Progression

Core gameplay revolves around accumulating items, upgrades, and leveling characters to increase power.

Core gameplay revolves around accumulating resources, upgrades, and unlocking new content.

Core gameplay loop centers on accumulating resources and upgrades to improve character and equipment.

Strong focus on item and skill progression through crafting and combat.

Strong progression through unlocking new technologies, bots, and automation capabilities.

Strong emphasis on leveling up, acquiring items, and improving characters.

Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, loot, and meta-progression through ascending.

Core gameplay revolves around collecting coins to purchase DLCs that unlock new abilities and content.

Strong focus on accumulating resources, unlocking upgrades, and leveling towns.

Strong emphasis on leveling characters, unlocking jobs, abilities, and acquiring equipment.

Strong emphasis on character progression, item collection, and upgrades.

Roguelike progression with accumulating parts, upgrades, and campaign advancement.

Strong emphasis on collecting pins, leveling up, acquiring food and clothing upgrades, and completing side quests.

Strong focus on technological advancement, city growth, unit upgrades, and accumulating power.

Strong emphasis on accumulating money, tools, upgrades, and unlocking new abilities.

Strong emphasis on accumulating cards, technologies, wonders, and culture points.

Strong emphasis on accumulating weapons, upgrades, characters, and relics with meaningful meta progression.

Strong focus on collecting cards, leveling characters, and upgrading decks.

Strong emphasis on collecting fish, upgrading gear, unlocking locations, and completing quests.

Strong emphasis on accumulating experience, gold, and equipment to advance and overcome challenges.

Strong progression through unlocking leaders, units, upgrades, and unit veterancy; core gameplay revolves around growth.

Core gameplay revolves around accumulating upgrades, tools, and unlocking new areas.

Strong emphasis on accumulating items, upgrades, fame, and unlocking new characters and equipment.

Strong meta-progression system with unlockable cards, factions, and upgrades driving player advancement.