equipment tiers.
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+4.0
BLACKHOLE
Players collect items (selfburns, blackboxes) and unlock new levels and story content.
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+4.0
Blade&Sword
Progression through leveling, gem crafting, and equipment upgrades is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Bloodshed
Strong meta-progression with unlockable characters, weapons, and upgrades; players accumulate power over runs.
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+4.0
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2
Players collect upgrades, unlock characters, and progress through episodes and endings.
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+4.0
Bloomtown: A Different Story
Players collect items, level up characters and demons, and progress through story.
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+4.0
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
Dynamic campaign and multiplayer modes feature persistent progression, unit upgrades, and resource management.
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+4.0
Card Hunter
Strong progression through leveling, item collection, and unlocking new campaigns.
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+4.0
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Players collect items, upgrade weapons and skills, and unlock new abilities throughout the game.
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+4.0
Computer Tycoon
Strong progression through research, product development, market expansion, and company growth.
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+4.0
Deadline Escape
Strong emphasis on accumulating loot, upgrading equipment, and expanding hideout capabilities.
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+4.0
Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs
Strong progression through resource accumulation, technology research, hero development, and territorial conquest.
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