Progression

Progression through building infrastructure, increasing population, and accumulating wealth and political power.

Strong progression through acquiring items, mutators, and character upgrades.

Clear progression system with unlocking recipes, equipment, and upgrades motivating continued play.

Players accumulate items, upgrades, skills, and base improvements as part of survival progression.

Progression through levels by collecting cubes and achieving higher stages; score multipliers reward advancement.

Strong progression through acquiring properties, upgrades, and reputation.

Players accumulate units, upgrades, and resources to strengthen their armies and progress through missions.

Includes character upgrades, new weapons, spells, and achievement-based progression.

Players progress through many levels and unlock achievements, with a final puzzle unlocked by perfect completion.

Clear progression through shop expansion, skill leveling, and unlocking new crafting stations

Players accumulate gold, perks, and upgrades to improve their hunter and abilities.

Players accumulate spells and upgrades over time; unlocking new spell books and cosmetics provides a sense of…

Unlocking weapons and improving loadouts through boss kills and gameplay is a key motivation.

Collecting orbs to upgrade weapons, magic, and health drives progression throughout the game.

Players collect orbs, upgrade spells, unlock abilities, and progress through the map and story.

Strong metaprogression with unlocking units, cards, and upgrades, though some players note limited depth currently.

Skill trees, elemental upgrades, and collectibles provide a clear sense of progression and power growth.

Players collect cards, unlock packs, and progress through quests and ranks.

Players accumulate credits to buy perks and unlock characters, and upgrade weapons, supporting a sense of advancement.

Players grow a tree, unlock songs and puzzles, and advance story through accumulating achievements.

Strong progression through item acquisition, upgrades, character leveling, and unlocking new modes.

Players accumulate knowledge and understanding progressively, building toward solving the final artifact.

Players accumulate resources, research tech, and build increasingly powerful ships.

Clear progression through research, resource acquisition, building upgrades, and unlocking islands.