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Popular, well-rated games with a strong progression score.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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Forza Horizon 3
Strong emphasis on accumulating fans, cars, upgrades, and festival growth as core progression mechanics.
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+5.0
Super Mario 64
Strong progression through collecting stars, unlocking new levels, and acquiring power-ups.
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+5.0
Resident Evil 4
Strong emphasis on collecting items, upgrading weapons, and unlocking new abilities.
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+5.0
Sid Meier's Civilization
Strong progression systems through ages, legacy paths, leader leveling, and civilization development.
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+5.0
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
Character leveling, gear acquisition, and skill upgrades provide strong progression.
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+5.0
Fallout: New Vegas
Strong emphasis on accumulating items, weapons, upgrades, and experience to progress through the game.
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+5.0
Age of Empires II (Retired)
Strong focus on resource accumulation, technology upgrades, and army building to progress through ages.
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+5.0
Brotato
Strong progression through unlocking characters, items, and weapons with meaningful upgrades.
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+5.0
DAVE THE DIVER
Strong progression through upgrades, unlocking new areas, recipes, and gameplay features.
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+5.0
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
Strong progression through accumulating crops, animals, upgrades, and social milestones.
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+5.0
Inscryption
Strong progression through deck upgrades, unlocking new cards, story advancement, and challenge modes.
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+5.0
Chaos Zero Nightmare
Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, cards, and character enhancements across runs.
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+5.0
Kingdom Hearts Collection [I-III]
Strong emphasis on accumulating abilities, equipment, and story progression across multiple games.
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+5.0
Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
Strong emphasis on collecting Pokémon, leveling up, acquiring Mega Evolutions, and completing the Pokédex.
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+5.0
Dyson Sphere Program
Clear progression through tech tree, resource acquisition, and Dyson Sphere construction with meaningful upgrades.
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+5.0
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Strong emphasis on acquiring new abilities, upgrading skills and shards, building a village hub, and completing quests.
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+5.0
Project Zomboid
Strong emphasis on accumulating skills, items, and upgrades to improve survival chances.
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+5.0
Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
Strong emphasis on accumulating recipes, upgrades, and expanding the restaurant business.
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+5.0
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Strong emphasis on resource gathering, technology upgrades, and unit progression.
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+5.0
Cult of the Lamb
Strong emphasis on accumulating resources, upgrades, and expanding the cult.
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+5.0
HoloCure - Save the Fans!
Strong emphasis on accumulating characters, upgrades, and meta progression through gameplay and side activities.
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+5.0
Volcano Princess
Strong emphasis on accumulating stats, items, achievements, and unlocking multiple endings.
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+5.0
God of War
Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, gear, and unlocking new abilities throughout the game.
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+5.0
Pokémon X
Strong emphasis on collecting, leveling up, and evolving Pokémon as core progression mechanics.
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